The honourable Duke dissapared behind the pillars after he had given his order to Salmon who seemed clueless. He didn't know what his Duke was keeping inside his head but he had nothing else to do rather than following his order. Salmon made his way outside of Vallodisan's castle after returning to his normal state.
Meanwhile, Ayra was staying in her room with a few good books in her arms. She preferred to read when she had nothing important to do. Since she was a guest here, she had nothing useful to do like a queen. As moments passed, she was beginning to get comfortable as there was certain someone behind her to stare at her intensely.
Ayra closed her book after a while. Narrowing her gaze at his unblinking eyes, she scowled angrily,
" Is it funny to look at me like that way? You are making me uncomfortable, King Cedric."
Cedric chuckled at her words. He loved this sweet moments between them. Ever since they were married, their lives had been going through pretty tough shits. Now the fear of loosing Isabella had been lifted down, their lives were becoming normal slowly.
Cedric admitted shamelessly without taking his eyes off from her angry face,
" Yes because you look much better than those ugly books."
There he goes again with his flirting skills!
Ayra rolled her eyes before turning her voice into a serious conversation. She asked putting her book aside,
" Do you think that sister Isabella will really claim the throne for real? I never thought she would be ever willing to rule a kingdom."
Cedric wandered inside his thoughts. He wasn't surprised much after he heard about her decision. Vengeance ran through their veins and he knew that today or tomorrow, Isabella would express her intention of punishing those creatures who took away her child before he could even born.
Cedric replied keeping his eyes to somewhere inside the room,
" Pains are our biggest motivation, Princess either we die from it or we learn from it."
Ayra blurted not having vivid idea of his words,
" Your point?"
Cedric tilted his head aside to look into her curious eyes before muttering,
" She will do if she is really my biological sister."
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Evening fell down over the lands of Richalwolf Land. Howls echoed in the air as usual and eye soon turned darker in shade.
A woman in white robe with a hat on her head was making her way inside the Duke's secret chamber. Following her, Salmon entered with a look of puzzlement. It was hard to find this lady physician who were treating people from different lands. He had to race from here to there in order to find her actual location.
Lady Physician, Hilari made a long bow to Silas who was lazily sitting across his chair. Taking a closer look of the Duke's stone cold expression, Hilari's heart almost stopped beating.
How did she offend the mad Duke?
Hilari was sweating profusely even though the weather was chilling outside. Silas gave her a deep look and spoke without beating around the bush,
" You have been asked by my father to treat the princess from Basarisk, isn't it?"
Hilari nodded slightly and felt a little relief since no complaints had been spoken by him. She replied keeping her tone as polite as possible,
" Yes, Your Highness! I..I have assigned to take care of her health permanently."
Hilari uttered before tilting her chin up a little proudly. Silas hummed while nodding his head a little and questioned running his palms across his thighs,
" What do you think about her health? How many days that will take for her to fully recover?"
As if her soul had returned to her body, Hilari relaxed completely. While coming here, she had nearly wrecked her brain up to find out what did she do wrong very recently. It turned out like Duke Silas was merely worried about Princess Isabella's health.
Hilari was being informative sincerely as she began to speak freely,
" Your Highness! Princess Isabella has a powerful bloodline in her veins and she is healing too fast more than we expected. I believe that she will be recovered completely within a week if she follows our order."
Silas's expression paled after he heard that Isabella could possibly stay for a week merely. After a moment of silence, he spoke sitting up from the chair,
" Make it to one month or two, Miss Hilari."
Hilari and Salmon both of them looked up at him shockingly. Salmon had nearly screamed out but didn't dare as an outsider was still present there. But Hilari blurted out,
" What?? I..I don't.. understand.."
Silas sighed out annoyingly. This morons only knew how to act like a garbage. His voice played out clearly this time,
" I want you to slow up with her recovering so that she needs to stay here for a month or two at least. Well, I wouldn't mind if you extend it to one year."
Salmon's jaw dropped and realization hit through his mind. His Duke was really behind this Princess who just lost her child.
Why did he take a liking on someone like her?
Physician Hilari was in state of dillemma. Lying to Cedric would be a direct path to hell but disobeying Silas would be another alternative way to go to hell. If Silas absorbed the impression of a tiger then Cedric had the nature of a ferocious lion. She was stuck between this two dangerous man. Though Silas's father was her king, she still couldn't dare to offend Cedric who was feared by each and every kings across the world.
Hilari made a short bow and replied with a reasonable excuse,
" Your Highness! This is..I can't really do.. King Cedric is very posseive about his sisters as we all know. If he finds about the lie, I will be executed undoubtedly."
Silas gave an internal laugh. Did she think that he wouldn't do anything to her if she didn't follow his order?
Silas twitched his lips before offering with a smirk,
" 6000 Gold Coins!"
Hilari nearly choked in anticipation after his words. But her life was more valuable than those sum of coins. She muttered apologizing repeatedly,
" Your Highness! I really can't.."
Silas's green eyes turned dark in no moment. Shoving his palms into his pockets, he cut her off with a cunning smirk,
" Let's switch the offer. I am going to send a letter to your husband telling that how you had fucked one of his close friend in that rainy night, Miss Hilari. How is my offer now? Isn't it pretty?"
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