I Will Protect You This Time

Episode 30

(The Sound Of Annoyance)

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PoPoo~

I woke up to the sudden noise. It's the sound of a horn. I hurriedly looked outside.

It's snowing. A huge crowd was surrounding the street. A group of knights were struggling to keep them away from the streets.

"His Highness the Crown Prince, Leonus Albus Carados Fellmirr has returned to the Capital along with Her Highness the Crown Princess, Isabella Albus Carados Fellmirr."

Yaaay~

Woohoo~

"The Crown Prince!"

"Welcome back!~"

All the girls were screaming in joy after seeing the Knights.

"Kyaa~ Look at the Knights! They have finally returned!"

"D-Don't cross the barrier."

A knight who was in charge of handling the crowd, said while trying to stop the girls.

"Sir Blaine~"

"Tch! Go back to the line."

Another knight said while doing the same thing.

"Yaay~ Sir Blaine~!"

"Damn it! They are possessed by the dark spirit or something! Go back already!"

But despite their efforts, the girls continued their cheering while trying to cross the line.

"Hmm~ Where is the Crown Princess?"

A woman said while looking at the crowd.

"She must be in the carriage."

"Well, I guess~. Fellmirr is colder than the Loire after all."

"Mmm-hmm."

An elder agreed while nodding his head.

Pfft*

The people here sure are lively.

Anyways I looked at the front. An enormous Castle can be seen at a distance.

Loire Castle is nothing compared to this. It was a huge Black Castle. I wonder how many people live in such a big castle.

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It took half an hour to reach the border of the Royal Castle and another 15 minutes to actually reach the Castle.

There was a huge area surrounding the castle. It was covered with different kinds of trees which were all covered in snow. It was almost like a forest.

There were hundreds of servants standing In front of the main gate of the Royal Castle to welcome us.

Creak~

Suddenly Leonus opened the carriage door.

"Princess…"

Leonus said while forwarding his hand.

It's been two weeks since he talked with me. For some reason, he looks really tired.

I put my hand on his hand and was trying to get down from the carriage. But my legs felt numb and I was going to fall. I closed my eyes tightly. It must be because I was sitting for hours. Ughh! Now everyone will see me falling! How humiliating!

And to add to my embarrassment, I ended up falling into Leonus's arm!

"Princess, are you going to stay like this?"

Leonus said while coming close to my ears.

I blushed and hurriedly got away from him. Embarrassing!

"Welcome to Fellmirr, Princess."

Leonus smiled softly with his tired face. For some reason, my heart aches a lot.

I looked at the front to avoid his gaze. And the servants came to my view.

They all had a surprised look on their faces.

They must be surprised to see me falling. Aghh! So embarrassing!

Suddenly a maid with light brown hair came in front of me with a smile on her face.

"Welcome to Fellmirr, Princess! I am Cande! I will guide you to your room. Please follow me!"

"Y-Yes."

I looked behind. Leonus was still standing while looking at me with a tired gaze.

"Princess, shall we go?"

"Oh, yes. Lead the way."

"Yes. This way, please."

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I am walking in the hallway on the sixth floor.

The hallway is really long. From one end one can not see the other end of it.

The white walls of the hallway were decorated with flawless designs of Gold. Different paintings of beasts, trees, dragons and people with Gold frames were hung on the walls. Who knows how many years of history they are carrying?

There were just windows on the right side of the hallway. Some of them were open. Crystal-like white snow was coming out of them. Beautiful~

"Princess, this is the room you will be staying in."

The maid suddenly stopped Infront of a large door. The door itself was made of Gold, revealing the importance of the person who will be residing there. Two knights were standing on both sides of the door. They bowed their heads after seeing me.

"His Highness, the Crown Prince himself prepared this room for you, Princess."

"Is that so?"

When though? Before going to the Loire? Then is it for Rubena? My heart started aching again.

Suddenly the door opened with a loud noise.

Thud!

Creak~

" You a-- H-- Hi-- will be residing here tog-- from now on. Then please excuse me."

The maid bowed and left. What did she say? I couldn't hear properly as I was looking at the door. How is it opening with anyone pushing it? Magic? Probably.

I slowly walked inside the room.

Gasp*

A huge room… No room is not the right thing to say. It was like a chamber. There were like 4 rooms. Each room was divided by beautiful doors with gold works.

First, there is a parlor room. After that, a walking space. There were two rooms situated parallelly on two sides of the walking space. One room is like a library and the other is like a study. And at the end of the walking space, is the bedroom.

I was really excited to see the bookshelves… No more like huge walls filled with books. There were so many books I have never seen before. And there were many windows, so the room was really bright. I can't wait to read here.

The bedroom was the biggest one. A huge mirror, a large bed in the middle, a candle holder on different sides of the room, a beautiful chandelier, a huge fireplace and a large window. The thing that made me happy the most was the balcony.

As soon as I saw the door to the balcony, I hurriedly opened it. And-

Swoosh~

A cold wind struck my entire body.

Gasp*

A wide balcony, almost the size of my room in the Loire Royal Palace. There is a large couch and a fireplace on the balcony!

But the most beautiful thing was the view. I can see the Guardian Trees clearly from here. How beautiful!

I can see the Royal Garden, more like the Royal Forest from here. Everything is covered in white. As if I am seeing a painting of Black and White. But when I look at the Guardian Trees, the white world covered in the snow seems like a lie. In the white world Green trees with Red flowers…

I will never get tired of seeing this. Is this really my room?! I can't believe this!

Haaa~

I wish it's not for her-

My eyes widened! What did I just think?! For her! No way. Well, it's not like I am jealous or anything.

I just don't want to be treated the same way I am treated in the Loire. Yes… That's it! Yes… Definitely.

"My Lady!"

Flinch*

I looked back in surprise.

"My Lady~! I missed you so much!"

"A-Anne."

"Do you know how much I have suffered?!"

"A-"

"Forget it! You don't, do you? I had to work for the Knights! I had to do everything!"

Anne said while jerking Isabella's shoulder.

"An-"

"You must have been travelling in warmth and comfort on that Carriage! Do you know how much I have suffered!"

"I-"

"You don't, do you? I have come all the way here, to Fellmirr, just for you, My Lady! How could you abandon me! How could you!"

"Anne, I-I apolog-"

"Apologize? Don't. Just let me stay with you from now on."

"O-Okay."

"Good job. My Lady. You are the best."

'More like dumbest.'

"Ah-"

"Anyways I will prepare your bath now."

"I will bathe after resting for a bit. I am ti-"

"What? What are you saying, My Lady? Hah!"

'Did she learn to defy me now! I should have stayed with her. Da*n it! I will have to stay by her side from now on.'

"An-"

"My Lady! How are you even tired?! You just ride a carriage all the way. And a luxurious carriage at that! All you did was sit on it! How are you tired?"

Anne said with bloody eyes.

"Do you know how much I have been working ever since I came here?!"

"I-"

"Don't say anything and just take a bath."