I arrived at my study and Jacob was already there, he bowed a little and greeted me when I got in.
" Your highness"
" Oh really.... come on, since when are you that respectful." I asked not amused at all.
Jacob laughed and sat at the couch behind him
"I just thought to take my cautions since Lina told me that you are in a bad mood, I don't need any more work right now." Jacob said and I laughed at his sarcasm
Surely I can't blame him, I do give him so much work, but he is good at what he do....
"So what's the bad mood for?" my thoughts were cut short by Jacob question.
" Don't even mention it." I replied with a heavy sigh.
"So, do we have anymore information" I asked in a serious tone and Jacob got serious instantly.
"No, no matter how much I dig it up, nothing is ever there. it's like that boy never existed." Jacob hesitated for a moment and then continued " To be honest if I haven't seen him years ago with my own eyes, I wouldn't have hesitated a second now to tell you that there is no such person."
I was deep in thought for a while....
"With that being said, that only means one thing....for him to be able to erase every and each trace that leads to him like that, he must be someone important."
"We share the same thoughts there, so I looked into the noble families, but there is nothing there as well." Jacob replied and I could sense the annoyance in his voice. well apparently he isn't used to not being able to find information about his target.....poor him. I chuckled inwardly.
Jacob was about to say something when the knocking on the door interrupted him.
"Come in " I said
Lina came in with two cups of tea and some fruits.
"Thank you, Lina "
"Anything else your highness "
"Yes, Can you please stop calling me that now Lina. "
Lina was a sister figure for me, we have been together for as long as I can remember, and she has always cared for me like her own sister, she has been with me through my worst nightmares and she was also there when the title of the crown princess was thrown at me when my worst night hasn't even passed, but of course no one cared...no one but Lina and Jacob, even my own parents were so busy putting everything in order after that chaotic night...I don't blame them thought.
I swore on my life that I would never let her get hurt....no not her and not anyone I love, not the last people that I really care about.
But I can't blame her for not being able to drop the formalities completely between us, after all she is still required to treat me like the princess I am in front of any companion other than Jacob and a some other people.
"Sorry, Acelina"
I mouthed a thank you to Lina, then turned to Jacob who was enjoying his tea and fruits. I honestly don't know what's with him and blueberries, was he a blueberry in his past life or something?!.
suddenly, that crown prince flashed in my mind.
"Jacob, I know I am giving you so much work but I need you to look into someone for me"
"who is it..." Jacob asked a little confused about who else would I want to look into, while Lina had her guess.
"yes, Lina it's the crown prince " I answered Lina's unasked question.
" Rucubia's crown prince...." this time I confirmed Jacob's suspicion.
the study fell into dead silence for a few moments while Jacob was staring intently in my eyes, but Lina had a face that said 'I would always support you ' and I was really thankful for her faith in me.
Jacob kept staring at me for a few more moments before he finally broke his eye contact, but I noticed how he was still stiff about the idea.
" Don't worry I have no intention to hurt him or whatsoever. "
" then why..." Jacob asked seriously and I could see the disagreement in his voice.
"Jacob, you need to understand something, no matter what happened in the past, I am not going to hurt someone who I know for sure that has nothing to do with it, I am only trying to keep everything under control, so the past won't repeat itself." I thought a bit and then continued "As for the crown prince matter, I just think that we need to consider him seriously now, after all he is almost twenty two now and there is a possibility that the current king would step down from the throne and hand it to his only son ,and giving that we almost have no information about him, because of his mysterious whereabouts, I think we need to start worrying about that now."
"But that's not everything Jacob, my parents are thinking about a marriage alliance between us, and as much as I can't even tolerate the idea, I would like to know why they are thinking about it all of a sudden, and also why did that crown prince appear in front of them all of a sudden too? "
Jacob was silent for a few more moments
"Is that because of what happened with the king and queen?" Jacob asked going back to eat his blueberries.
"Why do you know about this?"
"I was in Rucubia in the same time the queen and king was." Jacob answered me in a duh tone and I rolled my eyes at him.
"So did you see him??" he snapped his eyes to me as I asked with urgency.
"No, I heard a lot about him though during my time there, and as much as I agree with you that we shouldn't be taking him lightly anymore, I have a different feeling about him "
" A different feeling?? what kind of a different feeling?"
"I can't totally fathom it, but I feel that the reason he has been hiding every little detail about himself is not related to us or Revenya at all"
"just pray that this feeling of yours is true Jacob, I don't want anything to do with this messed up country." I said with great determination in my voice.
I am not having anything to do with this country or it's crown prince, whether my parents like it or not.
"Well Acelina don't forget that their majesties are having the royals of Rucubia attend your next birthday celebration" Lina reminded me softly, maybe afraid that I would snap at this little plan of my parents.
"Wait wait wait.....what!?!" Jacob exclaimed in pure terror as he darted his glare between me and Lina.
Well...at least something got his attention other than his blueberries.