The royal carriage reached the palace and the guards informed the king that the princess was back. He could only hope it's a good result.
Ellie hastily stepped out of the carriage and went towards Amir's chambers. She knew her father and uncle Titus were there so she didn't bother going to the throne hall.
She flung the door open and she saw the physician holding some equipments that made her heart almost jump out of her chest. 'is he alright? He better be because I still need to beat him.' She said in her head trying to cheer herself up.
"Your Majesty? Uncle? Is he alright? I already got the plant." She said and their eyes were left wide open.
"He's fine. The physician's just checking on some basic conditions....let me have the plant." Titus said and Ellie nodded. She went closer to her father and hugged him. Her mother was also there so she hugged her too.
"Are you alright my dear?" Emilia asked. She had noticed the dark circles under her eyes and she looked stressed out.
"Mm. I'm fine mother. I just need a little rest." She said, and her mother nodded as she gently pat her head. Ellie liked it and rested her head on Emilia's shoulder.
She saw her father and Lucid walking out of the room with anxious faces and she creased her brows. Is everything alright? Why are they leaving?
Just as she was about to speak. The royal physician approached her with a calm face.
"Your Majesty? Your highness? Please you need to leave. I have the equipments ready and I'll just process the sapphire meerat into liquid. It's going to take a long while so I advice you shouldn't be here as it would take a long while and it would only make you anxious." The royal physician explained. Emilia nodded but Ellie looked like she wasn't giving in easily.
"I can't leave him." She protested and Emilia held her hands tightly but assuring her that everything would be fine. Ellie let out a deep and shaky breathe as she stared at the physician.
"Is he going to be fine after this?" She asked in a low voice. She really was scared of hearing the answers. The physician smiled, she could see that this young princess really cared for her friend. 'She must really love Amir to care for him till this extent!' The physician concluded in her mind.
"Everything would be alright after this so you need not worry. I'll carry out my job perfectly. He's going to be okay after this." The physician assured her and she could finally sigh in relief. At least for now.
Emilia held her out and escorted her to her chambers.
"You need to take a bath. I'll inform your maids." Emilia said and she nodded.
"Mother?"
"Mm."
"I'm truly happy that he's finally going to be alright."
"I'm happy too. Now, you need to relax. Don't think too much okay?"
"Yes your Majesty." Ellie teased and Emilia chuckled.
"I'll take my leave your highness." Emilia said and they both chuckled. She hugged her one last time before leaving and her maids were brought in to help her take her bath.
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She took her bath soon enough and laid on her bed to rest. Her maids had dispersed from the room and only Amara was left there, putting some things back to their places.
She was done arranging everything and she turned to leave but Ellie stopped her. She turned to Ellie who was laying on the bed and was now sitting upright.
"Yes your highness." Amara said.
"Sit." She instructed and Amara shook her head immediately, Ellie raised a brow and Amara sat hesitantly on the space beside Ellie.
When Ellie was sure they were both comfortable, she took in a deep breathe and asked. "Can I ask some questions."
"Yes your highness. You're free to do so."
"Okay. Are you married?" She asked and Amara was a little bit taken aback. Well, she didn't expect to hear such questions.
"Yes your highness. Why do you ask?"
"It's still concerning what I'm about to ask." Ellie explained and Amara could only wait for the questions that would be thrown her way.
"Were you forced to marry him or you did out of your own will."
Sighing softly, she answered. "I was never forced. My husband's a royal soldier. We loved each other and the king consented to our marriage." She said and Ellie nodded as if realizing something.
'That's no wonder she's treated differently from other maids, and sometimes I do wonder, is she really a maid? She doesn't look like one. Even her dress is different.' She mentally said. She wanted to refrain from asking more but the curious girl in her wouldn't cooperate.
"Why do you dress differently from other maids?" Ellie asked again.
"Here in Davish, subjects who works in the palace and happens to get married to a soldier dresses differently." She explained.
"Why?"
"Maids or any other person who gets married to a soldier are meant to be distinguished from other people. They're kind of supreme to other workers." Amara explained and Ellie meaningfully nodded.
'Oh now I get it. It really is a good thing that father takes good care of his subjects.'
The chambers remained silent and Ellie remembered what her grandma had said. She couldn't just begin to believe what that old woman had said. 'She's getting older and maybe that's why. She must be imagining things.' Ellie concluded but it still wasn't satisfactory. She glanced at Amara and a light bulb appeared in her head. 'That's right! Since she genuinely loves someone, I can just ask her. She knows better than me.'
"Amara?"
"Yes your highness."
"How do you know if you love someone?" Ellie asked. Amara wasn't shocked anymore so she just sighed and answered the question.
"At first, you deny the feelings and start to question yourself what it is you're feeling for him. Questions like, 'is it infatuation or I'm just thinking too much?'..."
Ellie closed her eyes and start to recall if any of the things stated happened with her. Yes, she did deny the feelings but she never asked herself if it's infatuation or not. 'I don't even feel anything for him, it's not infatuation and even if it is. It'll fade away soon. There's no need to worry.'
"Only those?"
"There's more your highness. Would you like to hear all of them?" Amara asked, and though Ellie didn't have a good feeling about it, she just ignored it and nodded.
"You may continue.
"Your heartbeat start to pick its race anytime you're close to him..."
Recalling if any of those events happened she closed her eyes again. 'My heartbeat always remained normal whenever I'm with him.'
"You think about him more often than you should."
'More often? The only time I thought about him was the time I kissed him and now! No, relax. It's just thinking. You don't love him'
"You start having other feelings for him." Amara stated hesitantly and it looked like she regretted doing so as she shut her eyes and slowly cursed under her breathe. 'I shouldn't have said that. This curious little girl would want to know.'
"Other feelings? Like what?"
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