Betrothed To The King

Chapter17

I stood by the window as I stared down at the activities at the castle. The castle has many servants around, and no one can easily get into the castle without getting caught.

“Good morning, my queen.” I turned to see Sage standing by the door in a bow, looking beautiful as ever. “Hope you slept well last night?”

The thought of last night made me remember my disgusting practice with King Archer, how he teased my n*****s and banged my pvssy so hard that I couldn’t feel it, how he stared into my eyes and said the very first sweet word I have never heard from his mouth. “You’re beautiful.”

Well, I won’t say s*x is a punishment as I saw it, but King Archer made it more difficult than it seemed.

“My night wasn’t a bad one, Sage; how was yours?” I inquired with a slight smile.

“Very well, my queen, uhm, the king’s dad, his highness, passed on,” she said as I shivered in shock. What sad news to start a day with.

“Are you serious!? Where are the King and Prince Ray? I hope they are fine?” I muttered with concern as she nodded. Who knows the mood of the king and his brother? I am sure they are in the worst mood right now.

“My queen, you should get ready, the late King’s body will soon be taken away to get cremated, and you can’t eat or drink anything until he is cremated. That’s why I didn’t get your food or coffee.”

Yes, it was that fast; it is terrible to leave a royalty’s body for more than a day because it is seen as a punishment to his soul and disrespect to his body.

“Must I go with them?” I asked curiously as she nodded and headed to my closet. She came back with a white garment.

“My queen, this is the call outfit, as you know,” she said as I nodded. “Can I help you out of your gown?” she asked, standing behind me.

“Yes, sure.”

The king and his brother, Prince Ray, walked out of the castle with no bit of sadness on their faces; they looked as if they hadn't lost anyone, and that got Pearl surprised. She had expected a dull King Archer, but she saw a much stronger one.

Four guards marched out with the late King's corpse on their shoulders, wrapped with white fabric and his crown still on his head. The queens were all looking sad as they all walked behind the king and his brother.

Pearl had no reason to be sad; hence she knew nothing about the late King. In fact, she should be happy that he died. Besides, he was the one behind her being unwantedly pregnant. Maybe karma was judging him. But still, she felt so pathetic for the king and his brother; she knew that they were hurt but were being strong like men.

"Keep my father's corpse inside the chariot; we will all be riding on the horses," King Archer ordered as the guards did as said.

It was evident that none of the queens could ride a horse, but Pearl was perfect at it. She scanned through the horses and already chose the one she would ride on, mentally.

"I know that none of you can ride a horse, so the guards will ride each of you," the king said and climbed on his horse.

"I can ride a horse, my king. I'd prefer to ride myself," she said as Agent Fox walked towards her.

"No, my queen, you won't be riding yourself. You might fall off the horse. Horses aren't easy to ride because they can lose control just anytime," Agent Fox uttered, trying to convince Pearl, who shook her head in disagreement.

"This is not my first time riding a horse; I want to ride myself," Pearl insisted and walked to the black and white horse. "I will ride this one."

"My queen, you were in a coma for three…"

"Don't remind me of that. That was in the past. I insist that I ride myself."

"Fox, leave her alone; she can ride herself," Prince Ray snapped as Fox bowed and climbed his horse.

"Pearl, you will be riding with Snow," King Archer said as Pearl nodded happily; she was finally going to ride a horse after a long time.

The ride to the river was so quiet only the sound from the horses' feet could be heard, marching through the lonely path of bushes and trees.

Everyone was amazed at how Pearl rode the horse with so much skill; they hadn't expected her to be so good because riding a horse wasn't easy to learn, but here a queen was riding even better than some of the guards.

They were about crossing the boundary between their Kingdom into another Kingdom; Dicrik is the only Kingdom that has a river, and not just a river, the largest and purest in the world.

People from different kingdoms came to burn corpses in the river as that was the way they buried dead bodies.

On getting to the boundary lines, about to cross it, arrows flew from different directions of the bush and pinned to the ground in front of them as a warning to stay back.

It was expected, though, you can't just walk into a kingdom without bribing the soldiers that guarded the kingdom; it was the same in other Kingdoms too.

A thin, dark man marched out of the bush with soldiers behind him. He was thin but had a big head covered with a large cap. He looked so funny in his attire, which wasn't really his size.

"What has the great king of Guham come to do in Dicrik," he asked.

"Arlo, give him the pounds so we can leave here as quickly as possible," King Archer said as Arlo brought out a little bag of pounds and threw it to the soldier, who opened it slightly and peeped into it.

Satisfaction was written on his face as he signaled his soldier to take off the arrows.

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What a soldier, he didn't persist in the king telling him what they were going to do in their Kingdom; it was just as if the money shut his mouth. What if we were going in for war? We already had free access then.

We rode down to the stream, and we all jumped down from our horses; I hated the sight of watching a corpse get burnt. It was one of my worst pet peeves.

It's so sad that my parents weren't cremated; they died a horrible death; cremation is a form of last respect. I didn't do that for my parents. Even if I had the opportunity to cremate them properly, I still wouldn't be able to do it because I do not have any relatives to assist me.

The late king's body was placed on a boat as we watched it float slowly down the river. Prince Ray took the fire arrow and shot it at the king's floating corpse as it burnt its way down the river.

The great king was finally gone, gone forever. King Archer watched his father's corpse burn to nothing without any form of sad expression on his face.

We stood and watched the king's body float until it was out of sight. Now it was time to go back to the castle.

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King Archer walked into his chamber as Agent Fox ran after him; King Archer was in a bad mood because of his father's death.

Yeah, he tried to stay calm and act all cool with it, but deep down, he was burning. He didn't expect his father to die, his father had always been a strong man, and no one ever believed that he would fall sick in such a way, not to talk of dying as a result of the sickness.

Archer just wanted to sit on his throne, just him and his thoughts alone. He didn't want to see anyone, but he knew that for his personal adviser to run after him, even after seeing his current mood, it was important.

"My king, here is a letter for you sent by the king of Prussiate," Fox said, handing the letter to him. He hesitated a bit but took the letter and read through it.

"He is the one organizing this year's mask party!?" Archer yelled as he stamped his feet hard on the ground angrily.

Archer knew what King Theo was capable of. They were the youngest of all kings, and they were sworn enemies.

It all started from their father's reign. Archer's father had killed Theodore's father on a war front, and Theo had sworn to do anything possible to avenge his father's death.

King Archer knew that going to Prussiate would be a big life threat as he didn't know what Theodore had in stock for him, but still, he had to go as it was a to do custom for the kings.

Kings from different Kingdoms will be coming with their wives for the mask party, and anything is expected in a mask party.

The mask party is in a few day's time!