Chapter Fourteen

After the announcement of the king's engagement, the noble's daughters were immediately gathered by Blair Flannigan to meet in the castle's dining room. The news all surprised them and most were good sports about this, all except for a pissed off Blair.

"Can you believe the king is getting engaged to a knight?! A knight! Of all people!" Blair complained.

An orange haired woman shrugged. "If the king choose Lady Rhodes then that's his choice. There's nothing we can do." She explained to the young lady.

"You're just defending her because you were part of the military!"

The older woman rolled her eyes. "Oh excuse me, I forgot since we're nobles daughters, we have to be so bitter. Gee, no wonder the king didn't choose one of us."

"Enough you two!" A woman with green hair shouted. "Lady Flannigan, it is time to let go of the king! He made his final decision...soon, the kingdom will be blessed with beautiful children. Quite sooner than you think, since royals are always breeding so young."

Blair then crossed her arms. "I'm going to confront these two, this engagement...this whole thing shouldn't be happening!"

"If the king and Lady Rhodes refused to speak to anyone about this, what makes you think you'll be an exception." The orange haired woman challenged, before sipping her tea with elegant grace.

Blair hesitated, Sure was sure those two wouldn't open up so easily to her. "Then..I'll have to spy on them first. I'm sure Lady Alexis has some sort of agenda."

"Agenda? I'm sure she would have assassinated the king a long time ago if that's what you're implying." The green haired woman spoke.

Blair shook her head. "Doesn't have to be death...but I have this weird feeling about her..and I'm going to find out."

"You'll risk your family's reputation." A daughter warned.

"Oh you don't have to worry...everything will be under control from my end.."

Blair stood up from her chair, facing away from the other women of nobility. The blue haired woman planned on keeping an eye on the knight as the kingdom prepared for the royal wedding. It would be the 99th royal wedding in the duel monster kingdom.

Speaking of royalty, Jaden, Alexis, and Yubel all finished their lunches after strolling the gardens together. The king decided to walk with Alexis to her room, keeping an eye for any "media vultures" trying to grill the two.

"I just wanted to say that I had fun with you." Alexis praised. "I hope we can keep having these meetings, without any people trying to interrogate us."

Jaden chuckled sheepishly. "Well I'm glad you had a good time!" He replied, showing his adorable, goofy smile. Alexis had always found the king's smile endearing; it was innocent per say. It even made those around him smile.

"So.." he started. "What about next time we-"

"There you guys are!" Called out a familiar voice. The couple immediately turned around and saw Atticus running towards them with a frown in his face, something that meant business to Alexis. Her brother wasn't one who always frowned; he was probably one of the happiest people she's ever met.

"He must've heard about the engagement.." Alexis whispered to Jaden.

The king agreed, he actually saw the elder brother in the crowd, but chose not to say anything. Surprisingly Atticus said nothing during the royal court meeting as well. Jaden was sure Atticus would speak out instead of that looney man Sir Chazz.

"Why Atticus, how can we help you?" Jaden asked politely.

Atticus sighed before speaking calmly. "Your majesty...I would like to request to have a private conversation with my sister."

"You shouldn't be asking me, you should be asking your sister." Jaden corrected.

"R-Right, I apologize! So Lex…" the elder brother started. "May I speak with you in private?" He asked.

The blonde woman nodded, "I'll see you later, your majesty." She whispered to the king before heading into her room, along with her brother.

To be continued…