Chapter 83
Entering the hall, Aurora met a deafening silence, the atmosphere looked awkward, and her eyes traveled to the man that knelt in front of the king.
She wondered who he was, then she shifted her gaze towards the king, meeting the king in his cold form, she lowered her head instantly.
Her heart skyrocketed, whenever the king held this kind of expression, it meant there was a fire on the mountain.
“Run! Run! Run”
She tried recollecting the conversation she had earlier with the king in his chamber, wondering if she had done something wrong.
Nothing special popped out of the memory that could lead to offense.
It made her restless.
“You must have done something wrong to him again,” She said in her head, then she sighed, finalizing to accept whatever comes her way now.
Her ankle befriended the ground, and her eyes flickered to the man in front of the king, a dangerous aura came out of him, then she sensed the man would hurt the king.
As a trained assassin, her sixth sense is powerful, occasionally her feelings about people always come true.
Her eyes didn’t crawl out of the body until the man scrutinized her from head to toe, asking why the stare. Then she looked away stylishly, and she decided to face what brought her to the king’s hall.
“Your highness you sent for me” Aurora uttered, her heart speedily in a race, she tried, wanting to slow down, wanting to calm her nerves down. Finally, she breathed in and out, waiting for the king’s word.
“I want you to repeat everything you said in the presence of the maid here,” The king said in a cold tone, hearing his tone, she realized she was not called for child play.
“Something had happened” She uttered with a hot breath. She was shivering, the king’s promise resonated in her ear.
The fear of the king dismissing his promise saddened her heart, she had thought of having a whole day with the king.
Just then, her expression changed, looking like a wounded lion finding a way to escape from her tormentor.
“My king, just as I said earlier, the translation written in this scroll is different from the original, the translator must have lied, saying she knows the French language, but it’s a lie because if she do, she would have some correct sentence is the original,” The man said,
She gasped where he knelt, her killing stares located the man on the ground.
She wanted to defend herself instantly, the word begged to come out, but she couldn’t.
The custom demands she be called before she can speak in front of the king, her whole body was in heat, and there is a stuck throat wanting to burst, but it couldn’t, she was pressing herself, hearing the blasphemy of the man against her.
After some minutes, the king finally gives her a chance to defend herself. “Did you have anything to say?” The kind said to Aurora.
“Your highness, firstly, I can read the French language and I can speak it fluently, also what I translated is what is written inside the document, I don’t know why the man is lying against me,” Aurora defended herself boldly, not minding the man darkened expression on his face.
“Who is lying?”The king asked.
“Your highness, the maid here is lying. I do not translate it, I don’t have any reason to lie against her. The blue scroll is the correct one, everything written inside is similar to the French document, but the red scroll, the translation is wrong to the original your highness” The man said, Malik tried to read the expression on his face, and he confirmed the man was saying the truth.
Jaguar lowered his head, and whispered to the king’s ears, “My king, the man is saying the truth, he’s a huge businessman, he had traveled to different countries, and rumors are going on in the city that he understands fifteen languages” Jaguar explained to the king and he nodded to his word, acknowledging his word.
Malik looked at Aurora, he wished she would just say the truth, maybe he would forgive her that she lied to him, but Aurora kept telling him, she was saying the truth.
He thought of what to do, and just then he spoke in the Spanish language to the man, wanting to confirm the rumors about the man understanding different languages.
Just as the rumors said, the man replied to the king in the Spanish language, the king was short of words, and the man proved to the king just that he was rumored. Although the king loves to punish Aurora at every oppo opportunity, the right wants to save her from his wrath, which is himself.
“This is the last chance to escape my punishment, tell me where you learned French, it’s a rare language that is not expected of a maid to know how to speak,” He said referring to Aurora.
How did you expect me to tell you that I’m a respectable Princess of my community, will you believe me? Even if you do, you will summon my community to war.
“Your Highness, I was opportune to work with a noblewoman, the woman understands the French language and she taught me,” Aurora said.
To her hearing, her response was convincing enough, but since she didn’t have any better answers, she said to the king.
“Where is the woman staying? I would like to send my messengers to her, to confirm the genuinity of your word,” The king said, her eyes widened, and she felt cold inwardly, not expecting the king to acknowledge her answer in this war.
Two minutes, her eyes stayed glued to the ground, until the king called her again.
“Can’t you tell us?” Malik said angrily, he was wanting to save her, even though he wanted to punish her.
After asking, she didn’t utter any word again, all that was coming out of her was hot breath.
“Jaguar” The king stretched the name, wanting Aurora to decode something, but still she went blind to his signals.
“Your Highness”
“What is the punishment for anyone that lied to the king?” He asked.
“My king, the punishment is according to the status, the royals are different, the novel, the king’s wives….”
“Tell her the maid’s punishment,” The king asked.
“My king, you are to decide the maid’s punishment, it’s the king’s responsibility”
“Okay, for now, lock her up in the dungeon, then I will decide her punishment for lying to the king,”
The word dungeon echoed in Aurora’s ears, she had always hoped never to find herself in that situation again, but now it seems she will go back there again.
Reflecting on how the insects bite her and disfigured her body, is aching. How can she go back there?
“Your Highness, I’m not lying, please believe me” she screamed in her lungs as a Jaguar pulled her from the ground.
Nearing the gate, she looked over her shoulder, her eyes piercing into the king, begging him to save her. She didn’t want to go to the dungeon, she would prefer another place than the dungeon.
“Stop” The king halted Jaguar like he can read her thought
“Go and keep her in the royals prison”
“What?” Jaguar’s brows knitted in confusion, he couldn’t believe his ears, a maid in the royal prison.
“My king, this is…”
“Just do as I said,” The king said in his authoritative, instantly Jaguar could no longer utter a speech.
She sighed deeply and her face lit up. Although she didn’t know when the king would release her, she was still excited that the king understood her thought. She felt like jumping on the king’s and plastered kisses on his face…
“Can that ever be possible?” She asked herself, then she smiled at the king even though he remained expressionless. Then she exited the hall.
“Why is she smiling at me? is she dumb? I just sent her to jail?” The king asked himself until a chuckle released on his face, smiling inwardly at her clumsiness until the man’s voice brought his consciousness back.
“You can go, I will call for you, if any update arises,” The king said, the man sprang to his feet, lowered his, head, and evacuated the hall.
Getting to the gate leading to the outside, he released the breath he had been keeping, then he realized that indeed the king is weird. Staying in his presence is staying in front of a gun.
“His aura is dangerous and deadly” He muttered, wanting to tell the guard to open the gate, his eyes caught a maid leaning at a corner, waving for him to come.
It looked secretly, the maid was looking front and right like she was looking for something.
“Queen Nneka wants to see you,” Daphne, the queen maid n said and he led the way for him to follow.
To Be Continued