Rebirth Of The Duke's Daughter

Chapter 155

Mila was looking at the forest, she had chosen to get out of the lodge and try to figure out where they were now that she was no longer pregnant. 'This place seems very different. I've never gone to this part of the forest in the Mireraweth kingdom. I wonder how Eulalius found me this far out.' Mila didn't think that their lodge would be located in this part of the forest which had her grow in curiosity about why Eulalius would build a lodge in this part of the forest. 'How long did it take for him to build such a lodge?' Being lost in her thoughts, there was a lot that she needed to know about while she was there.

"Mila?"

Hearing someone call her name, she turned around meeting Prince Leroy there on his horse and looking at her. 'When I first leave this lodge, the first thing I see is none other than the crown prince. What a surprise.' Mila could not believe how her life was starting to be turned upside down already. 'This won't be easy on us from now on. Fate must be playing with me now.' It made her fear for her daughter who was born a few weeks ago. "Prince Leroy?" Mila didn't want things to escalate mostly when he would grow persistent. Also, she didn't want him to think that they were not friends. 'It would be best to not get on his bad side.' She preferred not to get separated from her child since Prince Leroy had likely changed over the time that they had been apart. She did not wish to be stuck in his harem of women who would grow vicious with greed and anger among them. 'Prince Leroy finds someone who is not his current wife, but she is someone who is far more dangerous for the Mireraweth kingdom.' Mila mostly wanted to avoid the main woman who had caught Prince Leroy's attention. 'The woman would by all means go against the curse of any kingdom just to fulfill her needs and greed.

"Do you remember me?" Prince Leory got off his horse going over to Mila remembering how beautiful she still was. 'She hasn't changed throughout all these years.'

"It's been many years, your highness. What brings you here today?" Mila smiled, looking up to him since she didn't want him to get angry at her and they end up in an unwanted battle over something as little as this.

"Why are you here by yourself?" He then grabbed onto her hand making Mila flinch back looking to see how he was already getting persistent.

"Your highness, you cannot do this to a married woman like me. After all, I am a wanted criminal since my high status family no longer exists in Mireraweth kingdom, only as criminals. I only wish to stay here with my beloved family." Mila had taken her hand back smiling up to Prince Leroy while keeping their distance with one another. She had to avoid being taken into his harem which was where most unmarried women would enter to live luxuriously. 'I do not seek such things when I already have all that I wanted.' Mila felt as though so much had happened that there wasn't really anything that she could do anymore.

'You really went on and found another man and had his child! Now, you are refusing to be on terms with me!' Prince Leroy was feeling angrier within each second that was passing with Mila still holding the same innocent and kind smile. Not knowing if her face expression was just a mask or not, but he did not like false expressions. "Since you're married, it wouldn't hurt for you to at least talk to me for a bit." He said looking at her and hoping she wasn't trying to deny him when he had been waiting for her for more than six years.

"Alright, I'll allow it since we are friends." Mila allowed them both to talk and get to remember their times together. Both were walking along the forest with Prince Leroy's horse being taken with them with a rein on him. Mila did not know that the Crown Prince was interested in her long ago, but she did not hope to be forcefully taken against her will.

"You are married now. Does he treat you well?" Prince Leroy asked unsure if it was the right conversation to start with. Mila felt that he would bring up that topic of her being married when she wasn't exactly married, but she needed to avoid the worst outcome.

"He treats me well. Even though he isn't always there, he remembers to think of me. He makes sure that I can go to sleep with no worry and makes me feel at ease. We have our ups and down, but in the end we are both able to overcome it all together. How about you? How are you and your wife?" Mila decided to ask him since she knew he was married to Lady Lana. Mila knew that Lady Lana was a very kind woman, she would allow her husband to take in as many women as he wanted. 'I feel sad for her. She lives a life with no feeling of love for her in return. Who would want to live like that?'

"My wife is fine. She seems to take everything on herself and works hard for our son." Prince Leroy did not really know what Lana did since he had been with Camila for so long that he had forgotten about her.

"Oh, your son must be handsome. After all, you are his father and with your beautiful wife, I'm sure that you both had a handsome son." Mila smiled not even knowing who Prince Leroy's son was.

'I'm handsome in your eyes. Yet, I could not be handsome for your heart.' Prince Leroy was upset that he couldn't have a place in Mila's heart. "Have you decided on having any children yet?"

Hearing that, Mila did not want Prince Leroy to find out about her daughter. "I suppose you can say I am. Children are the hearts of the people and having a child is a gift to us." Mila smiled, knowing how good it was to be a mother if they truly cherished their child. She needed to let ZH see their child soon, she also preferred that her daughter stayed with her father to stay safe and out of harm's way if something were to happen to her. "We do not live a long life so it is best that we spend it with those that we cherish and love. My world revolves around my family the most." Mila remembered everyone's face at that moment, thinking about how they would all look once she met them. "They are my most precious loved ones that I can never let go." Mila sighed, seeing that the night was growing darker as they started to head back to where she was currently staying. "Okay, I need to get back home."

Mila was back at the little lodge, about to go inside, her hand was once again held by Prince Leroy. Both met eyes, she didn't know what he wanted which made her worried about his suspicious behavior. "Can we continue to meet as... friends?" Prince Leroy said with hesitation in his words, hoping that they could be more than just friends with hope still in his heart that he could have Mila for himself. 'I do not wish to give up.'

"Just friends." Mila said, having Prince Leroy release her hand that would allow her to go back inside of the little lodge of hers. Mila watched Prince Leroy get on his horse as he rode off and out of the forest with Mila worriedly knowing that it was not good. 'He knows where I am now. This isn't good.' Mila rubbed her head knowing that this was surely going to bring trouble. 'This will only get harder for my life and my child. I need to find out what I am going to do. Things will not go easy from now on. If he knows, then they can too.' Mila also knew that they would be tracked down easily by the Mana hunters now that there was someone from the Mireraweth Kingdom that knew. If one knew, then all could know without a doubt.

"You look exhausted." Bert met with Mila as he handed Hersilia to Mila to take a hold of.

"Has she been good?" Mila looked to see her smiling daughter happily staring up to her and ignoring Bert's words. 'What an adorable child. There is no way that I can let harm come to her.' Rubbing her cheek against her daughters, she heard her daughter laugh from the affection given to her.

"She's always a good child. Not much of a troublemaker like you when you were younger." Bert made Mila puff out her cheeks to see that he was comparing Mila to her daughter who was of course well-behaved and better than Mila. 'I am quite surprised that she is not a troublemaker.' Bert had to think about the entire thing since he had heard before that Mila would oddly fall out of the crib of hers when she was much younger.

"Let's wait and see first when she gets older." Mila smiled, hoping that Hersilia would make her father go crazy keeping an eye on her while she watched them both. "Alright, let's see what we have to eat today." Henry chirped happily knowing that he was living with his two most favorite patients now. Mila was his one and only patient until Hersilia came in.

[I am so happy that I got to be here to witness this all.] Henry flew around a few times, knowing that he just had to express his happiness in some sort of way. [I am a bird and a bird's joy tends to be taking flight in the sky.] Hersilia watched Henry fly around in the sky above with the orange, red, and purple like sky that was indicating the end of the morning. [Hersilia watch me fly!] Henry chirped out to Hersilia who cooed, trying to stretch her hands forth to catch him. Mila smiled at the two, once Henry had finished dying down. They had all gone back to eat dinner and rest up for the day.