Semua Bab Engaged to the Prince: Bab 21 - Bab 30

“Ah, then… Perhaps you should go check on him,” the queen said, giving her niece a small push toward the palace doors. “Alaster and I have much to discuss. Don’t forget to button up your coat.”Katie nodded and walked to the greenhouse, appreciating that time given for her to thik. She wasn’t satisfied with her aunt’s answer but… It was no use pressing her. She knew that her aunt had much to hide. After all, it goes along with her position.What would make aunt start such a club? Does she believe that the descendant of the war god is revealed soon? What significance does the descendant and the relic have in this peaceful era.“Katie!” Alexander ran to her and wrapped her in a tight hug.The prince’s gesture brought Katie back to reality, but what startled her most was the Prince’s demeanor. Was he this cheerful before?“Hello, Prince Alexander&rd

Katie sat on a swing, kicking at the sand beneath her feet. She thought back to the palace maids. They looked… scary. The staff was the scariest people, in her opinion. They could freely enter any rooms in the palace without arousing much suspicion. They were also the most outspoken people.“Maybe I should have replied,” Katie wondered. “Will I gain their respect if I do that?”She exhaled audibly and scanned her surroundings. She realized that she had been in Aelysia for so long but she never knew any places aside from places she had visited for courtly affairs. She never would have expected there was a playground at the foot of the hill.She looked up. It had started to snow. She stretched her arm out, accumulating snow in her palms. It was these occasions that she always felt nostalgic. Somehow, memories of her family had always been associated with snow. She thought it was because she left her family during winter time.

Marielle and Xena emerged from Xena’s tent, both exhausted. They both collapsed on their chairs and sighed.“Does your friend have a history with venom?” Xena asked Alexander.“I don’t think so. Why?”“The venom was neutralized when I was about to take care of it. The decay around her shoulder started to turn back to normal, too.”“Which means…?” Éclair asked.“Which means-” Marielle paused for so long, Alexander could only think it was intentionally for dramatic effect. “Either she’s immune to snake lady venom or she has really fast-working supernatural antibodies. We believe the latter is more believable, otherwise the venom would not have had any effect on her.”“That’s great! Good work, guys!” Éclair smiled. “Perfect timing, too. The food is ready.”They all ate in silence; the only

When they arrived at the palace, Queen Victoria and the King of Anatolia waited impatiently at the door, the Queen pacing back and forth. “Katie!” the Queen cried out when she saw her niece and ran to hug her. “Where have you been? I was starting to get worried when you didn’t come home at sundown!” “I’m sorry, aunt. I just thought I would stay away from the palace for a while,” Katie said as an excuse. “But I was fine. Alexander found me before it got dark.” Katie turned to Alexander with an expectant face and Alexander simply nodded in agreement. What she said was technically true, anyway. “And Alexander,” his father gave him a squeeze on his shoulder. “You could have at least contacted me.” “I’m sorry, I’ll do that next time.” he replied. "Please let there be no next time. Spare me." “Now, you must be exhausted. Go on up to your rooms and rest,” the Queen gently pushed them to the stairs. Alaster excused himself and

Arden begrudgingly discussed the topic that Katie had requested. He would have been happier if she didn’t drag Alexander into the greenhouse when he agreed. Fortunately, Alexander’s attention was entirely on the lesson, the tension from earlier eclipsed by his academic curiosity.“So you mean the royalty of Aelysia had contact with the god of war eons ago?” Alexander asked. “And that’s why the Kingdom of Aelysia is great with war and military strategy?”“Just contact wouldn’t have sufficed, isn’t it? They would have had to earn his favor in order to have his gifts,” Katie replied.On the other hand, Arden thought. Katie looks like she’s having fun for the first time since she arrived in the palace.“Right,” Arden pointed his pen at Katie. “Aelysia back then was… small but it hosted life that was not found anywhere else in the world.