The weather was perfect for picnics on weekends but not for Haela Hale since her left hand has cramp day by day almost like having an arm-wrestling match with an MMA champion. "Is God curse me already"? mumbled Haela. She massages her wrist slowly while lean back on the chair. ' For the body as girl quite fragile'.
"Maybe you got the wrong sleeping position, mistress"? said Tammy.
"It's the first time, I hear wrong sleeping position can make your hand cramp or maybe you right since this body quite fragile". reply Haela as she takes the cookie inside at the dessert plate. Tammy who never understand her mistress's last word just smile slightly. She begin to reach her apron pocket that has something for her mistress and it was an envelope with Blue Lion Crest on it.
"The maid from the main mansion sends this to mistress". She gives the envelope to Haela. Haela take the envelope and take the paper knife beside her desk and cut the envelope open to see the letter inside of it. She focuses on reading each word in the letter begins to scoffs.
" The Duke is dying to see her daughter that he abandoned and now he try to invite the whole family to be happy Teletubbies," she said that to Tammy. She throws the letter in front of her. Tammy who doesn't understand what her mistress means picks up the letter and reads quietly.
"The Duchess birthday party is happening next week. Should I send gift behalf you mistress"? She quite understands the relationship between the main family and Haela was never can be fixed by a simple reunion. Over the past, Haela always gets invite to parties, ball dances, and tea parties but never go because to her it was a shame to go since she had always been left alone.
"Nope. This time, I want to go". Tammy surprise the answer was given by her mistress. " and since was a birthday party we should give a gift". She takes quill and paper begins to write something. She folds the paper and gives it to Tammy. "Ask my grandfather to send this to me before the party and tell him I will go on behalf of Baron's family since he stays far away. It's my duty as granddaughter to go on behalf of him". she smiles cynically.
"Let's start the play".
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The wooden sword swing so fast until the opponent can not read the movement of Erix, he moves faster than his opponent expected. He keeps swing like a maniac toward his opponent. The opponent can't keep up with Erix movement later found himself fall to the ground. He tries to wake from the fall later found the point of the wooden sword in front of him.
"Give up Kyle. This is second round you fall ". Erix makes fun of Kyle, the knight that becomes the opponent of his training.
Erix held out his hand to Kyle to help him out. Kyle reached it. "Someday I will win against you, your highness". said, Kyle. Hearing the ambition of his knight makes him smile as a mock to his knight. " I will be old that time to wait that moment".
Kyle just sighs knowing winning against his master was impossible since Erix is too skillfully in his sword fight. Erix understands the expression on his knight just keeps a smile. "Any movement happen" ask Erix as he walks to the nearest bench to sit on. Kyle understands that question walks closely at Erix. "There nothing suspicious movement happen for now but next week there will be birthday party Duchess Hale". inform Kyle. Erix just nodding his head after hearing the report. "Prepare everything for next week that fox lady might come to that party also". say Erix with a smiley face.
The new habits of his master were suddenly. In few days, he orders few capable knights to guard the mansion that he often breaks into. 'What the points to guard the house that you always break into, sir'. He orders to task a young girl to become a kitchen girl to go spy on the 'fox lady'. He once asked why but the only answer he got was a smiling face. His master is someone he can't predict. The only expression that he show to everyone was a smiling face, it was almost the mask he always wears to protect himself, and no one know inside the smiling face mask. To cunning and dangerous in knowing his master. "Poor that lady" whisper Kyle.
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"Mistress, what you doing". ask Tammy seeing the paper around the floor that is is so messy. Haela who hears the voice look at Tammy. "I just doing some research and sketch about various things". She can never leave the habits of searching the history around this world as she tries to learn and take note of her knowledge. The new hobby of her mistress is too new to her since the old mistress never comes to the study room, it uses to be a room that no one stays but now it is full of papers around with some writing and sketch.
"Tammy, Do you know any design from North. If you know can you send this envelope to her and tell her every detail inside the envelope". order Halea.
Tammy take the envelope and put it inside her pocket dress. She continues to stare at her mistress that keeps writing and sketch on paper without stop. A faded smile showed on Tammy's face as seeing her mistress change from gloomy to her now. She never understands her mistress now but she always supports her whatever happens. Suddenly she remembers something.
"Mistress there was some gossip I heard about Lady Irene". Haela that busy working on her research give her focus to Tammy after hearing the name. "Lady Irene has a secret relationship with Prince Erix. They saw Lady Irene having an intimate moment with the prince". Say, Tammy.
'Woman when gossip is too scary'. Haela scratches her head knowing that gossip is just a story since the one that Lady Irene be with was the Crown prince. 'But I only know only a few important moments never read the actual story.'
Haela in her deep thinking while Tammy continues with her story.
"That's might be a story because there was a rumor around knights that the second prince was interested in someone else". Hearing the second news was shocking to Haela.
" What?!". Haela feel all her plan was crumbling since her only target to survive was Prince Erix. 'Who the hell that punk interested with' the internal scream inside Haela with the full question with cursing around in her mind.