"I'm so sorry"
Her knees weak at those words, Princess Mable fell on her bottom, bowed her head down with shame, she fell silent. And if one looks at her defeated postures, at her head that bows. Tears falling like streams that had not yet been fully turned to close, driblets fell with a sound of echoes. She spoke weakly
"I wanted to stop you, after I have realised my mistake"
[stop me? No. You wanted to kill me]
[that was an intermediate spell, did you forget that?] Alden thought to himself while watching the Princess narrate the story to her favour.
*SNOB* her state at a dismay
"It was never my intention to do harm to anyone, let alone my subject"
No crown to wear, no coronation or acceptance of her ruling, Princess Mable had already deemed Summer city and the people, hers.
~Yet you did~ he poured salt and continue
~You even slit the young lord servants throat to protect yourself~
Suddenly her head raised, her face full of tears, anger directed at the humanoid shadow Princess Mable bit her lips and spoke.
"If I had not done that. you would have killed me"
"You" she pointed her delicate small fingers so suddenly
"You who points at others, you who kills and directed the ploy. justifying it as reason"
"You who killed an innocent man to-"
~Children are innocent, Byron is no child~ he cuts her off
"How do you know" she replied
~I have been watching him for a very long time~
~Archive of ruling dictates, should one find evidence or a threat t-
"To thy Nobles self, shall call treason and execution. I know" she cuts too.
And amidst her "cut off" games, Princess Mable suddenly wide eyed at her discovery. Her thoughts started to drift.
[He must be a noble, this humanoid shadow is concealing himself]
[but for what, to kill a knight. No. there must be more to this]
[Perhaps this shadow man, is of lower cast noble who has been pestered by Sir Byron and the likes]
[but I have never heard of such lower cast noble to do such a thing, nobles have pride, should knights in honour break such secrete rule. Death fallows by the right channels]
[he/she will never lower themselves to do it themselves like what he had done inside the tavern]
[No this simply does not make sense]
[Wait, the Archives of ruling, this... this book is a secret amongst all nobles, forbidden to the ears of the common men, only exclusive to all noble together with lower cast]
[One simply does not learn this book. Generation after generation, they have all been taught by their predecessors or their family heads, since young]
[how much you learn, will predetermined your potential]
[inside the tavern, he uttered the ruling only to upper nobles or born in one.]
[the young lord that he speaks so highly about is Alden van farrow, a half blood of an upper noble] jumping to lunacy she continued
[This Alden van farrow must be the one in control, controlling even this lower caste gifted men]
"What has Alden van farrow offered you" she suddenly spoke
And one the other side, after the princess has cut him off, Alden watched the whole play. Her eyes drifting left and right. He was puzzled at first, thinking maybe the princess has some sort of super senses that could best even his own. He even looked to his left and right trying to figure out whether it's an enemy that only the princess could sense or her personal guards surrounding him.
After confirming with the system, Alden simply could not understand this royalty barring. Then when she uttered those words, Alden became puzzled even more.
[what?] he thought and kept silent
"Heed my word kind noble" she started
[kind?] while staring at the princess.
"What has this evil Alden van farrow taken from you." Changing from 'Offered' to 'Taken', Princess Mable was in rush to pick her words to reach the men before her, offering her hands for him to serve.
"I can assure you, in my name as the princess of the na-"
Remembering the vicious words, the men before her had said after her grand speech. Princess Mable lowered herself and continued
"I will seek justice for you and free you from his clutches"
"Bear in mind kind Noble, I have made a grave mistake at this day"
"But mistake I will aim to amend; I simply ask for your forgiveness"
Then she reaches at her waist and showed what Alden came here for.
The cage gem, the thing that he can not afford to lose at this moment, should the princess take what's inside that gem. Everything is over for Alden's plans. In fact, Alden was willing to fallow her even inside the kingdom to get it back. This is shadow Mox, a creature filled with dark element. Any powerhouse with enough brains would not hesitate to experiment on shadow Mox and find out who the master behind this creature. He would be chased to no end.
[This is why, I hate variables] he thought to himself.
Keeping quiet and watching the princess looking at him for affirmations or any reaction to her confusing words.
Alden remained puzzled and silent.