"Hehehe" I saw king chuckling a the corner of my sight.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯? 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘺!
Allan thought.
"Woh, princess is looking so gorgeous today~."
"I can't believe in my eyes. Is this Heaven!"
"It's an angle! Angel from heaven!"
"Oh my god, I'm truly great full that you let me see Princess. Now I can die in no regret, sob..."
𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭! 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴... 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙨!
Everyone in the room were singing the praises of beauty of Lucia.
Huh, well I have to admit that she really stole everyone's heart.
Lucia, with Nerisa, started to approach the group of Allan, which includes his brother and father. Every present in the hall had their eyes fixed on Lucia as she walked.
"She worked so hard on deciding her dress for tonight, you know." King whispered in Allan's ear in a jolly mode.
"I-I see, good." 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺... 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯?! Allan thought.
"Good evening father, brother, everyone." Lucia wished to everyone.
"Ohoho, good evening my dear." King greeted her back with a cheerful smile.
I don't know why but it seems like king is in a mood today.
Lucia turned to Allan.
"Good evening, Allan..." She said. Her checks were slightly red.
𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚... 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦!?
"... Haha, Good evening, Lucia." I said with a forced smile on my face.
"Princess, you are looking so beautiful there is no match for your beauty!"
"Oh, Thank you Neulon." Red hairs compliment Lucia as she... humbly accepted his praise...? She thank him with even looking at him instead she was looking at me... Well, I keep on looking forward to ignore her gaze but pressure increased even more other also noticed that as they also started starring me.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭?! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?! 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢! Allan thought.
"Isn't Lucia looking good in that dress?" King whispered in my ear.
𝘈𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺... 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵! 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵. 𝘚𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬!
It's a basic thing for one to praise a girl for her beauty but I don't really care about it, but since I am here I should at least do that...
"... Your looking, so ah, beautiful in that dress, Lucia... Even more today then any other day." Allan somehow said it. 𝘔𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥!
"Really!? I'm really glad to hear that!" What's with that reaction. Doesn't Red hairs complimented her in a way better manner then mine. I saw Red hairs crushing his teeth in frustration.
She lean close towards me... 𝙎𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 that I instinctively pulled myself back. Her eyes were sparkling... There were only few 6 inches distance between our faces.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦-?! 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦!𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰. 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴. 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦?! 𝘈-𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵!
See was way to close, even other also noticed my uncomfortness but now body dare to speak up.
I turned my face in different direction cause in cause I can almost see 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢!
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶?! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮!
I sighed while averting my gazes.
Realising her behaviour by looking at me, Lucia get backed in embarrassment, her face was red.
𝘐𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰?! Allan thought.
"...Sorry for my unpleasant behaviour... " Lucia muttered.
"Oh ho, no. It's alright Lucia, I understand your excitement for this banquet." King said.
Lucia become even brighter red then before.
𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘱, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦... 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦! 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺, 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵... 𝘍𝘶𝘶𝘶, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭~ 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵! Lucia thought.
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We were all enjoying banquet, talking about this and that, chit-chatting and laughing... But there was one thing that I noticed that today, Lucia was clinging me way too much. No, it's not about that... It was the first time I saw her acting like this.
While we were talking, whenever a joke was cracked. She laugh just like everyone else but time to time she pat on my shoulder or back. She come close to me and says something like, how interesting or, isn't it funny or things like that as if checking my reactions.
And what did I do in response...? Well, I just make a wry smile every time, that's all I can do...
"That being said, Mr. King, are you not going to announce that Laren defeated the army of demons and protected the capital?" I asked king.
"Oh that, I have already announced that Laren protect the capital and all before your arrival, but I thought that I would make a public announcement that Laren defeated demons and protected the glory of our kingdom in few days..."
𝘖𝘰𝘩, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵... 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵...
It was a pretty good move from the King's side to make it public that it was Laren who defeated the whole army of demons. The fear will definitely grow in the hearts of other nations so they will not try to mess with Kingdom Renhard... But what's more important is, that so called demon lord.
First, I just want to confirm whether he truly is the Demon Lord or is it just a bluff.
After that I would decide what move I should make next.
"For that..."
"Hmm?" While I was lost in thoughts Lucia spoke up.
"Thank you for giving all your credit to my brother. I'm really great full of you for that!"
"No, it's fine. Didn't I told you before, I really don't mind giving all my credit to Laren. Really!" Instead, I'm great full of them for not making me stand out.
"No, no!" She take my both hands between her's and... 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯...
"You don't know how much you have helped us just by lending all your credit..."
𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥...
She was acting 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙤 friendly with me. I don't think girls act like this with someone with opposite-sex, more over, even if they do, didn't they act like this with the one who they know very well instead of some stranger like me how just came to know them just a time ago...
I know that she has... for me. But still, I can't help but feel somewhat suspicious about this.
"Hey, isn't Princess acting too much friendly with that guy..."
"I am so envious of him that I want to kick his ass!"
"Just who does he think he is, flirting with Princess just because he is a bit good looking..."
I clearly felt the hatred in the gazes of all those guys and was able to hear there mutters. Lucia and other can't hear them cause they were too far but I can, because my abilities far surpass the mortals, no, even the superior beings...
'𝘍𝘭𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨' 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺? 𝘐, 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳... 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵!
The way Lucia was reacting, and the look on kings face, full of joy. I was getting a wrong feeling about this. Maybe they are plotting something behind the scenes.
I can't say for sure about Lucia since she is... attracted towards me, but I am damn sure that some sort of weird ideas are running across the King's mind.
𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯... 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨'𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴.
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