Emlyn's face was beaming when she saw the fat rabbit. Subconsciously, she licked her lips in anticipation. Yes, she liked rabbit at and she was happy that Mars rembered this about her.
"Food will be ready soon," Mars inford her. "Do you want to freshen up?"
"Yes, thank you," Emlyn replied.
She got up and washed her face in the lake. The water felt so cold since it was still very early in spring. However, it was really refreshing. Soon, she had beco alert and fresh.
The prince and his n caught four deers and one rabbit. It was enough to feed 104 people in their group. So people were assigned to prepare the at and the others got ready to roast them.
In one hour, they were all sitting surrounding bonfires with roasted at on their sticks. They all enjoyed lunch with a warm chat around the fires. Everyone was in high spirits.
"This at is delicious," Emlyn whispered as she devoured the rabbit at prepared for her.
"I rember you like rabbit at," Mars replied. "So, I got it just for you."
"Hehehe.. thank you for catching this one for ," Emlyn gushed. "You are a great provider. I am so lucky."
Mars was beaming by her complint. anwhile, Gewen, who was sitting close to them and heard the lovebirds' conversation, rolled his eyes so hard.
These two just keep throwing dog food around them, he thought in annoyance. Gewen never felt bad about being single until he spent so much ti around this couple.
Welp... being single was his choice, so he shouldn't regret it. If he tied himself to a single woman, how would he justify his sexual adventures?
Being committed to soone ant he would no longer be able to do it, right?
That didn't sound like a happy life to him.
Yet, how could this friend of his look so happy and beaming when he was with his woman? What was so special about being in a committed relationship?
It would be the sa person every ti they have sex... eww. Where's the fun in that?
***
After they had a sumptuous lunch, the prince and his n took a short rest and then continued their journey. This ti they didn't do it in a relaxing manner, like before.
Mars really wanted to reach Glendale before dark so he could talk to the governor about searching and punishing Marquis Milot and his family. He also wanted Emlyn to rest properly on a nice bed.
She didn't get enough sleep when they were spending the night in Havertown, and she only took a short nap on the road to Glendale.
He didn't want her to feel tired before their wedding.
As expected, they reached Glendale before sunset. The capital city of Glendale Province was nad Glendale too, and that was where the governor resided. He was a forr minister from Draec capital that was sent to rule the province by King Jared.
Lord Moran was one of King Jared's trusted friends when he was younger and he had helped the king on so many conquest initiatives. He had two sons and they helped him rule the province, representing the king.
Mars had a good relationship with the Morans and he liked the sons too. When his group arrived by the city gate, Albert Moran and Dawney Moran welcod them and brought them in.
As soon as the prince t Lord Moran, he asked the governor to imdiately arrest the Milots and hang all of them as punishnt for offending the crown prince.
The governor was surprised to hear this request. He was wondering what could the Milots possibly do to invite such wrath from the prince.
However, he knew his place as a re subject to the Strongmoors and shut his mouth, not asking anything. He had known Mars his whole life and Lord Moran was certain that the prince never punished people randomly, without a reason.
"I will send Dawney to Havertown imdiately to investigate the Milots whereabouts and arrest them," Lord Moran said. "Does Your Highness want to see them being hanged, or can we just do it when you are not here?"
What he ant was, if Mars wanted to see the punishnt being carried out on the Milots, Lord Moran would keep them alive until Mars went back to Glendale from Southberry.
Mars shook his head. Even though he was really annoyed by the sche that Lori almost pulled off, he didn't think the Milots were important enough to get his attention.
"Very well, then," the governor nodded in understanding. He turned to his son and ask him to go to Havertown imdiately. "Dawney, you have heard His Highness."
"Yes, father. I will go imdiately," Dawney replied and bowed down to the prince and his father before he took his leave.
Soon, Mars, Gewen, Edgar, and Emlyn were led to their respective chambers in the governor's palace so they could rest for a bit before dinner.
The soldiers who ca with them were given nice accommodation too at the special tower ant for the governor's guards.
After they rested for an hour and cleaned up, the prince and his friends ca to the dining hall, where the governor would eat dinner with them.
The feast thrown by Lord Moran was really festive. Since Mars and the Morans were close, they had so many things to discuss and share. It was a really nice dinner.
Once they were full, they decided to rest and continued their journey early in the morning.
***
They arrived in Southberry when it was close to midnight the next day. Athos welcod them with a sleepy face.
However, as soon as he saw Emlyn, his interest piqued.
Even though Emlyn was disguised as a man, Athos could imdiately tell that this girl was the woman that his cousin fell head over heels for, that he wanted to formalize his wedding to her as soon as possible.
"Welco to Southberry, Your Highness, and my lords," Athos greeted them in a happy voice. "Have you all had dinner?"
"Yes, we had eaten so food packed by the cooks from Glendale," Mars replied. "At the mont, we only need sleep."
"For sure, definitely!" Athos notified his butler to bring his guests of honor to their respective chambers. Just when they were about to follow the butler, Lily, Athos' wife ca through the door.
"Hey, you have arrived," she said to Mars with a smile.
Her eyes quickly searched the figure of a girl who would marry the prince and she found Emlyn standing next to Mars. Lily assud that this was the girl.
She smiled broadly and approached Emlyn. "Welco to Southberry, Lady Emlyn. We are so happy to see you."
"Thank you," Emlyn replied. "The feeling is mutual, My Lady."
"You must co with ," said Lily to Emlyn with a smile. Then, she turned to her husband and said, "the bride and groom shouldn't see each other before the wedding, I will take Lady Emlyn with and you can take His Highness with you."
Emlyn smiled sheepishly when she heard Lily's words. She nodded slightly to show her agreent.
"Let's go, sister," said Lily as she grabbed Emlyn's hand and took her to walk out of the room.
anwhile, Gewen and Edgar who heard Lily's words earlier, both furrowed their brows as they turned to Mars and stared at him, looking dumbfounded.
"Wh-what did she say just now?" Gewen asked Mars in a stutter. "Did she ntion wedding? Or did my ears play tricks on ??"
Athos looked at Mars in bewildernt. "They didn't know?"
"Know what?" Gewen asked.
Mars cleared his throat and waved his hand, to lighten the mood. "Well, I wanted to make it a surprise for you."
"Wait... what do you an?" Gewen suddenly turned pale. "Are you getting married here in Southberry?"
Mars nodded solemnly. "Yes. I will marry Lady Emlyn to make sure that our child will be legitimate and my father will approve our relationship."
"Why wouldn't your father approve of your relationship with her? I thought they already accepted her," said Gewen.
Mars shook his head and let out a long sigh. "My father doesn't know who she is. If he found out, he might not give his blessings."
"I don't get it... I don't see the reason why the king won't give you his blessings. I think he has no problems even if you married a commoner since the queen is also a commoner," said Gewen. "Unless..."
"You are right," Mars interrupted Gewen's words. "That's why we believe getting a secret wedding is better. I want you and Edgar to be here.... because you are both my best friends, and I want to share this happy occasion with you."
Gewen and Edgar exchanged glances.
This was such shocking news! Last year, they never thought that their friend would ever find a woman he could touch.
Now, not only had he found her, he was also about to marry her. And he seed so in love and happy.
This was truly good news!
Edgar was visibly happy for the prince, while Gewen looked like he was feeling dejected.
Gosh.. this would be the end of the world for him since he had always made the crown prince his excuse for not getting married.
If his parents found out that Mars already got married, they must put more pressure on him to find a wife.
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