"Greetings to His Grace, the Duke of Ivrea and Her Highness Minerva. This one was–ehem!"
Minerva just glanced at the guy coughing with pity. He seemed to choked on his saliva when he saw her father went down on the carriage with the clothes that he wore.
Who wouldn't be? Her father was only on his freaking pajamas and robe! He just even wore a slipper! With the addition of his ruffled silver hair and droopy eyes, he looked like he just woke up.
Look, even the maids in the Toen's Imperial Palace were blushing as they burrowed their heads on their chests. Whereas the knights tried to hide their shock with their serious faces.
Minerva sighed. But soon after, she took her father's hand and also went down on the carriage. At least, she wore something that was according to the occasion they were in.
Although this was what they called a "vacation", there was something political hidden
As her father and the nobles left the throne room, only Minerva, her Uncle Khalil, and her Brother Kendrick remained. "Hello, my little angel. Come to Uncle." Minerva beamed at her Uncle Khalil and ran wobbly in his direction. "Uncwur!" Her Uncle Khalil caught her in his arms and he planted a kiss on her cheek. "How were you, baby? Your Uncle missed you." "Hehe." She flushed a little as she hugged his neck. "Minnie misshed Uncwur too!" Her Uncle Khalil patted her back as she smiled softly at her. "Let's go. Your Aunt Leticia wanted to meet you so badly. Ever since I mentioned you to her, she couldn't stop babbling about how she wanted to meet you." "Weally?" "Of course!" Her Uncle Khalil reaffirmed. She smiled at him and glanced at her Brother Kendrick.
Minerva stared at her Uncle Khalil in confusion. His face showed a mix of emotions thus she was unable to think of a way to say anything to appease him. He looked guilty, helpless, sad, pissed, and vulnerable.However, before she could say anything, her Uncle Khalil sighed heavily and smiled at her."How about we'd go to your Aunt Leticia now? For sure, she was waiting for you at her palace.""Uh… Okay…"Uncle Khalil stood up and held her in his arms. Afterward, they teleported to which Minerva assumed, was her Aunt Leticia's palace.In just a blink of an eye, they were in the garden. There was a greenhouse in front of them and her Uncle Khalil started to walk in that direction.But as they ventured further, Minerva could hear the sounds of chatter inside the greenhouse. And it seemed that this wasn't a simple chatter… It more seemed to be argui
Countess Vergara? Who was that? And why did she wanted to meet her?Uncle Khalil frowned at the attendant before he answered curtly."Tell the Countess that the Princess was tired from the travel."The attendant flinched but still bowed which made Uncle Khalil unhappy."T-the Countess also said that Her Highness couldn't be tired since His Grace would surely make sure that she'd be comfortable throughout the journey."Minerva unconsciously arched her left brow. Who was this Countess Vergara that she was this audacious to speak like that? She spoke as if she was ordering Minerva to meet her and there was no room for objections.Look, she even came up with that rebuttal even without hearing Uncle Khalil's response yet."What did she take for my daughter? Someone that she could meet every time she pleased? Go and tell her word by word that since she k
On a serious note, Minerva didn't have any idea how and why the Pope was too polite with her father. And why would the Church of Larin didn't mind it?Furthermore, her father would even call the Goddess of Larin by her name only which made her believers furious. That was what Shirley told her.Seriously, she was too curious about her father! She was always with him yet there were still a lot of things that she didn't know about him.Who was Harika? Why would its name 'Sora' shouldn't be known to anyone? Minerva had read tons of books already yet she still could not find anything related to Sora."Hey, Minnie, you were spacing out again."Minerva snapped back from her thought when she heard her Uncle Khalil called her. She flushed a little when she found that everyone's eyes were on her as she spaced out."Your uncle just asked if you wanted to rest first?" Aun
"She was such an intelligent child," Khalil said as he stared at Minerva's back.Santi crossed his arms and arched his left brow, "Of course, she would be. She's my daughter after all."Khalil scoffed, "She's also Kristina's child.""I know. That's why our daughter was this adorable and intelligent. The two of us had the greatest genes after all. Unlike someone. If not for his wife's genes, his sons could've suffered. His wife carried his bloodline.""You little piece of shit. You knew my sister's genes were the best yet you insulted me?""Of course! You know, up until now, I didn't know how you were Zariah's twin. I mean, you were ugly as hell."Khalil scoffed but didn't say anything. After a minute or two, he glanced to his right with his peripheral vision and smirked."He's gone?""Yeah."Santi narrowed his ey
Santi watched the whole debacle in front of him. When Sora appeared on its fog form that was only visible in Countess Vergara's eyes, he ordered it to spare her life.After all, only his daughter had the fun to avenge her hatred. What about him? He had been on the lookout for the Countess for a long time. He was just waiting for a time to strike back. He promised Zariah that he wouldn't do anything to the Countess.But now, Zariah and the Countess no longer owe each other. And the Countess intentionally brought herself with him. Wouldn't it be a waste to let this matter go?Minerva, Kendrick, and Giovanni had left after the Countess collapsed while Santi remained. He opened his palm and a moonstone appeared. He smirked as he caressed the moonstone and watched the contents. It was what happened earlier on how the Countess insulted Zariah and him.Frankly, Santi cared less about this matter. He co
Even if Timothy managed to clear his name after this, the damage was already done and doubt had sprouted on their minds. This disturbance may be small, but at least the masses wouldn't forget that this happened.And this was enough for Santi."Well, at the very least, I helped Adira on this one." He said as he munched the apple on his right while his left hand played with Zariah's hair.He was currently in the palace in the inner world inside Sora. This was the place where he decided to put Zariah so he could be at peace. After all, there had been a lot of scums that tried to invade his forbidden place. Therefore, as soon as he was able to use the inner world inside Sora, he immediately moved Zariah there. His daughter didn't know any of these yet. She only knew that her mother was still in the forbidden area on their estate. She didn't know that when she got inside the forbidden area, she was transported by Sora to th
It took a full five days before Minerva recovered. For those days, she only stayed bedridden due to her father and Uncle Khalil's nagging. Therefore, she was stuck inside the guestroom for five days until she was bored to death.It was a good thing that on the sixth day, she was finally allowed to go outside.Minerva heaved a sigh as she closed her eyes and let the wind blew her hair."It seemed that Minnie truly liked this boat ride."She opened her eyes and glanced at her Aunt Leticia who was in front of her. They were both the only ones who were in the boat as they wandered around.Last time, she was unable to visit the lake that her Brother Kendrick mentioned that her mother liked. But now, to Minerva's surprise, her Aunt Leticia personally came into her to invite her for a boat ride."So, how were you feeling?""I'm fine now." She answered whi