Chapter 252: Berengar and Honoria (1/2)

While Berengar was in the middle of his usual office work, Honoria patiently waited outside his study. Even though she was allowed to move within the City of Kufstein freely, she mainly had stayed inside the Castle, waiting for opportune moments to approach the man that had caught her interest.

Because Berengar was constantly guarded by Linde's watchful gaze Honoria had few opportunities to get to know Berengar very well.  Berengar had not responded well to her advances up to this point. At least not as well as she had hoped.

She was beginning to doubt her charm; after all, Berengar already had Linde, a woman so beautiful she was dubbed one of the three heavenly beauties of Austria. Even Honoria had begun to doubt her charms when in comparison to Berengar's lover.

Nevertheless, she was undeterred, so long as she was staying in Kufstein, she wanted to find out more about Berengar and determine whether or not he was indeed fit to be her man. Thus she was waiting outside his study door, so she could ”conveniently” run into him, giving her an excuse to ask him to lunch.

After several hours of waiting around the Castle, Berengar finally receded from his seclusion. When he did, Honoria immediately began to walk by and attempted to bump into him casually; however, she somehow ended up tripping over the air and fell to the ground. Luckily as she was falling, Berengar reacted and grabbed ahold of her, steadying the young princess on her feet as he did so.

Berengar gazed worriedly into Honoria's mint green pupil's as he asked the question on his mind.

”Are you okay?”

Honoria began to blush as she stared into Berengar's one good eye, his charming face gazing at her with worry-filled her heart with feelings she was uncertain about. Thus she looked away and pulled herself from his grasp, standing on her own two feet.

”I am fine...”

Seeing her embarrassed, Berengar laughed and nodded his head as he expressed his thoughts.

”Good... That's good!”

After saying this, Berengar began to depart, it was about lunchtime, and every day he would meet up with Linde at this time to share a meal. It was what you could call their daily date. However, the moment he began to walk away, Honoria started to panic and quickly grabbed ahold of his puffy sleeve, stopping him in his tracks.

After doing so, Berengar looked behind him to see what was obstructing his journey to see Honoria's cheeks flushed as red as can be, her eyes fixed to the ground in front of her as she did so. She was holding onto her chest with her free hand and seemed to have difficulty getting the words out.

After a few moments of Berengar staring at her, Honoria finally managed to work up the courage in her heart and quickly voiced her thoughts.

”Will you have lunch with me?”

Berengar thought about this for a few moments before shrugging his shoulders and agreeing to her request.

”Sure, why not?”

He ate lunch with Linde every day; she would not be too upset if he missed a day, would she? Upon hearing this, Honoria's eyes lighted up in response, filled with excitement; she quickly grabbed ahold of Berengar's hands, her heart fluttering as she did so.

”Do you mean it?”

To this, Berengar was taken aback ever so slightly. However, he did not reveal it on his handsome face, and instead, he patted the girl on the head and nodded his head before responding.

”Of course!”

Honoria nearly passed out from excitement upon hearing this. Nevertheless, she quickly got a hold of herself and explained the date she had planned during the previous night. She had stayed up late thinking about it.

”I thought we could go to one of the sandwich shops in Kufstein, I have never tried such food before, and I felt as if it would be exciting!”

To this, Berengar nodded his head in agreement; it was good to eat a sandwich every once in a while; after all, he dined exclusively on top quality German cuisine while living in the Castle. As such, he responded to her idea positively.

”An excellent idea, I know just the place; if you would follow me, I would be more than happy to escort you.”