Chapter 4 Mission Successful

The clock kept on turning clockwise . Prince Edric returned, after a few hours, He went forward to his brother, Kindler had covered him from his head up to his feet, after uncovering his face, he smiled and he said, "Mister Martin Kindler, you made the right choice, Darek, make sure that the news spread throughout the kingdom, let everyone know that their beloved king, unfortunately, died and they won't get a chance to see him."

Kindler moved towards him and said, "If his majesty doesn't mind, can I handle the funeral?"

"Of course, you can, I don't care what you do with him, all I'm caring about is when I'll sit on the throne, Darek let's go," said Prince Edric.

Darek came back to prince Edric, he found him staring at the throne for he was in the throne room, " Your majesty," he said, "The bad news that your brother has died has been announced to all."

"Too bad, too bad, this shouldn't have happened in our history if I was crowned as king in the first place, now see what has come about, " he mumbled, moving towards the throne and taking hold of the golden crown from the throne.

"My lord, your heart has craved for this moment for a long time, aren't you satisfied?" asked Darek, standing in front of his king, Edric.

"Satisfaction, do you think a day will come when I will be satisfied?" Edric asked as he inspected the golden crown. He had it in his hands.

"My king, that is what I think."

"Anyone who says that 'I'm satisfied' is always wrong, for no one can be satisfied with anything, this is what I believe and what I believe is always right," Edric said as he put the crown back in its place - it was placed on the throne in the throne room -.

"Leaving that alone, do you think you will be crowned as King, because--

"Why wouldn't I?"

"Be, Because I have heard rumours that it is not right for you to be king because you still had many things to learn from your brother," Darek hesitated telling Edric what was going on.

"That is what they think of me, now after I'm crowned king they will get a clear understanding of me; they will take back their words," Edric said, setting off by walking from the throne room.

"My lord, I'm sorry for your loss," said Sir Walter as tears welled up in his eyes.

"Walter, I don't always speak out what is on my heart, but honestly, I should have died instead of him, I can't stand this pain sir Walter, I have lost everyone in the royal family, I'm all alone now, I wonder how I will be able to deal with this loneliness, "Prince Edric said with his eyebrows deeply knitted and his mouth slightly ajar in his grief.

"No my lord, the queen and the newborn baby still exist, so, you will not be alone," said Sir Walter and footed it.

Prince Edric's blood boiled, he was at loss with words.

"My lord here you are, Catalina wants to see you, she is here in the palace," said Darek.

"Oh, she finally came back,"

"Lord Edric, shouldn't you be saturated with happiness?" asked Darek, he did not expect him to stay the same after hearing the message.

"Yes, I should be as happy as a lark, but how can I be when I still have problems, I may smile; be on cloud nine when I get to know that the queen and her good for nothing born baby are done away with."

"Newborn! Is he the prince!!"

"Of course he is, you birdbrain, and it is very possible with no doubt that he will become king instead of me," Edric slammed his hands on the table that was before him after mumbling.

"Lord Edric, maybe you were never destined to rule Lovaria; being a Lovarian ruler is out of your reach."

"Stop it Darek, better watch your mouth if you want to be part of my success, "Edric let out," If the Lovarian throne is beyond my reach then I will reach out to it, I'm not ready to give up Darek, not now."

"Now that you are determined to do everything to reach your goals, what is the plan?" Inquired Darek giving Prince Edric all his attention.

"Our first plan to get Alexander's biological son, - that is Ashford - out of the picture succeeded, now what is left is Ashford's beloved wife - the queen of Great Lovaria - and their cute little newborn who won't last a day, the plan is as follows."

He zipped after hearing some voices outside.

"I'm sorry miss, but you can't go inside," said the two men in armour with two-edged swords in their hands.

"You airheads, why won't you let me go inside? I have shocking news for the prince, " she shouted.

"We are sorry miss, but we are following orders, the prince himself said that he didn't wish to meet anyone."

"Unbelievable," she mumbled.

Prince Edric shouted, " Guards let her in."

The Guards opened the doors for her.

"Miss Angelia, I overheard what you were saying to the so-called 'airheads', who unquestionably are my guards," said Prince Edric.

"My insults must have upset you, my prince, I apologize, " Angelia uttered.

"You wanted to meet me, why was that?"

"Prince Edric, I wanted to inform you personally that--

"That a prince has been born, I'm aware of that," Prince Edric said, squinting his eyes and then adopting a stoic expression," I think we should celebrate for that even though we are grieving for the late Ashford."

"No my prince, no matter how much we would yearn for it, it is out of the realm of possibility," Angelia said.

"What do you mean by impossible?" Prince Edric questioned.

"Prince Edric, it is unfortunate that the queen and his newborn did not make it."

Looking down and rubbing his eyes, Prince Edric mistakenly said," That would be great to be true."

"Pardon me, my prince," Angelia let out.

"Ah, nothing; I spoke from the perspective of her enemies if she had any, " he said.

As soon as he had heard the terrible news, he set off, just to confirm the allegations.

Edric looked straight to the corpse, he came forward to it and exposed the face; glanced and finally confirmed that the Queen's life had expired.

Besides her was her newborn's body covered - this he didn't bother to check-.

"This is horrible, I can't take it anymore, who on earth has brought a curse onto us," Prince Edric said, bummed out in the presence of the guards and subordinates.

"Ssshhh, hey baby Alaric, stop sobbing already, " Angelia whispered in the nighttime, the baby was crying when she was coming out of the tremendous palace, in her sight, was the colossal metallic gate to the palace. It was a breakout this time.

Fortunately, the baby stopped crying and she -Angelia- sighed in great relief.

"Just where do you think you are going to miss?" someone with a strong voice; a sentinel cried out.