“Bon appetite” The cook, whom she suspected to be the chief of the cooks, bowed. He was a male though.
“You are not going to tell me to leave?” I asked in surprise.
“Why are you standing?” The queen questioned as she had finally gotten a glimpse of what we were discussing.
Tristan looked at me too in surprise as he wondered what I was up to To stop making a fool of myself, I had to sit.
“Why would we tell you to leave?” The King asked in surprise.
“Because I am not a princess?” She questioned rather than answered.
“Of course not, we know you are not a princess. We just wanted to test you to know if you would lie or tell the truth. “The King paused and smiled at me. I felt relieved instantly, first, by their words and then followed by the smile on the Queen’s face.
“You see, a lot of people believe a princess should marry a prince and only a prince should marry a princess but I do not believe in that. Love is no respecter of anybody and it can be found anywhere. It necessarily does not have to be between a prince and a princess, it could be between anybody hence I do not have a problem with my son getting married to anybody, likewise my daughter. After all, we are all humans and no one was created specially. “