He looked right and left but couldn't see Eleanor anywhere. Surrounded by nobles he saw his brother and asked him,
"Al, did you see Eleanor by any chance.."
The nobles near Alphonse bowed to the emperor while complimenting him and left the two of them alone.
"No, but she was eating at that table, I told her to wait for me but these guys were really persistent...why are you looking for her?"
"I...it is just...something happened and I wanted to explain it to her but I can't find her."
'No...is there even a need to explain it to her? her misunderstanding me is what I hoped for but why?...now that I think about it I don't know why....' He thougth with a troubled expression on his face.
"Sigh....you must have done something that you are regretting. Let's look for her she mustn't have gone far, I will help you."
"Yes....Let's go."
The starry night was beautiful, the wind blows gently and she could smell the sweet fragrance of flowers. She was floating on the surface of the Lac, only wearing her negligee.'I was right, by coming here. I feel a lot better and the Lac is indeed relaxing and really beautiful, it kind of look like a large and spacious fountain. This help me forget about all the unpleasant thoughts and about him...I was planning to tell him that I will be leaving tomorrow but after I saw that, I was taken aback.' She sank deep in the water while those thoughts went through her mind. She clasped her arms around her legs and tried to clear her mind in the deed water of the Lac.At the same time, Francis came to the Lac and removed his shirt before diving in the water. He came back to the surface after a while and swim a little before leaving his body float on the surface. Eleanor had her eyes shut, so she didn't pay attention to the intruder. She swam beneath
They sat beside each other and dried themself with the napkins. While drying his dark blue hair, he looked at her from the corner of his golden eyes and as she was drying her slim body his gaze lingered on her neck, then slowly went down to her breast before scruting her bottom. She wasn't aware of his gaze and was now tending to her hair, she put them together on her right shoulder, letting them down until it reached her hips. He extended his hand toward her to touch her cheek but was stopped on his track by Eleanor's question,"So? Were you really jealous?..."He swiftly withdrew his hand and thought, 'I don't know how to answer to that, I am clearly attracted to her but that's it....I think that it is just physical, nothing more...so why was I so bothered by the fact that another man kissed her or that she was with Al?!'The situation was too complicated for him but she continued while looking at him with her blue eyes,
That morning, Alphonse came to check on Eleanor and took her for a walk in the imperial garden. She was wearing a light blue simple dress that lengthed her ankle and wore a ballerina shoes to feel confortable while walking."So, where did you hide last night?!"".....I am sorry for disappearing like that, I was strolling in the garden.""No need to apologize, I am relieved that you are okay. Tell me, did you enjoy your night or did something happen? because you don't really look well."'Is it showing on my face?...I couldn't stop thinking about it since I woke up. I cried without knowing because every times I think about it, it hurt too much...' She looked at the flowers in a daze and finally answered with her eyes still contemplating the flowers,"I saw your brother at the lac...and...that's all.""Eh?! He didn't say anything?!"She look
Eleanor was trying to figure out what Alphonse told her before leaving while her maid Anne was making a fuss about the kiss between them."Miss, I have observed Prince Alphonse for many years and I can tell you for sure, he isn't the kind of person to kiss any girl randomly. And actually I never saw him kiss a girl." Said Anne, in a high tone."I don't always agree with Anne but she is right about this miss....By the way Anne, why were you observing the duke for years?! Also I think that you did enough by spreading rumors so can you please keep it down." said Miel, while looking suspiciously at Anne."Hahaha! don't mind me I like this kind of romantic situation and about the duke well, I had a crush on him long ago.""Yeah, I will never believe that since you fall in love with every handsome guy. Last time it was his highness the emperor, right?!"At the mention of the emperor, Eleanor who was
Three week passed, Eleanor had a long discussion with Cain on their last meeting and since then she often visited his office and garden. As much as he learned a lot from Eleanor's knowledge, it was the same for her. In the human territory there was a lot of medical herbes that she only saw on book at Elheim. So everything was new to her and she was excited to see more, that made Cain who love medicine happy to share his knowledge. And they spent a lot of time together those three week."Why is this herbe withering like that?" asked Eleanor with a worried look on her face."Ahhh...this one. sigh! it is sad to lose her but she doesn't seem to adapt to her surrounding. That's why she is dying right now." He said while writing on a book and then continued,"I always change her surrounding and see how she adapt but the result is each time worst. So I write a review about it. Maybe someday we might find a way to grow more of them."
The day after her discovery on the fluitis mias herbe, Eleanor quickly ate her breakfast and went to where her foot lead her automatically for the past three week, doctor Cain's office.She opened the door and looked right and left, she couldn't find him in the office. Even though it is a spacious office, she could usually easily find him because he always made a lot of noise while looking for books and all.After one last look at the empty office, she went straight to the medical imperial garden. You could get lost in this garden, it's so big but fortunately she knew where he often went to work and as she expected he was squatting near the fluitis herbe, looking intensely at it as if he was trying to figure out something."Morning Cain, how are you today?" she said happily.He turned around and after seeing her, he smiled warmely and replied,"Ah, you are here Lea I am fine but we can't say the same for this medical herbe.""What?! No
"Cain, why does Francis hates the witches and wizards?!" Eleanor asked after his disciples left in a hurry, afraid that their master would change his mind."About that, I can not really tell you the reason. You have to get that information from him. The only thing that I can disclose is that it concern a curse.""A curse? that's terrible and what kind of curse is it?""Unfortunately that is as far as I can say." He said with an apologetic smile on his face."Ah, I understand you are right, it is impolite to question you about another person's privacy. I am really sorry for my unawareness Cain." she apologized while looking down ashamed of her request."No, you don't have to apologize, it is just a subject that is like a deep wound for him that's why, I suggest you to directly ask him. Who know, maybe you of all people will be able to heal him." He winked at her as if he knew everything that ha
Eleanor spent most of her time with Cain to do some research and learn more about medicine, like that she was hoping to forget about her complicated feeling for Francis. And during these past three week, another person suffered greater grief than Eleanor, the poor Sebastian. He escorted Francis around the empire and had to take care of all kind of tasks.His biggest trouble was of course none other than his majesty Francis Kein Klaus. Since they left the palace and to Sebastian's surprise earlier than expected, he found Francis to be calm for the first three days after they left the palace. But one day, on a calm and sunny morning he got up and was in a dangerously angry state, the reason for his mood was of course a mistery. Sebastian and Val tried all they could to improve his mood but it was in vain.Every times they asked why he was in this state, he either ignored them or made them leave. And it was like that for the whole trip around the