"I wonder how Karl is doing."
Beldandy's voice was too longing, a few days had passed and they had gotten no feedback and anxiety could be seen from the two elves seated together.
"He is okay, he has to be."
It was not clear who Samora was trying to convince, Beldandy or herself. Her voice was really concerned but then again when she realised this she wiped the worried look off her face but Beldandy who had been seeing this peculiar behaviour for a while asked.
"Say Keenah, why do you want to wed Karl?"
Beldandy was serious as she asked that question.
"I-I am not show too, it just happened and I found myself blurting it out."
She confessed to her friend, the two grew up together and played together to the point where they knew more about each other than they did their own selves which is exactly why they could detect the subtle changes in each others beings
"Are you sure that's it, I know his might is vital if we want to win so it cannot be that you wanted to tie him down by this right?"
She usually displayed a playful flirty attitude so Arkheenah had almost forgotten how observant her friend was.
"Well that is the truth, I am doing this for our nation."
The princess immediately went on the defensive but____
"You do not have to tell me about that of course I know and believe me if I deduced this much then he has deduced even more."
For a moment the princess thought she had been seen through, there was another reason he wanted the mortal prince to stay, a reason that had taken almost a decade of preparation.
"However princess I will tell you this much, I owe that man my life."
Bel's face was serious.
"Bel, you don't mean?"
The princess had just realised something from that statement.
"Exactly, when I was betrayed by my own people and left to be the plaything of the mortals he was the one who saved me."
Afterwards Bledandy recounted her story to the princess, this time in full detail including the parts she had never told the princess before.
"Now that makes sense, I thought you were playing as usual but you really love that person don't you."
"I love that person? Truly I have no idea but if such a thing called love truly exist then it should be what I feel for Karl."
Beldandy admitted readily.
"But he is mortal."
The way Arkheenah said it showed had the meaning of 'what are you thinking?' but_____
"And I do not care. Princess I am sure you have your own reasons but I will tell you this that no matter what you will always be my best friend but should anything of inconvenience happen it is his side that I will choose not yours."
She was determined and she said this because she loved the princess a lot. Arkheenah could perfectly see that but this did not mean she too was not. Despite her friend's warning she was still clear on what she needed to do.