The Count's Daughter

CHAPTER 10

"Why is the atmosphere in the garden different from yesterday?"

Napalingon naman agad ako when I heard a very familiar voice mula sa likuran ko, kahit si Mikhael ay napatingin rin dito.

"Prince." Mikhael mumbled, "Greetings your highness, I was just about to visit you in your palace." nakangiting sabi niya dito.

Damn, bakit nandito 'tong lalaking 'to.

"Greeting to the sun of the empire, your highness the crown prince." magalang na bati ko sa kaniya, and then ginawa ko rin ang ginawa kong pag bati kanina kay Mikhael. Fist on my chest as I bow down my head a bit.

Tsk. Bakit ngayon pa 'to biglang sumulpot. Para talagang kabute 'tong lalaking 'to, kung hindi lang ito crown prince, iisipin kong ipinanganak talaga siyang kabute. Kasama niya rin 'yung knight niyang si Kienjohn yata 'yung pangalan non...

"Mikhael, why are you here? My palace is quite far from here." the crown prince suddenly said.

Napatingin naman ako kay Mikhael na napakamot nalang ng batok niya, "Of course, it's a waste if I don't visit the palace's main garden, it's the most relaxing and stress reliever place in the whole world." nakangiti niyang sabi habang nakatingin kay Walter.

Napatingin naman ako kay Walter, napailing nalang siya sa sinabi ni Mikhael, then bigla itong tumingin sa akin kaya medjo nagulat ako, "How about you, Daniel? It's your first time coming here, right? Hindi ka ba natatakot na baka mawala ka?"

Tsk. His smile annoys me, bakit kailangan niya pang ngumiti habang nagtatanong.

"I just want to inhale some fresh air, your highness, the head master of the administration told me about this place." I calmly uttered, while calmly looking at him in his eyes.

Tsk. Just look into my eyes, I hope you can see that I don't want to talk casually to you and I don't like your presence.

Just after knowing that he's a prince, naiinis na ako sa kaniya.

"Really?" nakangiti niyang sambit, "But I heard you were both arguing about heights earlier?" sabi niya naman ulit, at tiningnan niya kaming pareho ni Mikhael.

Mapatingin naman ako kay Mikhael at napatingin rin ito sa akin. Mikhael just laughed after looking at me, napa pokerface nalang naman ako since naintindihan ko agad kung anong pumasok sa isip niya.

Pinagtatawanan talaga ng lalaking 'to yung height ko. Hello, I am standing next to him, at nasa may tenga niya lang ang height ko. Akala niya kung sinong matangkad, eh mas matangkad pa nga sa kaniya si Walter.

Nagulat ako nang biglang tumingin ako kay Walter ay seryosong nakatingin na ito sa akin.

Eh? may ginawa ba akong mali?

Bigla itong umiwas ng tingin at tumingin kay Mikhael, "Meet me in my office later." seryosong sabi nito then bigla ulit tumingin ng seryoso sa akin, "Ikaw, sumunod ka sa'kin, I will be going to meet the admin's head master." tanging sabi lang nito at nagsimulang tumalikod.