Chapter 251: Adelas Concerns (2/2)
Though Adela knew what games Ava was playing, she honestly didn't care, as it would be nice to vent her frustrations to someone. As such, she opened the door all the way and allowed Ava into the room before she sat down on her bed and hugged her pillow.
”A Princess is visiting Berengar, and I am afraid he will try to marry her instead….”
Ava was quite shocked by this; when she had tried to seduce Berengar, he paid no attention to her natural charms. Thus she was also quite upset when she heard some other woman had begun to attempt to latch onto her little sister's beloved fiancé.
However, she hid her inner fury and tried to console Adela instead
”A princess, huh? What Princess? Do you know her name and what Kingdom she is from?”
Hearing this, Adela merely shook her head before responding to her sister as she stared at the floor.
”I have never heard of her before. Do you know who Princess Honoria is?”
Ava had to think about it for a few moments before a light sparkled in her eyes, and she remembered where she had heard the name.
”Where did you hear that Princess Honoria had visited Berengar? That should not be possible; as far as I know, there is only one Princess by that name, the Imperial Princess of the Byzantine Empire, supposedly she is quite the beauty.
However, she has been locked up in the palace her entire life and is restricted from interacting with outsiders. There is no possible way she has visited Kufstein to see Berengar, her father the Emperor wouldn't allow it!”
Hearing this, Adela's eyes lit up, and the dread she felt began to fade away; she might have been reading too much into the letter. Still, the odds of a hidden message like what she had found by pure coincidence were entirely non-existent.
As such, she decided to show Ava the letter, and after explaining to her how she found out about the Princess's name, a scowl formed on Ava's face as she tried to think through what this meant. Eventually, Ava came to a conclusion and began to suggest what she thought the message conveyed to her little sister.
”In the actual letter, it appears as if this girl is going by the name Valeria Zonara, and she claims she is from Antioch. However, Linde suspects she is lying about her identity. The hidden message might be the guess she has about her identity.
I highly doubt that it is princess Honoria, unless, of course, she ran away from home to visit Berengar, but that's impossible, right? I mean, how would she even know who Berengar is? Let alone how could she get to Kufstein by herself? This has to be some form of mistake.”
Adela nodded at Ava's comment; it made sense. However, she also knew Linde's character well enough to know that she would never panic like this and send Adela an encrypted message with a suspected identity unless she was positive about her conclusion. Thus her sister's comments did little to calm Adela's nerves, despite the sound logic.
After a few moments of thinking things through, Adela realized there was no point worrying about such a thing. She would have to confront Berengar when he arrived for her birthday. It was not far away, and she could wait patiently for an answer until then.
Seeing Adela cheer up, Ava began to ask her the question that was actually on her mind.
”Now that you are in a better mood, can you ask your fiancé to restore Wolfgang's position for me!”
Hearing this, Adela merely rolled her eyes and began to push Ava out of her room.
”Get out of my room Ava!”
Despite Ava's protests, she eventually found herself on the other side of the door pouting. This was the thirteenth time she had asked Adela today, and as per usual, she was rejected. She would have to find some other way to convince the girl to talk to her fiance about the issue at hand.