Renia Osmeia is gone

Chapter 7

I had been living peacefully, 4 years flew by quite quickly and now i'm 17.
"Yura! Come help me out here."
"Yes! Coming!!!"
I've loosened up a bit.
"My my Yura, i'll never get used to your black hair, it looks so silky and smooth all the time! What's your secret?"
"Aha! I don't have any Janneia, stop joking around, what did you need help with?"
"Could you bring the bucket of water back to sir Isael? He keeps nagging me about how long i take, it's getting late so you should finish up after that."
"Yes yes, i'll do it for you."
The unfamiliar stone steps are not so unfamiliar now, i've gotten used to how rusty the area may look, however this place is my home and i'll cherish it dearly. Ah, have the letters i sent reached father yet? I wonder how Isis is doing now..
Mm, time sure does fly when you least expect it, the heroine must've arrived by now.
This should be Isaels door, i'll knock.
"Ah Renia?! Did Janneia send you out here? That lazy pipsqueak."
"Fufu, don't worry, i don't mind at all."
"You're too nice for this world Renia, I wonder why you chose to live here though. With your looks, you could pass as nobility."
"That flatters me, though i'm quite alright living here for now. I'll move into the capital later on if I wish to."
"Well, it's getting late now, i'll see you tomorrow Renia."
"Yes, have a goodnight Isael"
Isael reminds me of Isis when we were kids, he'd always nag me about foolish things like this, maybe that's why he'll grow up to live luxuriousl- "ah!"

"I apologise are you hurt anywhere?"
I reached out my hand, the man who was standing before me.
"Are you alri-"
Hair as silver as the moon that glistens under the sunlight and amber eyes that sparkle in the moonlight, this man is no one other than...
"It's alright miss."
Cassis!! Why does he look so pale? His hair is so ruffled and his eyebags look terrible... "I see, then i'll be on my way."
"Are you going to run away again?"
Does he recognise me? No, that's not possible, even i could not recognise the old Renia.
"Sir, what do you mean by that?"
"Ah, it's nothing. Maybe i'm having hallucinations.."
"I-Is that so? I should leave now."
"Are you not going to invite me in after seeing me in such a state?"
"I don't you that well, i can't invite you in.."
"I'm Cassis Von Agriche" he paused to take off his brooch, which showed a symbol of the royal family, "Are you pretending not to know" his head slightly tilted to the side and his pale lips moved, "Do you believe i won't harm you now?" Though i don't want to, i've run out of excuses, me acting this was could be suspicious too, "Alright sir... follow me."
He followed, i looked at him in the eye and he only covered half his face with the back of his hands.
Has Cassis yet to meet the female lead? There would be no other explanation for him looking so ragged.
"This is my home sir" reluctantly opening the door to the shabby place i call home, he looked surprised. "I'll go make some tea, please make yourself at home" I waved my hand over to my bed, he could sit there as i brewed the tea.
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(CASSIS POV)
4 years, and yet we still haven't found Renia... I'm only here as when i went to visit Duke Osmeia, i found some letters. Handwritten by Renia with her whereabouts.
"I apologise your highness for my late arrival."
"It's alright duke, i understand you are still upset about the loss of your daughter"
"Pardon?- Your highness.. did you see those documents?"
"What documents? I only just woke up and walked past the garden where Renia and i would play when we were kids."
"I-I see.."
Besides that, what happened to her hair? It's pitch black, her eye colour has changed too. Despite all of that she is still the most gorgeous woman i've had the pleasure of meeting.
I'm here to bring you back home Renia.
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(RENIA POV)
He's been staring at me for quite a while now, "Shall i pour you a glass your highness?", he looked up at me and then down at my hands, they were shaking, severely too, "No, it's alright miss, you seem tired so please sit next to me." Cassis.. was always this caring about me right? "I-I see, yes your highness."
His hands were all skinny and only bone showed, was he eating properly? "I'll get you a meal your highness." he nodded and i left, "I only have bread, please accept it though."
"Thank you for your hospitality miss." His skinny hand offered me my share of the tea, "t-thank you your highness" why am i so nervous around him?
Suddenly i felt ill, tired and nauseous, i looked up at Cassis who was now looking straight at me, "I'm sorry Renia, lets go home together now." He knew?? This entire time he knew my identity?