After the king announced his participation, Crown Prince Philip appeared before the nobility of Oberon.
-- Glad to et you, gentlen...>> he said, not too sincerely.
Although I was shocked by his sudden appearance, but at the sa ti I noticed that since our disappearance, the guy has changed a lot.
From a man in the pri of life and a constant smile on his lips, he turned into only a smaller likeness of his previous self. He looked haggard and pale, as if he had been at a funeral all these two months. Even the shining sparkle in the blue eyes faded.
Did our departure really affect him so much?
Razor looked at his brother with sympathy. And, what can I say, I felt a little sorry for him myself. Right now, Philip looked like he would be blown away by the slightest breeze.
But despite all the pity, the second prince and I instinctively turned away so that he wouldn't recognize us.
-- Philip is here! -- I hissed the obvious, -- What are we going to do?
Razor was tense. He was silent for a while, considering further actions.
-- We'll try to hide, -- said the guy, -- We can't let our brother find us.
I was surprised that Razor didn't even give Tom a chance to be our savior in the current situation. After all, in this country, the Crown Prince of Azeroth had more power than the king himself. Even the Windsors won't go against him if they don't want to start a war ahead of ti.
I asked in a whisper.
Philip, anwhile, stood motionless in the center while the ruler of Oberon was making a speech and ingratiating himself in every possible way before him. However, the prince himself did not care about it.
-- And how do you imagine it? Razor objected,
-- Hmm?
>
> I asked cautiously.
Maxie grinned, scanning my expression with one single eye.
-- of course. You don't think I'm that stupid, do you?
I hastened to justify myself. If you think about it, right now I verbally violated the contract that we signed with her. Naly, I promised to stop trying to escape.
-- Well... It's not like we wanted to run away! Simply...
-- I know everything, -- the girl pulled away, -- Of course, you will not sit idly by. That's why I took you with .
-- You...! -- I flushed, -- So you knew everything?!
Maxie looked at like I was a fool.
-- The fact that I treat you well does not an that I have turned a blind eye to everything.
I stumbled, while the heroine's ntor ca even closer and grabbed my chin. She let out an ironic laugh.
She held her breath, while her fingers only tightened on her jaw.
-- Beauty, you should thank this guy. At least he has enough brains not to commit rash actions.
Razor glared at her angrily. He didn't like what was happening, but he knew perfectly well that now was not the best ti to anger the girl.
-- Exactly. You wouldn't have succeeded anyway. Our people would have had ti to neutralize you before you got to that bastard.
I exhaled indignantly. So that's why the Marquis took so many people on the trip? All in order to keep us under constant control?
-- ...So consider yourself lucky.
Summing up on this note, Maxie finally let go.
I didn't even have anything to say when at that mont the king announced the start of the hunt. The noise in the camp intensified, and the aristocrats began to enter the forest thicket in turn. Maxie reluctantly had to leave us.
-- I'll be back soon. Behave yourself.
Finally throwing this warning, the girl jumped on her horse and went into the forest with her father. They should return only by late evening, and the announcent of the results will take place in the morning.
Razor and I remained standing by the wagon. Together with the rest of the servants, we were responsible for guarding things, as well as taking care of the owners when they return.
In order not to waste ti, I decided to cook a Marquise and Maxi dinner. After all, it wasn't for nothing that they took with them. The second Prince went to look for firewood.
Having taken up household chores, I felt so relief from the experience. The unexpected eting with Philip did not have as much impact on as I thought.
But at the sa ti... While cooking, my hand trembled when, for the first ti in a long ti, I rembered my ti spent in the Azeroth Empire.
I wonder how Rachel is doing...?
***
Crown Prince Philip wandered senselessly through the Dense Forest, not even trying to create the illusion that he was busy.
Despite his own reluctance, his father forced him to visit the Oberon Empire to introduce the royal family. However, in fact, there was nothing interesting here.
Philip had to leave his studies, and, most importantly, the search, in order to visit so kind of slave country. Was it worth it?
After all, his thoughts were completely occupied with sothing else right now.
The prince sighed heavily, and the gloomy expression that had beco his usual mask over the past weeks reappeared on his face. The ntal emptiness that had arisen recently, he could not fill with anything else.
However, even being in despair, the guy could not neglect his duties as crown Prince.
Therefore, Philip was just driving aimlessly along a forest path to pass the ti and return in the evening. Hunting was never on his list of interests, and in general, it seed to be a completely useless occupation.
These people called him here to shoot a boar. Isn't this a waste of ti?
Philippe Blanche once again complained about the uselessness of this event and exhaled. I was going to stop sowhere just to wait out these couple of hours in silence.
But...
At this mont, I suddenly heard so sounds from behind the trees.
Straining, the guy thought that he had stumbled upon an animal. He was not afraid of ga living in the forest, although he did not have much experience in this matter.
Most likely, it really is so kind of wild boar.
Pulling out the crossbow, he was going to shoot it the first ti. Hiding, Philip pulled the arrow to the string and was ready to take aim imdiately.
But after a couple of seconds, it wasn't a wild beast that appeared out of the bushes at all, but... a maid. She excitedly ran out right in front of him and fell to her knees.
Philip caught a glimpse of her.
Ugly and with a big nose. Even approximately, he clearly could not include her in the list of those who could please him. And even more so, this girl was not standing next to HER.
The Crown Prince exhaled in disappointnt.
-- What are you doing here? he asked sharply.
The maid lowered her head even lower, which made her face almost invisible.
> -- She hastily declared, -- I just need to talk!
-- Talk? Are you kidding ? How dare a servant like you ask for such a thing?
The Crown Prince looked at her contemptuously. I felt like I was wasting my ti again.
the maid hesitated,
-- What?
This angered him even more. Does this girl even know who she's talking to?
Despite such brazen behavior at this mont, the maid did not doubt her words at all. She found the resolve to take her eyes off the ground and look at him.
Philip thought that this maid had gone mad.
-- Don't talk nonsense, -- he was going to abruptly dismiss her, -- What other information from the maid? Don't even hope that I'll spare you if you keep blocking my way...
Griselda was not afraid. Now she was going to use her main trump card.
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