Then, she spent the whole morning telling them about what had happened in Ukraine.
Just like when she told her grandmother about what had happened in Cloudriver City, she accentuated the positive and minimized the negative. Now, as she recounted her experiences in Ukraine to her surprised mother, she left out the perilous details. At critical points, she would skim over the details and wouldn't let her mother become scared and panic...
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Upon hearing Ella's recount, Penny admitted in surprise, "So, Ella, you do have royal blood. No wonder there were rumours that whoever found you would gain great fortune... all five powerful families at the time were looking for a baby girl lost in the orphanage..."
Fearing Ella would misunderstand, Wilton added solemnly, "Dear child, we didn't look for you just because of that rumour, it was also for Arthur. He was prophesied to be the chosen one, exceptional in many ways, requiring an extraordinary woman as his life partner…"
