The Ceremony
Right after he saw the little stain of red blood on the floor. He immediately knew what made the crowds of people injured and got that kind of wound.
He then talked to himself before taking any actions, 'Those nobles didn't care about people outside there getting injured and pushed them and stepped on them! Yet, I don't have the authority here…'
As he was thinking about that, one of the nobles that are sitting at the seat on the right says something bluntly, "Hey, why are you all so slow like a tortoise! We are even faster than you!"
It was ended up with a loud laugh from the majority of the nobles sitting at the right side. Thinking it was a funny joke, this, however, it made Arden thought about his actions once again, 'Perhaps I should kill them all, I have my supporter, right? I think I can actually do it right now'
He placed his hand on the sword and ready to unsheathe it as soon as one of the wicked nobles talked again. One of the nobles behind Arden noticed this and tap his shoulder to get his attention.
After he got Arden's attention, he said to Arden while keeping his voice down, "Sir, we can't do that here. Remember about the king! We need to look like a real friend and respect him"
He considered the words of the nobleman and just said loudly to all of them, "Come on men, let us sit at the left seat"
His group of noblemen began walking toward the left rows of seats and sat there. He and some of the important figures of the kingdom sat at the front row and sat there without making a sound.
After a few minutes, he looked at the nobles that sat at the front row earlier before him. He recognized who sat there before his group arrived. It was his supporter of the merchant houses.
Arden didn't shout at them for not helping. Instead, he thanks them, "Thank you for reserving this seat for us! If not, I'm afraid we would be mixed with those wicked ones!"
They smiled at him and said, "Sorry for not helping either, we actually didn't have the strength to carry the people while keeping our balance at the crowd, we simply didn't have the strength, I apologize once again"
After that, their part of the seats is not making any sound anymore and stopped chatting. They focused their attention on the door at the right side of the throne to open and the king to come out from there.
While their place is almost silent, the right rows of the seat are like a market, everyone is shouting and laughing. They didn't care about keeping it silent at all and began talking as much as they want.
Then, in the east direction from the throne seat opened and the king himself is walking out from it. With his beautiful red robe and a silver crown at his head, he began making his way to the throne and sat there.
After he placed himself at the throne seat, he loudly shouts with an assertive voice to the other, "From now on! I will be the king of Avalon, with the opinion of the nobles from all across this kingdom, does anyone reject my presence as the king?!?"
"We don't dare to reject the presence of the true royal blood of the king himself" That was the answer expected by the king, and that's what the answer is given by Arden and his group of noblemen.
However, half of the noblemen on Karen's group said, "We do not accept you as a king, a son that didn't think his mother as the first priority is a bad person!"
It was soon followed by a loud of cheers of "Yea!" from the same people that said the same words above.
The king looked at them and just said, "The first priority is this kingdom and justice, not some random woman that came into my life and proclaim herself as a mother!"
Arden clapped and soon the others followed him. The sound of clapping outnumbered the group of those wicked nobles of shouting.
The king then opened his mouth, resulting in total silence from the left rows of the seat that Arden sat at. After that, the king continued his words, "Those opinion doesn't matter because the majority of nobles have agreed of me being king, from now on, I'll be sitting at this throne"
There was a loud cheer and clapping, there is also the loud sound of fake crying and people getting up from their seat and making their way toward the door of the keep.
Majority of Karen's group and Karen herself left the keep while Arden and his group are cheering. They also gave their congratulations to the king while still clapping.
The king then said with an explicit voice, "Thank you for all the nobles that have attended this half-hearted ceremony, I will be giving my thanks for them…"
He stopped in the middle of this word before continuing, "I also want to say thanks to my uncle for giving this position to me while he is in a diplomatic mission with the Bisvirb!"
Arden was surprised upon hearing this, he has never met the prince of lightning himself. And didn't expect him to be at a diplomatic mission in Bisvirb.
…
The ceremony is done and all of the nobles that still stayed at the keep were then invited to the dining room. It was a big room, used for feast and party by the many various kings in history.
The servants of the nobles that followed their lord to the keep were dismissed from the ceremony after the king declared himself as the king.
The group of nobles are there, and the king himself is already sitting at the middle table and is waiting for them. Then, one of the nobles said to Arden while bowing, "Sir, you should sit there with the 4 great dukes"
Arden pointed at himself and said with a doubt, "Me? Are you sure? I'm just a lowly Baron"
The one behind him began saying such thing as, "Sir, you must go there!" "You are the one that trained the king himself" and etc.
From the distance could be seen the king himself waving at Arden and told him to sit with him. Arden looked around him and saw the noble pointing their hand to the king.
Arden sighed loudly before saying, "Fine, I'll sit with him" After saying this, he began making his way to the king and finally placed himself beside the king.
The 4 great dukes that took care of the 4 provinces followed closely and sat at the same table as him. The 6 of them are sitting at the circle-shaped table with Arden sweating nervously amongst them.
All of the other nobles proceed to place their butt to the other tables, and all of them patiently wait for the food to arrive from the kitchen.
Arden sat with the big shots of the kingdom while nervously sweating. Seeing them making a conversation only they could relate makes it more awkward for him.
Fortunately, he was saved by the sound of the cart bringing the food he could hear approaching the room. In mere seconds, the food was served by the maids and butlers.
…
He ate the food and was finished almost at the same time as the other nobles have just finished their food. He was touching his belly that could be felt expanded from the size before he ate.
When he does that, the king placed his mouth near to him and then asked, "Sir, how is the food?"
Arden smiled at him lightly before taking a napkin and cleared the food on his lips before answering, "It's pretty good, my belly has expanded after eating that chicken though!"
He closed that sentence with a laugh that the king followed with a laugh too. After that, the king placed his mouth near his ear and whisper to him, "Sir, I want to transform this keep to a palace!"
His eyes widen upon hearing this, and his jaw dropped. He turned his head to face the king and looked at him right in the eyes before saying, "That's an ambitious change on this building! I would help if you need anything, your majesty"
The king chuckled seeing Arden's surprised expression and just responded with, "Thank you, I'll ask for some help in the future, just prepare yourself, haha"
Arden thought this was a joke because the king laughed at the end of the sentences. His common sense told him, "Laugh! This show you acknowledging the king's joke!" And so he laughed.
The king stood up from his seat and stated, "For all the gentlemen here, I hereby thank all of you to come to this day and place and attend the ceremony and the feast, I dismiss all of you from this city if you want to leave! Once again, I appreciate your presence here!"