The girl that had been occupying Ery's mind suddenly appeared in front of him, startling the hell out of him. Not only that, she also seed to have been waiting for news about him for the past few days.
The situation instantly beca awkward and confusing, adding to the fact that the convoy from the Logress Kingdom was still present at the mont.
Ery could clearly see that she was trying very hard to keep her composure, but the nearly perceptible fidgets of her hands and feet could not escape his watchful eye. Inwardly, he didn't know whether to sigh or smile at her reactions when she saw him once again.
The two looked directly at each other's eyes, but neither of them said anything. This situation kept going on until a voice interrupted them, breaking the silence completely.
"Princess Gwenneth! What a pleasant surprise that you are here!" Arthur said as he got off from his horse. Imdiately after, he approached Gwen, whose attention was still sowhere else.
At the mont, Arthur still hadn't noticed Gwen's notion. Hence, he continued his advance.
"Princess, I heard about the attack, and wow! I am truly glad to see you are alright!"
While Arthur was speaking what he thought ceaselessly, Luna was kind of confused with the current situation. She just stared at Ery, her gaze asking him for an explanation. Alas, Ery only kept his silence, his mind still accessing the predicant he had, sohow, landed on.
What was Gwen doing here? Why was she still here? What was she thinking? What did she want?
Those questions swirled in his mind, as Ery was dying to ask them, but he knew he couldn't do that. Otherwise, he would imdiately be exposed. Luckily, there was Arthur, who asked Gwen those questions for him.
"Princess, I'm truly delighted to et you, but I find it very odd to see you here. I just sent the news to the Lioness Kingdom a day ago, and I can't believe that you are here already. Therefore, if my guess is right, this ans that you are not here because of "
At his own deduction, Arthur looked at Gwen with a strange gaze, "Then, why are you here?"
Gwen, whose gaze did not leave Ery for even a second, was startled by Arthur's question and accurate conjecture. Even so, she quickly regained her calm composure befitting of a princess and replied, "What do you an that I am not here for you, my prince? You did ask to see a wizard nad rlin, didn't you?"
Ery noticed that Gwen took a glance at him again as she said those words. anwhile, Arthur breathed a sigh of relief as his hypothesis was proven wrong by the other party.
"Ah, yes... Yes, I see. Let introduce him to you, princess." Arthur said as he politely beckoned Ery to co over, to which the latter responded in kind, "This here is rlin. We just ca together from Calot."
Arthur's words of introduction about Ery certainly added more confusion to Gwen and Luna because they thought he was still being treated in the Forbidden forest. After all, the last ti they saw him, he was standing on the fine line between life and death.
On the other hand, Ery inwardly frowned at Arthur's action. Now that the latter had introduced him to her, things beca much more complicated. He sighed deeply at the thought of resolving this dilemma.
Throwing the thoughts to the back of his mind, Ery swiftly returned his attention back to the current situation, or rather, to Gwen's reaction to Arthur's words. He wanted to see how she would react.
What will she say? Will she tell him that rlin is, in fact, her childhood friend? Or will she decide to confront him about all his lies?
Their eyes t once again, but still, neither of them said anything.
Arthur finally noticed the tension between Ery and Gwen, making a expression. A few seconds of silence later, seeing as the situation remained the sa, he resolutely decided to break it.
"You two know each other already?" Arthur asked as his eyes moved back and forth between Ery and Gwen.
After a few more seconds of silence, Gwen turned to Arthur and said, "No... I don't know this man." She shifted her eye to Ery, staring straight at him, and added, "I really don't know him."
Even though Arthur noticed that sothing wasn't right, he decided not to pursue it further on the account of Gwen, the Lioness Kingdom's princess, and more importantly, Ery who literally had the Logress Kingdom in his clutch for so ti now.
Afterwards, Arthur introduced more about Ery, more precisely, he introduced rlin to her. He told her Ery was entitled to be the new wizard of the Divine Order, and that at the mont, he was helping the latter for a quest.
Seeing that the topic of conversation gradually beca much deeper, Luna quickly invited all of them to her Quintin's estate. After all, it was already late and dozens of important figures standing around in front of her estate might bring questions or gossip that she didnt need.
Currently, Luna found the situation amusing. All of a sudden, the Quintins were hosting two important figures, a prince and princess of the 7 kingdoms. However, what still amused her the most was the confused expression on rlin's face. She was still anxious to hear rlin's explanation about the situation.
The knights convoy swiftly put all their horses to the stables, where they would be led to their prepared quarters by the Quintins' servants. As for the two golden knights, Sir Yvain and Gawain, they still followed Luna because they had the obligation to protect their respective prince and princess.
In a matter of seconds, the playful Luna swiftly beca a good host to impress the unexpected yet important guest of hers.
The small group was brought to a room by Luna. There, a table full of extravagant and exquisite cuisines had already been prepared. Ery was a little surprised, as he saw the reception Luna had managed to arrange in such a short ti. Soon, they were all seated at the dining table.
"Thank you, Lady Quintin, for the hospitality." Arthur said with a smile.
Reciprocating the gesture with her own smile, Luna replied, "Please prince, you can call Luna."
Afterwards, she shifted her gaze to everyone and said, "Please everyone, enjoy the small gesture of him as today's host."
Knowing exactly what Luna ant, Arthur nodded his head and began to fill his plate with the various foods on the table. Following him was Gwen who also started taking small pieces from every cuisine. Seeing the two esteed guests already started, the others swiftly followed suit.
As they feasted, Luna as the host asked Arthur the question about his intention in coming here.
Arthur knew the Quintins' reputation and the fact that they were recomnded by rlin. Moreover, Gwen was the ruler of the land. Therefore, he explained so details as much as he could share.
"We are here to make contact with the Feys."
Arthur's words imdiately shocked a few on the table, especially Gwen. She was so shocked that she forgot to put the food in her mouth.
Arthur then told them about their objective, which was to foster a good relationship with the Feys. In addition, he hoped that the Quintins could be of assistance, knowing their territory was close to the Forbidden Forest. He starts telling a bit of the history between the order and the fey. Ery realized the prince was quite the storyteller.
Throughout the al, Ery was extrely quiet. In fact, he almost didn't say a word, except when he was being questioned.
Morgana, who sat next to Ery, whispered to the latter, "It's her, isn't it? She's the princess in your story."
Ery glanced at the red-haired girl and only nodded his head as a confirmation.
"She's beautiful... I bet you like her very much."
The mont the dinner was over, Luna imdiately brought Arthur away with the reason of showing him accommodation. She knew about Ery's complicated situation with the Lioness Princess as the latter was bringing Ery's dying body and accompanying him for 7 straight days until he recovered. Therefore she thought they would need so private ti to sort out their problems.
The ones still who still in the room were the people who sohow knew there was sothing between the princess and the wizard.
Gwen stood up and gestured to Ery to follow her. She led him outside, away from everyone.
When they were already quite a distance away from the estate, Gwen stopped in her tracks. She turned around, and Ery could clearly see anger on her beautiful face. Then, she proceeded to throw her hand at him.
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