Chapter 98 (1/2)

Chapter 98: Chapter 98

“I’m alright now.”

“Really? Glad to hear that. Let’s go back home as we left the palace anyway.”

“Okay.”

As he egged on me, I finally took my eyes from the place where the crown prince disappeared.

Holding the little silver cat in my arms, I walked with Carsein toward the house.

The next day after the National Founding Day festival was over, Princess Moira left the empire, and Princess Naima and Princess Beary left the day before. And today Princess Frincia was leaving for her kingdom.

There were lots of people in front of the gate to see her off, including the crown prince, some of the knights and some ranking government officials. I thought for a moment that it was too much for such a large group of VIPs of the empire to see her off, but at the same time, I felt that it was good to treat her well as she was the princess of the empire’s new ally Lua Kingdom, let alone showing such a spectacle to the outside world. After saying goodbye to the crown prince, she praised other ranking officials for their job during her stay and finally stopped before the wagon.

“I wanted to see you before I left, but I’m glad to see you here, Lady Monique.”

“Thank you, Princess Frincia.”

Did she already feel affectionate towards me? I felt a bit sad when I saw her greeting me with a smile. The princess, who saw me smiling wistfully, said, holding my hands tightly, “Lady Monique, I don’t know if you think I’m weird, but the moment I first saw you, I liked you.”

“Oh, Princess.”

“You were rational, but when it came to emotions, you were so clumsy in expressing them, so I was impressed with your contradictory attitude. It was amazing to me. I am not sure if I can see you ever again after I leave the empire. But I want to ask you one thing. Would you please be my friend? ”

“… Of course. ”

When I saw her sincere look, my heart was filled with a warm feeling. Like Nia or Entea, my relationship with her was not one of hierarchy, but we were on an equal footing as women.

Although I didn’t share much with her, I was glad she had the same feeling as me. At the same time, I was sad that after she left, I might never see her again.

“Even if we don’t meet, let’s write to each other often. Can you promise?”

“Yes, I do.”

Smiling brightly at me once, she tightened her hand holding mine and let go of it.

She then bowed to the knights and turned hesitantly. She turned towards Carsein who was standing close to me and asked, “Well, Sir Carsein, did you see Sir Lars here? I can’t find him.”

“Oh, my brother? Well, he has been stuck at home for the past several days. It seems he is not sick, but he wouldn’t answer even if I asked him what’s going on.”

“Really? I wish I could have said goodbye to him before I left. ”

She turned, saying she was sorry not to see him. After she bowed to everyone once again and placed one foot on the wagon’s foot step, she heard a loud voice, along with the sound of a horse hooving.

“Wait a minute, Princess!”

The man who stopped the horse and jumped down. Waving his red hair and approaching the princess, he stood in front of her. Then, he fell on a knee after looking at the princess for a while.

I stopped breathing momentarily at Sir Lars’s unexpected behavior. People began to whisper about him here and there. Opening her light pink eyes wide, she said with an embarrassed look,

“Sir Lars?”

“Princess Frincia!”

“What are you…”

“Please marry me.”

“…Pardon?”

The whispering that began when Sir Lars knelt reached its peak now. Some of them held their breath, some began to gossip openly, and others even coughed or had the hiccups, as if something got caught in their throats. Now the princess’s delegation members were also confused and began to whisper among themselves. Stunned like everybody else, Princess Frincia was staring at Sir Lars with a blank expression.

Only Sir Lars continued to speak with a serious look, “I was amazed at your beauty when I saw you first, and I had good feelings toward you when you were kind and sweet to everyone. I fell in love with you when you confidently handled it with dignity and grace when you clashed with other princesses.”

“… ”