Prologue

“.....mmmmhmmmf...!”

[I’m trying to sleep..! Is that so hard? Ugh. This carriage ride is getting bumpy.]

It’s already day 6 of me running away from home and here I am, in a carriage ride, to the Kingdom of Radix, with the knights from the first order. Looking around, I notice that this carriage is quite fancy and very high class for just escorting one person.

“I should of just pretended to be weak and ran the other way when I had the chance.”

**knock knock**

“Ye-yes,” I nervously responded.

“We arrived to outskirts of the Kingdom Radix ma’am. Would you like to take a look out the window,” said one of the knights outside my carriage.

I peak over to the window from the corner of my eyes and see fields of flowers. I rush to open the windows immediately and lean out-and-over in awe, amazed of how beautiful the kingdom itself is!!

I shout whole-heartedly, “It’s beautiful here!!!”

“I’m glad you like it Miss Lele.”

I turn my head back and see Sir Liam staring at me, giving me is half-hearted-gentlemen smile. I smile back half-heartedly in response to his smile trying to not seem ‘distraught’ about his kind words.

[You can definitely tell, he is use to wooing women.]

ʕ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʔ

Sitting back inside the carriage, I’m waiting for the ride to end but then suddenly, we came to a halt.

“Whaaaa,” I stare blankly ahead of me.

[What is happening out there..?]

I peek through the window to see what is happening outside and I spot more knights and guards rushing over to ‘this’ carriage.

[WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON?!!]

I start to panic in silence as I keep peeking out the window to see what is going on.

Finally, I decided to crack the window open as I see Liam and another knight make conversation.

“Is that true,” Liam responds calmly.

I lean closer to the window, making sure no one sees me ease dropping on the conversation since there is a lot of people outside.

“Yes,” the guard exclaims, “The Vermillion Family has asked we make sure to find their daughter and have her returned at once.”

I stoped breathing for a moment when I heard what he said.

[They’re... actually looking for me like this?]

Cold sweat comes over me as I try to catch my breath slowly.

[What to do..!! I don’t want to cause a scene..!!! Should I just make a break for it?!]

“I see but no worries here. We just picked up a young lady who was about to be kidnapped. That’s all.”

[Huh..?]

“Sir Liam, May I ask to see who the lady is? We have butler here who wishes to make sure it isn’t their Lady,” says the guard.

[WHAAAAAT?!! THEY SENT SOMEONE HERE?!!]

“You doubt me,” Liam responds harshly.

[I guess being Captain isn’t for show after all.]

“No sir but,” the guard starts to sound stressed from the conversation, “the family’s request has reached His Highness and they have given us strict orders to check every carriage.”

[If that’s how ‘they want to play,’ then so be it..! LET US PLAY..!!!]

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