Chapter 141 - Lady Rei (1/2)

Allen watched as Lyn walked over to the water. The girl's clothes drenched and her clothes stuck to her body, 'They should find a place for her to get change,' Allen thought. When he slept beside her, he noticed how she kept tossing and turning in her sleep. At first, he thought that staying beside him was uncomfortable. But it was not like that. She has a slight fever. Allen said nothing about it, but maybe he ought to have.

”If you are not careful. You shall fall off the edge.”

”I'm fine—” Lyn doesn't get a chance to finish her sentence; since Allen sees her lose her balance. Allen quickly catches the girl, causing them to land on the position where he was on top of her.

”You were saying?”

”Um, right,” Lyn laughed, ”My bad.”

What a bright and cheerful laughter, it's been a long time since he has heard such a sound from her. Allen brushed his fingers on her black locks, gently caressing her cheeks. If it's now, should he not be able to tell? Whether romance is impossible for them?

To his surprise, Lyn quickly scrambled off, ”We should get going, I don't think Rhys realized we left.”

”Yeah…”

Allen deeply sighed, 'Did he scare her?'

...

Main Research Building

Allen did not want to separate from Lyn and stick by her side. But while the third Princess kidnapping altered their plans. It did not mean they could deviate too much from the original plan. It simply means Lyn has more to do, now that her sister is in the enemy's hands. His gaze flickered onto the woman who was cleaning up the bookshelf. She barely batted an eyelid when the servants escorted him inside. For the last few minutes, she didn't say a word, and neither did he. The two of them shared that trait in common, they were not very talkative people.

”Shouldn't your chaperone be with you?” Allen inquired. He broke the silence, realizing that the longer he delayed things. The more difficult it will be for Lyn.

Allen held himself to another glass of wine on the table. It felt good to relax and be himself for a bit. After what happened with Lyn earlier, Allen was in deep thought and thinking about his next move.

The person cleaning away is Lady Rei, a woman with a mix of eastern and western blood like Lyn. Despite her appearance, though, the woman liked to lie low and wore conservative clothing.

”She is outside the door as we speak. After all, we do not want rumors to fly about the Wind Kingdom's Prince visiting another woman when he's been rushing to get married.”

A chuckle passed his lips, ”You heard?

”How is your cousin?”