Married to the arrogant king

Four days later

Carl sat beside Zara, staring at her beautiful pale face. “I’m sorry my queen. sorry that I failed to protect both you and our child and I also failed to give you the Justice you deserve, because I didn’t find whoever was responsible for your condition,” Carl said, kissing Zara’s forehead.

Recently, he received replies from three out of the four nations (Azrael, Nival, Greenville) he had sent a message to, asking for the purple lotus, and they all said the same thing. That they didn’t have the purple lotus. Now he hoped and prayed that the last nation(Nedal), a very small nation, far from Everton would give him a positive reply.

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“Jerald, did king Neil (king of Nedal kingdom) send a reply yet?” Carl asked, giving Jerald a hopeful look.

“Not yet, my king,” Jerald answered, giving Carl a sad look. Not only Carl was affected by Zara’s condition, but the whole of Everton. Also, the palace was not as lively as it used to be before.

“My king, what are we going to do, if Nedal doesn’t have the purple lotus, are you going to ask king Arthur, or king Darian (rulers of Neptune and Crystal-vile, and Carl’s enemies).

“I hope it doesn’t come to that,” Carl replied. “Jerald, I want you to continue investigating Zara’s case, make sure you find out who is behind her poisoning, and do it discreetly. Also, I want you to send a message to the minister of defense, telling him that I would like to see him.”

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Meanwhile, King Arthur agreed to both Arnold’s and the mystery person’s suggestion, and decide to attack Everton.

He also sent a message to king Darian, of the Crystal-vile nation, asking him for reinforcement, in addition to the two thousand(soldier), he intended to use in attacking Everton.

“Your majesty, King Darian sent you a scroll.”

“Read it, Arnold.”

“It says that he agrees to send the reinforcement.”

“That’s a good thing, now we match to Everton…

Arthur and his army, marched for a day and half before they finally got to Everton… When they arrived, it was noon, so they decided to wait until it was nightfall before they attacked.

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Nightfall, In Everton

“Your majesty, we are under attack,” Jerald yelled in panic, and Carl smirked, not looking the least bit worried. It was like he already knew they would attack.

“My king, what’s wrong? you don’t look bothered by the news,” Jerald asked,” seeing that Carl was looking unfazed.

“Jerald, a king should always be prepared for the unexpected. Remember the other day, when I asked you to call the minister of defense?” Carl asked, and Jerald nodded.

“It was because of situations like this. I knew my enemies would want to attack at a time like this when they knew I was vulnerable, that’s why I asked the minister of defense to ready our army, in case of unexpected attacks,” Carl explained, and Jerald gave him a look of admiration.

Even when he was going through so much, he didn’t fail to protect his nation.

Although he couldn’t take part in the war, because it was the sixth day and the king of Nedal was yet to send a reply, also Zara had a day left. So he asked the minister of defense to handle it…

Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Arthur was rapidly losing the battle. His men were getting killed, and even the reinforcement couldn’t help. They also met the same fate as Arthur’s men.

It was like they had walked right into a trap when they attacked Everton. Carl’s army had ambushed them, surrounding them from all sides, and even with Arthur’s large Army, and the reinforcement, they couldn’t do anything. Carl’s army had skillfully and bravely tackled them.

“Retreat,” Arthur yelled, seeing that they had lost the battle, and only a few men from his army and the reinforcement were left.

They immediately fell back, taking to heels as Carl’s army chased them.

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“Your majesty, we succeeded in defeating king Arthur’s troops,” the minister of defense reported, with a huge smile on his face.

“That’s great,” Carl simply said, not looking interested or happy about the news. He had something else on his mind which bothered him more than the outcome of the war, and it was Zara.

He was worried and also scared because he still didn’t get the lotus, and he was about to lose his queen and the love of his life.

The minister of defense saw that Carl was absent-minded and didn’t care about what he was saying, and he immediately understood that Carl must be thinking about Zara, and he felt sorry.

Unlike Carl, Zara was just their queen and the mother of their nation. But to Carl, she was not just his queen, she was something more.

He opened his mouth to say something to Carl, but the words were stuck. He wanted to console him but he didn’t know how to.

“Sir William(the minister of defense) what would you do if you were in my shoes? Carl asked.

Sir William looked at Carl, and he didn’t know how to answer. Just like Carl, he didn’t know what he would do.

“Your majesty, even I wouldn’t know what to do,” he replied truthfully.

Carl nodded his head, then he said, “I know what to do. I will have to ask King Arthur, for the lotus regardless of the cost.”

Sir William was gobsmacked. “My king, we just defeated King Arthur in a war, I’m not sure he would want to give you the lotus, please reconsider.”

Carl scoffed. “Of course, I know that, but I’m willing to do whatever it takes to save my queen, even if it includes kissing Arthur’s feet.”

Sir William shrieked at what Carl had just said. He couldn’t imagine their king, bowing down to another king, and even kissing his feet. He couldn’t even let it happen. Although he wasn’t the King’s advisor, he still had to stop the king from making the wrong choice. After all, Everton was their home.

“My king, remember king Neil is yet to send a reply, I suggest you wait,” Sir William reasoned.

“Wait? you suggest I wait. Sir William, do you know, my queen has just a day left, and you are saying I should wait. what if I wait and the queen ends up dying,” Carl yelled angrily, and Sir William shivered at his tone of voice.

Yes, Zara was at great risk, but Carl is also Putting Everton at risk if he decides to ask Arthur for help.

“Your majesty, please reconsider,” he pleaded.

“My decision is final, I will ask king Arthur for the purple lotus.”