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
With his body buried deep on the chair, Isadore put his arm on the table. He played with the chess pieces which were standing there as he looked at it with a bored stare.Tuk, tuk, tuk.But he had only one thought in his mind. The crown prince and his Bella weren't blood related and they seemed to develop a romantic relationship.Honestly even without knowing that fact, Isadore already could guess that there's something fishy about them, especially the crown prince. His eyes, whenever he looked at Bella, it wasn't an expression aimed at his sister, but an eyes that were aimed on his favorite opposite sex.He didn't understand why, but somehow the thought of the two of them being together gave hi
"Bella! Did you not sleep well again today?" Osiris asked me with an obvious concern in his voice.I haven't been able to sleep well recently since I had a lot of things on my mind. Especially after Isadore found out about the secret. So, I couldn't help but be on edge even though he hadn't done anything yet.I also couldn't bring myself to tell Alistair. At least for now, since he seemed to be preoccupied with the war. He barely slept in the barrack and he looked so tired. So I didn't want to burden him even more.What was worse was, the horrifying image of the bloodied soldier whom I saw at Isadore's barrack kept haunting me. Then three days ago, I saw someone literally dying and died right before me with my own two eyes for the first time in my life. He was neither
When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was the familiar ceiling of the barracks. For some reason, my subconscious expected to see a sterile white ceiling of a hospital, but instead I came across something that was familiar to my eyes, so I felt a bit taken aback....Wait. I’m sure I saw the barracks burn down?I sat up in a flash. Since I just woke up, I hadn’t yet shaken off a dreamy haze, but I quickly looked around and tried to take in my surroundings.The ceiling itself is familiar because everyone uses the same canopies, but the inside structure of the barracks felt strange. It’s more narrow than the previous tent I used with Alastair.I co
"You’re awake," his calm voice really didn’t match the situation right now, so it only triggered my temper to flare up even more."This crazy bastard…" With the rushing anger of wanting to flip this whole shit upside down I wrapped my fingers around his neck and started strangling him. "...is that what you are supposed to say in this situation? Hah… Maybe I should strangle you myself and see if you can finally come to your senses…""Miss Bella, please calm yourself…" Maria tried to pull me from strangling Isadore."What the hell are you saying? Calm my ass! This fucking lunatic really need to be taught a lesson," I snapped at Maria who looked shock at hearing my colorful vocabulary.
"I can't believe we'd get to see this place before we go back to the palace," I told Alistair excitedly as he helped me get down from the horse."You said you want to see this temple, so I thought, why not?" He gave me a cheeky smile which didn’t match his elegant face.Well, anyway, Alistair was completely healed from his injury so we could move on with the schedule.Tomorrow we'd have a celebration party with the soldiers and some of the local lords. Then the day after tomorrow we'd depart to the imperial palace. So we figured if we wanted to see this place, tonight was the best time.At night it was pretty dark and unnoticed, but as Priestess Elena told me, behind the lake, there were signs of a build