A Mate For The Last Lycan
Chapter 153: ACTIVELY THROWING RESPONSIBILITY

Chapter 153: ACTIVELY THROWING RESPONSIBILITY

This was the setting that princess Rose suggested. In the open area, where the people gathered and they could hear their conversation clearly.

Therefore, they had to be careful with what they said and the subtle meaning behind their words to stir people here.

Dacre already had bad reputation for his earlier move to send Silas and his royal warriors and started the battle against Khaos, in that case, they left Silas behind.

"I am sure there was a misunderstanding," Dacre said calmly. He managed to compose himself right away after the shock of how quick Khaos read the situation and turned the table against him in his monologue.

However, Dacre came prepared. Rose and he had discussed about it.

"Silas seemed to play both of us and now I am here to clear the air." Dacre gestured his hands to the people around him. "People has suffered enough because of this misunderstanding and because of that, I want to apologize."

This made people gasped, because they would never think a king like Dacre would even apologize for anything, even for his own mistake, therefore that simple word sent massive reaction. It managed to sway people’s opinion about him.

Zuri and Khaos could see this change clearly. This was not Dacre’s style. Someone was working behind him to create a new image and that person must be the princess.

Zuri stared at the princess and their eyes met. Princess Rose smiled politely at her. Her simple white dress made her looked more approachable, as if she was part of the commoner. It made her appeared down to earth and humble.

"Because of that, I want to apologize by distributing one golden ingot to everyone here."

Money. This was the easy way to solve the problem and Zuri knew that. She learned this from Rhett and many deals she had for this pack.

And the royal families had a lot of money indeed. A golden ingot for each people here was worth it to fix the king’s reputation and save his image in public.

People cheered when they saw a few trunks full of golden ingots. They thanked the king profusely and chanted his name in good song.

Princess Rose seemingly succeeded to explain to the king that public opinion was important, thus she approached the situation from that stand point. Smart. Zuri would give her that.

"We can work together to go through this winter, my brother," Dacre said. The way he addressed Khaos as his brother made the alpha wanted to scrunch his nose. It was too intimate for his liking.

"Luna Zuri, you are so kind to open your gates for these people. It really touched my heart to see your kindness." Princess Rose finally opened her mouth and talked directly to Zuri.

This time, it was Zuri, who wanted to scrunch her nose. She didn’t like to be associated with the word ’kind’.

But then, this was a nudge from princess Rose for the king to acknowledge Zuri as well, because the next thing Dacre said was a compliment for Zuri.

"And thank you for your help too, luna Zuri. You have opened the pack gates for the people." This time, Dacre shifted his attention to Zuri.

A polite smile graced Zuri’s lips, as she accepted the compliment. Since princess Rose wanted to involve herself and her in the conversation between the alpha and the king, Zuri welcomed the invitation.

"This is our job as the leader to care for our people. A leader, who is running away from their responsibility and didn’t even acknowledge their mistake, doesn’t deserve the title as the alpha." The jab was subtly directed to Silas and... the king. But, Zuri said it very casually, indicating that the king and Silas were indeed at fault.

Blessed their sharp hearing ability as the shifters, because even though there was a little bit noise as the warriors distributed the ingot, people still managed to follow their conversation.

"But, I am afraid, we will face another problem here." Zuri’s face turned sad. "This is the rare time where money can’t really solve the problem, because we need food supply. It will be pretty pointless if we don’t have the source to provide the food supply even when we have the mean to purchase it."

People gradually became quiet when they heard that. "Luna Zuri, what do you mean with that?" One of the people asked.

On the other hand, Gayle smirked. This woman knew how to sour the mood, because when people heard there was not enough food supply, their faces fell with worry.

"As we already knew that the royal ships failed to deliver the food supply this year, which resulted in this crisis, but thanks to alpha Khaos, who generously shared the food supply he has to all of us, but still, it’s not enough, since the quota of it has never intended for the whole kingdom."

Zuri’s explanation about the food supply toned down people’s excitement about the ingot. Kept them grounded to the real issues here.

"You don’t need to worry, luna Zuri. The king is already here and I am sure, he will be able to solve the problem," Khaos said with delight. "I am really glad that you are here, my brother."

Khaos matched Zuri’s energy, as if they had planned all of this before, because right now, the two of them actively threw the responsibility of the crisis to the king, right in front of the people. They didn’t even give a room for the king to dodge it.

After their speeches about responsibility of the leader and how the leader should take an active role to help people, how else Dacre should react, but to agree with it?

"The king is here, there is nothing to be worried about!"

There was someone that cheered from Khaos’s group of people, most likely one of his warriors and this made people praised the king.

Sometime, trouble could come in the form of high expectation.

And this what Zuri and Khaos gave to Dacre.