Chapter 50: The Princess
The quarrel and noisy court meeting finally came to an end. Bonaparte XI left the council with some irritability www.biquge.info and walked towards his bedchamber surrounded by his close courtiers.
Just as Bonaparte XI was about to reach his bedchamber, a sudden voice caught his attention. So he changed direction and walked towards another, slightly smaller palace next to his dormitory, which had three words written on its door: Bailu Palace.
"Whew!" Bonaparte XI had just entered the palace gate when a fireball the size of a basin roared towards him, and the fireball came very quickly, reaching the king of France in an instant.
Bonaparte XI stood firmly in place, without the slightest inclination to dodge.
A muffled spell came from one of the court mages behind him, and a huge water shield immediately blocked Bonaparte XI's face, and the fireball slammed into the water shield, but only caused a small ripple on the surface of the water shield.
A crisp and pleasant voice like a yellow bird came into everyone's ears, and there was a hint of disbelief in the cuteness: "Master Blind, as a powerhouse in the Holy Domain, you actually bullied me a little third-level magician, shameless!" β
The Holy Demon Guide, who was standing behind the king, blushed, and didn't know what to answer for a while.
Bonaparte XI shook his head and scolded with a smile: "Don't mess around, come over to me!" β
A young girl with a wand in her hand jumped up and down into the arms of Bonaparte XI like a swallow returning to the forest: "Father! You haven't come to play with me in two days. β
The girl's figure is very petite, the most striking thing is the big green eyes on her face, the long eyelashes are constantly fluttering like butterfly wings, the long sea-blue hair is soft on the shoulders, and she wears a well-made white floral pollen-trimmed dress, and anyone who sees her will think that the image of the flawless princess described in the fairy tale book should be the same as herβin fact, she is indeed a princess.
She was the youngest daughter of Bonaparte XI, known as "Princess Jasmine", and Bella Bonaparte, who was sixteen years old this year.
"You don't know, my father has been very busy lately." Bonaparte XI doted on his favorite child, took her little hand and sat on the bench under the bauhinia tree beside him, and said with a smile: "Dear Bella, how have you been these two days?" β
"It sucks, Father!" Princess Bella pursed her rosy little mouth, looking more coquettish than angry.
Bonaparte XI was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Well, someone dares to provoke my daughter?" Let's hear it. β
"It's that goose over there!" Princess Bella angrily pointed in a certain direction, and then lay in her father's arms and kept coquettishly saying, "Father! I don't want such a stupid guy to be my guardian knight! β
Bonaparte XI looked in the direction of his daughter's finger, and found a fellow who had been kneeling for a while, so the king of France raised his hand very casually: "Young knight, you can get up." β
"Yes, my king." With a sonorous voice, the knight straightened up and faced his king proudly.
A snickering sound immediately came from the king's close courtiers.
This was not because the courtiers were bold enough to be presumptuous in front of the king, but because the young knight looked so embarrassed by the present appearance.
Her long blond hair was full of weird curls and looked like a messy bird's nest. His face, which had been stiff, was now swarthy, as if he had been rolled in the black earth several times, and there were at least ten holes in the silver chain mail that could be seen at a glance, and one could even see the young knight's navel eye in the fist-sized hole in his lower abdomen, which had a long hair.
"Hmm." The knight's embarrassment was obviously beyond Bonaparte's expectations, but the king did not show any contempt on his face like the others, but calmly asked: "Young knight, from which family do you come from?" β
The young blonde knight straightened his chest and a proud look appeared on his face: "I am Ellington Sauron, twenty-two years old, from the Sauron family of Rouerva, and my father is your loyal servant, the Marquis of Sauron, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. β
One of his courtiers came into the ear of Bonaparte XI and whispered a few words to the king.
"Oh, Marquis Sauron's child." Bonaparte XI looked at the young knight carefully, and he looked as comical as a turtledove roasted on a fire: "You want to be the guardian knight of my most precious jasmine?" β
According to the custom of the Kingdom of France, any young knight who was not married could apply to become the guardian knight of another young noble lady, but only with the permission of the father of the noble lady, which was also a common means of marriage between many noble families.
As an old fritter who has been in the French political arena for decades, Marquis Sauron certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to send his son to Princess Bella without the permission of Bonaparte XI, but judging from the reaction of the king just now, if it weren't for the reminder of his close ministers, maybe he really wouldn't remember this matter.
Am I really old? Bonaparte XI smiled self-deprecatingly.
The king quickly put aside the inexplicable melancholy in his heart, and said gently to the young knight, "Ellington, how is your strength now?" β
"King Qiqi, I am now a fourth-level mid-level knight." Ellington replied loudly, obviously extremely satisfied with his strength, in fact, he did have a proud capital, reaching the middle level at the age of twenty-two, which was enough to meet the definition of a genius cultivator on the mainland.
"Very good." The king nodded, clearly pleased with the young knight's strength.
"Where is the good pull! Father," Princess Bella on the side was obviously a little dissatisfied with her father's praise for the stupid goose in front of her, and stretched out her slender jade hand to point at Ellington: "Father, look at him now, even I can't beat a third-level beginner magician, even if it's really a middle-level knight, it's a complete parallel knight!" β
"Your Highness, Iβ" Ellington stammered, not knowing how to defend himself for a moment.
Bonaparte XI saw everything in his eyes and couldn't help but smile slightly, this king has been experienced for a long time, how can he not know that this young middle-rank knight is actually letting his daughter. If it weren't for that, with the huge gap between the mid-tier and no-rank cultivators, how could he have been defeated at the hands of Princess Bella and be so embarrassed?
"Alright, dear little Bella." The king kindly pinched Princess Jasmine's little nose and said with a smile: "He's letting you." β
"Hmph," Princess Bella pouted, sneering, "even if he did his best, I would be able to beat him all over the ground!" β
The king couldn't help but smile dumbly at the sight of his daughter's lovely appearance, which is why Bonaparte XI doted on the only princess Jasmine among his many children, and she always brought joy and smiles to himself like a happy elf.
"Alright." Bonaparte XI stood up and said to Ellington Sauron in front of him: "Young Ellington, go back and tell your father, Marquis of Sauron, that you have passed my test. β
Ellington was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and gave a knightly salute to his king: "Thank you, my king, and may victory always be with you!" With that, he retired and went home to tell the Marquis of Sauron.
"Father!" Princess Bella looked at her father with disgust: "Didn't I say it, don't you want him to be my guardian knight!" I'm ignoring you! After speaking, he turned his head to the side, and his delicate little face was full of puffed expressions.
Bonaparte XI laughed and gently patted Princess Bella on the shoulder: "Don't be angry, go back to the palace with your father for dinner, today I asked them to cook your favorite feta cheese cheese." β
"Don't go!" Princess Bella said angrily.
Bonaparte XI was unimpressed, and still smiled and coaxed his daughter: "And good smoke and ham." β
Princess Bela's big eyes rolled: "No! But anyone can hear the fact that she has begun to waver.
Bonaparte XI came up with his killer move: "And fresh tender foie gras." β
Princess Bella suddenly jumped up and hugged her father's arm with bright eyes: "Good father, let's go to lunch!" β
Bonaparte XI laughed again, and then took his daughter's hand: "Then let's go." Then the king bowed his head again and whispered in the ear of Princess Bela:
"Actually, the Guardian Knight doesn't have to be one."