Hestria, being led to the throne room with two guards by her side, couldn't help but feel tense. She wondered how she was going to present what happened in the forest to the king and how she would suggest the bizarre notion of going to another nation, one populated with monsters, to have an audience with their king.
As reality dawned on her, she couldn't help but panic inwardly. "How will this play out? Should I inform the king of the news and the fact that the king of the nation of monsters requested to see him? Won't I be sounding disrespectful?" She lifted up her right hand and traced it around the purple marking that was now on her neck, due to the fact Akun had enslaved her. As she mused further, "won't I just lose my head for having the audacity to propose such a notion?"