The Princesses

Elizabeth

“Elizabeth!”

My eyes went to who called me. It was Prince Ronald. He was wearing casual clothes and he did not have horsemen behind him. Different from the usual, he was also not mounted on a horse.

Grinning ear to ear, he waved his hand while going toward me. I smiled at the prince and bowed a little bit for him. I even almost forgot Diego’s presence beside me.

“Your Highness, good evening,” I greeted him and gave him a polite smile after I bowed down. “May I ask what are you doing here in the village?”

“Oh, I went here to watch the bonfire event,” he said, and using his head, he pointed to the village’s huge circle.

I parted my lips. “You watch the bonfire event?”

“Of course. I watch it every year,” he said. “Do you also watch it, my lady?”

“Well, yes, since I was a kid. I love the story told of the fire queen, so I would never miss an indispensable event like this,” I said.

“Hmmm, you could be a fire queen yourself,” he said and surveyed his eyes from my head to foot. “Yo