The Palace of the king. 

     "We'd like to see the king."

     One of the two ladies said to the guards standing at the door of the king's castle. Her brown pupils ran through the face of the long-faced guard. 

     "What for? The king is no flimsy man and would revere every of the minutes spent with him."

    The other guard picked his turn,

    "Plus we are now in a trying time. The king wouldn't fancy the businesses of whores."

     The other lady who seemed to wear the sharp stare landed a slap on the face of the warrior who had called them whores. 

       The guard almost knocked the lady out,...