The King collapsed and was taken to his room to rest. Howard asked me about the details and I told him what had happened.
The three of us waited in our room for the news on the King's health.
"Where's Jose? I haven't seen him since we met with the King." [Maria]
"He said that he's going to meet up with someone." [Blake]
(Knock-knock)
"Is miss Angelica there?"
"Yes, why do you ask?" [Angelica]
"Your majesty wants to speak with you again."
"I'll be going." [Angelica]
"Okay." [Blake]
"Take care." [Maria]
Outside his room, were two knights standing guard by the door. As I came nearer, they bowed to me and opened it.
Inside, I saw Howard sitting in a chair by the bedside. When he saw me, he stood up.
"Please tell him to rest after this. He's already too weak." [Howard]
He said that as he tapped my shoulder. I walked, then silently sat on the chair.
"How was Elaine?" [King]
"Pardon?" [Angelica]
"Your mother." [King]
Ah, so they were using an alias. Figures, if you dont want to be found the first thing you can do is change your name...
"She's fine, but she now calls herself as Michelle." [Angelica]
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"And Terrence?" [King]
"Did mother have any othe-." [Angelica]
"Elaine loved no one other than Terrence." [King]
"Just confirming it... They are now content with living in a small village." [Angelica]
"It seems that all of my worries are for naught." [King]
The King breathes a sigh of relief while holding his head. It is as if a huge weight was lifted off of his shoulders.
"Hey..." [Angelica]
"What is it?" [King]
"Can I ask a few things?" [Angelica]
"Go ahead." [King]
"This may sound rude coming from me, but I still don't know your name..." [Angelica]
"Alexis. Others just call me Alex." [King]
"Is it fine if I called you grandfather?" [Angelica]
His eyebrows raised at my sudden question, he was at first surprised but then his expression softened as he let out a smile.
"It is alright." [King Alex]
"Then grandfather... how did mother and father, got to know each other?" [Angelica]
"Go to my desk and take out a green book." [King Alex]
I did just that and brought it to him. He flips a few pages and handed it back to me. There I read the history of my parents, the entries aren't dated...
~~~King Alex's Diary~~~
Entry#?
My first child is born, it was a girl. I and my wife named her Elaine, she was very adorable.
Entry#?
Elaine's hair started to grow, she had her mother's blond hair. After a month, she had opened her eyes, it has the same color as mine.
~~~
Apart from that were records of the kingdom and other irrelevant events.
There are also entries of mother's siblings here. Apparently, she was the oldest of the three siblings. She is the only girl and the two are boys, I skipped from reading theirs because I was only interested in my parents.
~~~
Entry#??
Elaine's 15th birthday. On her coming of age, I allowed her to go and explore the city.
Entry#??
After her birthday, she already wanted to go on out as much as possible. I realized that keeping her in the castle for too long may not be good for her health but I cannot let her leave without a guard, so in secret, I decided to make a lottery of whoever will be her personal guard from the promising knights. The one who was picked is someone named Terrence.
~~~
Dad is a one lucky bastard.
~~~
Entry#??
I'm having second thoughts if he was the right knight for Elaine, they seem to argue most of the time. Maybe I should've picked a female knight for a change, like Kate. She seems to also have a very promising career.
Entry#??
Elaine wants to hunt down some monsters. Well, I've always told her stories of my youth, it's about time she gets to experience it.
Entry#??
During the meeting with my advisors, news came that Elaine's hunting party had been wiped out by a group of ogres.
The bodies of Elaine and Terrence were yet to be found and they are currently being searched for.
Entry#??
Two days had passed and still no sign of them. I immediately ordered the extermination of all monsters, in the vicinity from where they had disappeared to.