Chapter 1009 - Invitation From The Palace (1/2)
”All right ... sorry, if I asked a lot earlier. I just wanted to make sure that Rune is a good man,” said Duchess Fournier finally.
”Ahh .. Mom, take it easy. Rune here is a decent man. He also has a good personality and is very smart. I found everything I look for in a man in him. So ... Mom, please don't worry, okay?” said Rose again.
”Very well .. I'm sorry,” said Duchess Fournier at last. ”I just want to get to know Rune. That's all. He is your boyfriend after all.”
”We can talk more later,” said Rose. ”Now, I want to take Rune on a trip to the old town. Later tonight we can have dinner with father too. I will officially introduce Rune to the whole family.”
”Uhm ... by the way, I forgot to tell you, but tonight we are all invited to have dinner in the palace to meet Princess Anne of Moravia. She just arrived yesterday and today King Henry will officially introduce her to the nobles in Medion,” said Duchess Fournier. Her expression changed and she looked at Rose sympathetically.
”Do I have to go? I thought I just need to come to the wedding reception, don't I?” asked Rose in a choked voice.
She had just arrived home and still wanted to calm down. But tonight she must immediately enter the battlefield and face the enemy. Ahh ... it was so hard.
Rose was not ready to face Leon and ... meet his bride-to-be.
”You are part of the groom's family, of course, you must come ...” said Duchess Fournier sympathetically. ”I'm sorry, honey. But if you don't come, the reporters will gossip.”
”Can't you tell them I'm sick?” Rose begged her mother. ”I can come to the wedding and meet them .. but not now.”
”Uhm ... well .. I will try,” said Duchess Fournier at last. She then tried to change the subject and asked Rune to pour more tea for them. ”Rune, can you please pour us some more tea?”
”Of course, Ma'am,” said Rune with a smile.
He noticed the change in the atmosphere around him. It now had turned gloomy. Rune could understand what Rose was feeling.
Even though Rune had never fallen in love before, he had never been heartbroken and seen his loved one marry someone else, he could imagine that if Rose chose to marry Leon and leave him dry ... he must be feeling very disappointed and distraught.
Because of this, he could sympathize with Rose and try to make her burden as light as possible. Rune was determined not to make things hard for her.
”I've seen plants that look like this one,” he said, pointing to a pot filled with large plants with tiny leaves and white flowers.
He added, ”But the flowers are purple and very poisonous. People usually would think it is a beautiful plant for decoration. In fact, just touching the flowers is enough to make people dizzy and then passed out.”
”Oh really?” asked Duchess Fournier with interest. ”What is the name of the plant?”
”It's called the Citadela plant,” said Rune. ”It is endemic in the Balkans.”
Duchess Fournier now seemed impressed by Rune's knowledge. She admitted that her daughter was right. This man was indeed very smart and he knew many things.