The Abandoned Princess: Promises Arc

Chapter 31

𝕾𝖔𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔 𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝖙𝖔: 𝕾𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗 𝖇𝖞 𝕿𝖆𝖞𝖑𝖔𝖗 𝕾𝖜𝖎𝖋𝖙

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It didn't take Verfeil to come with me to our household, but I also didn't expect that everyone would be present, and right now, I could only shake my head with a long sigh.

"I just couldn't believe that Vestia had a fiancé, and to top it up, it was the crown prince of all the people!"

"Rest assured, Henry, it's not like Vestia also wanted it, right?"

"I know, but if she didn't want it, why didn't she tell me about those things in the letters? I could have helped her"

"Don't worry, I know she could handle this, and I trust her. Even if she can't I know I would be there supporting her, so you should as well," Claudius spoke while patting Henry's back.

"I think I get what you mean by that, Henry and to think that Claudius is the one speaking in both of us all," Cain spoke while having his tea.

"Do you even like this tea?" I heard Henry ask while his eyes were directed to Cain. Cain only raised one of his eyebrows until he sighed and put the tea down

"What's there not to like?"

"The bitterness it gives"

"Well, for me, I have liked it the moment I got to drink this kind of tea with Vestia"

"You're even saying her name now, huh?" I heard Henry say with a lot of sarcasm in his tone. When I looked at Celna and Claudius, they gazed at each other and sighed. That's when the two bicker because I knew Henry well, he just loves to argue. But I know that he was only doing so because he was close to them like us.

"How was your countryside estate experience, Lady Celna..." Claudius asked, and Celna smiled at him, I could see how her eyes shone when she looked at Claudius but then, she blinked and it faded away.

"It was refreshing and calming, but every time I was with Cain, I knew that I wasn't alone in my estate back there," Celna said while taking a sip of her tea. Claudius nodded with a smile

"Then I guess, we're all just excited to be reunited. Although you met Henry this day without Lady Vestia..."

I see Celna's eyes saddened as she puts her tea down. She fiddled with her hands until she looked at Claudius.

"Claudius, is Vestia truly getting engaged with his highness, the crown prince?" Even Celna must be shocked like how Henry was.

Claudius kept his mouth shut for a moment before nodding with a thin fine line.

"It was destined for Lady Vestia, but..."

"But?"

"I just don't want to see her hurting and I think that she doesn't like the crown prince at all..."

"I see, that's why you looked sad as well when Henry mentioned it earlier"

"Yes, Lady Celna"

"But you know what? I like Lady Vestia a lot," Celna said.

I widened my eyes, but when I looked at Claudius, he also did the same thing until he sighed and smiled

"I also like her, Lady Celna," Celna chuckled at Claudius' response.

"Lady Vestia is kind, warm, and gentle. She is the kind of person that would do everything she can for the people and do what she knew was right all along..."

"I know Lady Celna, and sometimes, I thought that she was unreachable, even if I tried to be by her side, her vision of the future seemed to be far away, in a place where I couldn't be..."