The Royal Mark-Chapter 214: Very Brilliant

The next day, King Allister woke up alone in bed, and he could guess where Valeria went that early in the morning. He quickly dressed up wanting to see his great-grandson too. Valeria already told him that Rocco will stay with Hera until Elsa comes back.

But even if his granddaughter returns, Rocco will still not stay in Rügengard Castle since Elsa’s return means they have won the war which also means that she and Chris will take Rocco to Arcanis, where he rightfully belongs.

He went straight to Elsa’s room after he was done only to find an empty room. He went to Hera’s room and his family members were not there as well.

"Excuse me, do you know where are the princesses?" King Allister asked the servant who passed by.

"Good morning, Your Majesty. Yes, they are in the garden, bathing the young prince in the sun. The morning sunshine is very good for babies," the servant replied.

"Very well, thank you. Could you show me which garden they are in?" King Allister asked the servant, but someone else answered.

"I’ll take you to them. I was just on my way there. My husband is so busy with his court so early in the morning, and we haven’t eaten breakfast yet," Queen Ydril offered.

"It will be my pleasure, Queen Ydril."

King Allister and Queen Ydril walked together to the garden in the eastern part of the castle.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to compliment you, you have such a beautiful family," Queen Ydril said.

"You can drop the formality and just call me Allister. And thank you for the compliment. However, the same goes for yours."

"But I envy you because you have four kids and this year you earned yourself a granddaughter and a great-grandson. I want those badly," Queen Ydril said. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

"I believe you are still young for an elf right? You can surely have more kids, unlike me you are already old for a human."

"You are right, I could for my age if only I didn’t get sick after giving birth to Elandir. It prevented me from having more children. And now my only son is also suffering from it. He is the only heir and cannot run away from it, it leaves him no option."

King Allister felt the sadness in the elf queen’s voice and pitied her. "I am so sorry to hear that. But when your son marries, he will have kids and you will surely be happy again."

"I don’t know, Allister. My son is in love with a mermaid and we know that he can’t marry her. Our law will not permit another race to be crowned as queen or king. So that’s making me sad because I know that my son has to do something that he doesn’t want. And that’s to choose a queen from the noble maiden elves."

"I perfectly understand what you mean. That’s the exact thing that happened to me so I broke the law and brought home Valeria but the Elandir’s case is very different. Valeria is human like me so my people didn’t really care much. Plus, she’s a divine mage, the last of her kind back then, so a lot of people were somehow happy about that."

"Speaking of the Mistress, may I ask what are your plans, if you don’t mind me being nosy? I just love hearing love stories with a happy ending," Queen Ydril asked the moment they arrived at the garden and saw Valeria enjoying the morning sun with Hera, Elsa, and Rocco.

The king stared at the love of his life, smiling and laughing with the family that they built together... His second family.

"My plan?" King Allister asked absentmindedly causing Queen Ydril to chuckle as she watched him stare at the important people in his life.

"Yes, Allister, your plan. You no longer have a queen right? Since Irina has been exiled and stripped of her titles and rights as your queen and wife. Meaning you are single and free to marry anyone that you like.

You have a crown prince already who would succeed you if anything happened to you or just simply wanted to step down from the throne. If you will ask me, you and Valeria are perfect together. Just look at how beautiful your daughter Hera is. Not to mention Elsa and the handsome young prince Rocco.

If I don’t know much then I would really assume that Valeria is your wife and not Irina. Your characters match each other and you both understand each other very well, don’t you think?"

"You’re right... I should make the love of my life my wife! You are very brilliant Ydril!" King Allister exclaimed. He hugged Queen Ydril tightly and gave her a kiss on the forehead, surprising the elf queen greatly.

"Oh, my. Me? Brilliant? I just said–" Queen Ydril was not able to finish whatever she was gonna say for King Allister already rushed to Mistress Valeria.

He looked around and saw a gardener rearranging the branches of a bonsai tree and said, "Could I get some of those gold wires?"

"Uhm, Your Majesty, they are only metallic yellow and not gold," the gardener said.

"Doesn’t matter, just give me those."

The gardener quickly handed a piece of wire to the King of Zemaria, who grinned as soon as he received the cheap wire.

King Allister quickly wrapped the soft wire around his pinky finger to make it round He took the other side of the wire and wrapped it around the band to make a ring.

Elsa saw him approaching them and mentioned it to her mother and grandmother, "Look, there’s grandpa. He is finally awake."

Hera and Valeria turned around to face King Allister and quickly noticed that he didn’t look like his normal self... He looks nervous.

But they did not say anything and waited for him to reach them. When he did, they were all astonished. Including Queen Ydril who was watching from afar.

"Oh!" Mistress Valeria exclaimed when King Allister suddenly kneeled on one knee before her.

"Valeria, this might be too late or you might think I’m stupid, but I don’t care. I love you, from the day I met you, I love you still, and I will love you tomorrow and until my last breath. You are the only woman that captured my heart. All of me belongs to me even if I marry someone one. You know that it’s not my will. But please tell me that it is not too late for this."

King Allister lifted up the bonsai wire that he turned into a ring a few seconds ago, showed it proudly to Valeria, and asked, "Will you marry me? Please?"