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94 - In the King's Castle
As the King and Asher stood before the portrait of the late Adalier Padillia, the previous king, the atmosphere was thick with unspoken tension. The King's voice quivered as he struggled to find the right words, his mind clouded with a sense of unease. He had a question burning within him, one that he knew he had to ask, but he didn't know how to go about it.

"You... um, you two are not related by blood, are you?" The words finally escaped the King's lips, the question hanging heavily in the air.

Asher responded with a joking tone, trying to lighten the mood. "What gave you that idea? No, Papia is not my daughter by blood, but I love her just as if she were." The words sounded convincing, but the King felt a twinge of sadness as if in his heart he knew that it was a lie.

In Papia's mind, she was cursing Asher, so convincingly lying to the king that just for a moment, she even believed what he was saying, having to remind herself again that he was lying through his teeth.

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