When Richard saw the look on both their face, he rolled his eyes. He always thought these two people are smart. They turned out to be very stupid.
" Do you think the poor are so peaceful?" Richard asked. Princesd Ellen and prince Sébastien nodded their head without any form of hesitation.
Richard looked at them, if possible he would have loved to hit their head against the wall and see what happened to their smart brains.
" How so? Do you think it is easy to always bow your head and agree that you are wrong even if what happens is not your fault? You can talk about them not worrying about the kingdom.
But when there is war, the sons of the poor are forced to the front line of the battle. I would have to protect the prince and noble with my life.
If we lose the war, it is always the poor that are sold as slaves. When in front of the battle, any commoner will be killed without a thought, but the son of a noble may be sparred for future negotiations.
You think worrying about food is easy, that is because you have never worked on a farm before or even know how stressful cooking food is. All you have to do is false a fake smile. A poor man will have to try his best to mix with the background and not bring any unwanted attention to himself.
"Do you know why Mother is unable to give birth to children of her own?" Richard asked. Without waiting for Ellen to respond he continued speaking.
"It was because in her first year of marriage she had a miscarriage and it seem to have damaged her body making her unable to give birth. At that time mother had gone into the wood, to look for some wood to make fire and cook dinner. I am not sure how it happened but she had slipped from a small hill and fall on her stomach. If she had the money she would not go into the wood herself in her condition, "
" Father had died not because he was infected with an incurable sickness but because the herb needed to treat him is rear and he could not afford to pay those who will go into the forest to get it, " Richard spoke at length.
When he finished talking the husband and wife did not know how to respond. It seems like being poor was not something so simple. Ann who was just coming to join them had her the conversation.
" it is not easy on both sides. The rich and the poor need each other and they both carry worries that the other could not understand," Ann joined the conversation.
She has lived long enough to understand that the poor always feel like the rich had no worries, why the rich did not think the poor had anything to offer.
Ann''s statement was what the three of them could agree with. Everybody did not have it all smooth in life. The rich wanted to live a happy life and the poor wanted to make more wealth. Maybe this is how the gods have placed a balance among men.
"Let us go, Richard I was thinking we should visit lord Zack before going back to the Palace," Ann said. Queen Agatha wanted to make up for all the mistakes that she made when she was alive. Of course, she was still thinking of taking her revenge on Lady Regina.
Richard did not bother to ask her why, he simply agreed and so they went on their way. Now that lord Zorander''s household has been divided Queen Agatha did not know how she was supposed to pay her last respect to her mother.
She could not show up as Ann and demand to be let into the Zorander memorial hall. This will make her seem unreasonable. Although she was Agatha on the inside, on the outside everyone saw Ann.
So she decided to get close to lady Bridget and Lawrence. Maybe she will get the chance one day.
The group soon left the place and headed to the Zorander household. What they did not notice was the group of people hidden in the bush.
"Your highness, this should have been the best time to make a move," one man spoke to another.
This group of people is five in numbers. "Are you crazy?" the person addressed as your highness replied.
"Of course not your highness, when the three went in just now, we could have attacked the one outside. The five of us would have been able to defeat him. Moreover no matter how fast the prince fight, his wife will be his weakness," the man who spoke before said.
"you are indeed crazy? Do you think the prince will allow harm to come his way because of the princess? If something were to happen to the princess because of us, we would only be making Bozoa our enemy," the prince said.
The other four men became quiet. "we are asked to monitor the prince''s movement. Do not get restless and unreasonable. If the prince was so easy to kill he would be dead already," the prince said firmly before they continued to follow after prince Sebastian''s carriage.
If King George was here he would have recognized this prince. This was his sister son that had met him some time ago, asking him to collaborate with him.
After King George rejected him he had remained in Bozoa and so he found out about prince Sébastien''s arrival. Since prince Sébastien was here he was instructed to keep an eye on the prince
After what happened to Pontus, it was expected that the other two kingdoms will be scared since they suspected the prince will come for them next.
They had taken a deep breath of relief when they found out that prince Craig has taken over the throne. They had expected the two brothers to fight against each other, so they plan to talk advantage of the inner struggle to defeat Avalo.
Unexpectedly prince Sébastien did not go back to Avalo to fight for his throne, instead, he went to Bozoa to accompany his wife.
While this was the rumor going on, the nobles and the kings of Phrygia, and Pamphyial felt that the prince was just putting on a show.
Maybe he and his brother were pretending to be at odds with each other to make them belive they are safe. When the least expects, prince Sébastien will attack and destroy them.
To prevent this from happening, the kingdom has decided that the second prince of Phrygia should remain in Bozoa and monitor the prince.. That way they will not be taken by surprise like Pontus.