prince keystone regency

On nate's 16th birthday ,his brothers sent him a coffin as a joint gift to his residence, and he sent a letter to them that he'll bury one of them in the coffin.

When loren left,nate met prince keystone to ask of his  fate for three years,he wanted to know if he'lll still be alive when loren comes back and prince keystone nodded.

The king illness worsened,sometimes he was mad, sometimes he was okay.He almost slayed princess kresna because,he thought she was the late queen. It was true that princess kresna does not look like her parents but her grandmother,the late queen.

A year has passed,prince nate became seventeen and prince keystone became regent king as stated in the king's decree.

The ministers argued that the king wrote it under his mad state,that it was meant to be prince karl,the second prince or prince aris,the third prince. But the chief of imperial guards argued that that the king wrote it a year ago.

The next day,none of the ministers showed in the court meeting,all of them feigned sickness and others gave silly excuses .prince keystone was completely calm but prince nate was furious, although he looked calm.

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IN THE PALACE COURT

Prince nate and prince keystone and prince jers were the only ones in the court.prince keystone sat on the king's throne while prince nate and prince jers stood as they faced him, not too far from the throne.

"Your majesty,the ministers have lied, it's an excuse to not bow to you,even our brothers are not here,please tell me what to do,your majesty",prince nate asked prince keystone calmly but he was furious.

"7th prince,We should not force them,they won't stay away from the court meetings forever",prince keystone said calmly.

Prince nate frowned underneath his mask and went on his knees,"your majesty,do you not understand the situation?.

They  are against your position,your majesty, please  write edit to give me the power to do what I want to get the ministers to attend the court meeting and respect you as the regent king.

For now, you are the father of this nation, how do you want your subjects to react,if they find out that the king is letting himself get insulted?",he bowed to the ground.

Prince keystone stared at him," what do you want to do, ,7th prince?",he asked curiously.

Prince nate raised his head," as for that,your majesty should not be worried,I won't bring them forcefully,they will walk in,in their own two feets,",he bowed.

He exhaled and wrote the decree,then he stamped it with the king seal.

Prince nate smiled underneath his mask and stood up," your majesty,if after  tommorow,no ministers or the princes shows up,then I'll take action,be rest assured, just give me two days".

Prince nate came back to his residence as he was escorted by ivan.

"Another letter from loren ",ivan handed the letter to prince nate.

[By the time you're reading this,it might be day or night,but  I wrote this letter at night.

I was with my friends,sitting outside,while I stared at the sky,many stars appeared,the moon shined brightly,it was really beautiful.

However, I remembered a certain someone I saw before I left the capital in his carriage wearing a night clothing with no shoes on..]

Prince nate laughed  and tear rolled down his cheek as he remember that day,then he continued to read.He face reddened  as he read the last sentence.

[Than certain someone is more beautiful than the stars in the sky,I wonder who's lover is that].

He read the letter continuously,he was   so in love with loren that he wanted to go to the north,but he couldn't because even though he was getting better,he still has to say close to his work chamber,since he was not completely alright.

He smiled underneath his mask as he daydreamed about things he would do with loren when he comes back.

"Your highness!",ivan yelled.

Ivan bowed,"forgive me for yelling your highness,it's just that you didn't hear when I called you before.

" It's okay",prince nate reassured,"but is there anything you want to say".

"Yes,your highness,what are your plans to bring the minister back",Ivan asked.

"Summon my palace gardener".

Ivan left to call the gardner and after some minutes he came with him.

" Have a seat",prince nate motioned.

He sat down and prince nate spoke.

The gardner is a night warrior in disguise who worked for the late crown prince.

The gardener began,"your highness,the ministers gathered yesterday night in a brothel,they all planned not to come.

I overhead the right chancellor say they will make the the fourth prince,prince keystone feel broken to the extent that he will give up his position.

some argued that they wanted prince aris,some argued that they wanted prince karl".

Prince nate tapped the table with his index finger as he spoke.

The gardner continued,"They were comparing him to the late crown prince,prince kylis".

Prince nate stopped tapping the table as he said the sentence,"what did they say".

The gardner continued,"some said he will die like the crown prince but the left chancellor argued that he might not, since he has divine powers".

Prince nate was shocked when he heard that the left chancellor knew about prince keystone divine powers because none of the princes apart from himself, his mother who is consort herl and the king knew about it and surely the king will not reveal it.

" How does he know about prince keystone divine powers? ".

" Your highness, before you were born and the former left chancellor, consort herl father was still alive, he was friends with the current left chancellor, he must have told him about it.

They were even rumors that prince keystone was a god living the life of a mortal and hasn't awoken yet".

Prince nate became curiously," what god? ".

The gardener lowered his voice," god of reincarnation, your highness".

" God of reincarnation? ",Prince nate asked.

" Yes, your highness",the gardener answered.

" Your highness, concerning the ministers, do you have any message for the night warriors? ",The gardener asked.

Prince nate shook his head," no, you can go, I handle that one myself".

The gardner bowed and left.

Prince nate looked at ivan and smiled underneath his mask, "let's visit the ministers,since they are unwell".