Mina said sorrowfully, "I was never a princess but a pitiful girl. My mother was once the most beautiful young woman in the kingdom. At sixteen, people called her 'Lisa the Most Beautiful Desert Rose.' Because of these meaningless honors, my father, King Arahan, saw her photograph and ordered my grandfather to bring her to the palace to meet him."
I said sympathetically, "Did your grandfather comply?"
Mina shook her head. "No... My mother's family was a respected noble family in that small kingdom. My grandfather didn't want his daughter to be humiliated, so he refused to bring her. Instead, he went to meet Arahan alone."
I asked worriedly, "So Arahan got angry and hurt your grandfather, right?"
Once again, I guessed wrong.
Mina explained, "King Arahan didn't get angry. Instead, he ho
