“What should we do now?” queen Maya asked her husband confusedly. “If Chaerin refuse King Jiyong’s proposal, our Kingdom will be destroyed in no time. But if Chaerin accept him…... what would we say to Prince Xiumin? And…, how about Chaerin’s heart? Yeobo, we know how Chaerin and Prince Xiumin love each other…..”

King Jaehyun looked down. His heart was broken so badly with this situation. He loved his daughter, and wanted her to be happy

Prince Xiumin, the crown prince of Namkyu Kingdom already proposed his daughter personally. Yeah, for King Jaehyun, Prince Xiumin was like his own son. Chaerin and Xiumin were in love each other, and the two Kingdoms already talked about their marriage.

But the one he worried the most was Chaerin. He knew Chaerin might be so broken

“I’m worrying Chaerin’s feeling now…” King Jaehyun said lowly. “It might be hard, but I still can bear the pain if I have to lose my kingdom. But to see Chaerin suffered….” He sighed frustratingly

Queen Maya approached her husband and put her hands on his shoulders. “I bet Chaerin will accept his proposal. She loves her Kingdom and people more than anything else…., Even Prince Xiumin…” Queen Maya said sadly

The King just stayed silent, thinking deeply about his beloved daughter. God knew how much he loved his only daughter. Her happiness was the most important thing for him. But he also couldn’t abandon his people… his kingdom….

“Then… what’s your condition?”

Chaerin looked into his eyes again. “My condition is….” She paused for a moment

“Just tell me, Princess…” King Jiyong demanded with his seductive voice. His lips curved in a cocky but strangely y smirk

Princess Chaerin took a deep breath then looked strongly into the young king

“This marriage is only for political reason” Chaerin started

“And?”

“And…, I don’t want you to touch me, in that way….” She stated

King Jiyong raised his right eyebrows. Truthfully, he was quiet surprised by the Princess’s condition. But quickly he managed his emotion

“And what makes you think that I will accept that?” Jiyong asked back. Chaerin looked surprised and Jiyong just chuckled. He leaned closer to the princess’s face

“Why not? You only want my goldmines, right? With our marriage, your Kingdom will get a quarter of the mines. Doesn’t it enough for you?” Princess Chaerin asked and looked straight into his eyes

Jiyong smirked again

‘Oh.., that smirk. I hate that smirk!’ Chaerin cussed inside her head

“Princess Chaerin….” Jiyong said her name. his face was now just an inches from the princess’s and they could feel each other’s warm breath

“If I only want your goldmines…, I’ll easily get it, along with your whole Kingdom. My army has more than enough power to crush yours” he gave Chaerin another y look

“Then what do you want actually?” Chaerin hissed angrily

Jiyong smirked again. “I told you, right…. I want you to be my queen”

“I will be your queen, with that condition” Chaerin insisted

Jiyong couldn’t help to smile. He loved her stubbornness. Somehow, He found that this princess was really attractive, different from the other princesses he ever met

“Then why should I marry you if I’m not allowed to touch you? And do you know one of your responsibilities as my queen, Princess?” Jiyong sat on his bed, looked straight into the princess’s eyes and their gaze met in a huge stern. “You have to give birth to the next heir of my kingdom….” Jiyong continued, again, smirked while kept staring at the crown Princess

On the other hand, Chaerin was shivering once she heard the King’s last sentence

“Now tell me, how you will give me an heir without letting me touch you that way?” Jiyong asked. His eyes were still looking at Chaerin’s in a slight of naughtiness

Chaerin clenched her fists, tried hard to manage her emotions and hide her nervous. She inhaled sharply and answered. “As a king, you’re allowed to have mistresses, right? Well, ask one of them to be your breeding machine. I won’t mind” The crown princess stated and smirked back

This time, King Jiyong was the one who was taken aback. For seconds, he couldn’t hide his surprised face from Princess Chaerin, but he managed it quickly

“But if I get my heir from my mistress, then it will make her the queen instead of you” Jiyong argue. But beyond his expectation, Chaerin just chuckled

“I don’t care” Chaerin stated shortly

Jiyong was really surprised by the young crown princess in front of him. He felt humiliated yet excited from her rather harsh attitude.

He was the mighty, handsome and y King Jiyong, the young King with the largest, strongest and richest Kingdom in the whole continent. Many Kings gladly offers their daughters to be taken as his queen, as many as the princesses themself voluntary wanted to be his wife. But this princess named Chaerin….

For the first time of his lifetime, he ‘proposed’ for her and this was what he got? Just something extraordinary for him

But one thing Princess Chaerin didn’t know… the harder she tried to set their barriers, the more excited and challenged the King was

Jiyong smirked again, then stood up and walked toward Chaerin, and stopped right in front of her. He bent down a little so that their faces were on the same level

“So.., you chose to be my mistress instead of my queen?” Jiyong asked, gazed into her eyes. He really loved those eyes…

“If that means that I can safe my kingdom without being touched by you…, then yes” Chaerin answered without a doubt

But Jiyong just gave her another y yet annoying smile. “Too bad, Princess…., I disagree with you” He said in a low tone. Chaerin got a goosebump, felt Jiyong’s breath on her face

“You’re too precious to be a mistress…” he continued. He was telling the truth, but the crown princess thought that he was mocking her. She threw a sharp glare to Jiyong

“Then? How?” Chaerin asked straightforwardly

“I don’t like your condition…” Jiyong said. “But don’t worry…. I will forget this silly condition of yours and let you to decide. Keep your dignity and I’ll invade your kingdom, or I cancel the invasion, make your kingdom my ally, take you as my queen….,” He paused for a while, looked at her eyes stronger. “And be mine completely” He finished his sentence, and walked back to his bed

Princess Chaerin was pissed. She didn’t know what to do anymore to knock this arrogant king out

“Now you’d better go home and think about this clearly, Princess” Jiyong smirked victoriously. He watched the princess was still standing frozen in her spot and trying to hold her anger

“Or…, you can stay here… my bed is large enough for the two of us” He said with seductive tone, teased the pissed Princess and made her become angrier.

Chaerin glared sharply only to found Jiyong’s smirk she hate the most. She sighed angrily and left the King without a word, sneaked out from his tent

Jiyong watched her left amusedly. He smiled widely, satisfied that he could turn the table

“You’ll be mine, Princess… soon, you’ll be the Queen of Daejung” he mumbled, looked into the spot where she disappeared

He lied down on his bed, but someone was already in front of his tent

“Your Majesty, can I come in?” Seunghyun asked

“Come in” Jiyong said

Seunghyun then walked into the King’s tend, he stopped in front of him and bowed formally

“What’s brought you here?” Jiyong asked, looking at his best warrior

“I apologize, your majesty” Seunghyun spoke up. “I’m just itching to know what’s really happening” He said

Jiyong smirked, got what Seunghyun tried to say. He stood up and passed a glass of wine to Seunghyun

“Like I said before, I want to take King Jaehyun’s daughter as my queen”

Seunghyun