The young king tried his best to maintain his majesty, but his voice trembled slightly. After he spoke, the guards in the hall became even more nervous.
"Why would I do such a thing?" Xu Huo retorted, "I made it very clear when I arrived. I am here on behalf of the King of Jewel City to retrieve the Most Beautiful Gemstone. If you refuse to return it, there is nothing I can do. Why would I kill for a mere stone?"
"But that is no ordinary gemstone. It's the Most Beautiful Gemstone," the king argued back, then had the guards deliver a document to him, "The Most Beautiful Gemstone we borrowed at the time has already been returned. This is Jewel City's signature."
Documents that had once been torn and mended between the two countries were crinkled and encased in a glass frame, and the guards cautiously kept a certain distance from Xu Huo, as if extremely afraid he would damage the already tattered page.
