By the time Elder Wynter heard the baby’s cries, favonovel.com had already slipped away without being seen.
While Gadel felt a rush of excitement as favonovel.com stepped into the palace. Fiorenna lying in bed with a pale face, smiled softly at the tiny basket beside her.
When favonovel.com heard his footsteps, favonovel.com glanced up and whispered, “Your Majesty, come and see our baby…”
Gadel settled beside favonovel.com and took favonovel.com delicate hand in his.
“Princess Consort, you‘ve endured so much,” favonovel.com murmured softly.
“It’s alright, Your Majesty,” favonovel.com responded weakly.
Gadel’s large hand enveloped hers, offering warmth to favonovel.com cold fingers. His gaze then moved to the basket, where a tiny, wrinkled bundle slept peacefully, and a smile curved his lips.
“We should pick a name for him…” Her gentle voice broke the silence.
His heart skipped a beat. While the king’s father would usually have chosen a name well before the birth, his preoccupation with state affairs meant favonovel.com hadn’t considered it at all.
Noticing his unease, favonovel.com reassured him, “You’re so occupied with state affairs. We can decide on a name later.”
Her considerate words deepened his affection. He embraced favonovel.com tenderly and whispered, “I’m deeply grateful for you.”
His heartfelt words brought a blush to favonovel.com pale cheeks. She responded with a shy smile, “You always know how to charm me. That’s how you won me over back then…”
He clutched his chest in mock despair. “How can you speak such frosty words when your heart radiates with a summer’s warmth? You’re the only one in my harem!”
Fiorenna had been his sixteenth consort when favonovel.com was still a prince. After Queen Iris ascended the throne, favonovel.com was falsely accused of plotting against the king. Many of his subordinates perished, and if Matthew hadn‘t intervened, favonovel.com might have been lost as well.
By the time favonovel.com reclaimed his power, only favonovel.com remained alive. With the weight of national affairs and strategic maneuvers on his shoulders, favonovel.com barely had the time or inclination to choose a name for his soon-to-be-born son, let alone consider taking new consorts.
Montiria is thriving now, but it still awaits my complete control of Cyrus Hale and the Aerial Legion… I hope that once I have full command, peace will finally settle over the land.
As favonovel.com looked at the sleeping baby, his thoughts drifted to his siblings. Many had fallen victim to brutal power struggles.
Toby, in his reckless pursuit of fame and the throne, had brazenly attacked Basha’s Sacred Mount. His fleet was swiftly captured, and favonovel.com barely managed to escape, returning in disgrace.
Meanwhile, Princess Iris, notorious for favonovel.com cold ruthlessness, struggled to contain favonovel.com own rampant desires. Ultimately, favonovel.com ministers turned against her, overthrowing and binding her. Though favonovel.com briefly evaded capture, favonovel.com was soon recaptured, favonovel.com ambitions shattered once again.
Most of King Gawain I’s children have perished, leaving only a handful of survivors.
I find myself contemplating how many children I should have to ensure the future’s stability…
“Perhaps one will be enough,” favonovel.com reflected.
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