The Crown's Seduction

Chapter 316: One Step at a Time

Chapter 316: One Step at a Time

The days passed by with Mineah slowly getting busier than ever with her duties as a Queen, all while closely monitoring the plans Nikolai and Ezekiel were conducting to infiltrate Helion Castle. Both men were determined to execute the task as soon as possible, and they were planning to do it as soon as Ezekiel's coronation as the new king of Ebodia was over. 

As with all operations of this kind, it was crucial that not even Xenia and their parents would be aware of what was happening. It was all only going to be known by Nikolai and Ezekiel, and while Nikolai had his own purpose in helping Ezekiel aside from the fact that he wanted Vulcan to be extracted from Ezekiel's body, he was still committed to doing exactly that. It just so happened that doing so would help her resolve her curse along with potentially removing the dagger from her body permanently.

Back to the matter at hand, Mineah was currently seated in the throne room. Today was an important event, and she had to be present to see it happen. 

"I, Nikolai Ichor, hereby appoint you, Raul Ichor, from today onwards, as the new Minister of Defence," Nikolai declared as he stood before Raul kneeling before him. "Vow to uphold the law of our Kingdom, and make sure to lead and use our military powers not for your personal gain, but for the rightful purpose of ensuring the safety of our kingdom at all costs." 

"I vow to perform my duties well, Your Majesty," Raul solemnly stated. "I will use military power given to me not for personal gain, but for the Kingdom's benefit as a whole." 

Wordlessly, Nikolai turned to Ezme beside her and gave her a nod. From there, Ezme stood up to surrender the military's seal to Nikolai.