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CHAPTER 4- The Affair is Discovered
The next day dawned, and dawn passed, and it was noontime before Legolas awoke. This was noted by the others in the halls of Thranduil, for he was normally one of the first awake. His father's servant, Hallalomeiel, came to Legolas's room once he had awakened, and said to him, "Legolas, your father requests your presence, for you wake late this day, and he wonders why. Also, he wishes to thank you for the hart." She walked to him and held up his soft green-grey robe for him to put on. "Thank you, Halla." She led him to the hall in which his father waited.
"Vedui, father. You requested my presence?"
"Yes, Legolas," he said, with a slight smirk on his face, "I did. I note that you were gone the last two days."
Legolas did have a legitimate excuse for that. "I was hunting a hart! It was quite determined to escape me."
"But you did bring it down, and I thank you." His smirk grew into a knowing smile.
Legolas knew that he was going to run into a problem. He did not lie. He did not like lying, and so did not do it. So, he knew he could not now. "Father, I did not bring down that hart."
"Oh, and who did, then?"
"I...ai, you know that I cannot lie. Luinil Lightsong did."
His father laughed, a loud and joyful sound. "I knew there was a girl involved. She got the hart before you did?"
"Yes. She had been tracking him a day longer than I. She deserved it."
Thranduil decided to let his son in on his knowledge. "Legolas, I saw you two go into your room." At this Legolas thought, "Apparently I need my own dwelling...". He then said "I do not deny it, father."
"Well you really cannot. But truly, Legolas, it is perfectly fine with me. As long as you love her..."
Legolas laughed. "Aiya, I do, father, I do!!! She is amazing, and I now realize why I have been so happy these past few months that I have known her."
Thranduil was happy for his son. "Well, Legolas, you have my blessing. She is a wonderful woman."
"Thank you, father!"