22 Familiar yet an unpleasant vibe (1/2)

Meanwhile Alisha is busy making notes for her previous lesson as Neil reads the newspaper .

”So what kind of person is Erwin ? Zen has never spoke to me about him before I think I must know since they appear to be so close ” She says shutting her book and keeping the pencil inside it .

”Well they are close and he is the only friend His Majesty seems to get along well with. Lord Erwin is the king of Edolas . It's a small kingdom found by Sir Erwin himself . ”

”Oh yes I have read about him in books . He must really be very talented then ”

”Indeed he is My lady . ” He straightens his glasses

”If he is Zen's best friend then why did he leave Isla then ? Was he from some other place ?” Alisha enquired with curiosity in her sparkling Emerald blue eyes and many other questions swirling inside her brain . Her query was followed by a moment of silence . Neil was lost in thought for a moment as if he didn't knew how to answer her . Erwin was more like a brother to Zen but his presence would remind him of her  , as they both had spent cherished  memorable time with her . Neil was afraid if Zen would suffer from another panic attack .

”Neil ! Neil !  ” Alisha waves her hand before his eyes standing in front of him . He snaps and looks confused .

”What's wrong with you ? What were you thinking ? ”

”Oh .. I apologise My lady ! I was ... just thinking about someone . ”

”Someone ? Who is that ?”

”Umm. .. noone special . Well I think I must leave please finish your work ma'am”

”Wait you can'tjust leave I want to know who that person is ? Honestly I find it hard to believe that you  even think of someone except for Zen ...hahaha ” She bursts into a laughter but covers her mouth with her palm as Neil gives her a blank expression .

”I'll tell you once you finish the assignment I have given you to complete . Well then please excuse me ” He bows slightly and leaves the room holding a file to his left .

”Assignment ? Like I would do that ! Neil knows the best way to make me stop bothering him. Once I become the queen I'll make sure to change that attitude of yours ha... anyways I think I'll go out in the gardens ” She says and heads towards the garden . The maids greet her on her way . She sits on the bench to watch the waters thinking deeply of what Neil would be hiding from her but her thoughts were interrupted.

”Hey Princess !” Erwin calls her from the other end .

”Erwin ! Oh Hi ...” She smiles confusingly wondering what he was doing in the gardens .

”Mind if I sit here ?”

”No problem at all . ” Erwin sits to her right on another bench .

”Thanks ! Woah what's this ? It wasn't there last time I came here .” He exclaims looking at the River pool not that big in size .

”Oh this was built recently . One day I sneaked out to watch the river and Zen found out from then on he warned me not to leave the palace for such things . He is a complete weirdo what's wrong in playing around river I like watching the waters but he doesn't seem to enjoy such things and he made me an artificial one here so that I don't pester him to go out . Huh... ” She sighs her long eyelashes bowing down .

”Sounds rough to me but also exactly how Zen is . It can't be helped it's just the way he is . He could be stubborn at times but he sure cares I'm sure you know it by now ”

”Hmmm... Yeah may be . ”

”So do you spend here most of your time admiring the nature ? ”

”Kinda yes as Zen is busy all the time and same goes for Neil . Me amd Ashia would play games for sometime but it seems he also works for Zen mostly . Reesha and the others share their stories with me and that's how my days pass here . Anyways you dress pretty simple for a king ?”