Records Of A King (5.5)

Greetings, My name is Sebastian IX, King of the capital Rjokallem, land of Endeara.

Today, I had quite the fortuitous encounter.

First, my son informed me of how he had annulled the engagement. I was surprised at first, but it was not unfortunate. I had long planned to break the engagement, but never found a reasonable excuse.

My son, was always a good hearted human, and could not bear sight to injustice. So, even though my heart ached for him, he would still choose to be with that bastard child.

It was my fault, that he had to undergo such hardships. Many years ago, If I had known that she was the daughter of a servant, I would have never accepted the proposal.

But at that time, I was still immature.

I made a promise to the duke's son, and soon after he perished. Bound to his last words, it was hard for me to overturn the engagement.

At least we could bind the dukes household to us, I thought.

What really astonished me, was that that child, Agnes, had pleaded for an audience. Normally, I would have shown it no heed, but the marriage was of no small matter. Even though she was unimportant, her family was not.

More importantly, I was intrigued by what she was going to say. Well, if it was some nonsense, I would just appropriately punish her.

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My thoughts immediately perished after I met her.

As we exchanged glances, I felt cold sweat running down my back.

Her Ice cold gaze shook my very foundation. Those eyes, I had seen them many times as a king.

Those were eyes forged from numerous hardship and surpassing countless of others.

An executioner's eyes, was what I called them.

Eyes, that held contempt towards humanity, eyes, which said, they stood above everyone. That's what they implied.

Such an intense gaze was shot by a 15 year old girl.

I couldn't help but shudder.

Absolutely beautiful.

I couldn't help feeling excited. What she must have gone through, I couldn't begin to imagine.

I would know, after all, we had the same eyes. Still, mine weren't even close to the darkness she was hiding within her.

Finally, after all these years, I had found my kin. And it was such a young girl, too.

That's why I couldn't help feeling excited.

Soon, she started explaining her circumstances.

I was sure that she was lying.

I may not know her purpose, but there was no way that she would sacrifice herself for the nation.

A person like her, would never care about something like that. I'd rather believe that pigs fly, than that she was felt an ounce of empathy towards this country.

Such a person, would only care about themselves. They are all egoistic traitors. That's the only way to survive after all.

Still, her logic was flawless. I was sure, that even if I rebutted, she would have several excuses already lined up. With just a few sentences, that girl had perfectly set up an escape route for herself.

No matter what happened from now on, she would not have to take the blame for it. A clean sweep.

I asked myself, If we had a debate on even grounds, who would win?

I thought to myself that such a talent had to be brought to my side at all cost. Before I knew it, I had already conferred her the title of an Archduke. It may have been a bit whimsical from me, but I was moved from her display today.

However, I knew, that even though anyone else would be happy for the title, that girl would not be.

A title, after all, was useless for someone like her. She probably might have found a better use if I gave her something that allowed her to move independently.

Well, that's the punishment for lying to me.

Afterwards, I promptly left the palace. There was still a lot of work to do.

On my way back, I couldn't help but think about her.

When she got home, I was sure she would have a lot of enemies.

There would be many who underestimate her and in the end get swallowed whole. I already pitied them.

More importantly though, there would also be some who could compete against her. I was sure if such an encounter would ever happen, a storm would lay waste to the whole world.

No, maybe the clouds had already assembled.

I asked myself again, what little schemes she had planned. Thinking about it, I couldn't help looking forward to the future.

Maybe I should have let her marry the third prince after all.