"How did it go?" [King Alex]
"It was lovely~" [Angelica]
"You really are my granddaughter! Hahahaha!" [King Alex]
Grandfather tilts his head and laughs while holding his belly. He may have thought out how the conversation went through.
"Is there any conflict within the family?" [Angelica]
"None that I was aware of." [King Alex]
I tried asking him about the current state of the family because his son seems to be dangerous...
"Your son might be plotting something..." [Angelica]
"..." [King Alex]
Grandfather cupped his hands and leaned back in his chair, as he was deep in thought...
"It is hard to imagine that my son will try to take the throne from me forcefully, but... that kind of scenario is present in other countries as well..." [King Alex]
"Were you baring him from getting the throne?" [Angelica]
"No, it may be because, for all these years, all of my attention was solely focused on getting Elaine back. They may have thought that I had neglected them." [King Alex]
Now I regret telling him that...
"I'm sorry..." [Angelica]
"For what?" [King Alex]
"This may add to your stress..." [Angelica]
"Hahaha my child, I've always been stressed. Ever since I became king, there were nothing but problems. Thinking back on it, I should've just also eloped with your grandmother and tried to get away with it." [King Alex]
Those are some dangerous words that he had just uttered. I even saw a few servants glancing for a second before continuing their work.
"Heh, if you did that, then I might not have been born." [Angelica]
I said to him jokingly to lighten up the atmosphere.
"True." [King Alex]
"Where is grandmother by the way?" [Angelica]
"She... has already passed away." [King Alex]
"I wish I could've met her." [Angelica]
"She will have surely been delighted to see you." [King Alex]
As he said that, I felt the sadness in his voice. Grandfather really seemed to have cherished grandmother...
"Is her resting place nearby?" [Angelica]
"If you ask Martha. She'll gladly take you there." [King Alex]
"Can it be possible to visit her now?" [Angelica]
"Yes. I'll also be going then, I have some matters to attend to." [King Alex]
When Blake and Maria finished with their stuff. I asked them to come.
The four of us rode the carriage, it took us up the hill overlooking the sea. The path to it was guarded by knights.
There, we see a dozen gravestones. The hill is filled with white flowers that were dancing in the wind.
Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon.
"These are the burial grounds for the royal family." [Martha]
"So that's why we see so few graves." [Blake]
"It is such a privilege coming here. Thank you for taking us." [Maria]
"It's part of my duty, no need to thank me." [Martha]
"These flowers are beautiful," I said as I took a close inspection of the flower.
"Ah, those are called migration lilies." [Martha]
"Such a beautiful name." [Maria]
"It is said that the very first king planted them on this hill, to grant safe passage for his queen." [Martha]
I knelt in front of my grandmother's gravestone. I closed my eyes and offered a silent prayer.
"You may not know me... but... I wanted to say thank you... for providing me with a loving family." [Angelica]
We returned to the castle at dusk and are now resting in our room after we had supper.
"Ugh! Why is this place so hot!" [Angelica]
"Calm down Angelica, we might wake up other people." [Maria]
"I have to agree with Angelica. It is indeed hot in here." [Blake]
Despite sleeping on the fourth floor with wide-opened windows, there is no air gushing in. This was our problem every time we slept.
We tried various stuff to counter the heat, and we slept with our thinnest clothing; not see-through lol! Took a bath before we slept. Still... after a few hours or minutes, you'd be woken up by the searing heat.
"If only I had a..." [Angelica]
Then it hit me...
"Angelica?" [Maria]
I picked up my bag that has a few magic crystals in it and a spare of clothes then went outside, because I was in a hurry I wasn't able to answer Maria.
"Martha, can I use the bath?" [Angelica]
"But it's currently closed at this hour." [Martha]
"Please!" [Angelica]
"Hahh... alright." [Martha]
"Thanks a bunch!" [Angelica]
I went inside and told Martha not to let anybody in. Inside, was a large circular pool, that could easily fit twenty people. It is shallow at the edge and goes deeper as you got to the center. I grabbed a few magic crystals and laid the bag down at the edge of the pool.
Walking on the cold water that was usually hot in the morning till afternoon. Here I can be at ease...
~~~Blake~~~
Maria and I were waiting for Angelica to return, where did she go off to?
We then heard a bit of commotion and running so we decided to come out.
"Is it an attack?"
"We still don't know yet..."
We saw two knights run past our room, they were talking about an attack?
"You guys, where is Angelica?" [Kate]
"She went somewhere." [Maria]
"We need to find her quickly!" [Kate]
"Why?" [Maria]
"We may be under attack." [Kate]
"What makes you think that we are currently being attacked?" [Blake]
"With this!" [Kate]
Kate showed us what seemed like a rock. It was a low-quality magic crystal and it's resonating.
"Sister!" [Regina]
Regina runs to us.
"How is the report?" [Kate]
"The whole castle is in a state of alert, almost all of the magic crystals in the area is resonating!" [Regina]
I checked my sword, it is indeed vibrating but was faint enough for me to notice.
"We'll assist you." [Blake]
"The safety of the royal family and guests is the top priority, we cannot simply bring you along." [Kate]
"Please let us help!" [Maria]
"We can also fight." [Blake]
Kate and Regina looked at one another. They nodded their heads.
~~~Maria~~~
For now, we're tagging along with Regina. Kate had to leave us because she has to command the knights since she is the captain.
We are searching for Angelica, but we still haven't found her yet. We had managed to rendezvous with the King and he ordered her search. Both he and Blake had worried look on their faces...
We caught the view of knights amassing outside the entrance of the indoor bath. Martha was standing outside frantically refusing to let them in.
"You mustn't enter! Someone is currently using the bath!" [Martha]
"Please move, this is an emergency!"
A knight was conversing with her.
"What is this commotion?!" [King Alex]
"Your highness?!"
"Your majesty?!" [Martha]
"Angelica is currently inside using the bath." [Martha]
The people there were suddenly startled by the King's voice. They immediately gave way to him. Martha, stiffened up as she was questioned.
Kate went up to him and reported her findings.
"Your highness, we believe that the source of the disturbance is coming from the inside." [Kate]
I discovered that the magic crystal, once it got nearer to the magic source, the resonating intensifies. It is evident here, where most of the people present have them, it's vibrating strongly.
"Open it immediately! She may be the target of the attack!" [King Alex]
"Understood! Men prepare for battle!" [Kate]
Kate breaks down the door with a single strike. If she always does that I may get a phobia of opening or answering doors...
We moved inside and walked past the changing room, we saw Angelica in the middle of the pool. There were five magic crystals, that floated all around her body. Each one of them gave a yellow-greenish glow.
"Beautiful..."
"?!" [Angelica]
As one of the knights spoke Angelica, heard it and the magic crystals fell into the pool. She sat up revealing her clothes that had turned semi-transparent from the water, her underwear clearly visible.
"W-what are you all doing here?! Martha, you let them in?!" [Angelica]
Angelica quickly covered her top as she saw the mass of knights surrounding the pool.
"Stop! Lookingggggg!!!" [Angelica]
The attack turned out to be a false alarm. Angelica was just enchanting multiple magic crystals...
I wasn't surprised cause she also does that at the lake to make the stoves. We then went back to our room. Angelica was clearly upset by what had happened.
Of course, I will too, if more than a dozen men saw me in my underwear...