Married to the arrogant king

Carl and Zara followed Jerald to the hall, where the banquet was been held, and their mouths snapped open immediately, as they saw the scene before them.

They were completely stunned, watching how Gwen and Nadia, were both entangled in a fight, pulling on each other’s hair, and screaming like mad women.

Even the men who tried to pull them apart in an attempt to stop the fight, couldn’t.

“What is going on here?” Carl roared, walking fully into the hall, and everywhere became mum.

Gwen and Nadia immediately pull away, both looking embarrassed.

“She started it,” they both yelled, pointing at each other.

Silence,” Carl growled casting them an irritated and angry look, and they both trembled in fear.

Zara stood beside Jerald, as the both of them tried hard not to laugh at the scene before them. Both Gwen and Nadia looked like crazy witches, with their hair and make-up dispersed.

King Neil marched forward, looking somewhat angry.

“King Carl, I can’t believe that one of your subjects would be so vile and behave so awful with my daughter, it’s not fair. We only came here because you agreed to our marriage proposal, not to get insulted and embarrassed,” he complained.

Carl scoffed, wondering why he couldn’t stop the fight between his daughter, and Gwen. “From what I saw, your daughter also acted vile, and awful toward lady Gwen.” he pointed out.

King Neil was gobsmacked, he had thought that Carl would take his side in the matter, after all, he saved Zara’s life, but he was strong.

“King Carl, are you taking sides, because it’s obvious you’re supporting your subject.”

Carl scoffed. He immediately read King Neil’s expression and knew he was expecting him to take his side. But he wouldn’t, not after what he did, asking him to marry his daughter in return for saving Zara’s life.

“I’m not taking sides, I was just stating the facts. Besides, you were here when the fight started, how come you couldn’t stop it?” Carl inquired, throwing him a questioning look.

King Neil’s expression changed instantly, replaced with an embarrassed one.

Everyone in the banquet was now whispering and murmuring amongst themselves.

“King Carl is right. he is a king, he should have been able to stop the commotion. Why would his daughter act so vile knowing that she is a princess? That’s not how a lady of her status should behave, she could have just walked away if Lady Gwen provoked her, instead of engaging in a fight. Besides, she only just got here, and she’s already showing us her true colors. Lady Gwen also acted rash, she shouldn’t have fought with the princess, even if she doesn’t like her.”

Nadia became embarrassed, if only this witch had not provoked her, she would not have been humiliated like that. She wished the ground would just open and swallow her.

“Now how am I going to win king Carl’s heart, if he doesn’t have a good first impression of me,” she thought.

While Gwen smirked, seeing as Carl spoke in her favor, although he said he wasn’t taking sides, she was still glad. she cast a hateful glare at Nadia, then said inwardly. ” You don’t know who I am, that’s why you mess with me. this was my plan all along, to provoke you into fighting with me in front of everyone, so they’ll have a bad impression of you.”

Flashback

Gwen walked into the banquet, her eyes scanning the hall until they landed on a lady wearing a royal dress and a crown. The lady stood beside a man who was also wearing a royal outfit, and crown. so she assumed, that the lady must be princess Nadia.

Gwen scoffed in disappointment. She had expected that Nadia would be as beautiful as Zara, or even more beautiful, but no, Nadia was nowhere as beautiful, or even near Zara when it comes to beauty.

Even though she didn’t like Zara, she had to admit that she was the most beautiful woman she has ever seen. It’s no wonder Carl fell for her.

She walked toward Nadia, in slow stride at first, before increasing her pace. She stops abruptly near her, picking up a drink, before walking toward her again.

Gwen bumped into Nadia, purposely pouring her drink on her.

Nadia shrieked, glaring at Gwen in anger. “How dare you?” she roared, landing a slap on Gwen’s face.

“Do you know who I am, you lowlife maid? I am the princess of Nedal, King Carl’s soon-to-be wife. In other words, I am the future queen of Everton,” Nadia growled, raising her shoulder in pride.

King Neil also nodded his head and supported his daughter. “why would a low life like her, even come close to my daughter, although her dress signifies that, she’s a lady from a noble family, she’s still nowhere near my daughter,” He thought and decided to leave his daughter to put Gwen in her place.

Gwen’s lips curved into a smirk. “Wow, she’s a proud one, and her father is just the same, perfect. I’ll make sure to humiliate the both of you, and bring you down in front of everyone,” she mulled.

“I’m sorry Princess Nadia, I didn’t see you, King Neil, help me apologize,” Gwen said, pretending to feel sorry.

Nadia chuckled. “You didn’t see me, are you blind or what?” she yelled.

“I’m not blind princess Nadia. I’ve already apologized to you, what else do you want?”

“I want you to go down on your knees, kiss my feet, and tell me you are sorry,” Nadia blurted out.

By now everyone had already gathered around and almost all of them had a look of displeasure on their face. they didn’t like that Nadia was so arrogant, even those who wanted her to get married to Carl before changed their minds.

“Our king, cannot have such a vile and badly behaved wife,” they murmured amongst themselves, but Nadia failed to notice. she was too busy yelling at Gwen.

Gwen scoffed. “kiss her feet never.”

“I’m afraid I can’t do that princess Nadia. How can you tell me to kiss your feet just because I mistakenly poured a drink on you?”

“Are you taking back at me, how dare you?” she yelled, pulling Gwen’s hair.

“Nadia let go of my hair, let go,” Gwen screamed, but it only seems to make Nadia angrier, “Did she just call me only Nadia?” she thought, as she yanked Gwen’s hair, hard and tight.

Gwen could not take it anymore. “Enough is enough.” She too decided to fight back, also hitting and pulling Nadia’s hair.

When king Neil saw that Gwen decided to fight back, it was then, that he yelled for the crowd to stop them.

End of flashback.

Carl put an end to the banquet, asking everyone to retire for the night. If he knew, something like that would happen, he would never have held a banquet for them.

“So your friend Gwen and Future wife, Nadia, are both fighters, you should build a fighting pit for them,” Zara teased, an amused look on her face.

She clearly enjoyed watching both of them fight.

Carl’s lips also curved up into a smile, when he saw Zara’s amused look.

“You found it funny didn’t you?” He asked.

“Of course, I did. What could be more entertaining than your rivals fighting amongst themselves?” Zara replied, bursting into a fit of laughter. she already knew that Gwen also had feelings for Carl, since the time she told her about the poisoning, and just now when she saw her fighting with Nadia, she put the piece together. Why would Gwen tell her about the poisoning when Carl had said that no one should, if not to cause a rift between them? And who gains more once a rift is caused? Gwen. Also, why would she fight with Nadia, knowing that she could be at a disadvantage since Nadia was a princess…

Carl joined Zara and started laughing too. “You know Zara, I also thought it was funny because they looked like mad women, but I had to keep a straight face and act as I should in that state, only because I am a king,” Carl said in between laughter.

Meanwhile, Aiden Eric and Ryn heard what happened between Nadia and Gwen, and celebrated amongst themselves.

“Great Aiden, our plan worked. what should we do next?” Eric asked, taking a huge bite from the chicken lap, in his hand.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Aiden thought for a while then he said, “I think we should go and see Princess Nadia. We should tell her about lady Gwen’s feelings toward Carl, I’m sure that will increase the already burning fire.