"G-Greetings to the Second Sun of the Great Fairytale Kingdom... I do not know how grateful I am for rescuing this lowly being.. Thank you so much.. Your majesty.. "
I addressed him formally, while superficially shredding off all the relationship I used to have with him before the current audience.
"......"
"......"
"......"
"......"
The moment the words slipped out from my lips, there was complete silence all around us.
My classmates who had understood what I was doing quickly bowed down before Zeno too and, offered their greetings along with their gratitude for saving my life.
Then, started another round of silence where the six of us stood bowing to the Second Prince without any single response from him.
"...."
"...."
At the peculiarity of the situation, I lightly lifted my head from my current bowed postion and took a quick sneak peek of the situation.
The Squads looked utterly confused. Bluebeard, on the other hand was completely dumbfounded. My classmates felt like this was normal, but the aura everyone around them and the Second Prince's zero response, made them feel like there was something wrong over here.
Zeno was giving me a completely annoyed 'I-knew-she-would-do-something-like-this' sort of expression, while Kuro made an exhausted face palm as though he wanted to bury on the ground.
But, Truly the most, conflicted person among them all was me.
What .. What is this..?
Why is he taking the time..?
He's returning my nobel greetings with an awkward, perfect silence.
I know, he must probably be angry for behaving like this towards him..
But..
I looked up and noticed Zeno still directing a non chalant gaze towards us.
My lips trembled as just like my formal smile.
My perfect posture of a bowing nobel lady is threatening to fall apart in this entire awkwardness, your majesty!!
'Please follow up the act like every other time and not ruin anything, Zeno..'
"......!!!!!?!"
I was trying my best to squeak all these with my stares.
But, damn..
I looked up at the non-chalant prince who still not spoke a single word and my smile cracked again more visibly.
'This one way conversation is becoming starting to get a bit difficult...'
The moment Kuro had got out of his confused trance of this unlikely situation, he abruptly came to my rescue.
"Cough* .. Cough* Cough* Wh-What are the students from the Fairy Knight Academy doing out here..? I believe, you were all supposed to be attending your mid term exams by now.."
He asked when, an intelligent Squad member from Zeno's people whom I recognised as Gerold squeaked excitedly.
"Ah.. They are, Kuro-kun.. But, since it is the Hunting Tournament they must have probably entered this area..."
Everyone glared at this guard who had blurt out this unnecessary information that wasn't directed to him at all, as the six of us slowly lifted our heads.
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I Swear, I Am Not A Cinderella |Book 2- The Fairytale Academy|
Fantasía|BOOK 2| Once upon a time in a far away land, there lived a beautiful girl called Cinderella whose life is said to be ruined by her cruel step family, her step mother and her stepsisters. Anastasia and Drizzella. She was kind, loving, beautiful, tal...
