Chapter 4 – Laws
Elsa's POV
"What is it that we need to talk about, Prime Minister?"
"Well, it's about Arendelle… and Princess Anna and you, Queen Elsa"
"What about—"
"The townsfolk were talking about when will Princess Anna and Prince Kristoff take over the the duties as King and Queen of Arendelle—"
All of a sudden the doors open and Anna and Kristoff barged in with confused and a bit angry looks on their faces.
"Anna? Kristoff?"
"What do you mean by us taking over the kingdom?!"
"Anna, sweetie, calm down… ok?" Kristoff said as he was trying to calm my sister about the situation. They both sat down on the opposite side of the prime minister.
"Please continue, and explain to all of us what is going on. They deserve to be informed about this, after all as to what you just said, they are no stranger in this issue."
"Yes, of course. Continuing where I left off, the people are suddenly questioning Queen Elsa if she can handle Arendelle on her own."
"What are you talking about? Arendelle has been fine for the past year when I started ruling this kingdom. I haven't heard of any problems with the way I rule it."
"Exactly, my sister Elsa hasn't done anything that harmed the kingdom. What are the people's problem with her then?
"None, but—"
"But… but what?"
"They have been thinking that it would probably be best if Arendelle will have a king once again…"
"…"
"And not just the villagers but also us, official government of Arendelle"
"What? Why?"
"Ever since this issue began, we looked up the kingdom's history, laws, and traditions. And we found out about a certain law that states that 'For an heiress to take over the throne and rule Arendelle, she must be married at the age of 21 to a legitimate ruler; if not, the throne will be passed to the nearest in line to the throne' in this case, it will be passed to Prince Kristoff and Princess Anna"
How there be such a rule?! Who made that stupid rule book anyway?! My little sister, Rule Arendelle? I don't have any problem when it comes to giving up the throne… what bothers me is the person receiving the throne. It's obvious Anna and Kristoff aren't ready to take over and it obvious that they don't want to. They still have their own dreams and being king and queen is not it. What should I do?
"Prime Minister, isn't there someone else to take over beside Anna and Kristoff?"
"Well, there are your cousins from Crackleton but we all know they definitely not qualified for ruling anything!"
Sigh… he's right though, those people are the worst. Now what? How are going to solve this, I can't possibly sacrifice Anna for this. There has to be another way…
"Please prime minister, can't we just let this issue go and continue as we were before? Elsa is doing a great job on her own, letting us take over might not be such a good idea. We barely even know anything about this stuff but Elsa had prepared her whole life for this… I had watched her since we were kids, Elsa works harder than anyone. Are you saying that all her hard work was for nothing?"
"Your Highness, please calm down… at this state it seems you don't have much choices. It will be either Prince Kristoff and Princess Anna, or your cousins take over… or—"
"…or?
"Or Queen Elsa finds a husband as soon as possible… and most probably an arrange marriage to be quick"
"WHAT?! That's absurd! There is no way that my sister will agree to an arra—"
"Anna, stop for a minute"
"Wha—"
"Prime minister, we shall notify you our decision as soon as possible but for now let us talk about this first… just give us some time to think about it."
"Of course"
"Let my guards escort you to your home"
"Yes, farewell, your highnesses" he said as the guards entered the room and escorted the prime minister out.
"Elsa… Elsa! You can't possibly be considering this right?"
"…" I – I don't know what to say… I'm still confused. It's just so overwhelming
"Elsa, tell me you aren't going to get married through an arrangement… Elsa!"
"We'll discuss about it tomorrow morning. I just need some rest right now…" I'm sorry Anna but it seems I don't have any other choice. I have got to do this for you and Kristoff.
"Elsa!"
"Sweetie, let her go for now… it's been a long day and we all just need some rest. Now let's go to bed, okay?"
"Okay…."
