Chapter 34: Captured

We both jumped at looked at the door in shock, the king standing there. Let's hope this dress disguises me enough. I bow my head slightly and say, "King Leanardo." I say, also bowing respectfully. I had only met him twice before, he wasn't even at our wedding.

He raised his eyebrow, "You shall not speak unless you are addressed, peasant." A big sigh of relief built up in my throat but I couldn't release it. So I simply breathe out a small breath. Glad that he sees me as a peasant and not a royal. Unlike Aphy had noticed first about me.

I couldn't help but look up at his face for a glance. He looked middle-aged and tired. Wrinkles and dark bags under his eyes. I could tell that he's been under heavy pressure. He was about to yell at me for looking up at him. Levi had told me that looking a person of authority in the eyes would show a sign of dissrapect.

Yet before he did, his eyebrow raised. "Not that pig-like of a peasant than the rest of them. I could de