Chapter 71: Disobeyed!

Meanwhile, back in no man's land castle. 

The bride's side was yet to leave since an important decision was pending in front of their eyes, which needed their utmost attention. 

Sitting on the throne, in the courtroom, the entire place was filled with the general's man in command and others. 

While Prince Dominic stood beside his father with a sword in his hands, he was omitting a strong presence of aura which was hard to let go of either.

However, this wasn't the time to actually be interested in dealing with other stuff., 

The men, who had gathered in the courtroom, were all confused. They were whispering among themselves with evident suspicion that was lingering on the head. 

When King Vilas noted the same, he raised his hands to make the entire courtroom silent. 

The strict expressions of his didn't budge either when he cleared his throat to speak, "We all know what has happened today. The second man, Daniel, and Mrs. Ira's daughter were supposed to be married today but she had run away from the wedding and in her place, my daughter had to be sacrificed." 

"But this can't be unturned either. The courtroom demands answers for the actions, so it will happen today." His speech contained fury which he had hard to hide but failed to do. 

The eyes of his were all painted with images about how Alice had gotten away from him. 

But he won't leave this to be such a minor mistake. In the back of his mind, he knew exactly who had the audacity to conduct such a daring act. 

"Bring Flora to the courtroom!" He passed the order to the soldiers, who nodded their heads. 

Whereas, the large wooden door of the courtroom was opened up by the orders where they all saw Princess Flora being dragged towards the courtroom. 

She was made to wear the broad chains in her hand so that she doesn't end up escaping somewhere else. 

There were in total four soldiers, and Flora was made to walk inside. Her condition was worse since her hair was all messed up, including her clothes which were somewhat torn from the shoulders. 

Her sight gave horrors to some, while some had already expected this outcome. If she had made the plan to escape, she wouldn't have been caught so easily either. 

The four soldiers in each direction came to stand down from the stairs, just below King Vilas. 

"His Highness, we have followed Princess Alice's request. She was absolutely right. Princess flora was in the described empire itself and there, in the market, she had taken shelter under one of the couple's houses." The high command soldier commented while bowing. 

When King Vilas's gaze swept across her, he sneered. His mouth twisted where the veins of his neck had started to pop up. "The second man..." saying this, he rotated his head in Daniel's direction, to pass him a glare, "Your daughter had run away from the wedding and you've shown no reaction?" 

"Because I never cared with whom she is wedded...." came a blunt answer, making Flora's teary eyes even get wetter, her cherry lips parted but no words came out. 

She was disturbed herself, somewhat hurt too.

After receiving the answer of Second Man Daniel, King Vilas looked at his son, who nodded his head. Taking the shawl that was present on the side, Dominic walked down the stairs from the throne to come and stood just in front of the miserable Flora.

She was waiting for some sympathy but it was all overthinking of hers. "Be grateful that I haven't killed you myself till now.." Dominic whispered when he wrapped her with the help of the shawl. 

Subconsciously, Flora tugged it closer to her body where she lowered her eyelids to meet with any of them. 

Without their further conversation, Prince Dominic walked above to once again stand beside his father with the high chin, no expressions. 

Meanwhile, King Vilas had to take charge of everything that had happened further, asking her with a stern voice. 

"Princess Flora, your actions have highly disappointed me. If you had no such wish to get married to Crowned Prince Cyrus, you could have told me or anyone else. But..you chose the wrong way…"

"I.. highly regret my actions, His Highness," Flora muttered with her lowered voice. 

"Regret? Do you  have any idea what has happened behind your back?" King Vilas raised his voice slightly, trying hard to hold his rage in his mind. 

In the back of his brain, he had already concluded that this wasn't simply her doing itself. She is too innocent to bewitch such a large-scale plan by herself either. 

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There was only one person who was in doubt...and the other was standing just in front of his eyes. "As the King of Suzania Empire, I had already given your hands in the wedding but..as per your wish. If you ever wanted, your choices were always open.."

Flora managed to control her sentiments. After being caught in the Titan empire, her entire self just broke down. 

She had tried running away, to escape from their hands. Yet, at the end of the day, she is a princess who has never been trained either. 

She was caught up and till that time, it struck her mind that whatever security that her father had promised her....was nowhere. 

He had left her simply, under the shelters of the old couple, and then left her all behind. There was no soldier in her safety to help her. 

Upon reality, she could easily conclude that she was also tricked. Her mother rarely had any idea what must have happened but....she could guess that Alice had already married off till now. 

Keeping her eyelids low, Flora muttered, "His highness...I know that I have done a blunder. But, I was only marrying King Cyrus because I thought that he must be handsome. In the end, when I saw him that day, I didn't find him at-attractive at all.."

"You have a tongue to raise your voice! Was I so indifferent to you? Or Alice and your brother, Prince DOMINIC? They had talked with you several times, why did you still not blurt this?" 

"I..I.. had my reason, His Highness. Please forgive my actions.." Flora once again whispered while keeping her head down in the shame that had crawled inside her mind. 

Knowingly that their plan did succeed. She gotta learn the real faces of the people around her. 

Moreover, there was no denying that her father had played a nice trick but... what will happen to her now? 

When King Vilas's gaze swept across his niece, he can't help but feel sympathetic towards her. If Alice was married off, this wasn't all bad because of her since there were some hands behind her disappearance too. 

As she didn't mutter anything for the next few seconds, his ministers grew worried. However, one of the supporters of the Second Prince Daniel did step forward and rise from his seat, "Since Princess Flora had actually done the audacity..to run away, I think that King Vilas should give her the punishment accordingly. She had disobeyed the King's orders!" 

"I agree with him, King Vilas should take solid action against the princess...." Another minister stood up to support since the Second master Daniel had already shot them at the glance. 

On the other hand, Daniel's back was covered with sweat as he realized that Flora was caught at the time. 

Not only that, she was in fact mentioning that she could speak and reveal his name. As long as she doesn't matter and include himself in this entire blunder, he will let her go. 

But the chances are very high since he was never close with her. For once, she can at least let go of Mrs. Ira's name but his? 

Daniel's eyebrows narrowed at the thought itself. 

'If she speaks my name, in front of the entire court....it will be over for me...' his breath had deepened to the extent where he was trying to pass his daughter the signal. 

Yet to his dismay she never uplifted her gaze to meet his even once. 

Whereas, King Vilas had heard everything. Probably because of his intuition, subconsciously, he rotated his head to see the Second man Daniel, who was also staring at his daughter, but not with a nice end either. 

"Second man Daniel, your opinion on everything that has occurred?" 

"My opinion?" Daniel asked again, to which he got a nod from King Vilas. Taking a peek at his daughter, Flora, who was trembling badly, he again looked back at the King, "She is my daughter, someone whom I have cherished throughout my life but...." 

At this time, his eyes were converted with a mist, "She has committed a mistake by disobeying you. I will accept whatever punishment you will give her, as my loyalty lies with the entire Kingdom..." 

His words came as a shock to most of the fellows who sat there. In their eyes, no one can be more merciless than the second man Daniel, who had already given permission for anything that happens to his daughter? 

Was this the love he carried? 

While others' minds raced, King Vilas still kept himself straight. His eyes were once again feeling on Flora, whom he asked, "Princess Flora, as everyone present here, I want to ask something from you."

Hearing this, princess Flora raised her head to look at King Vilas's face, still not filling the void of Alice who had left him. 

The hurt was visible which she came across easily. "W-what my Highness.." 

"Who was the one who had helped you in your escape?  Is the helping hand... sitting in the court right now?"

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