*The guardsman did seem unnerved by these words but still he held fast*, "I just can't in good faith trust this...this-"<br/><br/>"Monster?", *Zaleila finished now speaking up with a pause between her statement*, "A monster does n-"<br/><br/>"Silence you fat freak!", *The guardsmen had lost his patience and his voice rose in anger*, "Our queen is too pure, too splended for her sight to be sullied by your disgusting form...your masters insult us by sending a beast into our lands in place of a-"<br/><br/>"I have heard enough", *Zaleila began to march this time moving right past the spears letting them slice into her body, the cuts only being skin deep. She had had enough of this rabble. And the guardsmen all gathered and formed up in a line spears held at the ready to impale her.*<br/><br/>"Stand strong brothers and sisters! This beast seeks to harm our queen!", *Zaleila marched, slow and steady her voice calm, but potent*.<br/><br/>"Strength? I see none of that here...I see cowardice, a cowardice that would spark a war in which your children and grandchildren would pay in blood for", *the bloated Krakajin made no sign of stopping*, "I am walking through this garden and into that castle...if you slay me before then, you will be remembered as dung sulying the court of your master", *Zaleila marched right into their spears...but all of them caved, their spears never went deep as she walked right through them all, they tried to hold her back but she was too heavy to stop, one lass she actually had to step over, Razi remained right behind Zaleila, hopping over the toppled woman and trotting beside her, she had allready drawn her halberd and held it defensively, when Zaleila caught her with the weapon drawn she commanded her to put it away*, "We are to arrive in this court to bear witness to a knighting, as a form of aknowledgement to Queen Francesca's rule, I will not be the one to bring a weapon into sacred peace grounds...I may be a monster Razi, but I am also a Duches of house Crus'velt...try to start another incident and I will report you to Hive-queen Lunaria, and you will be replaced...I don't have to remind you what I do with the people who undermine me...this belly isn't just for show", *she slapped her huge stomach while glairing at Razi before continuing onwards, the cuts in her neck bleeding into the fine golden hair that covered her neck fortunately they would coagulate all on their own, but Zeleila licked her claw and rubbed a little of her honey into the wounds to speed up the process, and mixed a little into her mane to help get that crimson stain out...it was still visible but less noticeable thus more tolerable*.<br/><br/>*Needless to say, by the time she reached the throne room, she was once again presentable and court ready as the anouncer finally called out*, "Now entering Dutchess Zaleila Crus'velt of Haldengrove, and Lady Razi Van'Clyde", *with many of the nobles ghasping under their breath, she was a very abnormal sight after all, many would be surprised such a beast could be presented as a dutches...even a whisper of "I thought that thing was part of the entertainment", *which actually made Zaleila want to smile, it was better to be a clown, or a pet than a monster...the reactions were generally better than she'd hoped for. With that she extended her left leg and bowed low before Queen Francesca, Razi doing the same behind the foreign dutchess, she spoke not a word as she had studied the customs of Francescas kingdom, it was considered polite to give another the first and last word.*