7 KINGDOMS: conquest
197.the palace of the kingdom of Mecius
Grim immediately drew his sword and placed it on Arexes' neck, he stared at him sharply.
"who are you?!" shout Grim.
Arexes felt a threatening feeling from the servant before him, his life now in danger.
"i am the prince of this kingdom, the prince of Arexes of the kingdom of Mecius" Arexes said.
"where is our master?!" grim.
he was worried about the safety of Noran. Even though his master was strong, there were still many other figures who were stronger than Noran.
"i don't know who you're calling master" said Arexes.
for some time, Grim continued to interrogate him and tied him under a tree.
meanwhile, Esline and the others just sat waiting in the carriage and watched what Grim did.
before long, a large group of armed men approached them. Grim became more alert, seeing who was approaching them.
he was now standing straight with his hands tightly clasped, seeing quite a number of armored warriors walking towards them.
the next moment shocked him, he recognized who was leading them. The young man in clean white clothes and black hair.
Noran looked at Grim who was in a state of alert, he felt quite pleased with his vigilance.
"sir, where have you been?" ask Grim.
"grim, there's very little business" Noran said.
he saw his chariot parked not so far away, then he turned his head and massaged the young man who resembled him tied to a tree trunk.
"young master! what did they do to you?!" said captain Rater.
now, he was sure the man tied up was the prince they were looking for. Captain Rater immediately ran towards Arexes and untied him.
"how dare you tie the prince up like a criminal" said captain Rater.
he became furious and looked at Grim sharply. Grim could only smile stiffly when he heard it.
'it looks like he is indeed a prince.' Grim muttered.
"it's just a misunderstanding. Grim, we're not leaving the capital. There's something we have to take care of first" Noran said.
"what is master?" ask Grim.
"i'll explain later" Noran said.
Grim was still amazed to see that someone could have such a face similar to his master, even the soldiers belonging to Arexes still rubbed their eyes repeatedly.
"so, how's the prince? still want to go to the palace?" ask Noran.
he smiled towards the prince of Arexes, the prince of Arexes was also still confused as to why there was such a person who looked like him.
he felt like he was looking in the mirror, seeing his shadow talking to him.
"uh? of course I still want to go to the palace, but, who are you?" ask prince Arexes.
Noran simply smiled, "in that case, let's leave now."
Noran let Prince Arexes into his chariot, the two sitting side by side making him look even more alike.
Esline and the others were puzzled to see the two, they were like seeing Noran who was split in two.
slowly, the horse carriage made its way towards the palace with the escort of Rater's captain's army.
it did not take long for them to arrive at the palace, the vast and magnificent palace, when compared with the 7 great kingdoms, the, this palace only looks like the residence of the dukes and other high nobles.
the guarding soldiers also looked stronger with better weaponry.Captain Rater walked closer towards the gate guard soldiers.
after a few conversations, the soldier nodded and told the gate to open.
the horse carriage slowly entered and stopped in front of the main door of the palace. Noran and the others went down, they were greeted by the servants.
"what happened to this kingdom? why does it feel different than it looks?" noran.
"well, the kingdom of Mecius does look peaceful, but in fact the kingdom of Mecius experienced internal conflict" said captain Rater.
"internal conflicts? is it about power struggles?" ask Noran.
captain Rater nodded.As the two of them were about to continue conversing, they had arrived at the spacious palace door.
"we have arrived at the throne room" said Prince Arexes.
everyone halted their conversation and prepared to enter, two beautiful large doors slowly opened.
a throne can be seen standing at the highest place of this room. several fully armored soldiers are also seen guarding the king.
prince Arexes led everyone in. There was only the king in this room, the two lower thrones beside him were now empty.
there was not a single noble in sight in this room, Noran took everything into account from the looks of it.
"it's a serious matter, no wonder the prince was asked to stay away from the capital." Noran murmured.
"father." said Prince Arexes.
he bowed respectfully, followed by the people behind him.Arexes, after paying his respects to the king, approached his father.
"why are you back?!" shouted the king.
he looks angry with the arrival of the prince to the palace.Prince Arexes did not dare to look at his father directly.
"Rater, didn't I tell you to take him away no matter what?" said the king.
"your Majesty, forgive this useless servant" said captain Rater on his knees.
prince Arexes was visibly trembling when he heard his father's words, feeling guilty towards Captain Rater.
"dad, this isn't Uncle Rater's fault! my fault! I asked for it back!" Arexes.
the king got up and walked closer to Arexes when he was close enough, he raised his hand and slapped him.
"why are you back?! go away, go as far away as possible!" said the king.
his hands trembled with slaps on his own son, his eyes glittering with tears.
"captain, now take him away.don't mind anything and go as far as possible" said the king.
"is that because your wife was killed?" noran.
the king opened his eyes, he was surprised to hear the words of Noran.he had told everyone in the palace to turn his mouth.
how could there be outsiders who still knew about it?
"who are you?!" said the king.
he looked at Noran vigilantly, after seeing him he realized there was something strange about the young man.
he scrunched his forehead, turned back to look at his own son. Their faces were very similar, if only Arexes had not called him father, he was not sure he could tell the two apart.
"i'm just someone who rests in a noble kingdom" Noran said with a smile.
"what do you mean the queen was killed?!" said captain Rater.
Noran smiled and looked at the king, choosing to ignore all the questions from others.
"how is yanh noble? are my words correct?" ask Noran.
"how do you know?!" ask the king.
"it's easy, do you want to know who killed him?" noran.
prince Arexes and captain Rater were surprised, the king's question was the same as stating that the queen had been killed.
"tell me, who killed him?" ask the king.