Chapter 208 - Things She Never Experienced
Just as Lady Clarisa walked towards her carriage to climb it, the next moment, one of the wheels dismantled from the main body of the carriage, causing the vehicle to bend and nearly turn over to one side. It surprised the ladies and the coachman who thankfully didn't fall down with an injury. The coachmen of both carriages went to see and investigate the matter. However, based on the quick check they did, it was impossible for this to happen unless a power beyond human understanding was involved in the incident.
Lady Saira covered her face with a gloved hand, looking as if she was startled by the collapse of the carriage. She turned to look at the couple who should have been walking away from them but had suddenly disappeared from their sight. The Third Concubine knew it was Drayce's doing, and she didn't feel bad about it.
"Get me another carriage!" Lady Saira heard Lady Clarisa's angry voice. She could not help but inwardly criticize the older woman. 'Lady Clarisa, you should be glad that it didn't happen when you were inside the carriage. Our king is still so generous to you. If you do not meddle in His Majesty's affairs, he won't even bother with your existence.'
Only Lady Clarisa's carriage was broken; Lady Saira's carriage was fine.
The sight of a wreckage was what Slayer found when he arrived on horseback. Seeing the presence of the concubines, Slayer could somewhat guess the reason why Drayce looked angry and hurried to come here.
Slayer merely bowed slightly to those concubines as a show of courtesy before going towards the wooden bridge, placing his body by the entrance to guard it. He had seen the King and Queen of Megaris in the gazebo, and no one should disturb them.
After a while, Lady Tyra arrived there with servants carrying tea and snacks in trays. She didn't pay attention to what had happened with Lady Clarisa, but she and Lady Saira exchanged meaningful silent gazes. Lady Tyra smiled.
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Drayce and Seren entered the gazebo at the other end of the wooden pathway in a blink of an eye. One moment, Seren was still walking, and she felt the ground under her feet disappearing the next. It was so quick, yet she felt the situation familiar.
'Did he just use his powers?'
The moment they landed inside the gazebo, Seren felt her knees go weak as if a strong force of energy had pushed her and sucked her breath away.
Drayce held her steady in his embrace to support her and to let her deal with this little shock.
While her head was resting against his strong chest, her eyes caught the sight of the long wooden bridge that should have taken them several minutes to cross. This was not the first time it happened with her, and she could now confirm this red-eyed man had indeed used his powers.
"My Queen, you will get used to it soon," she heard him say.
Seren managed to steady her breath in a minute and moved back to stand away from him. She glanced at their surroundings once again.
"Can you go anywhere like this?" She couldn't hold back her curiosity.
Drayce nodded. "As long as I can see or I have already seen a place before."
Seren blinked slowly, as if she's deep in thought, and saw the huge mountain quite a distance away from the capital of Megaris. "Can you go to that mountain?"
"Want to try, my Queen?"
She immediately stepped back with a scowl under her veil. She had enough with that short journey from the other end of the bridge to this gazebo. If he took her to that snow-covered mountain, she was sure dizziness would be the least of her problems.
Drayce smiled lightly and explained, "As I've said, as long as I can see the place."
Seren turned to look at the large lake. The gazebo was like a tiny island surrounded by clear waters, and everything felt just out of this world; she had no adequate words to describe the experience.
"My Queen might like to look at the floor," Drayce urged. Seren looked at her feet and her eyes were left wide open.
'How come I didn't notice it?' she thought. The entire floor of the gazebo was made of pure glass, and it showed the clear view of that crystal clear lake water as well as the many colorful fishes living inside the lake. One could even see colorful pebbles and odd-shaped rocks at the bottom, turning the bottom of the lake into some sort of natural gallery.
Seren continued to silently admire the fantastic sight. She did not realize how much time had passed until Lady Tyra arrived along with two servants who carried two trays. One had teacups and a porcelain kettle in it, while the other had hand gloves kept on it.
Drayce picked up the hand gloves and approached his queen who was still busy admiring the beauty of nature. Her attention was brought back to the present when Drayce gently held one of her hands..
He put on the gloves on each of her hands and said, "Now, your hands won't feel cold."
Seren felt better with those hand gloves. "Thank you, Your Majesty."
The two then heard Lady Tyra, "King Drayce, Queen Seren, the tea has been served."
The two had tea while admiring the view around; Seren's eyes didn't leave the sight of the lake while Drayce's eyes didn't leave the sight of his queen.
Once they had freshly brewed hot tea, Drayce asked, "My Queen, would you like to see the lake closely?"
'Closely?' She gave him a questioning look and he said, "We can ride a boat."
'Boat? I have never seen one up close before, let alone sit on one,' she thought and nodded immediately.
Drayce offered her his hand which she immediately accepted. At that instance, Drayce had a newfound understanding about his wife—he only needed to let her experience the things that she never tried before and she would happily agree to it.
A flood of thoughts came to his mind. 'Things she never experienced? Hmm, there are many things she has never experienced. I should be a good husband to let her experience it all.'
A light smirk was painted on his lips as he walked towards the stair attached on the other side of the gazebo that led downwards where one boat was tied to a pole.