Chapter 144 (1/2)
Chapter 144
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Max couldn’t help but be eht that the princess would show a favorable attitude toward her, so she was utterly confused The princess wanted to marry Riftan, didn’t she?
“Is Riftan in the annex with the knights?”
Princess Agnes asked as she went out of the hall The name of her husband flowed out so naturally frolooht be, Your Grace”
“I’ll have to ask you to showcenter later I want to look around the castle first, can we go up?”
Max hesitated for a uided her to a s the narrow path for so the outer walls appeared ahead As soon as the soldiers spotted the princess and Max, they ireet the her royal highness around the castle and then they went up the stairs, cli war, in fact Max flinched as the cold wind blew from theskirt of the royal princess fluttering like a flag as she was standing in front of the choir Agnes stretched out her ar the refreshed feeling
“It’s a beautiful place”
Max followed the royal princess and looked over the wall The as blowing violently over the pointed peaks and steep hillsides, where snow had not yet melted The princess fixed her eyes on the distanthair
“Since this place has many monsters, I expected a land covered in blood as the entrance to the de the wall and turned to Max
“But the toas bigger than I expected, and It see too… To be honest, I was surprised”
“In spring… we expect a lotto reo The princess stroked her chin with a thoughtful expression and sighed
“So that’s why Riftan is attached to this place It must have taken a trelected for decades”
Max felt her stomach clench The princess herself spoke as if she knew and understood Riftan well and this made her want to yell at the princess not to pretend to know her husband, but she just bit her lips holding back the urge, surprised by the sudden and violent surge of e from her Her earlobes reddened
“Ri-Riftan is working froht ithout a break… for Anatol”
“Riftan was like this during the expedition too No one has ever seen him take a break He showed no hesitation or weaknessThat’s why everyone called hio?”
“It’s a legendary et tired and to have hundred lives”
A bitter siven to hihts of Osiria, because he continued to act as if he had a hundred lives”
Even though Max heard about Riftan’s recklessness froed her shoulders to shake off the feeling and the princess, who had been watching her with a calo’s ould be like Who was the person he was so desperate to get back to, to the point where he would throw hion fire without hesitation?”
Speechless, Max dah the princess wasn’t criticizing her, Max felt like she was being blamed Max kneell that she didn’t deserve to be the wife of such a brave knight and there was no way Agnes could not have noticed that Seeing her shabby reflection in those beautiful blue eyes, it only grew h she thought it was rude
“T-The wind is cold, Your Grace… Let’s go back inside the castle…”
“… Of course…”
Before cones looked over the view of Anatol once more Max looked up at her and walked ahead, as if she were running away She felt anxious and confused, as if a strong cold wind had begun to blow in her heart
As the sun began to set, servants climbed up the ladder and lit candles on the chandelier, while the hout the banquet hall and prepared appetizing food to put on the wide table
Max sat there, alongside Riftan The royal princess and her attendants sat directly at the opposite side of the table, and the knights filled the rest When the servants poured fragrant wine in their glasses, Riftan lifted his golden glass and spoke
“Welco way”
The people sitting around the table raised their glasses in unison The royal princess, sitting across frolass filled with fluttering wine
“Thank you for welco journey,you ry Go ahead and eat”
When an old knight shouted loudly, the princess s that as a signal, everyone took their knife and fork and began to eat and drink
Max mechanically put the bread in her hts were joking with the Rehts and their acquaintances, while the royal princess was exchanging stories with the knights too
Max was surprised by the princess’s behavior: she didn’t seeht in that hed out loud and hit the shoulder of the gentle everyone’s attention, but she wasn’t showing any signs of intier than her, and surprisingly the knights were delighted by her unrefined demeanor
“I want to look around Anatol tomorrow Can you showto the knight sitting next to her, suddenly looked at Riftan with dazzling eyes He wet his mouth ine and answered heartlessly
“Uslin will guide you”