Chapter 31 - Princess Lyn P3 (1/2)

Year 4014 Mist Kingdom

As they walked through the area, Lyn realized that she had never once appreciated the beauty of this side of the castle before. Then again, it's not like she could enter before. But still, whenever they asked her during her limited time to go out. Lyn mainly focused on getting out of the castle. Her heart called out to the people from the village and the town.

She didn't think to stay in the castle and look around. Now that she got a glimpse of the scenery though, Lyn realized that she missed out on a lot of things here. The place Allen took her to was an area not too far from his quarters, but not too far from the main castle. The area covered with greenery and various flowers.

Eventually, they came to a halt and arrived at what Allen called a mini garden. Lyn thought she was used to seeing greenery; she saw it every day because of the section of the palace she lived in. But there was something different here. The size was much larger, as one would expect. But there were various flowers here that she had never seen before. A particular flower stood out to her, on the center there was a very thorny flower with many layers of petals.

Lyn walked over to it, ”This reminds me of you,” she commented. Lyn didn't pick it up because of the sharp thorns, but she looked at it closely.

Allen lips curve to an amused smile, ”How so?”

”Well if you don't mind me saying so, you're a man who has good intentions and help those around you. But you maintain a distance like thorns to keep them from getting too close.”

He burst into laughter then but Lyn didn't laugh, there was something empty about his laughter to her.

”Will you tell me the name of the flower?”

”Let's play a game with that shall we?”

Her cheeks puffed into a pout, ”I don't think we have to; you can just tell me.”

”Patience my dear.”

A deep sigh passed her lips; she supposes it can't be helped. It really is beautiful here and from the lack of guards. Lyn assumed that not too many people knew of this location. She paused in mid-thought as she thought that. Ah? Did Allen show her this not just because of the scenery, but to warn her that this is a blind spot?

The more she thought about it, the more it made sense. So it's like that. At the same time though, did Allen show her this because he is wary? Allen knew about Kazuya's existence and their interactions. Lyn thought she was doing a good job hiding it.

But Pupillam told her that the Prince asked her some questions the other day. Allen knew that's why she didn't hesitate to ask Rhys to pass on the message to Kazuya not to bother hiding anymore.

Is he not personally going to ask her about it though? When she cried and told Kazuya, she missed him. All Allen did was stand there. For Allen, is she really just somebody he married about of convenience? The more Lyn thought about it, the more depressed she got.

Lyn didn't want to think ill of her fiance, but it became increasingly difficult to do so. Allen treats her with kindness. But it seems so false and when they are in front of others who aren't his relatives. He puts on a mask.

It made her feel suffocated.

Lyn recalled a time he escorted her back to her chambers the first time she snuck out of the castle successfully. Usually, the palace security is excellent and even more so the guards in her area. From time to time when Mother gets very busy, there are loopholes in the security.