Then Miklos rose and said to the old king and the council: "High king
and worthy council, it is true that I deserve the kingdom, and I would
take it were I not the heir of the far-famed Lead Friend, and were it
not that the dominions of the Green King, after his death,--which from
my heart I wish not,--will come to me. This being the case the worthy
council can see, and thy Highness can see also, that I may not accept
the kingdom. Let it remain as it is,--let my eldest brother be king,
and my second brother be viceroy; they are, I think, honorable men,
and worthy."
The lords, sages, and skilled scribes present, as well as the old
king, rose up and confirmed the wise speech of the youthful Kiss
Miklos.
Then the two brothers of Kiss Miklos--the king and the
viceroy--entered; they embraced and kissed one another, and sacred was
the peace. After that, Kiss Miklos and his wife returned to the
domains of the Lead Friend, and after the death of the Green King,
Kiss Miklos inherited his dominions. And so he ruled two kingdoms very
happily; and he and the Green Daughter of the Green King are living
yet, if they are not dead.