Chapter 11
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Now that Luke is gone, I am left alone in the mansion. Like how I used to be.
Well, that's not true, I have maids and butlers in this mansion. I wanted to befriend them but they keep on maintaining their distances from me.
Do I look so scary? Do I look like a villain now? Why do they always keep their distances from me whenever I wanted to get close? I know that nobles should not be dealing with commoners but who cares? That's not the case in the world I lived in.
What to do? I feel so bored right now. Will I spend my two years in this place like this?
Since I learned that this wasn't a dream, I started taking things seriously. I wanted to level up my fire magic. I wasn't able to help Luke because I was too useless and I didn't take magic lessons from my home tutor seriously, cause I thought this was a DAMN DREAM.
I thought that I will not need them since I am supposed to be dreaming.
But now that I think of it, how did I end up being in this dream? If I remember correctly, I went to sleep after playing the game. My doors and windows were definitely locked. Now this could be an interesting indoor murder case.
Well at least I believe that I was killed in my sleep.
Right now, my home tutor, Mr. Elgo, is teaching me more spells and magic in general.
Why am I not listening? I'm listening. Of course I'm taking these lessons seriously! I'm just... thinking with two brains, if ever that makes sense.
"Since Lady Violet's element is fire, you will be able to control a fire's size by will, as long as you focus hard. Please try it in this candle."
Since there was a candle burning in front of me, I reached out my hand and made the fire huge. I used my other hand to carry it on my palm.
"Like this?"
"Amazing! As expected of Duke Trancy's daughter!"
What he's discussing right now is too easy. I prefer taking magic lessons from my father. I didn't just played around in the summer villa.
Ha! Right now, I'm a B-rank magician thanks to my beloved father and Luke!
Father would teach me techniques on how to control fire easily since according to him, he helped my mother too since my mother had the same magical element. That caused him to study more about the fire element.
Fire magic is actually hard to control, according to my father, they are not that rare but they are hard to acquire since fire has its own life and is destructive.
Those with A- to A+ ranked fire holders are called Salamanders. Cool right? In my case, I am not even close to that yet. I suddenly envy those female leads who are so special whenever they get reincarnated. They would become so powerful after a year or so but in my case, I have to take slow steps.
One step at a time, from rank C to rank B after eight years: that's the plan. I'm not a genius. Although that's not the same when it comes to my medical abilities. I know I'm pretty good at this. *wink*
I would usually spar with Luke on the beach and father would facilitate and guide us on it. Luke is too strong for his age that's why he always has to go easy on me. I'm so pitiful. Cries.
Luke abilities are more on dark element, probably because he is an ogre. With a tinge of fire-magic-blood in him, he can also control fire but unlike the majority of the fire magicians, his fire is black and its flames can consume a body in an instant!
I suddenly remembered the bandit that tried to drag me away. That was a very clear example of Luke's fire.
Other than the black fire, Luke can hypnotize and control a human. Instead of control, I think manipulate is the right word.
And last but not the least, Luke can use blood magic. It's like blood-bending in the Avatar the Last Air bender series. Although he can use his blood as a weapon too.
These are all the abilities of the dark element. Luke is so strong, right? No wonder he easily became a Catastrophe ranked monster.
I wonder what magical abilities the other capture characters have? According to the game, Alyn's the strongest, then Luke comes second. Dylan's the last.
Oh! I almost forgot about Spade! He's a genius. He's in another level than Alyn.
The only thing I know about Alyn's magical abilities is that he is categorized under the Light, Water and Wind elements. Dylan is a water element magician while Spade has two elements, can you guess what those elements are? He's a fire and light element user. Despite that, Spade definitely also has a dark past but I'll talk about it once we meet Spade in this world.
"Lady Violet, Prince Alyn has come to see you."
Speaking of the devil. I was just thinking of Alyn and now he arrived.
"I guess this will be the end of our lessons today, Lady Violet." Mr. Elgo said as he closed the book.
I stood up and smiled at him, "Thank you for your lessons, sir. If you'll excuse me, I have to go greet my guest now. The maid shall escort you to the exit."
As I walk towards the living room, I called the maid who was walking behind me.
"Hannah"
"Yes, young miss?"
"Please don't leave me alone."
"... Ah?"
"I mean I don't want to be in the same room with the Prince." I paused and faced her.
She looked surprised and confused at the same time. Hannah is my personal maid, she's five years older than me and she's Nanny Yui's daughter.
Just like nanny Yui, she has brown hair and eyes, a common trait for a commoner. She's one of the maids that I wanted to befriend but she kept on maintaining her distance from me, more like, she's avoiding me whenever I ask her to be my friend.
"You have to stay within my sight at all times"
Hannah lowered her head and bowed. "As you wish, young miss. I shall follow your orders."
Am I intimidating her? Do I have Violet's villain expression now? Sigh. Why a face so beautiful yet so evil?
Anyway, this will be my first time seeing Alyn again. The last time I saw him was eight years ago.
As I entered the room, a young boy, handsome and stunning, was sitting on the sofa.
Ah. He's starting to look more like the game's Alyn.
He stood up upon seeing me, a charming smile flashed on his lips. "It has been so long since we both saw each other, I'm surprisingly pleased to see you become more beautiful, Lady Violet."
Oh boy, he's starting to flatter me again.
I have to admit, Alyn became more handsome than I ever expected him to be. I bet after a few more years, once he becomes an adult, this kingdom would be flooded with girls! All of them falling in line for him!
"Other than the prince's pleasing look, I can say that you're still the same (troublesome) boy I once knew."
"Hahahaha, I guess I am, but Lady Violet is also the same."
He was now in front of me. I watched him hold my hand but when he was about to kiss, I felt so uncomfortable, I instantly pulled my hand back.
He was startled by my action.
I'm sorry Alyn, I might end up kicking you if you try to come closer to me.
He stood straight and a smile was flashed once again on his lips, although it looked like his smile seems to be more uneasy this time.
I turned away from him, "Do you want to take a stroll in the garden?"
I didn't hear a response from him but I could sense that he was staring at me.
"Okay, I would definitely love to spend time with Lady Violet there, as it was known that your family's garden really is one of the finest out there."
And just like that, we walked to the garden. I was surprised upon seeing that there's a huge maze in the garden this time. It wasn't there years back then.
I guess things change in this place too eh?
"How's your vacation in your summer villa?"
"It was good."
"Are you still reading the books I sent you?"
I looked at him and nodded. "Yes. Those books were really good, where did you get them?"
"I got them from the palace library." He said with that usual dazzling smile.
I really appreciate it when he chooses the kind of books that he knew I would surely be fond of.
"I see. How's your royal duties?"
He blinked a lot and seems to be surprised by my question.
Was there something wrong with my question?
I noticed that the look on his eyes softened, "It's going well. My father, the king, keeps on assigning too many duties for me"
"Ah. You must be pretty busy then? I'm surprised you still have time for me."
He chuckled, "Of course I will always find time for my lovely fiancé."
Ah, why does this make me cringe? I decided to ignore that statement. "What else do you do recently?"
"Most princes serve in their countries' militaries at some point, after finishing their formal educations. In my case, since I still have to attend the academy two years from now, I am currently involved with certain charity programs. We make public appearances in connection with those charities, and this helps with public relations and fund raising."
I guess he also has his hard time as a prince, I suddenly felt sorry for him.
"I'm happy." He suddenly said out of nowhere as he held my hand. I instinctively wanted to pull my hand away from his hold but he tightened it, he was not allowing me to take off my hand this time.
"Prince Alyn. Your hand."
"What's wrong?"
"You're holding my hand."
"I don't see anything wrong with it. We are an engaged couple, this should be normal, right?"
Ah. His smile is too dazzling; it makes me want to hide! I could feel my heart race as he entwined our fingers. I couldn't do anything about it since what he said was true.
Stay calm! Stay calm! He's in my territory plus my maid and his butler are following us from behind so nothing can go wrong, right?!
This is my first time holding a boy's hand other than Luke's.
Alyn holding my hand makes me restless! Or wait, he held my hand before but this is now a different story. I am a teenager now.
We continued walking around the garden maze.
"This is the first time you asked me a question."
I was caught off guard by what he just said, I looked at him confusedly, "H... Huh?"
"I know it's just a small thing but it still made me happy."
"O... Oh..."
Right now, I don't know what to say. What should I say? Thank you? You're welcome?
"I always wanted to see you again after all these years. Sadly, that deemed impossible."
I understand. Going to the Trancy's vacation house would take about three days in someone's journey after all. And since he started becoming really busy, he could barely visit me.
"It's okay. We're able to see each other now anyway. Besides, we can make up for it."
Yuck! What did just come out of my mouth? I sounded like his girlfriend! Bad mouth! Think before you speak!
"I really missed you, Violet."
I suddenly felt my face burning and my heart racing fast. Am I going to have a heart attack?! Please stop making that face Alyn! It's too much for me! You're too good-looking for me!
I may not be attracted with a man's body figure but I'm still attracted at how handsome a man can be! Back then, Alyn's charms didn't affect me at all but right now, it's totally different! His beauty is on par with my brother's!
I instantly turned away from him, I don't know what kind of face I am making right now but I suddenly felt embarrassed. I never experienced having a love life, I don't know what to act or say besides... I'M SAVING MYSELF FOR SPADE!
I can't act like this in front of Alyn! He's my killer! MY KILLER! Someone help me calm down! I feel like my whole body is sweating a lot! I feel so hot!
"Idiot."
Oh no. Because of my troubled mind, I just called him an idiot
…Am I going to be killed now?
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Now that Luke is gone, I am left alone in the mansion. Like how I used to be.
Well, that's not true, I have maids and butlers in this mansion. I wanted to befriend them but they keep on maintaining their distances from me.
Do I look so scary? Do I look like a villain now? Why do they always keep their distances from me whenever I wanted to get close? I know that nobles should not be dealing with commoners but who cares? That's not the case in the world I lived in.
What to do? I feel so bored right now. Will I spend my two years in this place like this?
Since I learned that this wasn't a dream, I started taking things seriously. I wanted to level up my fire magic. I wasn't able to help Luke because I was too useless and I didn't take magic lessons from my home tutor seriously, cause I thought this was a DAMN DREAM.
I thought that I will not need them since I am supposed to be dreaming.
But now that I think of it, how did I end up being in this dream? If I remember correctly, I went to sleep after playing the game. My doors and windows were definitely locked. Now this could be an interesting indoor murder case.
Well at least I believe that I was killed in my sleep.
Right now, my home tutor, Mr. Elgo, is teaching me more spells and magic in general.
Why am I not listening? I'm listening. Of course I'm taking these lessons seriously! I'm just... thinking with two brains, if ever that makes sense.
"Since Lady Violet's element is fire, you will be able to control a fire's size by will, as long as you focus hard. Please try it in this candle."
Since there was a candle burning in front of me, I reached out my hand and made the fire huge. I used my other hand to carry it on my palm.
"Like this?"
"Amazing! As expected of Duke Trancy's daughter!"
What he's discussing right now is too easy. I prefer taking magic lessons from my father. I didn't just played around in the summer villa.
Ha! Right now, I'm a B-rank magician thanks to my beloved father and Luke!
Father would teach me techniques on how to control fire easily since according to him, he helped my mother too since my mother had the same magical element. That caused him to study more about the fire element.
Fire magic is actually hard to control, according to my father, they are not that rare but they are hard to acquire since fire has its own life and is destructive.
Those with A- to A+ ranked fire holders are called Salamanders. Cool right? In my case, I am not even close to that yet. I suddenly envy those female leads who are so special whenever they get reincarnated. They would become so powerful after a year or so but in my case, I have to take slow steps.
One step at a time, from rank C to rank B after eight years: that's the plan. I'm not a genius. Although that's not the same when it comes to my medical abilities. I know I'm pretty good at this. *wink*
I would usually spar with Luke on the beach and father would facilitate and guide us on it. Luke is too strong for his age that's why he always has to go easy on me. I'm so pitiful. Cries.
Luke abilities are more on dark element, probably because he is an ogre. With a tinge of fire-magic-blood in him, he can also control fire but unlike the majority of the fire magicians, his fire is black and its flames can consume a body in an instant!
I suddenly remembered the bandit that tried to drag me away. That was a very clear example of Luke's fire.
Other than the black fire, Luke can hypnotize and control a human. Instead of control, I think manipulate is the right word.
And last but not the least, Luke can use blood magic. It's like blood-bending in the Avatar the Last Air bender series. Although he can use his blood as a weapon too.
These are all the abilities of the dark element. Luke is so strong, right? No wonder he easily became a Catastrophe ranked monster.
I wonder what magical abilities the other capture characters have? According to the game, Alyn's the strongest, then Luke comes second. Dylan's the last.
Oh! I almost forgot about Spade! He's a genius. He's in another level than Alyn.
The only thing I know about Alyn's magical abilities is that he is categorized under the Light, Water and Wind elements. Dylan is a water element magician while Spade has two elements, can you guess what those elements are? He's a fire and light element user. Despite that, Spade definitely also has a dark past but I'll talk about it once we meet Spade in this world.
"Lady Violet, Prince Alyn has come to see you."
Speaking of the devil. I was just thinking of Alyn and now he arrived.
"I guess this will be the end of our lessons today, Lady Violet." Mr. Elgo said as he closed the book.
I stood up and smiled at him, "Thank you for your lessons, sir. If you'll excuse me, I have to go greet my guest now. The maid shall escort you to the exit."
As I walk towards the living room, I called the maid who was walking behind me.
"Hannah"
"Yes, young miss?"
"Please don't leave me alone."
"... Ah?"
"I mean I don't want to be in the same room with the Prince." I paused and faced her.
She looked surprised and confused at the same time. Hannah is my personal maid, she's five years older than me and she's Nanny Yui's daughter.
Just like nanny Yui, she has brown hair and eyes, a common trait for a commoner. She's one of the maids that I wanted to befriend but she kept on maintaining her distance from me, more like, she's avoiding me whenever I ask her to be my friend.
"You have to stay within my sight at all times"
Hannah lowered her head and bowed. "As you wish, young miss. I shall follow your orders."
Am I intimidating her? Do I have Violet's villain expression now? Sigh. Why a face so beautiful yet so evil?
Anyway, this will be my first time seeing Alyn again. The last time I saw him was eight years ago.
As I entered the room, a young boy, handsome and stunning, was sitting on the sofa.
Ah. He's starting to look more like the game's Alyn.
He stood up upon seeing me, a charming smile flashed on his lips. "It has been so long since we both saw each other, I'm surprisingly pleased to see you become more beautiful, Lady Violet."
Oh boy, he's starting to flatter me again.
I have to admit, Alyn became more handsome than I ever expected him to be. I bet after a few more years, once he becomes an adult, this kingdom would be flooded with girls! All of them falling in line for him!
"Other than the prince's pleasing look, I can say that you're still the same (troublesome) boy I once knew."
"Hahahaha, I guess I am, but Lady Violet is also the same."
He was now in front of me. I watched him hold my hand but when he was about to kiss, I felt so uncomfortable, I instantly pulled my hand back.
He was startled by my action.
I'm sorry Alyn, I might end up kicking you if you try to come closer to me.
He stood straight and a smile was flashed once again on his lips, although it looked like his smile seems to be more uneasy this time.
I turned away from him, "Do you want to take a stroll in the garden?"
I didn't hear a response from him but I could sense that he was staring at me.
"Okay, I would definitely love to spend time with Lady Violet there, as it was known that your family's garden really is one of the finest out there."
And just like that, we walked to the garden. I was surprised upon seeing that there's a huge maze in the garden this time. It wasn't there years back then.
I guess things change in this place too eh?
"How's your vacation in your summer villa?"
"It was good."
"Are you still reading the books I sent you?"
I looked at him and nodded. "Yes. Those books were really good, where did you get them?"
"I got them from the palace library." He said with that usual dazzling smile.
I really appreciate it when he chooses the kind of books that he knew I would surely be fond of.
"I see. How's your royal duties?"
He blinked a lot and seems to be surprised by my question.
Was there something wrong with my question?
I noticed that the look on his eyes softened, "It's going well. My father, the king, keeps on assigning too many duties for me"
"Ah. You must be pretty busy then? I'm surprised you still have time for me."
He chuckled, "Of course I will always find time for my lovely fiancé."
Ah, why does this make me cringe? I decided to ignore that statement. "What else do you do recently?"
"Most princes serve in their countries' militaries at some point, after finishing their formal educations. In my case, since I still have to attend the academy two years from now, I am currently involved with certain charity programs. We make public appearances in connection with those charities, and this helps with public relations and fund raising."
I guess he also has his hard time as a prince, I suddenly felt sorry for him.
"I'm happy." He suddenly said out of nowhere as he held my hand. I instinctively wanted to pull my hand away from his hold but he tightened it, he was not allowing me to take off my hand this time.
"Prince Alyn. Your hand."
"What's wrong?"
"You're holding my hand."
"I don't see anything wrong with it. We are an engaged couple, this should be normal, right?"
Ah. His smile is too dazzling; it makes me want to hide! I could feel my heart race as he entwined our fingers. I couldn't do anything about it since what he said was true.
Stay calm! Stay calm! He's in my territory plus my maid and his butler are following us from behind so nothing can go wrong, right?!
This is my first time holding a boy's hand other than Luke's.
Alyn holding my hand makes me restless! Or wait, he held my hand before but this is now a different story. I am a teenager now.
We continued walking around the garden maze.
"This is the first time you asked me a question."
I was caught off guard by what he just said, I looked at him confusedly, "H... Huh?"
"I know it's just a small thing but it still made me happy."
"O... Oh..."
Right now, I don't know what to say. What should I say? Thank you? You're welcome?
"I always wanted to see you again after all these years. Sadly, that deemed impossible."
I understand. Going to the Trancy's vacation house would take about three days in someone's journey after all. And since he started becoming really busy, he could barely visit me.
"It's okay. We're able to see each other now anyway. Besides, we can make up for it."
Yuck! What did just come out of my mouth? I sounded like his girlfriend! Bad mouth! Think before you speak!
"I really missed you, Violet."
I suddenly felt my face burning and my heart racing fast. Am I going to have a heart attack?! Please stop making that face Alyn! It's too much for me! You're too good-looking for me!
I may not be attracted with a man's body figure but I'm still attracted at how handsome a man can be! Back then, Alyn's charms didn't affect me at all but right now, it's totally different! His beauty is on par with my brother's!
I instantly turned away from him, I don't know what kind of face I am making right now but I suddenly felt embarrassed. I never experienced having a love life, I don't know what to act or say besides... I'M SAVING MYSELF FOR SPADE!
I can't act like this in front of Alyn! He's my killer! MY KILLER! Someone help me calm down! I feel like my whole body is sweating a lot! I feel so hot!
"Idiot."
Oh no. Because of my troubled mind, I just called him an idiot
…Am I going to be killed now?
Now that Luke is gone, I am left alone in the mansion. Like how I used to be. Well, that's not true, I have maids and butlers in this mansion. I wanted to befriend them but they keep on maintaining their distances from me. Do I look so scary? Do I look like a villain now? Why do they always keep their distances from me whenever I wanted to get close? I know that nobles should not be dealing with commoners but who cares? That's not the case in the world I lived in. What to do? I feel so bored right now. Will I spend my two years in this place like this? Since I learned that this wasn't a dream, I started taking things seriously. I wanted to level up my fire magic. I wasn't able to help Luke because I was too useless and I didn't take magic lessons from my home tutor seriously, cause I thought this was a DAMN DREAM. I thought that I will not need them since I am supposed to be dreaming. But now that I think of it, how did I end up being in this dream? If I remember correctly, I went to sleep after playing the game. My doors and windows were definitely locked. Now this could be an interesting indoor murder case. Well at least I believe that I was killed in my sleep. Right now, my home tutor, Mr. Elgo, is teaching me more spells and magic in general. Why am I not listening? I'm listening. Of course I'm taking these lessons seriously! I'm just... thinking with two brains, if ever that makes sense. "Since Lady Violet's element is fire, you will be able to control a fire's size by will, as long as you focus hard. Please try it in this candle." Since there was a candle burning in front of me, I reached out my hand and made the fire huge. I used my other hand to carry it on my palm. "Like this?" "Amazing! As expected of Duke Trancy's daughter!" What he's discussing right now is too easy. I prefer taking magic lessons from my father. I didn't just played around in the summer villa. Ha! Right now, I'm a B-rank magician thanks to my beloved father and Luke! Father would teach me techniques on how to control fire easily since according to him, he helped my mother too since my mother had the same magical element. That caused him to study more about the fire element. Fire magic is actually hard to control, according to my father, they are not that rare but they are hard to acquire since fire has its own life and is destructive. Those with A- to A+ ranked fire holders are called Salamanders. Cool right? In my case, I am not even close to that yet. I suddenly envy those female leads who are so special whenever they get reincarnated. They would become so powerful after a year or so but in my case, I have to take slow steps. One step at a time, from rank C to rank B after eight years: that's the plan. I'm not a genius. Although that's not the same when it comes to my medical abilities. I know I'm pretty good at this. *wink* I would usually spar with Luke on the beach and father would facilitate and guide us on it. Luke is too strong for his age that's why he always has to go easy on me. I'm so pitiful. Cries. Luke abilities are more on dark element, probably because he is an ogre. With a tinge of fire-magic-blood in him, he can also control fire but unlike the majority of the fire magicians, his fire is black and its flames can consume a body in an instant! I suddenly remembered the bandit that tried to drag me away. That was a very clear example of Luke's fire. Other than the black fire, Luke can hypnotize and control a human. Instead of control, I think manipulate is the right word. And last but not the least, Luke can use blood magic. It's like blood-bending in the Avatar the Last Air bender series. Although he can use his blood as a weapon too. These are all the abilities of the dark element. Luke is so strong, right? No wonder he easily became a Catastrophe ranked monster. I wonder what magical abilities the other capture characters have? According to the game, Alyn's the strongest, then Luke comes second. Dylan's the last. Oh! I almost forgot about Spade! He's a genius. He's in another level than Alyn. The only thing I know about Alyn's magical abilities is that he is categorized under the Light, Water and Wind elements. Dylan is a water element magician while Spade has two elements, can you guess what those elements are? He's a fire and light element user. Despite that, Spade definitely also has a dark past but I'll talk about it once we meet Spade in this world. "Lady Violet, Prince Alyn has come to see you." Speaking of the devil. I was just thinking of Alyn and now he arrived. "I guess this will be the end of our lessons today, Lady Violet." Mr. Elgo said as he closed the book. I stood up and smiled at him, "Thank you for your lessons, sir. If you'll excuse me, I have to go greet my guest now. The maid shall escort you to the exit." As I walk towards the living room, I called the maid who was walking behind me. "Hannah" "Yes, young miss?" "Please don't leave me alone." "... Ah?" "I mean I don't want to be in the same room with the Prince." I paused and faced her. She looked surprised and confused at the same time. Hannah is my personal maid, she's five years older than me and she's Nanny Yui's daughter. Just like nanny Yui, she has brown hair and eyes, a common trait for a commoner. She's one of the maids that I wanted to befriend but she kept on maintaining her distance from me, more like, she's avoiding me whenever I ask her to be my friend. "You have to stay within my sight at all times" Hannah lowered her head and bowed. "As you wish, young miss. I shall follow your orders." Am I intimidating her? Do I have Violet's villain expression now? Sigh. Why a face so beautiful yet so evil? Anyway, this will be my first time seeing Alyn again. The last time I saw him was eight years ago. As I entered the room, a young boy, handsome and stunning, was sitting on the sofa. Ah. He's starting to look more like the game's Alyn. He stood up upon seeing me, a charming smile flashed on his lips. "It has been so long since we both saw each other, I'm surprisingly pleased to see you become more beautiful, Lady Violet." Oh boy, he's starting to flatter me again. I have to admit, Alyn became more handsome than I ever expected him to be. I bet after a few more years, once he becomes an adult, this kingdom would be flooded with girls! All of them falling in line for him! "Other than the prince's pleasing look, I can say that you're still the same troublesome boy I once knew." "Hahahaha, I guess I am, but Lady Violet is also the same." He was now in front of me. I watched him hold my hand but when he was about to kiss, I felt so uncomfortable, I instantly pulled my hand back. He was startled by my action. I'm sorry Alyn, I might end up kicking you if you try to come closer to me. He stood straight and a smile was flashed once again on his lips, although it looked like his smile seems to be more uneasy this time. I turned away from him, "Do you want to take a stroll in the garden?" I didn't hear a response from him but I could sense that he was staring at me. "Okay, I would definitely love to spend time with Lady Violet there, as it was known that your family's garden really is one of the finest out there." And just like that, we walked to the garden. I was surprised upon seeing that there's a huge maze in the garden this time. It wasn't there years back then. I guess things change in this place too eh? "How's your vacation in your summer villa?" "It was good." "Are you still reading the books I sent you?" I looked at him and nodded. "Yes. Those books were really good, where did you get them?" "I got them from the palace library." He said with that usual dazzling smile. I really appreciate it when he chooses the kind of books that he knew I would surely be fond of. "I see. How's your royal duties?" He blinked a lot and seems to be surprised by my question. Was there something wrong with my question? I noticed that the look on his eyes softened, "It's going well. My father, the king, keeps on assigning too many duties for me" "Ah. You must be pretty busy then? I'm surprised you still have time for me." He chuckled, "Of course I will always find time for my lovely fianc." Ah, why does this make me cringe? I decided to ignore that statement. "What else do you do recently?" "Most princes serve in their countries' militaries at some point, after finishing their formal educations. In my case, since I still have to attend the academy two years from now, I am currently involved with certain charity programs. We make public appearances in connection with those charities, and this helps with public relations and fund raising." I guess he also has his hard time as a prince, I suddenly felt sorry for him. "I'm happy." He suddenly said out of nowhere as he held my hand. I instinctively wanted to pull my hand away from his hold but he tightened it, he was not allowing me to take off my hand this time. "Prince Alyn. Your hand." "What's wrong?" "You're holding my hand." "I don't see anything wrong with it. We are an engaged couple, this should be normal, right?" Ah. His smile is too dazzling; it makes me want to hide! I could feel my heart race as he entwined our fingers. I couldn't do anything about it since what he said was true. Stay calm! Stay calm! He's in my territory plus my maid and his butler are following us from behind so nothing can go wrong, right?! This is my first time holding a boy's hand other than Luke's. Alyn holding my hand makes me restless! Or wait, he held my hand before but this is now a different story. I am a teenager now. We continued walking around the garden maze. "This is the first time you asked me a question." I was caught off guard by what he just said, I looked at him confusedly, "H... Huh?" "I know it's just a small thing but it still made me happy." "O... Oh..." Right now, I don't know what to say. What should I say? Thank you? You're welcome? "I always wanted to see you again after all these years. Sadly, that deemed impossible." I understand. Going to the Trancy's vacation house would take about three days in someone's journey after all. And since he started becoming really busy, he could barely visit me. "It's okay. We're able to see each other now anyway. Besides, we can make up for it." Yuck! What did just come out of my mouth? I sounded like his girlfriend! Bad mouth! Think before you speak! "I really missed you, Violet." I suddenly felt my face burning and my heart racing fast. Am I going to have a heart attack?! Please stop making that face Alyn! It's too much for me! You're too good-looking for me! I may not be attracted with a man's body figure but I'm still attracted at how handsome a man can be! Back then, Alyn's charms didn't affect me at all but right now, it's totally different! His beauty is on par with my brother's! I instantly turned away from him, I don't know what kind of face I am making right now but I suddenly felt embarrassed. I never experienced having a love life, I don't know what to act or say besides... I'M SAVING MYSELF FOR SPADE! I can't act like this in front of Alyn! He's my killer! MY KILLER! Someone help me calm down! I feel like my whole body is sweating a lot! I feel so hot! "Idiot." Oh no. Because of my troubled mind, I just called him an idiot Am I going to be killed now?
