23. Why?
"S-sorry for your mother, dear, it all happened so fast I didn't even have any preparations for marriage. I really don't know how to say the reason for not telling you about this marriage. You want to be angry please because I am indeed guilty."
Queen Ladyana blinked her eyes so that the tears that were still in the corners of her eyes just flowed, making King William immediately reach out his hand to wipe his wife's face.
Princess Mariana looked at Queen Ladyana. She really felt happy because she saw her mother now side by side with King William, the man who she stayed up as a new father for her.
Queen Ladyana's body trembled at the sight of Princess Mariana's flushed face. She thinks her daughter is angry and disapproves of the current marriage. She tried to reach out her hand to hug Princess Mariana but her daughter waved her hand, refusing her mother's embrace.
"I'm sorry, dear. Mother is indeed guilty. It is indeed selfish and does not deserve to be a woman that you can use as an example. I'm sorry for accidentally making you feel like you don't exist. Mother accidentally, my child. I'm sorry..."
Princess Mariana, who had been acting in front of Queen Ladyana, immediately bumped into her mother. She hugged the woman she loved so tightly. There were no words she could say. Until a few moments later Princess Mariana loosened her arms and she tried to look up at her mother's face which looked very beautiful.
"Mother is innocent. I'm just joking, mother. Your daughter is too happy to see her happy with His Majesty King William. There are no words that I can say at this time except gratitude to God Almighty for all the abundance of his gifts so that Mother and King William finally got married."
"Y-aren't you angry? You weren't angry when your mother remarried another man and left your father?"
"No. Mother, don't worry. Your daughter is very happy to have a father who is very loving like His Majesty King William. Several times His Majesty the King approached me and loved me like his own daughter. He took me around the palace and introduced me to the soldiers and asked them to teach me how to defend myself. You know that I have always wanted this activity. Meanwhile in the Zephyra kingdom, my father forbade activities that I can do freely at this time. You deserve this happiness because you have suffered with my father. Forgive my father for having made my mother miserable. As her daughter I have the duty and responsibility to make mother happy for the rest of her life."
King William and all who wanted to attend the wedding were smiling at the scene that was presented before them. Everyone who was initially pretentious about Princess Mariana's refusal now breathed a sigh of relief. King William now reached out to hug Princess Mariana and stroked her son's head gently.
"I promise to make your life happier than before. I promise you to keep your mother so that she is also happy when she is with me. Never doubt the sincerity I give to you because your happiness is my main goal."
The three of them finally hugged each other. Queen Ladiana, who did not know King William, felt uncomfortable when her husband's hand wrapped around her shoulder but she couldn't do much other than obey King William's sweet treatment.
Queen Elisa and King William 2 who had witnessed a very touching event now stepped closer to Princess Mariana and hugged the girl.
"I am very happy when I see you say the most beautiful words in my son's marriage. Grandma is very happy to know that you did not interfere with the marriage of your mother and my son. Thank you for accepting my son as your father. Grandma promised to make your life happy. you never get time with your biological father. Promise grandma to be a daughter who will always be proud of your parents."
"Grandma?"
"Yes, my dear. I am your grandmother. Mother of King William, your father."
"Grandmother. Greetings to the grandmother of your granddaughter"
Princess Mariana who had just seen Queen Elisa at this time was stunned. She couldn't believe that she finally had a beautiful grandmother like Queen Elisa.
Princess Mariana looked at Queen Elisa and then she bowed to pay respects to the very modest woman in front of her.
"Sincerely yours."
Queen Elisa smiled at Princess Mariana's behavior. She immediately hugged Mariana and led her to sit away from King William and Queen Ladiana. Queen Ladyana who saw the sweet attitude shown by her mother-in-law to her child could only wipe away the tears that were getting more and more heavy. She really had to get an atmosphere that she had never imagined bJesus took place in the palace of King William. A large kingdom with a very magnificent palace willing to accept her presence with pleasure without any resistance at all.
"Don't cry, honey. This is our happy day and you should smile. I will feel sad when I see my wife in tears like this. When I see your tears fall, I feel like a man who has no use at all. I'm useless in front of you because I can't make you smile."
"I'm crying because I'm happy. This lowly me can be well received by my husband's family. I don't know how to repay the kindness you have given me. I...'
"Shhh, it's done. Don't talk anymore because everything that's been given to you is not much. A beautiful and special woman like yourself deserves more than this."
Queen Ladyana was silent. She looked at her husband's very handsome face then looked down. She was really embarrassed when she saw her husband looking at her with a gentle gaze. An incident she never got when she was with her husband the Nyctophillic king.
"It seems that my wife is ashamed of her husband. Is it true like that? Look at your husband's face. Enjoy it. On your husband's face there is love that is so sincere and pure for his wife. Never doubt or doubt about the sincerity that I have only for you."
"But why? You and I just met. My condition and yours are completely different. You are a great King whereas I am only a mere mortal."