Acantha looked pissed at the man who was smirking at her, how would she recognized him when his novel illustration didn't give him a justice and besides what does he meant by me not remembering him when we haven't even met yet.
"Nice to meet you too, Lady Acantha," The vile man said as I still didn't acknowledge who he was.
Acantha rolled her eyes at him, she can't stand this man knowing how dumb he was in the novel for always obeying Noraya, he was supposed to be clever, cunning, ruthless, but what happened? he was like a puppy to Noraya obeying everything she said.
She came to her senses when Mildred pulled the hem of her dress signaling her to greet the crown prince, she sighed, " Your highness the crown prince," She said as she bows her head for a second to acknowledge the man with a heavy heart.
Acantha kneel but not to the prince but to make Mildred stand up, "And what are you doing here Your highness in my garden?" she said as she made sure to emphasize the word "Your highness"
"If you're going to say you're attending the party then this place is off-limits ," she continued to say as she look coldly at the prince who were also looking at her in the same way.
She stopped when she remember something is he here because of what she did to Noraya?
"Are you here for the letter?" I said as I raised my brow.
The man frowned at what she said and seems not to know what she meant.
" I got lost in here Lady Acantha, and this kind knight you have hear helped me to find my way," He said as he was explaining her why he was here.
"And for the letter you said, I apologized with that someone must send it with my name but to let you know it wasn't me," He said as he started to walked away.
"W-wait!" Acantha said as she tried stopping the man as she still has some questions in her head. " If it's not you, then who sent the letter summoning me in your palace?" I asked as I can't believe that it wasn't him who sent the letter.
"Just like I said it wasn't me," He said in a cold voice.
"Are you sure? you're so worried with your fiancée in you letters and maybe that's why you are here! Did she asked you to go here and not to wait when I come to your palace?" I said as I pointed my finger at him, call it reckless and dumb but my anger issue is overruling my emotions.
I heard Mildred and the knight gasped when I did that as if it was like they weren't expecting that and besides Mildred know that I still haven't met the crown prince.
"M-my lady" Mildred said as she was stopping me from doing anything.
"Woman, Why would I bother sending you some letter when it's not my business? and what do you think of me? I would rather fight those monster at the border than bothering myself with your fights," He said as he raises his voice.
I looked at him still not believing everything that he said. After all, he was so.... in love with that woman and that letter sound really like him in the novel.
He looked at me and I scowled at him, "This will be the last time that we're going to see each other, just stay away from me, I don't intend to go to your place just like what you said in the letter, " I said as I walked away from them, I looked back and saw how surprised he was with my words and I saw Mildred bows her head to exit in that place.
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"This will be the last time that we're going to see each other, just stay away from me, I don't intend to go to your place just like what you said in the letter, " She said as she walks away from us, her maid bowed at me first before following her.
I can't believe that woman! Is she crazy? How can she disrespect him this much? Doesn't she knows that offending him will cause her head? Or may be she was to confident because her father was the duke Solaris who was known as a hero in their empire and one of the closest and trusted aide of his father the emperor.
"Did you hear her?" He said as he looked at Ernie who also looks surprised with the woman's outburst.
No one have ever told him to stay away from them unless it was his enemy who was running from being killed by him.
That woman must be out of her head, her reputation of being evil was a fraud she was not evil, she was CRAZY!
Helion walked away from the palace and instead of going back to the party he went straight at home ,but before that he told Ernie to stay with that woman to know more about her, he was curious that why is the woman acting like she hates him, when he just saw her again for the first time after so many years.
Now, he needs to talk to his mother and asked him what did she wrote in the letter for that woman think that he was madly in love with Lady Noraya and worse she taught that he was sent there by the other party.
Helion went straight to his mother's palace as it was not too late yet and he knows that his mother always sleep late as she likes reading books.
When he reaches the her mother palace, he saw that there are still some servants who were fixing things.
They stopped doing anything when they noticed him, "Y-your highness." they bowed their head as they greeted him, he look at the things , it's not his father's things and they looked like they are for a girl.
"Whose things are these?" He said as he looked at things that one of the maid hold in her hand.
The maid looked at the others and sighed, " It's lady Noraya's things Your highness," The maid said and I looked at the things again.
"Why is her things in here?" I asked as I was trying to know why her things are in his mother's place.
"She went here in the afternoon and asked for the empress's permission to stay her for a week as her father went in the South and she was left a lone in their house, " The maid explained as she was still not lifting her head from bowing.
Helion didn't say anything as he walks towards the room where he knew where his mother is.
He knocks on the library's door and he saw his mother was talking to someone.
"Mother, " He said as he was trying to get her attention.
His mother look at him as well as the person who she was talking with. Which is Lady Noraya.
Lady Noraya was now dress in her night clothes but just like lady Acantha who he has met a while was also wearing a robe above her night dress.
"Helion, my son your here!" The empress shout as she saw him, she didn't know that he was already home as she was not there when the emperor awarded the knight who came from fighting the monster's.
His mother hugged him tightly and he saw that lady Noraya was also looking at them, or him?
"Mother I have some things to talk to you," I said as I looked lady Noraya who was now shyly looking at him.
"Nonsense, leave that matter tomorrow. Come and meet lady Noraya. You had met in Count Bellos party right?" His mother said a she was pulling him towards the place where the lady was now still sitting.
"Yeah, we have met mother, " I said coldly as I looked at the lady and caught that she was looking at me.
"That's great, that's great." Mother said as she was saying things but my focus was not in her.
Why would his mother let lady Noraya stay at her place? he knew that he likes her for him and spread some word that she was his fiancée when he didn't agree in anything.