THE DECISION OF THE PROSPECTIVE QUEEN

There is a girl who is picking flowers in the garden in the afternoon, that girl is the first princess of the Leonard kingdom, Valentia Siv Leonard. Princess Valentia is a very beautiful, graceful, and elegant woman, she is also very authoritative and very suitable to be a leader, because of her beauty and authority many princes from other kingdoms come to propose to her but all of them are rejected outright.

When the princess was picking some beautiful flowers suddenly a soldier came.

"My apologies, Princess, Your Majesty the King summoned you to appear immediately because there is something important to discuss."

"Alright, I'll be there as soon as I finish picking flowers"

"Yes, princess"

After finishing picking flowers and placing them in the flower basket she went straight to the meeting room where she was called. While she was on her way there, she met her two younger sisters, the second princess, Nanna Leonard, and the third princess, Yoko Leonard.

The Leonard Royal Family consists of the King, Queen, and three Princesses, they wanted a son to be the heir to the royal throne but the Queen died due to an accident while on her way home from a meeting in another kingdom, she was found at the bottom of a cliff by the beach. The king who heard that was very upset and he cried incessantly. Valentia who was eight years old when she saw her father and sisters crying for three days after their mother's funeral, immediately ordered the servants to bring all the work of her mother and father to her. Of course, the servants were surprised by that because the princess who was only eight years old couldn't possibly be able to do so many and the heavy work. However, seeing the enthusiasm shown by princess Valentia, the servants also intend to help the princess do the work. After a few days later, the King came out of his room and was surprised why the palace was crowded with so many people. He went straight to the center of the crowd and he was immediately shocked when he saw his eight-year-old daughter sitting on the king's chair and commanding the subordinates with great grace. After he saw this, he realized that he could not continue to be sad for days because he had a kingdom and three princesses to take care of. After that, the king returned to work with the help of his daughter. Due to good leadership and diligence in work, Princess Valentia, who was then 13 years old, was appointed as the successor to the royal throne.

"Good afternoon, Nanna, good afternoon, Yoko. What are you guys doing here?" Valentia asked her siblings.

"We are also heading to the meeting room, we heard that sister was called by our father so we also want to know" Nanna replied.

"S-so-sorry sis, I told Nanna not to interrupt sister and father's conversation but she won't listen to me!" answered Yoko nervously and shyly.

"Oh my gosh, my sisters are so cute, they are also at an age where they will be curious about everything," Valentia said to herself.

"Alright, then let's head there together"

"Yes, let's go!" shouted her sisters very excitedly.

After that, she and her siblings headed to the meeting room as instructed. As they were almost at the door, they heard their father yell.

"I told you that magic belongs to the kingdom of Leonard! Other kingdoms can't have it!"

"But your majesty, it's the gods who determine magic, we can't determine that"

"I know that too! but why should that rotten kingdom gets creation magic? You know that kingdom, right?"

"We also know about that, Your Majesty, that's why we recommend this advice"

"I reject your suggestion! You think I will give my daughter to that rotten kingdom?"

"Then what should we do, Your Majesty? We know that the creation magic once belonged to your wife, Her Majesty the Queen Vivian Elin Leonard"

Princess Valentia and her sisters who were eavesdropping on the debate between their father and the higher-ups of the kingdom immediately barged into the meeting room when they heard their mother's name.

"What? mother's power? what does this mean?"

"Valentia. Please calm down first."

"How can I calm down after hearing that? Is there anyone else who can use mother's power? Why didn't father tell me this?"

"Father will tell you this. That's why I called you here to talk about this. So, calm down"

After hearing her father's advice, princess Valentia calmed down and sat down immediately. After princess Valentia sat down her father began to tell what happened according to the information they had heard from the public.

"So, mother's power is now owned by the second prince of the Buorn kingdom? And father wants to match me with the second prince so that the mother's power that is in the second prince does not fall into the hands of others?"

"Yes. That's what the higher-ups of the kingdom suggested. But I don't want you to suffer from that decision."

"No dad, I'll do it. I'll do the matchmaking."

"Huh? Are you serious Valentia?"

"Yes. I'm serious. I will do whatever it takes to make sure this second prince's mother power is not abused"

Everyone in the room was shocked by what the princess said. After hearing this, they began to discuss how to convince the king of the kingdom of Buorn to agree to this arranged marriage.

The higher-ups began to suggest things to be offered, ranging from livestock products, food products, their abundant marine products, slaves, and others. But as a result of all the suggestions they put forward, money was the result of the deal. But they also have to think about the amount that will be given so as not to harm their kingdom and also be able to convince the king of the kingdom of Buorn. Amidst the confusion over how much to give, Princess Valentia immediately stood up.

"Ten Million Gold coins"

"Ten million gold coins? Princess, please think again. Ten million gold coins are too much. The kingdom will suffer a huge loss."

"These ten million gold coins will be taken from my savings so far. Therefore, the kingdom will not suffer a loss"

"From the princess's savings? We can't accept that! It's the princess's savings, the money is dedicated to the princess"

"As you said. This money was taken from my savings. Since it was taken from my savings, it's up to me what to do with this money. This is my final decision. If no one agrees with my decision, then I will go before the king of the kingdom of Buorn not as the first princess of the kingdom of Leonard, Valentia Siv Leonard but only as Valentia"

The king laughed upon hearing this and agreed with his daughter's decision. The higher-ups who were afraid for the safety of the princess also agreed with the decision. But actually, the higher-ups were afraid of their reputation being looked down upon by all the people.

After getting a mutual agreement, the king ordered his subordinates to immediately send a letter to the kingdom of Buorn about this offer. Three days later a reply from the kingdom of Buorn arrived.

After getting the approval, King Vegard and princess Valentia immediately got ready to depart by ship to the kingdom of Buorn.

Preparation took two days. After everything needed was ready, they immediately sailed to the kingdom of Buorn, accompanied by cheers from all the people of the kingdom of Leonard who prayed for the safety of the King and Princess.

They sailed for 3 days and docked at the border port. They continued by riding a horse-drawn carriage for 4 days, followed by a 2-day trip using a flying carriage carried by a wyvern.

When they arrived at the Royal Capital of Buorn, they were welcomed by the gatekeepers and escorted to the finest inn that the king had prepared. They had to stay for 4 days because they arrived 4 days too early from the meeting schedule set out in the letter.

During their 4 days stay, King Vegard chose to stay in the room because he knew the rottenness of the born kingdom. Meanwhile, princess Valentia chose to take a walk to enjoy the culinary and culture of the Buorn kingdom, which was escorted by several soldiers on the orders of King Sariel.

The appointed day arrived. Dozens of soldiers came to pick up King Vegard and princess Valentia and were immediately taken to the palace in a luxurious horse carriage. Arriving at the palace, they were immediately greeted by King Sariel and Queen Veronica at the palace door. They walked into the meeting room and chatted for a while about the agreement.