"What is it you want to talk about, Father?" Asked Prince Peter.
His Majesty, Supreme King Orlando, stood up from his throne and closed the gap between him and his son. "I want to talk to you about what I've been talking to you about," said the Supreme King.
"And what might that be?" Asked Prince Peter with a mischievous smile on his lip, feigning to be oblivious.
"Don't play dumb with me, Peter, you know well what I'm talking about," the supreme king raised his voice slightly.
"How will I know, when you won't say it?" Replied Prince Peter with a relaxed smile. The Supreme King's face reddened due to anger, but he kept his anger tamed. The Supreme King took a deep breath to calm his anger.
"Well if you insist you don't know what I'm talking about, let me do well to remind you then" said the Supreme, he returned to his throne and sat down, "it's about you taking a wife, you are my first son and you should have a wife by now, I'm already old, i want to see my grandson and be sure the throne is secure before I die, that's the only way I'm going to have a peaceful death" said the Supreme King.
"I don't understand what you say, Father, cause every time you talked about me taking a wife, I always told you that I already have a wife." Replied Prince Peter, his previous relaxed and mischievous smile nowhere to be seen on his face.
"And I told you no child of mine, especially my son, will marry a commoner who knows no etiquette and has no political power or influence, no economic power," Supreme King Orlando roared angrily.
"I love her, Your Majesty, she has borne me a son, so I need not another wife," replied Prince Peter, matching this same fierceness of the Supreme King.
"Then let me make it clear to you" The supreme king stood up again and walked towards him, "I will never let a child of commoner become the king of this Great Kingdom, I'm building an empire that can only be finish with someone powerful, so I doubt if you will be king after me" the king then angrily left the throne room and retired to his chamber leaving Prince Peter alone at the throne room.
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Outside the Palace, Prince Gregory had just stepped out. Bloodeye, who had been waiting for him outside the Palace, quickly approached him.
"We are returning to my villa Bloodeye, The king is going to consult the seer before he decides," Prince Gregory said
"Then we will be here for sometimes then" replied Bloodeye
"Not for much time, Bloodeye"
While the two were talking, a young girl about 15 years of age ran out of the Palace straight into Prince Gregory's arms. Prince Gregory was first caught by surprise, but later recognized who it was, a rare smile formed on his lips as he hugged back the girl. Bloodeye was surprised to see a smile on Prince Gregory's face. During his time in Benin, he had never seen him smile, and since they got back from Benin, they only spent a very short time in Tarah before going to war.
Prince Gregory finally released the girl from the hug, The girl was Princess Mira, the king's only daughter and Prince Peter's younger sister. She took a liking to Prince Gregory since she was very little and always snuck out to play with him despite the Queen's several warnings not to; in the Queen's words, she was playing with fire. When Prince Gregory nearly burned her brother, she trusted that Prince Gregory never meant to, and when he was sent to Benin, she was sad. She was glad he was finally back when he returned only to be sent to war.
"Are you leaving again without telling me?" She asked with her big ocean eyes.
"No, of course not sweet Mira," replied Prince Gregory