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After Arty had finished eavesdropping on that conversation, she continued playing along to help out her 'grandparents' and Emyrie's mother with their shopping while Emyrie also helps out in her cute childish ways.
Just as they had finished their purchases and were about to leave the town to go back home to the secluded cottage in the woods, there seemed to be a commotion by the town's main gates.
She wondered what is going on until her grandparents and Emyrie's mother had pushed her and Emyrie gently by the side and behind them protectively when a royal-looking noble carriage pulled by grand-looking horses came rushing in through the gates and entered the town square.
Arty figured that it must be someone important in the royal family from one of the nations that are passing by to visit or something, but then her whole being froze in dread when she saw the familiar symbol that she created for the story that is very known to her.
The royal symbol of Alanova Capital, as it depicts a sign of a noble-like golden cross with two silver swords crossing each other in front of it as if guarding the cross. It is exactly where the 'Mad King' dwells and rules.
She knew that it was dangerous to reveal herself, even though Arteria Blaze has not found or gotten the Fiery Blade yet, but she had to take a look inside the carriage to check and see who's inside.
But when she took a sharp peek into the carriage to look inside as it passed by in a slightly fast blur, she almost got the most heart-stopping shock of her life when she saw who it was.
The other main character of the story and soon to be the future romantic partner of the female lead.
Prince Adrian Reign. The bastard son of the 'Mad King'.
Arty didn't think that she would see this character so soon but then she had a sudden shocking thought in her head.
'Wait... Isn't this a little too early?!' she thought to herself stunned and shockingly dumbfounded.
Arteria kept staring in shock at the young teenage male she saw in the royal carriage that passed by.
'I'm not supposed to see the male lead character until I'm older! How come he's here?!'
She didn't know what to do after seeing him and knew that in her current situation right now is way too early and dangerous to be seen or noticed.
It was fortunate and relieving for Arty that the carriage has passed by and didn't stop until it reached whatever destination it's heading to with its occupant inside.
Then she became more relieved when her grandparents or the female magician didn't seem to want to stay long--even when they had also recognized the royal carriage that came by.
They all left and got out of town though not in a hurry, and they trek down the path back to where the cottage is in the deep thick forests.
While they were walking, Emyrie was chatting happily to her friend Arty but she didn't know that Arty was blank both in body and mind and didn't hear her chatter or was even aware as she was thinking deeply inside her head over what happened before.
Emyrie didn't notice this because Arty was absently nodding to her as she talked, thinking that she was listening to what she's saying.
And it didn't take long for Arty to snap out of it when they had come back home into the cottage and Emyrie scampered off to help her mother put away the groceries while Arty's grandparents went to prepare their dinner since the night time is already coming soon.
Arty had to be polite and asked that if she could help out or something but her grandparents assured her that they'll be fine and that she'll have to wait until they call her if it's now dinner time.
So Arty did, and she went off to wait in the library where she decided to be there to think more deeply in her mind and try to read some books as if to calm her anxieties she's having within herself.
When she entered the library, she took one book and tried reading but couldn't because her mind is focused on something else.
Arty was absently brushing the pages of the book she's holding and flipping slightly even though she isn't reading it as she was deep in her head mentally thinking and deeply.
She wondered so much on why Prince Adrian was there and why it was so early in the story that the main character Arteria Blaze has seen him, even with only a passing glance at him. There's also not to mention the facts that figuring out or trying to discover the reasons why the prince is also there in town and what he's doing there.
Arty hoped that he's not there because of her since it's not time yet for her to be found and chosen as the wielder of the magical weapon known as the Fiery Blade.
For it was too soon and very fast to happen in the story.
Arty didn't know what to do. She didn't even expect the sudden unexpected events that are happening right before her eyes.
She wondered what's going on and why this seemed to be happening since she had thought that the plot would go the same way she expected as she had written in her story.
It seems that she'll somehow have to find a way to figure out and discover what is happening because of these surprises and changes.
Hopefully, this might not mean anything good or bad for Arteria Blaze, and that it was all just a coincidence when she had first seen the other main character of the story.
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