"He is telling the truth," Queen Marget said. Everyone was shocked at her statement. Even General Thompson was surprised he did not expect her to agree to his words. "But why do I feel she is about to tie me with my own words?" He asked himself.

Queen magret seeing that she had all the attention focus on her continue to speak. She had deliberately allowed General Thompson to put a knife against her throat. Unlike General Thompson who was carried away angry, the Queen picked out the approaching steps with her ears.

So they witness when the General was trying to cut off her neck. She had made a mental calculation on how long it will take the steps to enter the study so she annoyed him into an unfavorable position. "I did not mean about the knife he threw, I don't know where he aimed at but the stab of the knife bears witness," the Queen said.

General Thompson stools there unable to say a word. She was right, he had been the one that threw the knife.

"But your highness sitting on the king's chair is considered a sacrilege. How could you?" one of the nobles asked.

"I never said I was seated on the chair. I came into the king's study to inform him about Samor. I heard what the soldier said. It was urgent but to my surprise, he was unavailable."

"I stood waiting for the king, when I noticed a book on the floor," when the Queen said this all eyes looked down, and like she said there was a book benet the king's chair. I was trying to pick the book when the general opened the door. Everything happens so fast.

The next I noticed was a knife coming towards me. Thanks to my fast reflect I was able to dodge the knife.

I looked up and realize it was the general, I was confused by his behavior so I asked him why he had attracted me but he threatened me. Saying he would have me lose my head if I did not save his daughter.

I was so confused. Then he said something about killing the king so Julia can become the next king and save the life of his daughter," the Queen recounted. The way she told the story was so convincing. General Thompson was shocked at her accusation.

"Why would I kill the king? Even if I have such plans it would be stupid to tell you that?" General Thompson said.

"Do you take us for fools? Of course, you told her because you were going to kill her, dead people don't talk," one of the Nobel said.

"What? I never said such. She was the one that said I would die alongside my daughter. She attacked me first. General Thompson said.

Arguments arise and for a few breaths, the king could not understand what was going in.

"enough," the king roared.

"Your majesty, the Queen is trying to frame me?" General Thompson said. "She attacked me first," he added seeing the king was looking at her.

"Do you take me for a fool?" The King asked General Thompson.

"No, your Majesty, " General Thompson replied.

"Then why would you look at me and lie?" the king asked. The King knew there was a chance his friend was telling the truth but what he could not understand was why his friend was stupid enough to fall into the Queen"s Trap. He knew her and he knew he needed to be careful. The Queen never start a fight she was not certain of victory.

"Your majesty, believe me, all the Queen has said are all lies. I would never hurt you. We have been friends since our youth," General Thompson said.

"And yet you tried to kill him, you throw the knife at her highness, thinking it was the king right?" one of the Nobel said. Once people heard the words of this man they all thought his reasoning made sense.

"No, it is like I have said, I am telling the truth," General Thompson said.

"You said I attacked you first. If I wanted to kill you, you would already be dead," the Queen started in a matter-of-fact tone.

The room fell into a pin drop salience. Nobody except the king understands what the Queen meant by her word. He met her on the battlefield and she forgot just like a man. Although she fought with his men, he only discovered her true gender after months of fighting shoulders to shoulder.

It was not a story the king will like to tell since he lost to her in combat, a couple of times. At first, t the king did not mind and saw it as an opportunity to Train but after he discovered she was a woman the king stopped her from fighting.

He also got smitten by her beauty so he took her as a wife irrespective of her social background.

"Your Highness must be missing fact., she must have been so frightened General Thompson, here must have tried to kill the Queen after she found out about his plan," General Daiz speaks for the first time.

"No, your Majesty, I am telling the truth. I am even willing to sware before the oracle of truth," General Thompson said.

"This is not a matter of the oracle of truth. Let the gods decide in a fair battle. I say it before everyone here. "I Queen magret challenge you General Thompson to the Battle of truth," the Queen declared.

Her statement left everyone speechless. The Battle of truth was a fight to death. The winner is always the one that walks out alive. Besides, there was nothing Nobel about the fight. Anything was allowed in such combat.

"Your majesty, I do not accept the challenge of the Queen," General Thompson refused. He knew the Queen could ask her son to fight in her stand and clearly, he was not going to defeat the crown prince.

"So are you accepting that you lied to his Majesty?" General Daiz asked.

"No, we all know that there are no rules in the battle of the Truth. The Queen would have her son fight against me. It is a known fact that I can not win against the prince, what is the justice in the combat?" General Thompson replied.

"Then get someone stronger to fight in your stand," one of the Nobel suggested. He knew that no one in the kingdom would be willing to fight against the Crown prince in combat no matter the reward.

"You all have miss understood me. My son is at war and would be unable to fight. I would be fighting this combat. I Queen Magret promise to fight this combat myself. My son the crown prince would not be involved.' Queen Magret looked at all the faces present.

"There are enough witnesses to the words I have spoken today. Or are you afraid of fighting the woman you had a knife against her neck?" the Queen asked, there was a trace of sarcasm in her tone.

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