“You heard.”
“Yes, unfortunately a beating like that doesn’t stay quiet for long. It’s a wonder that the cockroaches don’t know about it yet.”
I giggled as he had adopted my name for them.
“You ready for this?”
“No, but I guess it’s a choice I don’t have.”
“It sucks, I know. Let me take you.”
We talked the entire way to King Helmut’s study. Emanuel only knocked once and opened the door.
“Your Majesties, the Princess is here.” I slapped him playfully once as I entered.
A small chuckle escaped his lips as he closed the door.
The meeting finally started, on the table were so many choices to be made. Some of them gave me a headache, another one should’ve been handled already, the contract about the oil.
“Caleb, we’ve already decided against that,” King Helmut sighed.
“It’s still debatable.”
I wished my father was here. He would’ve stuffed it.
“Well, my vote is still no. I’m not going to let the Dragon cities feel threatened no matter how much money will come Paegeia’s way because of this deal. We have to live in harmony with the Dragon cities, Caleb.”
“I’m with Helmut,” I said.
“You don’t see the bigger picture.” King Caleb started again.
“No, you don’t,” I said back. “It will be a mess we will have to clean up.”
He gave me that sarcastic look of his. “You do not sort messes out, Princess.”
“I could if you’d let me.”
“You don’t have nearly enough experience for that kind of responsibility, to be honest I don’t think you are even ready for this sort of decision making, Elena.”
“Then what do you want me to do, Caleb? I’m bending all sides for you just to give me a chance to prove that I’m willing to learn. All you do is tell me that I’m not ready, so teach me.”
“I’m trying but you don’t even want to listen.”
“Because we don’t look at things the same way. Greed is what pushes you in life, mine is heart.”
He jumped up. “How dare you?” He pounded his fist on the table.
“Enough, both of you,” King Helmut said and I sat down.
“She has no authority to say those things, she knows nothing, nothing.” Caleb sounded like a deranged dragon.
“Then maybe if you shared your belief in why you want this, your reason behind this, without sounding like a greedy bastard to her, maybe she will get it.”
King Caleb sat down and started telling me about a couple of things, things we didn’t have the money for because they were way above budget. I listened, they were all really good reasons, more farms, work for the people, more of everything. I actually considered changing my vote the way he made it sound, but I couldn’t.
“I’m sorry that I thought you were greedy, but we can’t approve this project. We have to find the money somewhere else.”
“Where?”
“I’m sure in this pile of things, there might be an answer, Caleb.”
He shook his head. He was so adamant.
“I’m not going to change my vote either, Caleb, and I think Elena is right. We will find the funding with some other project.”
“You know what, whatever.” He sounded like a spoiled brat who didn’t get his way and got up and left, making an excuse about why he had to cut this meeting short.
“Why does he do that?” I asked King Helmut after the door closed.
“He felt that he finally had a voice after your father died.”
I squinted. “What do you mean?”
“This has been the way we sorted out decisions since your grandfather gave both our fathers land to rule. Your father was a lot like you and mostly agreed with me.”
“He must know the way he thinks about things is a bit disturbing, right?”
King Helmut laughed. “He just has another vision than us, Elena. Believe me his ideas are brilliant, and his intentions are in the right place, it’s just the way he tries to obtain what he needs that gets a bit clouded.”
Clouded was an understatement if he really wanted to disturb an entire Dragon
“Yes, unfortunately a beating like that doesn’t stay quiet for long. It’s a wonder that the cockroaches don’t know about it yet.”
I giggled as he had adopted my name for them.
“You ready for this?”
“No, but I guess it’s a choice I don’t have.”
“It sucks, I know. Let me take you.”
We talked the entire way to King Helmut’s study. Emanuel only knocked once and opened the door.
“Your Majesties, the Princess is here.” I slapped him playfully once as I entered.
A small chuckle escaped his lips as he closed the door.
The meeting finally started, on the table were so many choices to be made. Some of them gave me a headache, another one should’ve been handled already, the contract about the oil.
“Caleb, we’ve already decided against that,” King Helmut sighed.
“It’s still debatable.”
I wished my father was here. He would’ve stuffed it.
“Well, my vote is still no. I’m not going to let the Dragon cities feel threatened no matter how much money will come Paegeia’s way because of this deal. We have to live in harmony with the Dragon cities, Caleb.”
“I’m with Helmut,” I said.
“You don’t see the bigger picture.” King Caleb started again.
“No, you don’t,” I said back. “It will be a mess we will have to clean up.”
He gave me that sarcastic look of his. “You do not sort messes out, Princess.”
“I could if you’d let me.”
“You don’t have nearly enough experience for that kind of responsibility, to be honest I don’t think you are even ready for this sort of decision making, Elena.”
“Then what do you want me to do, Caleb? I’m bending all sides for you just to give me a chance to prove that I’m willing to learn. All you do is tell me that I’m not ready, so teach me.”
“I’m trying but you don’t even want to listen.”
“Because we don’t look at things the same way. Greed is what pushes you in life, mine is heart.”
He jumped up. “How dare you?” He pounded his fist on the table.
“Enough, both of you,” King Helmut said and I sat down.
“She has no authority to say those things, she knows nothing, nothing.” Caleb sounded like a deranged dragon.
“Then maybe if you shared your belief in why you want this, your reason behind this, without sounding like a greedy bastard to her, maybe she will get it.”
King Caleb sat down and started telling me about a couple of things, things we didn’t have the money for because they were way above budget. I listened, they were all really good reasons, more farms, work for the people, more of everything. I actually considered changing my vote the way he made it sound, but I couldn’t.
“I’m sorry that I thought you were greedy, but we can’t approve this project. We have to find the money somewhere else.”
“Where?”
“I’m sure in this pile of things, there might be an answer, Caleb.”
He shook his head. He was so adamant.
“I’m not going to change my vote either, Caleb, and I think Elena is right. We will find the funding with some other project.”
“You know what, whatever.” He sounded like a spoiled brat who didn’t get his way and got up and left, making an excuse about why he had to cut this meeting short.
“Why does he do that?” I asked King Helmut after the door closed.
“He felt that he finally had a voice after your father died.”
I squinted. “What do you mean?”
“This has been the way we sorted out decisions since your grandfather gave both our fathers land to rule. Your father was a lot like you and mostly agreed with me.”
“He must know the way he thinks about things is a bit disturbing, right?”
King Helmut laughed. “He just has another vision than us, Elena. Believe me his ideas are brilliant, and his intentions are in the right place, it’s just the way he tries to obtain what he needs that gets a bit clouded.”
Clouded was an understatement if he really wanted to disturb an entire Dragon
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