The Lost Fruits

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Agrabah - Royal Palace

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After spending two days in the royal palace, Ace took the chance to excuse himself from the military service, having resolved their war and issues and now Jafar is dead, ruling two kingdoms wouldn't be that hard, and even if the Sultan was not a good ruler, Jasmine is good at making political decisions. Ace was granted permission to leave the military service and return to his home. The first he did after return and sealing Blue's mouth(Genie) from talking too much, he slept...Like really, he slept for a whole day, from morning till sunrise.

Genie was bored as hell, he just floated in the room, sometimes he would merge into the unseen world and play with the lesser spirits wandering around. The Magical carpet was with Aladdin, as he was promised, Ace let him have a ride on the carpet as a reward for working hard in the company. As according to Walid, Alladin was making deals left and right for the company.

And now while Agrabah is enjoying the peace it got, the other nations are not as lucky, as more nations started sinking in war. The world is going into mad chains currently and there is no one to stop it. But that is a story for another time.

In the Sultan's office. Some arguing noises could be heard, the door was locked and the guards didn't let anyone in per Jasmine's orders.

"No!" The Sultan spoke with a determined expression.

"What do you mean no?! this is a great deal!" Jasmine, the princess of her father is standing in front of him with her eyes wide open.

"I should have know you will do this, no wonder you recommended a peasant to be a noble! and now you gave him the rank of a prince! all of that was for this?" The Sultan put down his ink feather and stood up "I will not approve of this relationship, not with someone who wasn't a citizen until a few months ago, we don't even know who he is? where did he come from? and what did he do before coming to Agrabah?"

Jasmine shook her head "You told me to marry someone so we can secure an alliance to protect our nation, what better marriage alliance proposal other than an army killing man like this?" she said as she walked to her father and massaged his shoulder.

"I don't care, he is not a real prince, he is not the same as one with royal blood." The Sultan spoke. He might have a favorable opinion about Ace and he is very grateful for him for what he did. But marrying him his daughter is another thing. Now that peace is here, he is not thinking as a Sultan, but as a Royal Father.

"Bah! Royal Blood?" Jasmine pulled some strands of her father's white beard "Just a few months ago, you almost married me to a dim-witted boy who can't even speak properly without drooling, and now when I got you a fine, strong, and reliable son-in-law you say 'He is not from a Royal blood'" The Sultan w.h.i.n.ed in pain "Some Sultan you are!" Jasmine said.

"That time we were in trouble and needed support. But now we don't." The Sultan rubbed his pained cheek with red teary eyes.

"Oh yeah! like this peace is gonna last, just give it a couple of years and someone might just knock on our doors again, Jahilon wasn't our only enemy." Jasmine let go of her father and sat on the chair with her less crossed "Think about it for a moment. Which do you prefer, marrying me to a one-man-army that I like, or some idiot prince that will just take me away to be his family's little toy? Besides, with this marriage, we can secure Lord Ace forever, like a guardian angel, when trouble arrives, I go "Please husband, we are in trouble, help our nation" with puppy eyes, and then bam! no more trouble; burned to smoke." Jasmine started nagging her father.

The Sultan sat down and leaned close his daughter's face "What makes you think he likes you? you hold yourself that high?" He smirked. Jasmine's eyebrow twitched and she pinched her father's cheeks again.

"Ow! ow! ow! I am sorry, i didn't mean to!" The Sultan cried out again.

"Just say yes! what is so hard about this, I am giving you the perfect ally with no promises other than being my husband and you refuse, as if you're the one who will marry him." Jasmine said angrily with a pout "...And to tell you. I am the most beautiful woman in this hot lands, no man can see me and be normal!" Jasmine declared with a proud voice.

"Pffft!" The Sultan couldn't hold it and snorted trying not to laugh.

"That's it! you brought this upon yourself!" Jasmine stood up for her father's beard again, seeing the incoming danger, The Sultan ran away circling around the office while laughing.

After a while, with her past bad health and weak muscles and bones, Jasmine couldn't continue and fell down to her chair panting from exhaustion "HuFf! HuFf! J-Just you wait! I will sh-shave that beard of yours." Jasmine said.

"Hahaha!!" The Sultan was laughing from his heart as he took a seat to rest too, those old bones can't take too much excitement. How long was it? how long since the last time he played around with his daughter like this? he honestly can't remember, did he even play with her? The Sultan looked at his daughter and smiled "Well, I guess you're old enough to choose your own husband. And since you took your position as a princess in account and acted on that before your own feelings, I guess I can't find fault in that." He said. Jasmine looked at him with "What are you blabbering about?" expression.

Sultan Hamid stood up with a smile and walked to the window to get a better look at the city outside "If he agreed to be your husband, then I have no problem, however, if he is to be a Royal prince and your husband, he is expected to do everything a prince is supposed to."

Hearing the words she has been waiting for, Jasmine smiled widely as she hugged her father "I love you papa!!" she said. Hearing her call him as such, Hamid chuckled and returned her hug.

"I love you too!" He said softly.

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