James Williams
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The ceremony went as one would expect. The nobles that were in charge of armies received gold and land, while the ones that had distinguished themselves in battle received titles and gold. It was rare for those that distinguished themselves in battle to receive land since…there wasn't much land in the kingdom in the first place. No, it wasn't that there wasn't much land, there just wasn't as much usable land to give. Land could have been given, but it would have been a strain on the finances of…
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I spent the night in the castle in the end since I had been kept here by the king, listening to all of his complaints. When morning came, I didn't have any time to relax since I had to get ready. The award ceremony for presenting the awards for the war was today. Actually, it could have been held much sooner, but I found that the king had postponed it this whole time. All of the nobles had been waiting in the capital for the award ceremony to happen, but the king hadn't announced when it would…
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The king and the fourth prince both revealed wide smiles after they heard this. I could only shake my head with a bitter smile on my face. After all, this was my first time encountering a situation like this. This was the first time that I heard of someone being threatened into becoming a king. Taking the throne and becoming a king was something that many people dreamed of, but here I was being forced into taking the throne because of their plan. I really didn't know how to feel about all of…
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The expression on the fourth prince's face made it very clear that he was filled with regret over what he had done. But the look in his eyes made it clear that he knew that what he had done was for the best. If he hadn't done this, it would be unknown what would have happened to their kingdom. So in the end, he knew that he had done what needed to be done and wouldn't go back on what he had done in the end. But that didn't mean that I didn't think that he was still the better candidate for the…
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The king just sat there as if he hadn't heard Angela ask this. Angela and I just kept staring at the king as we waited for an answer that never came. So Angela finally couldn't take it anymore and asked, "Royal father, can you please repeat…" Before she could finish, the king said, "There's no need for you to keep asking this. You didn't hear it incorrectly. I said what I said." With this confirmation, we couldn't help being even more shocked by this. After all, this meant that the king wasn't…
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Angela and I both looked at the king as if we couldn't understand what he had just said. After all, neither of us had expected him to say this. After a long moment of silence, Angela slowly asked, "Royal father, could you please repeat that again? I don't think that I heard you clearly." The king just revealed a smile as he calmly repeated, "We need to discuss how to proceed with your engagement. After all, an engagement is an engagement, there is still a wedding that follows." Angela's eyes lit…
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As he stood there, the fourth prince turned back to look at us as he said, "Well, as you may have already guessed, we're here to meet our royal father. Are you ready to go in?" Angela and I looked at each other before I turned back to the fourth prince to ask, "Can you tell me why we're here before we go in?" But...the fourth prince just shook his head and said, "It's better if I don't. I think that you'll understand soon why you're here." Both Angela and I deeply knitted our brows when we heard…
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We flew on the back of the wyverns all the way into the city. I had planned on finding a place to keep the wyverns, but the fourth prince said that it was perfectly fine to bring the wyverns right up to the city gates. I found that he wasn't lying about this. Even when we landed with the wyverns, it didn't seem like the people at the gate were worried at all. With the way that they looked at us, it was as if they were already used to seeing wyverns. Though there were some that were looking at…
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Since the summon was urgent, I set off with Angela, Cecilia, and Shaka the very next day. There were others that wanted to come, but they couldn't since they were busy with their own things. Since we had the wyverns, we decided to take them to the capital this time since it would allow us to reach the capital much faster. But the more important reason was…to threaten them. Simply put, it was to make them realize that I had control over the wyverns so they wouldn't do anything to me. With the…
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In the end, I never got the chance to go and visit Rose's parents. That was because we could set a plan to go visit them, there was an announcement from the capital that cancelled any plans that I had. It was a decree that announced the end of the war. The four kingdoms that had invaded us had declared their surrender and this had ended the war. After some discussions on the terms of the surrender, our kingdom had accepted the surrender of these kingdoms and had officially won the war. I was…
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