The King's Beloved

While the two apprentices bullied Selena, Clavis came out of the king's office and looked down towards the garden, seeing Selena talking to them. He didn't think anything bad was happening until he was down the stairs and just a few meters away from them. He heard them talk from the part where the two women were asking if his' was big.

Clavis got furious with their question that he quickly conjured ice from his hands.

But Selena was faster.

In only a matter of seconds, Selena already thought how she would play them out.

Turning on an innocent and cute looking face, she replied embarrassingly, "B-big? Ahm … I … I guess he was". Then she covered her face and blushed hard.

Completely falling for her acting, the two women were outraged!

"Y-yo-you - bit*h!!! How dare you!" the tall woman went ballistic.

"So you already …" the other woman couldn't believe what she heard and almost cried herself to tears.

If the two of them got angry, Clavis, who heard everything that she said, bursted out laughing quietly to himself.

"Pfuuu! Hahahahaha!" Clavis laughed hard in his mind but giggled outwardly. He was too amused and didn't want to ruin the moment so he stopped his mouth from letting out any sound. Instead, he tapped on the walls beside him as he laughed. "T-this woman, how could she say such vulgar things?" It had been a really long while since Clavis laughed again, and he never thought it would be this way.

"Ah - I'm sorry! Did I say anything wrong?" Selena continued her flawless acting. "Y-you were asking if he was -"

"Yes! We know now! So stop saying it! I-it's not like it matters anyway," Tears could be seen from the tall woman's eyes now. She was clearly head over heels with Clavis and undoubtedly, a case of sour grapes.

"Yes, right. Of course, you wouldn't be interested in how great he was in bed and sweet and … how he likes hugging me to sleep," Selena deliberately whispered softly but enough to let them hear what she was saying.

"S-s-stop! And don't say that he's a great kisser too!"

"Oh yes, he is!" Selena gleefully smiled.

The tall woman fumed even further.

"C-calm down, she's deliberately saying all those things. It's not true," her friend tried to console her. But Selena's acting was too perfect to be seen through.

"Ahm, and regarding your other question, on how I seduced Clavis," Selena continued. "Actually, I didn't seduce him. In fact, he was the one who kissed me first (which was a fact). But he said he liked my natural beauty, and the fact that I don't wear makeup at all! Maybe you could do that, too, so you can find husbands in the future!" She smiled at them again which made them more pissed off. "Honestly though, the reason I don't use makeup is because I'm allergic to it. Lucky me, I guess! Hehehe".

"Heh, so he kissed you first because he fell in love with your natural beauty?" The tall girl finally snapped. "So are you saying that we're not beautiful at all?" Her veins could be seen on her forehead and neck as she spoke.

"Hmm … maybe? I'm not sure … But he did say that he loves me sooo much! And I'm happy with that! He's so cute ,and handsome, and adorable, and strong, and his body is just perfect, and he's such a gentleman, too. There's really nothing I could ask for more. I'm really blessed!"

At these remarks, the two women couldn't take it anymore and conjured magic to attack Selena. They made sharp spears made from vines, and aimed at Selena.

Selena was startled and she couldn't move quick enough to evade their attack.

Pwhoooosk!!!

And the vines attacked Selena.

Selena closed her eyes as fear paralyzed her feet.

"Clavis!" she unconsciously yelled. Then, when she felt no pain after a few seconds had already passed, she opened her eyes to see an ice wall encircled her and protected her. She turned around knowing who her savior was, and indeed, she saw Clavis slowly walking towards her.

"And who dares try to attack my wife?" Clavis asked in a very demeaning and cold tone. His eyes gazed down furiously towards the two women.

He held out his hand towards them and suddenly, a thin barrier surrounded them. Unfortunately, this barrier was not meant to protect them - instead, it shrank and shrank and shrank until the two were down on their knees and their faces kissed the ground.

"S-so-sorry C-Clavis, we d-didn't mean to -" the other woman tried to beg for mercy.

"Didn't mean to, what?!" Clavis yelled. His voice was too scary for anyone who could hear. "Didn't mean to kill my wife?"

Again, the barrier shrank and their bones were slowly being crushed.

Selena felt sorry for the two women. She tugged Clavis' sleeves and with a pink face, she said, "Clavis, I'm fine. You can stop now".

Clavis was about to stop when he suddenly thought of a mischievous idea. For some reason, he was very happy and wanted to tease Selena after all the lies he heard her say.

"Ah, but I'm very angry right now".

"I-if you continue that, they may die, you know!"

"Then, calm me down".

"Huh?" Selena blinked her eyes in disbelief. "Uhm, how?"

An evil grin could be seen from Clavis lips.

"Kiss me, my dear wife".

Selena's eyes widened. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.

Then, Clavis leaned near her and whispered to her ears, "After all, I AM such a great kisser, right?"

Selena's face turned bright red.

"T-this guy … really … such a pervert!" she thought to herself. "Fine! You think I'll back down?"

Not wanting to lose to Clavis, she leaned forward to him, held his cheeks and slowly got nearer to his lips to kiss him.

"Hmf, too slow".

And Clavis, released his hands from the barrier he conjured.

Then, he slid his hands on Selena's waist and to her back, to embrace her, and with the other, he held out her chin and kissed her ... passionately.

The two women got freed from the barrier and barely managed to stand up when they saw Clavis intensely kissing Selena. Their hearts were broken even further and they fell to their knees.

The king, who was watching what was happening from his window, whistled and shook his head. He started watching when he felt magic casted near his office.

"Unbelievable. Let's see now how he reprimands me about love next time".

Aside from the king, the Judges and other Generals teleported near the area, too since they felt a strong amount of aura near the king's office and thought something was happening only to find Clavis passionately kissing his wife.

News spread too fast and by the time Clavis was satisfied kissing Selena, a few minutes already passed and almost everyone that worked, or resided in the Grand Palace were looking at them.

Unbeknown to them all, Clavis had already predicted all their actions and used this opportunity to make his announcement.

His mischievous face turned cold once more as he faced everyone that gathered around, especially looking at the area where the noble families gathered.

"News really flies too fast," Clavis commented. "Since everyone is here, I'll take this chance to say this once and for all. I do not like repeating myself so listen closely".

The crowd grew silent - they should be, since after the king, Clavis was the next most powerful man in their whole race. He's definitely not someone you should mess with.

"No one," he started, "should dare touch my woman!

Anyone who tries to harm her, tries to harm me, too.

And you all know what happens to anyone who tries to harm me".

The crowd shivered from his cold words, then trembled afterwards as Clavis purposely released his aura around the whole Grand Palace. And his aura was nothing to be taken lightly for it was very cold, and heavy, and immensely frightening.