The imperial family will be in the Orde residence for approximately two weeks. That was quite a long time for a visit, but no one bothered about that.
She should have realized that something was wrong from the moment her father ordered her to be the crown prince's guide back then, father was not a weakling who would follow all kinds of orders of the imperial family.
"This is suspicious. Hmm...should I approach the crown prince for some information??" Ana muttered in her heart, she didn't dare to speak like that even in a low tone.
Ana remembers when she got lost in the forest, the reason she didn't notice the strangeness of her father and her family was because she was still thinking about the boy she met in the forest. A boy she doesn't even know his name.
Sigh.
Ana sighed, she closed her eyes for a long time as if asleep but after that she immediately opened her eyes as if coming to a conclusion.
"The strangest thing that happened to me was starting from the moment I found the path, then meeting that boy and suddenly getting news that the imperial family was coming to visit. Was this all just a coincidence?!"
Ana wonders in her heart, she's not sure what happened but her hunch says that something wrong is really happening.
"Let's think again, what should I do now?" Ana muttered in a confused tone.
It was only the third day after the imperial family visited, there were still eleven days left. If she doesn't act now, Ana feels that she is missing something important.
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The next day.
Three people were seen sitting on the benches of the Orde family garden. They are the crown prince, Ana and her sister, Gilbert.
"Miss Ana is really good at playing hide and seek." said the crown prince starting the conversation.
Ana smiled, but in her heart she really wanted to beat up this cunning crown prince.
"The crown prince is too praising." said Ana with a smile.
"So Miss, may I have the honor of knowing where you have been hiding all this time? I really can't find you anywhere." said the crown prince still with his sly smile.
"You annoying crown prince! Can't you just forget about these three days?! How childish!!" Ana said in her heart with an irritated and annoyed tone, but on the surface she just smiled without intending to answer the crown prince's words.
Both just smiled without saying anything, the crown prince waited for Ana's answer, while Ana had absolutely no intention of answering the childish questions asked by the crown prince.
"Crown prince please don't make things too difficult for my sister. After all a girl has her own needs right? Maybe she's just shy." said Gilbert trying to lighten the mood.
The crown prince couldn't help but answer Gilbert's words, "Oh..is that so? So Miss Ana is just shy."
Ana just smiled without intending to answer at all. Even if the crown prince said that while looking at herself, Ana didn't care!
"That's right, Your Majesty. She's such a shy kid." Gilbert replied again to the crown prince's question.
The crown prince looked a little irritated, he thought he had hidden his irritation well but he really underestimated the youngest child of the Orde family, Ana Silver Orde.
"If you don't like it then don't force yourself." Ana said in her heart with disdain.
"Thank God. I thought Miss Ana hated me." said the crown prince again in a slightly sad tone.
"Hah! What a hypocrite!" said Ana in her heart, while her face still showed a brilliant smile.
"It's impossible, Your Majesty. Ana is just ashamed, Your Majesty." Gilbert answered quickly.
Ana clenched her fists tightly, wanting to punch the crown prince's hypocritical face. She stopped smiling and lowered her head sadly.
However that was just the look of what people saw before she lowered her head, after she lowered her head she smirked for a while and then put on a sad face with a hint of embarrassment on her face.
"If you want to play, I will accompany you. Don't think you are the only one who is good at acting, crown prince." Ana said in her heart.
"What's wrong with you?" Gilbert asked as he sensed Ana's changing behavior.
"It's okay brother." said Ana still lowering her face, her voice sounded sad and low.
Gilbert frowned, then asked again, "Ana, are you sure there's nothing wrong?"
Ana lowered her head even more, her face saddened and mistreated like an abandoned kitten. Ana looks like a poor girl who was abused in the eyes of the people.
"Miss Ana, did I say something wrong?" asked the crown prince in a sad tone.
Ana's body trembled like a frightened little rabbit, but she answered the crown prince's question with a bit of fear.
"Ah...no crown prince. It's all my fault, forgive me for being undignified and disappointing Your Majesty." said Ana in a tone that is no less sad plus a little fear and body shaking, everyone can't help but blame the crown prince who looks like he is molesting the poor little girl.
The crown prince didn't expect that Ana would be such a formidable opponent, he really wanted to know where this little lady had gone for three days straight and also the spell that the Orde family had gradually faded especially when this little girl was around.
This piques his interest, Ana is a dangerous existence in his plans so he wants to try to control this bad girl, but Ana's actions completely leave him unprepared and overwhelmed.
"I'm sorry Miss Ana, I really didn't mean to hurt your pride or your dignity." said the crown prince smiling.
"Crown prince doesn't need to apologize. It's all my fault being shy so the crown prince thinks that I hate him." said Ana in tears with a sad face.
The crown prince had a headache and could only reply hastily, "Miss Ana, I don't hate you. You misunderstood."
Ana raised her face slowly and looked into the eyes of the crown prince, after that she spoke again, "Really? Crown prince doesn't hate Ana? Crown prince isn't angry? But Ana is guilty. Ana is really ashamed and can't accompany crown prince all the time, Ana is a woman, sometimes she has her own business, please crown prince to understand Ana's feelings."
The crown prince gritted his teeth and then spoke again, "Of course miss, I will respect your feelings and not bother you anymore."
He lost, lost to a little girl named Ana, the crown prince felt angry but he didn't show it at all, his face was still smiling.
"Thank you crown prince. You really are very kind." said Ana softly.