- The Prouds 50
He called for Commander Reid to consult him
regarding the guardians’ violations. The commander
arrived and greeted the king.
The king said, “I am fed up with the Three
Guardians, Reid. I can no longer stand their actions. Tell
me what to do?”
Reid looked carefully at the young king and said,
out of extensive experience, “You, My Lord, are the king
and you may do as you please.”
With that, he said what he had been long waiting to
say because he wanted to have the king do something
specific.
His few words had a great impact on the king and
made him think, Yes, I am the king and the king is the main
person in his kingdom and he can do as he pleases. No one
in his kingdom may question or object to him. Yes, I am the
king and I can do whatever I want.
The commander left, and the king kept thinking
carefully for days, building on the commander’s words. A
few days later, the king decided something, so he called for
the commander and told him about it.
Commander Reid was thirty-six years old. He came from
Maloms tribe, who lived in the west of Widea near its
borders with the neighboring kingdom and lived on trade
between the two neighboring kingdoms. The tribe was
loyal to the kings of Widea, but was not very strong or
good at defending itself.
When Reid was only eight, Vogers tribe attacked Maloms
and killed most of its people. Young Reid was hiding under