CHAPTER 35: A Lost Cause? II

  "Hmm when did the princess start getting herself into trouble?"

  "Father, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't very important, please, you need to listen to me, I—"

  "What do you need?" He asked, giving more attention to his food.

  "Really?" It was too good to be true. How could he agree without even knowing the whole story?

  "Isn't that why you came? Because you needed something. And I wonder…" he faced her. "What is it that a princess would need the Lord's approval?"

  "Oh please father don't guess" she put her palms together. She could had remembered that Lord Eradnel was a wise Lord.

  He smiled. "If you need warriors to solve your problem, then it's a really big problem?"

  She sighed. "Yes, Father. Very big"

  "And you know what my answer would be?"

  "Yes I do…" she said reluctantly and slapped herself once she realized what she just said. "But! That's why I came to you…"

  "Of course, you did. Who else would?"