Sasha had indeed seen the king’s face without a mask. However, it felt a little strange if the king didn’t wear a mask when there were several guards, maids, and servants in the dining hall with them. Usually, if the king wanted to take off his mask, then people that hadn’t gained permission to see his face would be waiting outside.
Ronan raised his eyebrows when he could feel that soone had been stared at him for a long ti. He turned to Sasha who was sitting next to Irene.
"You, sit here," Ronan said while pointing to an empty chair beside him. The chair was opposite Arielle.
Sasha, who felt that he was not on the sa level as Arielle, asked, "Why? Isn’t that for people with higher positions?" His tone was clearly confused..
Ronan just didn’t like seeing Sasha sitting beside his sister.
"The king’s orders," he said curtly.
Sasha was a little annoyed because he couldn’t sit next to Irene. The boy got out of his chair and walked around the long dining table, and sat down in the chair Ronan pointed at. He turned to Irene and blushed when the princess turned out to be looking at him too. When Sasha turned to Arielle, the blush on his face grew even more intense because Arielle gave him a look that said she knew sothing.
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The maids arrived, bringing various kinds of food for the four of them.
"I heard you bought bread and warm milk for the people who were going to et ?" asked Ronan.
Arielle confird. "Yeah. The money you gave Aie for still left a lot so I bought it for them. At least they’re not starving while waiting to see you."
Ronan just nodded. If that was what Arielle wanted, then he was absolutely fine. Arielle was free to use her money for whatever the girl wanted. Perhaps after this, Ronan would consider allocating so money to buy sothing like that again in the future, so that the money for his wife didn’t decrease.
"Did you enjoy your ti outside the palace? What are both of you doing?" Ronan asked curiously. He also wanted to know if Arielle was enjoying her ti outside the palace or not.
"I really enjoyed my ti outside the palace. How about you, Irene?" Arielle asked Irene who was sitting quietly beside her.
Sasha, who was about to drink from his glass, paused for a mont to listen to the little princess’s answer.
"Yes. It’s fun," Irene said simply.
"But it was cold, right?" Arielle asked again to get more answers from Irene.
The little girl nodded. "Yes. It was very cold."
"Arielle, has Princess Irene been living outside the north all this ti?" asked Sasha, expressing his curiosity.
How should Arielle answer it? Irene lived in Birwick. Birwick Mountain was still part of Northendell, but the place was a bit different...
"That’s right. Irene lived with my relatives outside Northendell for so reason. You’re still a kid, so you won’t understand," answered Ronan, making Arielle and Sasha turn to the man.
Arielle felt the tone that Ronan used was a little sharper than it should be. She gave her husband a small smile so the man wouldn’t have to worry, although Arielle also didn’t know what Ronan was worrying about.
The lunch went pretty quickly because Ronan had to go back to the main hall to listen to the complaints of the citizens of Northendell, which was far more crowded than usual. anwhile, Arielle returned to her room to see Abigail’s eggs.
Sasha and Irene were being accompanied by Aie and Tania until the afternoon.
Arielle saw every vine that ford on the black rock-like surface of the eggs. The shells had cooled down and hardened from not getting their mother’s warmth to incubate them. She then did sothing, as suggested by Otis.
Arielle reached out her hands to touch the three eggs and released flas from her palms. She let out the hottest flas she could produce so that it ford a beautiful blue color.
The task was quite heavy. Arielle could not guess when the black layer that wrapped around the dragon eggs would co off. She rembered how beautiful the eggs were when they still had Abigail’s warmth. Their white shells looked so smooth that there was a reflection of light on the surface like a rainbow after heavy rain.
Arielle started to sing, rembering the tune of the song Otis mumbled when he sent Abigail away the last ti.
When Arielle looked at the eggs, ti flew so fast that she didn’t notice her surroundings.
Arielle looked at all the surfaces of the shells carefully, hoping that there would be a change appearing. Sweat began to trickle on her temples. She was already able to control her power well, but releasing her power required a lot of energy. When Arielle felt her head start to feel dizzy and her vision turned blurry, she let go of her hands.
Arielle squeezed her hands together so that all the flas were extinguished at once. She almost fell backwards, but soone held her shoulders.
Arielle looked up weakly. "Ronan? You’re here?"
"What do you an I’m here? I’ve been sitting here for two hours watching you," the man said, making Arielle frown.
"Two hours?" Arielle asked in disbelief.
Ronan lifted Arielle’s body. The girl looked more tired than him who had t hundreds of people in one day. He finished at six o’clock and wanted to invite Arielle to have dinner with him.
Aie said Arielle was still sitting alone in her room and didn’t want to be disturbed, so Ronan ca to see her condition. Seeing Arielle’s back, who was sitting up straight, it seed that the girl had not yet felt tired. Ronan then sat on the chair while looking at Arielle’s back, which was humming a song he had never heard.
It was so beautiful. Ronan could her sing everyday and he won’t get bore at all. He wished, she could sing for him too tonight.
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