Yes, you do look beautiful when you smile princess, " a man's voice said. The voice came from behind the fountain.
A blonde-haired young man with light green eyes emerged from behind the fountain.
"Will." I greeted him.
"Hello, Alicia." Will said smiling. His smile was warm and fuzzy unlike Leon's which is as bright as the sun.
'Why am I differentiating Will's and Leon's smiles? That's improper.' I thought to myself. I scolded myself as I thought about these things.
"One of the maids of your room said that you were out here." Will said as he walked towards me.
"Please have a seat. I'm taking a break from my studies." I told Will.
"Oh is that so? Am I disturbing?" Will said.
"Of course not. I have horseback riding lessons later. You can join me if you wish." I told Will.
"Then can I accompany you?" Will asked.
"Of course." I said smiling at him.
"Oh look. What do we have here?" A familiar voice said behind me.
I looked behind me and saw my second elder sister Lisa.
"Second sister." I said in surprise. I stood up and gave a courtesy greeting.
"Second princess Lisa, good morning. William said as he bowed down in greeting.
"Rise young Lord William." Lisa said.
"Third princess Alicia, William." A young man beside Lisa greeted Will and me.
Lisa was next to two young men. One was Larry who I knew as Lisa's knight.
Larry was a pretty average height for his age. He had red hair with hazel eyes. He had a gentle face for a knight. Brad was nineteen years old. He bowed down to me as a greeting.
However, I didn't know who greeted me. But judging by his clothes he looked like he came from a decent and noble family. His hair was black and he had brown eyes. His height was acceptable and he was a bit tall but not much as Leon and Will.
"James, fancy seeing you here." Will greeted the person next to Lisa. "Alicia, this is James. He is the eldest son of Carl Johnash." Will said introducing him to me.
I looked at James. He looked like someone who was very arrogant and confident.
"I have started to court the second princess Lisa. That's why I am here." James said making a cocky smile.
I saw Lisa rolling her eyes without James noticing. I suppose that she wasn't happy with James being her new tutor.
"Is that so? Well, good luck then." Will said with a smile.
"Haha, thanks." James said laughing proudly. "Are you here to court the third princess Alicia?" James asked Will.
"Well, something like that." Will said looking at me affectionately. I blushed at his stare.
Lisa clenched her fist in irritation.
"Well, nothing is set. Our marriages still have to be decided by our father. You are our courters. You have to court us so we can see if the suitors our father picked are good to be our future husband." Lisa said with an irritated face.
"You are right princess Lisa. But I am sure to get your father's approval to be Alicia's future husband." Will said confidently.
Lisa was fuming with anger. I was afraid she would burst!
"Second sister Lisa and young lord James, would you like a snack?" I asked James and Lisa.
Lisa gave me a weird look and smirked.
"Of course, sister." Lisa said.
Lisa and James took a seat with Larry standing behind them. I and Will also took our seats.
"Come here and sit with me, sister." Lisa said. I was a little hesitant at first but sat down next to her. I knew I had to sit with her and do whatever she said or she would make me regret not listening to her. I learned how she would react if I didn't, which was terrible.
Then suddenly, I saw Lisa's maid come out and with her, she brought a teapot which was full of tea along with a few teacups. What I didn't see was the look that Lisa gave to her maid. Her maid just nodded silently in reply.
"I knew that you liked green tea so I specifically brought some fresh, tasty, and high-quality green tea for you from my home kingdom the Grandcest kingdom." James said to Lisa.
Saying that James placed the teapot right beside me.
"Oh well thank you, James." Lisa said to James. Then she smiled at him and James smiled back with satisfaction. "Sister, would you mind pouring a cup of tea for me?" Lisa said looking at me.
I nodded then I proceeded to lift the teapot. Then suddenly, just as I was pouring some tea for Lisa my grip slipped!
The teapot fell on the table. Luckily, it didn't break but the hot tea splashed out everywhere!
"Ahhhh!" Lisa cried. "It hurts! It hurts! Help me!" She said crying in pain.
The hot tea also splashed onto my hands. It burned them and I was feeling the same pain my sister felt and it hurt very deeply.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to" I was saying my sentence when suddenly someone slapped me on my cheeks very hardly. I lost my balance as whoever slapped me slapped me very forcefully. I was feeling weak and feeling the pain that I felt from getting slapped on the cheeks.
"You should be ashamed of yourself!" James shouted. "I had heard that you were jealous of your sister's beauty but I didn't know that you could do just a horrible thing and cross the line to try to destroy her beautiful face." James shouted once again.
"But I didn't mean to...it was an accident." I said. There were tears rolling down my face.
Then I saw my sister crying. Larry was sitting beside her and assisting her by applying ice.