Darkness fell upon the land as the sun drifted off into the night. It was very late at night when I suddenly jolted awake from my sleep.
I woke up as if it's an emergency. My heart beats fast and there is a buzzing in my brain. My hand flew to my throbbing chest, gripping it tightly as I gasped for air.
I noticed a small stain of tears on the pillow, a trace from when I unconsciously cried in my sleep.
It had been quite some time since I last had a nightmare. I guess I had too much stress these past few days.
I sighed as I covered my face with my hands. I wanted to brush it off as a mere dream, just like usual. But for some reason, there's something different about it this time. Somehow, it felt more real than
"It's the first princess. Open the gate," one of the guard knights instructed.It was the same with the last gate. The iron gate to the royal cemetery that never budges under the name of the emperor was opened.I stepped into the cemetery with Osiris and Elle who were following close behind me. Osiris was holding three bouquets of lilac flowers in both hands. According to Elle, it was Empress Meredith's favorite flower.Come to think of it, after coming here, I've never visited Bella's mother's grave even once.But after witnessing the last vision from Bella's diary, I just had this sudden urge to come here. Well, I should've paid my respect sooner. I didn't know why it took me this long to come he
"I'm going!""No," Emperor Frederick replied firmly. "It wasn't even a big deal.""Don't try to dumbing down the news to me," I scoffed. "I have ears, Your Majesty. I have heard about the surprise attack."Yesterday, there was sudden news from the battle field about a surprise attack from the Soma Kingdom. They used a new weapon called mana bomb and since the empire soldiers never expected that the enemies would use bombs, the attack was successful. As a result, a lot of soldiers were injured. But the number of healers were so limited and the magic potion they brought won't be enough to treat all the casualties.After hearing the news, the emperor was planning to send a healer reinforcements. But due to the upcoming
"Can you say that again? I think I misheard something," I asked in surprise. "You wanted to give me your own personal guard just to escort me to the battlefield? Are you sure you're not sick, Your Majesty?""You're an imperial princess," Emperor Frederick said. "Since your life is at risk while assisting the war, you should at least bring that much escort."Osiris, who was sitting beside me, almost scowled upon hearing that. Recently he became more blunt and he expressed his feelings more freely. I guess I'm really rubbing off on him. The good thing was, he also started opening up and getting along with others too."It's not because you're not adequate as a knight, Osiris," Sir Albert said to Osiris kindly.Ah
The number of casualties was much larger than I expected. What worse was, the priests already exhausted their divine power to the point that there's nothing much they could do at this point. They also didn't have enough potions and there was a limit to what a doctor without healing abilities could do.It was painful listening to the moans of the soldiers who were dying without a chance to return home.I looked around as I headed toward the tent with the injured soldiers. The atmosphere was very heavy. I could see priests in disheveled white robes were in and out of the tent.I continued to look around as I followed Alistair until we arrived in front of the medical tent. I made eye contact with one of the soldiers. It was the soldier guarding the medical tent.&
It was only in the evening that I could finally take a rest. It was such an exhausting day. But honestly, it wasn't that bad since I was used to living with a more hectic schedule than this and with only a minimum amount of sleeping and eating anyway.Alistair brought me to his barracks to rest. The barracks where Alistair stayed were located in the middle of the barracks. Although I thought his barrack would stand out for housing the crown prince, it was no different in size or shape from other barracks.The barracks were constructed with wooden pillars in all directions and poles in the middle to surround the tent. Standing close to the barrack, a soldier guarding the front lifted the tent to make it easier for two people to enter.It was warm in the barracks. The ir
May and I were still busy that night even after we finished with the patient's treatment. This was because I received an invitation from the lord of the territory close to Ellesmere.Although it was not a frequent event in wartime, it seemed that the invitation was sent in courtesy of the news that me, the princess, had visited.Since the military was stationed nearby and Alistair was supported by local lords, he couldn't help but accept the invitation."I should have brought your dress, my lady." May grumbled in a dissatisfied voice as she rummaged through a pile of clothes to choose what clothes I'd wear for tomorrow's invitation."We can't help it. The lord will understand the situation. No, even if h
Just as planned, Alistair and I would go to the local lord's territory today.I was dressed in the equestrian uniform that May and I picked yesterday, which consists of light cream pants, horseback boots, white shirt, and a blue vest. I also decided to put my hair up in a ponytail.May did a finishing touch by putting a black scarf adorned with amethyst gem that resembles the color of my eyes around my neck."You're good to go, my lady." May grinned at me. "As expected, everything looks good on you, my lady."I looked at my appearance in the mirror and nodded with a satisfied face. It wasn't only Bella's face that was God-tier, but her body was also to die for. It was unfair.
(Warning : PG-15)I glanced up at Alistair. Like always, no emotions could be seen on his indifferent face. He showed neither joy nor sorrow and he maintained that unreadable expression throughout the journey back.When there's only the two of us, he would act crankily and subtly express his feelings in front of me. But since there's other people right now, he didn't express any feelings at all. Like a person who never felt anything in the first place.For some reason, I felt terrible for him. Because I knew more than anyone, how hard and stuffy it was to always hide your feeling and emotions.I wanted to comfort him and tell him that it doesn't matter who his real father was. Alistair is always Alistair. My closest