"Celest!" called a man who was none other than Prince Moran.
He walked up to his fiancée wearing much simpler clothes than usual. Smiling, he walked up to Celestial and held both her hands.
"I'm glad you came to see this hunt. I thought you wouldn't come," he said with a sense of excitement.
"I couldn't possibly not come, I think it's an interesting thing to spend time outside instead of constantly being in the Mansion," she replied.
Moran nodded his head, saying that it was indeed a suitable moment to spend time and become closer to the other family members. Especially since he and Celestial were going to get married in the future.
"You seem to be doing well, Celestial," said a man who looked so much like Moran, except that they had many differences.
"Your Highness!" Celestial saluted the Crown Prince, Delon, Moran's older brother. "I'm fine, what about you?"
"There's no need to be so formal with me, I'll be your brother-in-law one day. And I'm fine, it looks like your relationship with Moran is getting better and better," he said, still looking so cold but very charismatic.
She nodded her head, saying that she and Moran loved each other and they spent a lot of time together, that's why the two of them were getting closer.
"I'm glad to hear that. Then I should go prepare my weapons." Delon left, leaving Celestial and Moran behind.
He joined forces with Lexion and Roxarion.
"Delon is always like that," he said.
Moran's eyes then fell on Eleanor who was standing not far from Celestial. The woman kept watching the two of them, as if she also wanted to talk to them. In the end she decided to walk over to them, greeting Moran.
"Good afternoon prince Moran, it's a pleasure to meet you today. You and Celestial always look good every day," Eleanor said as she smiled at the two of them.
"Thank you, I'm also happy to see you today. It must be the first time for you to participate in an event like this. You don't need to join the hunt, you can just sit with the others," Moran said.
He then turned back to his fiancée, inviting her to join him on the hunt. He wanted Celestial to accompany him, and maybe he could teach her.
Hearing that, Celestial naturally felt interested and she accepted the invitation from her fiancé.
Holding out his arm, Moran smiled and then let Celestial wrap her arm around his. They then left the gathering area, to start the hunt first.
Carrying swords and arrows, they went through the forest together. Although they looked so happy, at the same time someone felt that he also wanted the same thing.
"What are you doing there? I'm afraid you have no intention of joining the hunt. I'm sure you won't be able to either," said Vanessa, the Madam of the Damanor family.
"I know, I was just looking around me before joining you and the others, mother," she replied and walked over to them.
"Where is your sister?"
Eleanor explained that Celestial had gone with Moran to hunt with him. Hearing that, Vanessa was relieved that her daughter was with her fiancé.
Meanwhile, Eleanor herself felt that she also wanted to go with them. But she knew, it was impossible for her to follow those two people.
Meanwhile, Moran and Celestial were walking around the forest hand in hand. She wondered why Moran hadn't also drawn his arrow or looked for an animal for her to hunt.
Since earlier they had only been walking around and chatting about several other things.
Until, Celestial finally asked the reason, why he did not look for animals to hunt like the others.
"I don't like doing things like that. I only do it because my family wants it and as a prince, I should be able to do something like this to show my abilities," he replied while smiling gently.
"You don't like something like that? I admire you. Sometimes they use things like this to show off their skills, right?"
He nodded his head. "That's right, although the meat will be given to villagers who lack food, it's just that I don't like doing it. I love meat, but I can't bear to kill them with my hands. Do I look strange?"
However, she responded with a chuckle. "Not at all. I like meat too, but that doesn't mean I can hunt them down."
She felt that it was normal for that to happen, it was just that Celestial had felt confused by Moran's nature, which was really gentle, even he could not bear to hunt animals.
'How could this gentle man turn into a cold man who betrayed Celestial's love to be with Eleanor?' she thought.
But for now, she wanted to put those feelings aside and focus on spending time together with Moran so that he wouldn't make any mistakes.
"Oh right, about your stepsister Eleanor..."
"Y-yes?" she asked in surprise as suddenly Moran was talking about her.
"She's alone there with your mother and my mother, will she be alright? She'll definitely just sit quietly because there's no one her age. My little sister isn't coming," replied Moran, who sounded like he was worried about Eleanor.
Celestial's hands squeezed her dress a little lightly when she heard that, but she tried to look normal and responded to Moran.
'Is this how you started paying attention to her? Why are you asking about Eleanor? Did I make the wrong choice for you to worry about her?' thought Celestial at that moment who felt a little jealous and worried by Moran's question to her.
There was silence between them. Celestial just fell silent without saying anything. Moran was surprised to find her silent with her head bowed.
He took her hand and tried to speak to her again.
"Celest, are you okay? If you feel tired, we can go back with the others or sit around for a while," he said.
She finally snapped out of her reverie and shook her head.
"It's fine, I'm fine. I just..."
Before she could finish speaking, Moran pulled her into his arms and dodged out of the way.
Stab!
An arrow stuck into a tree where Celestial and Moran were standing before.
She gasped in shock because of the arrow that came and could have injured them.
"What? Where did that arrow come from..." Her heart was beating so fast because she was almost hit by an arrow that she didn't know where it came from.
"Have you no shame to be alone together in the forest like this?" asked a man who walked up to them.
When they turned around, the man was smiling smugly at them.
"How ridiculous."