And Macao showcases a huge amount of envy, pride, greed and a little bit of ego in him when seeing Samurai with Zia-Lin. Confrontation scene commences!

Chapter 21: Increasing Jealousy

As the next day went by, Samurai thought it would be best to give Zia-Lin a little gift for her and give her some flowers and he made his way towards the Jade Palace to deliver this to the princess and as he was going up the steps, he was unaware that a certain jealous Macao was watching as Samurai is holding a bouquet of flowers for Zia-Lin and he growled in deep anger and bitterness that this peasant would do this for the princess.

"Unbelievable." Macao growled.

Samurai was seen by a few royal servants and they noticed a huge amount of flowers he's carrying and one of them said, "Hello, Samurai."

"Hi there. This is for Zia." Samurai replied, presenting the flowers.

"Wonderful. Zia-Lin's busy with her father, but if you'll just leave them with me, I'll make sure that she gets it." the servant replied.

Samurai nodded his head in understanding and he said, "I appreciate that. Thank you."

"Anytime." the servant replied.

Soon after, Samurai walked down the steps from the palace to head home all while he was being watched by Macao and he was completely unaware that Macao was following him and as he made his way out of the palace, he heard Macao call his name out.

"Peasant!"

Samurai stopped for a second and then turned around and sees Macao standing there and he said, "Oh, it's you. What's up?"

"I'll tell you what's up...you stealing my future queen! That's what's up!" Macao shouted.

Samurai was confused on what Macao meant by this and he figured that Zia-Lin was involved in this and he said, "I haven't stolen your future queen, dude."

"Yes, you have! You think Zia-Lin can have you and get away with it?!" Macao shouted, freaking out.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa...time out. What are you talking about?" asked Samurai.

"Shut up! I saw you kiss MY girlfriend! My future bride! My future queen! Don't you DARE play dumb with me! I'm not born stupid, you know!" Macao roared.

Samurai then realized that Macao was talking about him and Zia-Lin together and the thought of a peasant dating a princess made him sick to his stomach and Samurai replied, "What's the big deal anyway?"

"The big deal...she's my mate! You're just a lowly peasant who works in a lowly noodle shop and you don't deserve to be with a high-society beautiful girl like Zia-Lin! She deserves someone better and I'm that person! And I'd like you to keep it that way." Macao stated.

Samurai wasn't gonna fight him on this and he stated in a calm voice, "Listen to me, I'm not stealing Zia-Lin at all. She made her choice already."

"Well...I'm gonna make her regret that choice. Take this as a warning; get anywhere near her and it will be the last thing you'll ever do." Macao replied, showing his sword.

Samurai widened his eyes at what he actually meant by this and he said, "You're not thinking..."

"Believe this, peasant. We'll see who's standing when my sword meets your back. Stay away from my girl." Macao growled.

After Macao walked away, Samurai was still confused as to what just happened there and he scoffed at this and he suddenly saw Zia-Lin walk down the steps, obviously looking very upset with Macao and she saw Samurai standing there...in which Macao turned around and his jealousy level has gone up.

"Hey, Sam. I'm sorry you had to experience what just happened." Zia-Lin said.

"It's fine. Is he always like this?" asked Samurai.

Zia-Lin groans in exasperation and she replied, "He's been totally obssessed with me since we were kids and how one day, we'll be happy together. He's totally out of my league and he thinks that I deserve to be his 'queen'. I'd rather have a peasant as my real boyfriend that Macao or any other royal."

Macao couldn't bear to watch and the first thing he wanted to do was kill Samurai for that and he immediately went over to both of them and attacked Samurai and punched him in the face multiple times. Samurai got himself up and looked at Macao and asked, "Dude, what's wrong with you?!"

"I just gave you a warning and yet, you defy me?! Zia-Lin is MINE!" Macao roared.

"I'll never be your queen! I made the choice to date Samurai. At least he's very humble, polite, sweet and always respectful." Zia-Lin answered.

"What does he have that I don't have?! He's just a peasant! You deserve someone better!" Macao exclaimed.

"News flash; I already got someone better! You can't do anything about it!" Zia-Lin shouted back.

"What's all the ruckus down here?"

All three of them turned around to see the king come down the steps and the first person the king looked at was Samurai, assuming that he started something and he asked, "What did you do to my daughter, peasant?"

"Nothing, sir." Samurai replied.

"I saw them kissing yesterday!" Macao shouted.

The king looked at Samurai for a second and he asked, "Is that true?"

"Yes, sir. It's true." Samurai answered.

"Yes, dad. We did kiss yesterday." Zia-Lin responded.

The king started snarling a little, thinking that Samurai might've done more than kiss and he asked, "Did you do something to her that she regretted?"

"No, sir. Not at all." Samurai answered, in a very truthful tone.

"All we did was kiss and that's it. Nothing else, I swear." Zia-Lin added.

The king could tell from the times Samurai said 'yes, sir' and 'no, sir' to him tells that he's very polite and honest and he said, "All right then."

Macao was shocked to hear this and he asked, "Are you gonna allow them to keep dating?!"

"If he didn't do anything wrong to my daughter, I don't see any reason to stop them." the king replied, although initially reluctant to admit it.

That was the last straw for Macao as he stormed out of the palace to get some air and Samurai blinked his eyes and said, "I pity the doofus who ends up with him."

Zia-Lin replied with a giggle and she said, "Some desperate girl, I'm sure."

This is not the last you'll see of Macao soon! Stay tuned!