50: On His Arrival

Arnold’s POV

“Home sweet home” I exclaimed and sucked in a deep breath of relief as I finally arrived at the doors of my chambers.

I pushed the doors open and walked in with flair as a cloud of fulfillment settled over me because of how successful the emergency trip I’d embarked on had turned out to be. I’d had little to no hope that the meeting would yield much results because it’d been set up on such short notice and we didn't have much history with the kingdom it concerned.

Yet, it’d worked out amazingly, and it’d yielded much more success than I’d thought it would. The treaty I’d signed had opened a doorway for more talks on cooperative projects that would certainly make both our kingdoms worth reckoning with, and I was incredibly happy that I’d finally bagged a couple of wins despite the chaos in Crescent Valley that’d weighed down on me for weeks before the meeting.

I’d asked my guards that’d gone ahead of me to ensure that my bath was ready and a fresh set of clothes were put ou