Not Chosen

It was a dark day in the king’s life when he got the news that the last economic depression that had caused his late father a great deal of grief before his death, had also depleted most of the kingdom’s treasury. Unable to find a solution for this crisis, the young king summoned all the other neighboring kings to a council meeting of the highest order. The day of the meeting, after all the royal processions were finally concluded and the king was about to give his welcoming speech, he was rudely interrupted by the oldest of the visiting kings, who was gracefully given the floor by the young host.