I thought you might have a brain

King Rian was not entirely surprised by her choice but he asked, "Why her?"

Jasmine glanced back at him without flinching. Could she tell him that she wanted to conquer her enemy by being close to her? Of course not. She shrugged slightly. "Why not her?"

"Fair enough." King Rian nodded as though she had said something that made sense. He wrote something on a scroll which made her wonder what he was noting down. Was he trying to evaluate her or something? This was not the first time he wrote something down when she didn't think she had said anything worth writing. He scribbled for a while and when he was done, he rolled up the scroll and put it aside before grabbing the largest book she had ever seen. She guessed that it had to be a records book of some sort. From the movement of his hand, he had written her name after Scarlet's.

He looked up. "If you need help with anything, don't hesitate to let me know. It doesn't matter what it is."