The Missing Princess

70

Chapter 70: An Avoided Topic

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~(Y/N)~

The crowd applauded as Eren and his now wife walked down the aisle hand in hand. White rose petals fell down as they quickly walked down the carpet. Levi and I sat in the middle but shortly stood as we watched them leave.

Levi's hand fell onto my hip as people began walked out. It was a beautiful wedding, many tears were shed even Eren cried which wasn't surprising. Pushing at my hips Levi and I also headed out. We were off to the reception which would take place in the ballroom.

I watched as a man in uniform came up to Levi. Stopping I turn back find them talking, Levi nodding his head and pursed his lips together. Not long after the man left and Levi walked up to me. "We need to get home." he says.

A rush of worry fled over me wondering why we would need to leave so early. "What why?" I ask.

"Erwin is there, he wants to discuss something with us." he says softly. Nodding my head I took his hand in mine.

"Let's at least go congratulate them and say our goodbyes." I tell him. Levi nodded his head as we entered the castle finally. Pushing through the crowd and completely avoiding the dance floor we came up to the table Eren and his wife sat at.

"Hey guys." he greets. Walking around the table I greeted him with a hug and then moved on to his wife.

"Congratulations guys, we're so happy for you." I say.

They both thanked me before looking at one another. "I'm so sorry but Levi and I have to leave right now, we have business." I explain.

They both smiled and nodded. "Oh no it's okay, we are glad you could make it we'll see you soon." Eren says.

Smiling more I rush up and hug them both. "Indeed, you two have fun okay?" I ask. As I walked away Levi and I quickly held hands to prevent losing one another as we pushed through the crowd again.

~Time Skip~

The sun had set when the carriage pulled up to a familiar camping spot. We were still several miles from the border and decided to call it a day. As the carriage came to a stop Levi and I quickly step out and helped the driver pull out the tents. As we walked further into the camp space I recognized it more and more. There was a big tree in the center, walking around it I found the carvings on the tree. It was from our first trip together.

~Memory~

The carriage was packed, pulling my pocket knife from my pocket I walk over and begin carving in the tree. I put my real first name before hearing twigs snap. "What the hell are you doing?" I hear Levi groan.

Brushing off the trunk of the tree I smiled approvingly. "Sorry sir, I just wanted to carve something into the tree... as a memory incase we come back here someday." I tell him.

"Tch, let me see that." he says as he held his hand out. I watched as he stood there getting ready to carve into the tree. He then looked at me with an annoyed glare.

"What the hell are you standing here for? Go to the carriage." he orders.

Quickly bowing I then back away and rush over to the carriage. I wonder why he doesn't want me to see what he carves... it's probably something foul. As I sat there on my own I wondered what he could possibly be putting there.

Not long after getting in he walked up. Slipping into the carriage he handed me my knife and let sigh. We sat there silently as he stared at me. "What are you still doing here?" he then asks