Chapter 35: Dining with the Royals

Chapter 35: 35: Dining with the Royals


Elvis glared at him "Does this look like somewhere for you to eat?" He asked Eden in a low tone.


Eden nodded "I mean there’s food on the table. What else is one supposed to do? Worship them?"


"This is a royal dining. Not for just anyone" Elvis snapped.


"But I’m not just anyone" Eden defended "I’m your person" He winked.


Elvis was so done with Elvis. He didn’t even have time to argue any further with him "Leave here now while you still have the time"


"No. I’m hungry. And I want to dine" Eden demanded.


"Your meal will be brought for you" Elvis explained


"I prefer it here" Eden insisted.


"You...."


"Why make it seem like a big deal? I’m not snatching any royal crown away. It’s just a meal. Do you have to get all hierarchical about something as basic as that?" Eden questioned, his eyes still locked with Elvis’s.


Elvis paused for a while, staring at him.


"What the hell are you two murmuring there?" Queen Lea snapped "I don’t have time for this rubbish. Get out of this table right now else I’ll have you killed"


Eden didn’t bother listening to her. He grabbed the meat on Elvis’s table and took a bite. Elvis didn’t bother stopping him anymore, he just watched.


"You. how could you just watch him? Don’t you know your duty as the crown prince? Stop that bastard!" King Edward demanded.


Elvis hesitated as he said "Leave him. It’s just a meal. He’ll just eat here for today"


Queen Lea was pissed as she got up to her feet "The nerves! You’re just a crown prince and you’re already ordering the King around?!"


She lashed at Elvis as Eden rolled his eyes. He felt the urge to speak now since he so much detested Queen Lea’s character in the book.


"Hey, you bitch!" Eden lashed at Queen lea "You’re just a mere mistress how dare you speak to the royal crown prince and legal first son and a direct heir to the throne like that?"


It was loud. Loud for everyone in the dining room to hear it. And they did heat it.


Everyone paused, staring. The King and Queen Lea glaring at Eden in shock and Elvis slowly turning to stare at Eden as well.


For a while, they were all too stunned to speak.


"Did.. did I just hear you right?" Queen lea questioned "A mistress...? A... A..bi...bi..what?"


It was obvious that they didn’t know what that term meant.


Eden smiled "Yeah. A bitch. It means a pretty lady" Eden nodded hoping that soothed the mess he had caused with his mouth.


But it was nowhere close to doing that.


"How dare you call my wife a mistress! Do you want to die this instant!" The king slapped his hands on the table.


Seeing that things were getting out of hand, Elvis got up to his feet "I’m sorry for the stupid thing he said"


Eden looked up at him and mumbled to Elvis "It’s not stupid, it’s true. You also think so..."


Elvis placed a hand over Eden’s mouth to shut him up.


"He is just out of his mind as I explained the other day. And he is spilling nonsense.. please overlook his stupid acts" Elvis pleaded on Eden’s behalf.


Eden still sat there, his mouth behind Elvis’s huge palms.


The Queen was speechless as she sat down "What nonsense. The rules and peace are no more in this house. How jarring" She cried out.


The king forced himself to be calm. Considering the plan Elvis said he was making, he guessed he shouldn’t get ahead of himself because of his annoyance.


He didn’t say anything but turned to face his meal like the Queen did.


Elvis gave a sigh of relief knowing he had solved that at least. He stood there, his hand still over Eden’s mouth.


Eden looked up at him again and then licked his palms.


Elvis snatched his hands off his mouth "You..." he glared at Eden who casually smiled.


Elvis said nothing. He was so done with Eden as he just sat down and pulled his plate away from Eden’s side and back to his side.


Eden blinked, leaning closer to him to get some meat from his. But Elvis hid it out of his reach.


"Stingy" Eden mumbled.


The King ignored Eden’s presence for his mental health and proceeded to discuss official matters with Elvis.


"The Royal Haunting Feast will be held soon. I hope you’re already making preparations for that" He asked.


"Yes Father. I’ve already started with its preparations" He explained.


Elvis nodded "That’s good then. This year’s own will have to be more grand. So make sure it is. And begin arranging for sending out invitations to the nobles that will be involved in it"


Elvis nodded" "Sure. I’ll do that"


Eden enjoyed his meal without saying anything. But still listened to what they discussed.


The Royal Haunting Feast. He was familiar with that.


He recalled the timeline that it had taken place in the book. It was also after the death of the wizard of EL.


All these were events that happened after his Character’s death. But he was alive and they were still flowing as written.


Eden didn’t understand why it was so. He thought when he disrupted something as major as his death, things would flow differently.


But he guessed they didn’t.


The Royal Haunting Feast was just as it sounds. An event hosted by the Royal family yearly where the Princes and some other noble young men were invited to participate.


It was a 3 - 5 day event. One where these young men gathered in some woods in a selected city. They would haunt down certain labeled animals released into that forest.


It was a competition amongst these young men to haunt down the best and most valuable amongst these animals. And as expected, the one with the highest catch at the end of these days, wins.