Pharaoh's First Love

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He rose from his throne and ordered one of the maids to disrobe before them all. After which Calion picked up the dressed and threw it at Shelyn’s feet. “You can change in private and promptly gather your things and leave. With such threats as you have spoken you’re an enemy of the country. I could simply imprison you and demand ransom, but it is not my intention to start a war over a simple confusion which could have been avoided had we known who you were. If your god is so quick to temper then you are not allies we wish to have to begin with.”
Jin went wide eyed.
Yun cleared his throat. "Brother, me and Aoi, brought the musicians here. And she was among them when they were employed for the evening. S-"
"I didn’t sneak it! I stayed beside the very group I was brought with! You’re nothing more than...."
Jin nearly tackled her. "Please say nothing more! Thank you for my gift." He interrupted. Holding her waist and resting his cheek upon her chest. "Thank you for coming instead of staying back.."
Shelyn sighed gently pulling away and turning. Then brushing past the guards. She left in complete silence. Yun was speechless. But at least he managed to get his brother into such a spot. "Jin come lets prepare for bed shall we? I did promise a trip to town tomorrow. " he turned to his brother smirking. "Good night brother. May, the goddess send you lovely dreams. " he taunted. Clearly amused by the situation. It was certainly going to be an interesting winter.

With the morning arriving Shelyn had put it all behind her. And didn’t bother telling her parents or brother. She saw them off that morning and sat in the garden area her family owned for medicine. Mostly she was singing to herself and arranging flowers.
The servants in the palace this morning were busy removing ash from the floors. And flower pots. Not at all sure where all the flowers went from just that night earlier.
By morning two guards knocked heavily upon Yun’s bedroom door before opening it and marching in. “My prince, the Pharaoh has requested we accompany you into town for the day to select a gift for the young goddess. His orders are very direct in that you must go whether you like it or not. After all he believes who better  to make reparations than yourself, considering it was *you* who brought the girl here to begin with, and further neglected to find out who she was prior to the invitation. Calion, our Pharaoh, believes the blame rests on your shoulders now for whatever harm has come to her. You will make it right, so he says. You may get dressed, by order of our king we shall not leave your side.” The guard said respectfully. Neither of the guards knew Calion was doing this just to piss Yun off and sending him on a trip into town which will take up much of the morning if not more.
It was by 9am that morning that Calion rose and bathed in the open spa room near his bedroom. The walls of which were open for him to see the view from all four sides as he shamelessly bathed and then proceeded to dress in fine robes and have his hair brushed would out and tended to afterwards. With Mirien doing her own thing as she normally did until Calion requested her presence he roamed around the temple before spotting the blonde-haired girl  sitting in the morning sun before approaching her.