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"I'll be bringing Rieta into the palace," Zenith informed Mathias whose eyes widened in shock at the sudden information.

"How?" He asked.

He did not get why Zenith made so random decision. Sometimes, he wondered what went on in the head of the man.

"By the palace gates and into the concubine chambers," Zenith replied in a bored tone.

"Why do you want to do that? Selda is still in the reconciliation room and the Seven Elders have been submitting petitions that you should free her. And besides, the people will think that the only thing you can do is keep females." He said.

Zenith said nothing as he dropped the scroll he was working on. "What the Seven Elders want is different from what I want. She accepted her punishment. I refuse to stand for violence within my Palace." He directed a look at him and Mathias nodded.

That was the discussion that led to Rieta being carried all the way from where she lived into the palace. Everyone in the palace was shocked to the core. Some even wondered