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The sultan fumed listening to excuses after excuses of how the princess was allowed to escape, or kidnapped it didn't matter, when he got his hands on her! He crushed a hazelnut in his fist, causing whoever was talking to jump scared, as they should be!
"My lord!" a guard by the door called.
"What now?!" he demanded.
"My lord, the um delegation from the Ivory City has arrived"
"What?! They're not meant to arrive until tomorrow!" he yelled getting off the throne and storming down the hall.
"They said the weather favoured them"
"Yeah right" he spat the doors were opened for him, he came across the party in the lobby looking around at the golden statutes.
"Lords, you are quite early" the sultan says, the five men turn to him.
"Your majesty" they all bowed.
"Apologies for that, I had hoped to get to meet you and the Princess a little early" one man says stepping forward.
"My name is Zeref, here are my friends, Lord Sting, Lord Rouge and my bodyguards Zancrow and Cobra"
"Yes I had heard the three of you would be deciding among yourself which of you would be marrying my niece, you could all afford it"
"You have our finances well understood then"
"Of course I do I am the sultan" Zeref lets on a slight smile.
"Indeed, anyway would it be possible for us to meet the infamous Princess Levy?"
"Normally I would say yes, however we had a break in last night and the princess was kidnapped"
"What?!" Sting exclaimed.
"I know as you may expect it was a large shock to me, that mere bandits could come close and take something so dear to me" Cobra narrowed his eyes slightly sensing a lie in what he said but it went unnoticed by the sultan.
"Then we must aid in the safe return of the Princess, not only as prospects of future husbands but citizens of Fiore, it is our duty" Zeref says with a bow.
"Well said, Lord Zeref your aid will be most welcome" the sultan heads back to the throne room, Zeref steps closer to his party.
"I don't trust the sultan" Rouge says quietly as to not be overheard.
"You shouldn't he was lying about his concern for the Princess but he was honest when he said she was kidnapped"
"So it isn't just a ploy to get more money?" Sting wonders.
"He probably will use the situation to his advantage, if he didn't I would be surprised" Zancrow says keeping his eyes around them.
"What's your plan?" Cobra asks Zeref.
"We find the bandits, return the Princess and procced as we planned"
"Do I really have to be considered for marrying her?" Sting asks.
"Yes Sting you do, I've heard she's beautiful" Zeref says.
"That's what they says about every princess"
"True, but this time you never know"
"Whatever let's just get on with it, I hate this city too much sand"
"Compared to ours where there is just rock and marble" Rouge says blandly.
"Yep" Sting answers, his best friend Rouge rolls his eyes and they move on following in the direction of the sultan.
So now you meet the newcomers are they friend or foe?
