74 New Brewing Troubles (1/2)

”MISS LUNA, please think about my offer,” Tilly said seriously. Right now, they were in front of the carriage that she asked Damian to rent for Luna. After having late lunch, Luna thanked her and said she needed to leave. She offered to get the witch a ride and thankfully, she accepted it. ”I'll be waiting for your decision. If you can't come to our residence, please send me a letter and I'll come to you instead.”

”We will come to get you, Miss Luna,” Kiho added, then he turned to her. ”The two of us. Right, honey?”

She smiled and wrapped an arm around his waist. ”Right, the two of us,” she said, then she turned to Luna. ”Miss Luna…” She stopped talking when she realized that Miss Luna was looking at Kiho with sparkling eyes. The witch was literally drooling over her husband. To hide her annoyance, she cleared her throat. ”Miss Luna, did you hear what we just said?”

”I'll definitely come and visit your residence to see that handsome face,” Luna said while ogling Kiho. Then, she wiped the drool on the side of her mouth before she turned to her. ”I'd love to visit your residence if it means seeing your husband again.”

Okay, that kind of upset her.

”Hon, please wait inside our carriage,” Tilly said while looking up at her husband. When he was about to complain, she open her eyes wider than usual. ”Now.”

Kiho nodded. Well, their carriage was just next to the one they rented for Luna. Maybe he thought that he could reach her anytime if something bad was to happen. ”I'll wait inside, honey,” he said. Then, he turned to Luna and bowed. ”Have a safe trip, Miss Luna.”

”Thank you, Sir Kiho,” Luna said with shining eyes. ”My trip is already worth it because I met you.”

Her husband obviously looked unimpressed.

[Thank goodness.]

Kiho just politely bowed to Luna again before he walked away and got inside their carriage.

Damian was standing outside their carriage but the young knight was far enough to not hear their conversation from there.

[I feel like I owe Miss Luna an apology because of what I did to her in the past.]

But before Tilly could open her mouth, the witch beat her to it.

”Lady Prescott, you're husband is the last of his kind,” Luna said, her pink eyes glowing in a reddish shade again. ”Protect him at all cost.”

She didn't know why but she suddenly got goosebumps. Luna may look like a lunatic. But the words she said just now had gravity in it. ”What do you mean by that, Miss Luna?”

”His face is a national treasure!” the witch said playfully, the glow in her eyes and the seriousness on her face disappearing altogether. ”Be careful, Lady Prescott. A face like that could start a war.” She held her by the shoulders. ”For the sake of your peace, don't let another woman steal your husband.”

This crazy witch definitely wasn't sprouting random things.

Well, Luna might look and sound like she was only joking.

But Tilly, from her experience in dealing with Luna in her past life, knew that the witch wouldn't say rubbish things. Her words were always filled with riddles.

”Kiho is one of a kind and his face is a national treasure,” Tilly said under her breath while thinking carefully. ”If he gets stolen from me, a war might start.” She gave Luna a questioning look. ”Are you saying that my husband is an important existence in the empire?��

Luna pulled her hands away from her as if she was burnt. ”Don't be too serious, Lady Prescott. I'm just saying that your husband is too handsome so you should be worried about other women who might seduce him.”

”You're not the type of person who'd give random advice to married couples, Miss Luna,” she said. ”Your words always have a deeper meaning than what you make it sound like.”

”Why are you talking like you know me well?”

She just smiled sadly at the witch.

What she couldn't tell Luna was in her past life, she also gave her a ”random advice.” But she didn't listen to her.

In her first life, Luna told her that the empire's greatest treasure wasn't the throne. The witch said that she already had ”them.” But of course, her foolish past self didn't listen to Luna. So in the end, she was left with nothing and died a painful death.

[Come to think of it, Miss Luna in my first life was probably telling me that the empire's greatest treasures were Kiho and Winter. But was it because a family is priceless… or was the witch trying to tell me something else about my husband and son?]

”I'll tell you everything once you decide to work as my doctor,” Tilly said confidently. ”See you later, Miss Luna.”

Luna laughed in amusement. ”You're really interesting, Lady Prescott.”

***

”WHERE have you gone to, Captain Sherwood?” Aku asked the captain in a strict tone. It was way past lunch when Captain Sherwood came back to the palace. Right now, they were in the throne room. ”Just because I didn't kill you don't mean I won't change my mind again.”

”My deepest apologies, Your Majesty,” Captain Sherwood said with a bow. When he raised his head again, he saw the look of amusement in his eyes. The captain didn't look sorry at all. ”The captains of the Four Orders have been busy this afternoon. Several groups of rebels from different areas in the Royal Capital have appeared. They were all claiming that the Fire Mages have found the heart. Well, the ordinary citizens don't have any idea what the heart the rebels are talking about is. But the fact that they mentioned the Fire Mages is enough to instill fear among the people, especially the commoners. After all, if a war breaks out, the class that would be affected most is the poor.”

”Uh-huh,” he said lazily. ”I've received several reports about it already.”

”Your Majesty, was it you?” the captain asked, obviously not scared of him. Well, he could talk freely since it was only the two of them in the throne room right now. ”Was it you who ordered those ”rebels” to scare the public using the Fire Mages' name?”

”What do you think, Captain Sherwood?”

He shook his head. ”That's not something that you'd do, Your Majesty. After all, when you want something, you keep quiet about it so other people wouldn't discover it. That's the reason why you locked up Her Royal Highness in the palace until your debut in society. Am I right?”

Ah, the Sherwoods' knowledge about the royal family was starting to be a problem.

[I should deal with them soon.]