“Are you going residence straight away?”

“Why? Do you need to have a cup of tea or one thing?”

“Not that… What concerning the banquet?”

“Banquet? What banquet?”

“The royal fort is holding a banquet to have a good time the troops’ departure.”

Yelena scowled. “What?”

“I’m dumbfounded by it too.”

Yelena scoffed in disbelief.

She understood if there was a banquet after the troops received the battle and returned safely. However how dare they’ve a banquet proper after sending individuals off to the battle?

‘I don’t know whose concept that was, however…’

She wished them the misfortune of slipping on a handkerchief or one thing. And hopefully they fell and hit their head.

“I’m not going. You shouldn’t both.”

“Don’t fret. If I used to be planning on attending the banquet, I wouldn’t have come carrying this.”

True to his phrase, Aendydn was wearing easy work garments.

Yelena regarded her childhood buddy quietly after which circled.

“So long.”

“Yeah, be in contact.”

Then, Sidrion activated the transportation magic. A white mild enveloped the 2 of them.

***

“What?”

Surrounded by maids who have been adorning his look, Crown Prince Bartèze’s eyes flashed with anger.

“Who did what?”

“Duchess Mayhard returned to the fief proper after the send-off ceremony ended.”

“At whose discretion did she go away?!” The crown prince shouted as he jumped out of his seat, bumping right into a maid.

The maid whimpered as she staggered barely, however the crown prince didn’t even spare her a look.

Fireplace blazed in his eyes.

‘Who am I getting all dressed up for?!’

The host of at this time’s banquet was the crown prince. From the beginning, he had deliberate this banquet solely for Yelena Mayhard, begging and pleading to his father for permission.

‘I used to be going to method her on the banquet and seduce her there…’

However to assume that Yelena had returned to the fief with out even attending the banquet?

“Ship somebody directly! Inform him to chase her carriage down!” The crown prince roared.

The servant appeared uneasy.

“My deepest apologies, Your Highness. The duchess didn’t take a carriage. With the assistance of a sorcerer, she…”

“Sorcerer? So that you imply to inform me that she’s already arrived on the fief?”

Even so, he couldn’t hand over. He shouted a brand new command.

“Ship a service pigeon, now! If she’s already returned, I can simply name her again right here. No, I ought to go myself…”

The crown prince shuffled urgently in direction of the place the service pigeons have been.

However then.

Slip, CRASH!

“Kyaaak!”

“Your Highness!”

“His Highness has fallen!”

“His Highness slipped on a handkerchief and hit his head!”

“Hurry, name the courtroom doctor!”

With a stroke of dangerous luck, the crown prince slipped and had a nasty fall. Blood gushed out from the again of his head.

The commotion on the royal palace lasted for a very long time.

***

“Rebecca.”

Rebecca turned her head within the course of the voice that known as her. Ovell Mark entered the room and approached her, smiling warmly.

“How’s your urge for food?”

Rebecca seemed down on the tray that held a bowl of rice porridge. It was half-empty.

“…So-so.”

“That’s good.”

Slide. Ovell pulled a chair in direction of the mattress and sat down.

“You’ve gotten significantly better. You possibly can barely even transfer whenever you first awakened…”

“…”

Rebecca regarded Ovell in silence. Her eyes sank down.

“Th-the affected person has woken up!”

“The Younger Grasp! Name Younger Grasp Ovell instantly!”

When Rebecca had first regained consciousness, she couldn’t perceive her present circumstances. Maybe she didn’t need to.

However after two months of recuperation, she actually couldn’t maintain herself at midnight any longer.

‘I can’t consider I’m a fugitive.’

She had heard this from her subordinate Michael. Michael had held her when she was unconscious, fled from the capital, and ran all the best way over right here. He knowledgeable her of what was at present happening on the capital and of the continuing seek for her.

‘To assume that we fled to this fief…’

Ovell Mark, the bachelor who had persistently tried to courtroom her prior to now, regardless of being rejected a number of occasions.

After listening to of his engagement to a different lady, Rebecca had thought that he’d lastly distance himself from her. However to assume that that they had develop into acquainted once more like this.

Rebecca sneered, however then she shortly hid her expression.

Truly, this labored out for the higher. If it was this punk, if it was this silly and impulsive simpleton…

“Depend.”

Rebecca put her tray to the aspect and seemed into Ovell’s eyes.

“No, Ovell.”

Ovell stared at Rebecca, shocked by her mild voice.

“Did you simply… name me by my title?”

It wa the primary time that she had achieved so.

Rebecca’s eyes crinkled fantastically.

“I’ve a favor to ask.”

Whereas Ovell was entranced by her sorrowful but charming smile, Rebecca whispered.

“Please take me to the capital.”