Chapter 277 - To each their own tale (1/2)
The place Allen brought her too was a peculiar room. In the center there appeared to be a strange sphere. The surroundings were all decorated with strange looking artifacts and on the second floor there appeared to be a library. Lyn blinked, ”I didn't know there was a room like this in the palace.”
”Of course not, we have something similar in the Wind Kingdom. But it is not like this. It seems like your family has a lot of secrets.”
”Is that a threat?”
Allen reached over and flicked her forehead, ”Do not be so foolish. If I were trying to trick you, I could have done so a long time ago.”
That's true. Most people believe that Allen accepted the engagement with her because it was beneficial. For a long time now, the relationship between the Mist and Wind Kingdom has been a bit tense. That's why her marriage with Allen is important. Currently the Wind Kingdom is the strongest in the Empire. While the Mist Kingdom had a better ruler, aka Mother. Their wealth and prestige is still lower than the Wind Kingdom. In fact people say that what the Wind Kingdom lacks the Mist Kingdom has. The same went vice versa.
Her grandmother always believed in mutual benefits. So, even though she was bitter towards the Wind Kingdom - the engagement was arranged. Mother took over the matter too, and didn't change it.
When she first met him, she was under the impression that he was the same as those people. The same as those people who wouldn't show their true faces. Wouldn't show their true smiles and would do anything to be in her father - in her family's good books.
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”It's a pleasure to meet you Princess Lyn. I sincerely hope that this marriage serves as a foundation to unite our two groups.”
A formal speech, clearly a man with good manners, handsome - and yet… Ah, this person's smile is fake. Yet she wondered why, she felt there was something else. Something more to it. She sensed as though that there was something else.
”I welcome you. The banquet now is a small gathering, but I hope it serves to ease the fatigue from your long journey,” Lyn said as she held her cup in the air.
She lets out a quiet sigh un-noticed by her engagement partner. Asking a ten year old to do something like this is really uncalled for. Besides that, she spies the prince beside her. This guys older than her by 4 years isn't he? Indeed it was something you could instantly tell, especially their height difference. However it was something she agreed to. Her father had proposed a tournament to win her hand before not too long ago. But it had more or less ended with Kyou beating everyone. Kyou huh? In the end her gaze landed on her black hair guard who was standing by the door at the exit.
They haven't been able to talk to each other much since then. She wondered if he was alright. Perhaps, those words did he realise it? Ahhh, no this isn't the time to be thinking about this. The banquet was more or less going well. Lyn was slightly worried since this was the first time she was organizing such a huge event. It seems like however there was no need to worry.
”Was it you who came up with this idea?” Allen's words cut through the air like a sharp knife. Lyn immediately understood, he found her ideas amusing. Right now, he is looking at her with eyes like he just found a new toy.
But Lyn was not going to ”Indeed it was. Thank you for obliging me Prince.”
Allen laughs, ”What an intriguing tradition.”
Ah, there it is again that fake smile.
”It's in accordance to what my master taught me. I am trying to act as I see fit.”
That's right being tied down. That's not what she wants.
She wonders why this person smiles in such a manner. Is it a front? Is he exactly like all the others? Indeed when she first met him she was repulsed by his behaviour. However even then there was already something about him that drew her attention.
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