Given that the king had assigned his father to enforce the regulations for the library, including the restricted section, the same duty was now on Aether’s shoulders following the elderly keeper’s health related retirement. On paper, it made him outrank the princess where they were. In that case, questioning him wasn't that different to questioning the king himself.
“Well that's true, but..” Zelda responded to his father's words, although being unable to find what to say to defend her own reasoning. So she crossed her arms and stood there for a moment. Scolding, grounding, lecturing, and such were things the young princess had already experienced. However, a real, proper punishment wasn't anything she went through before.
“Isn't that a contradiction, if I am indeed the highest person?” she asked. The type of books that filled the nearby shelves were ironic too. A gut feeling told her that he wasn't too unfamiliar with what those books contained. “Yes. Just sit down for a bit and reconsider this.. reasonably motivated trespassing of mine.” Her eyes followed him as he had a seat. Not to reevaluate the situation though, something told her.
“I don't happen to be dressed appropriately to disrobe myself here,” Zelda claimed. Since she was studying past bedtime, she was in her triangle decorated royal pyjamas. Aether would soon get to confirm that, as the huffing princess removed her robe. Thankfully, the library wasn't cold enough to make her legs shiver even when they were mostly exposed to the air.
After neatly putting her robe aside, she walked up to the blonde man, “Y-yes?” being noble not preventing her from sounding nervous.
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