Refusal and deal

(Eiran)

Grandma, are you telling me all of this because you want to convince me? Because if that is the case my answer remains! No. I want to be able to choose who I marry, I know that we still have this tradition of letting the elders decide or choosing a partner for us youngsters, but I am a grown man, my life cannot be submitted to you people's selfish decision's, I own the right to choose for myself. Eiran, stop it please don't you think and see that you are making a big deal out of nothing? Yes, I know that this is not what want, but I cannot change the promise you made to your mother, no matter how much you whine about this you will marry her and this decision is final said, Allyi... grandma with all due respect and sincerity, I am not changing my mind on this subject and my decision is also final if you want let's see who's going to change who's decision. Deep down in his heart Eiran, already knew that he was bound to fulfill his promise by marrying Amaya, even if he did not want to, butting heads with his grandma was a way of trying, and even if it did not work he would feel proud to have at least spoke his mind which is something he does not really do.

Grandma, why are you so fired up with this marriage situation? Do you know that it is wrong to force someone into marriage against their will? As I previously said, I am not willing to marry her because I have no feelings for her. I do not want to be a miserable man or king for the rest of my life!

(Allyi)

Grandson, I know that you do not want this, but you cannot go back you already have agreed to it so you really have no choice but to marry her, you are a man and not any kind of man you are among the ones that always keep their words even if most of the time it feels like the weight you are carrying is much more than what you should carry. This is how you develop endurance, self-confidence in capability, and emotional intelligence that way you will be able to understand and perceive the world around you, I can only tell you what I already know, it is not going to be easy and I know that you think that I am unfair to you, but I really am not. If I do not shape you then who will? After your mom passed away your father could not even be a father to you for he was he so much pain, you did not talk for almost a year and I could not stand by and watch you both being in so much sorrow so I decided to raise you to be the man you are today and also because I knew that taking on the responsibility of becoming a king is too much of a heavy burden and the one sitting the throne has to be tough. That is why I made you learn combat and taught you values that are the most important of all. Because a man without values is a living corpse with no savior of his own identity and purpose in life, just like a fool who rejoices in bad deeds because he lacks the knowledge of discernment.

(Elliot)

I failed to understand why my mother chose to bring up such a sensitive topic. Yes, I failed my son and no longer alive wife, but what was I supposed to do? The love of my life became suddenly ill and did not have enough time to live what kind of crap was that? We were supposed to do so much together that I started to plan ahead but to my surprise, all the plans I made were shattered by the news of losing her. It was such a heavy blow to me that I passed out the moment I heard she did not have long to live. Now that I think about it I should have been a better father, but the pain I felt was too great to even focus on my son, I regret a lot my way of dealing with my wife's death, luckily my son still thinks of me as a father and I will try my best to repair our relationship by helping mother bringing him closer to Amaya.

My Son and Mother, Eliott say and clears his throat I have a deal to propose, I want to have a duel with Eiran and a riding horse contest. We will have three sword fights and three riding contests if you succeed in one round then you can challenge me or mother at something you are good at but if we win then you will stop making a fuss and marry her Amaya. Son, are you really sure that you do not like her anymore? Have you seen what she looked like now? My apologies for saying this, but this little one is a bomb, hope you are not too blinded by your pride to try and see outside of your own imagination what is real and what is not.

(Eiran)

AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Wow, clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap. Mr. Eliott duke you seem very confident just now do you really think that you can win against me in a duel or contest? Well, it does not really matter after all I should not underestimate you. Also if she's such a bomb as you have previously said why do not you go for her? Since you are quick to change them, just like you were quick to forget my mom. But you know what I am not even surprised after all two years is enough to move on and get married again and get the new wife pregnant in just a matter of six months and a half of relationship, then the baby..... Eiran stopped talking because he realized that he said too much. He then slowly lift his head and looked at his father whose face had turned pale and his stepmother's whose face had gone white due to embarrassment.

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