MY PRINCE

Bab 12 - English Version

This afternoon, Victoria poured her grief on the man who used to be the target of her hatred, Arga. Of course, the horned youth was astonished at the girl who yesterday forced him to lie on the beheading tool came and cried in front of him, it was something very shocking.

In fact, Victoria told everything to the blonde man with a sigh and her hand over her face, for some reason, the evening turned gray when she heard the girl in the purple dress telling her.

"Come with me, Victoria!"

Moving away from the grass, Arga invited Victoria to hurry somewhere, making the girl open her face which had been covered by her arms, her wet eyes staring at the man's face with a questioning look.

"Where?" asked Victoria in a low voice.

"Just come along," Arga pulled Victoria's right arm to her feet and she smiled. "I will comfort you."

Surprised, Victoria could not believe Arga did that to her, even though, previously she had teased him but why did the blonde man still accept it? Victoria grew clueless.

However, behind all that, Victoria is happy, because there is still someone who cares for her. Victoria promised herself not to bother Arga again, instead, she would beat up anyone who would harm the man with the horns.

They walked, through the grass, the palace building looked tiny at the back because Arga and Victoria were very far from the palace, even so, they were still in the palace area, not yet out of the gate.

"Arga," called Victoria. "I thought, we are approaching the main gate, are we going to get out of this palace?"

"Yes," answered Arga. "We're going out."

Stunned, Victoria stopped her steps, she did not want to get out of the palace grounds. Many say, if the atmosphere outside is very scary, the inhabitants of the Vanterlock Kingdom are famous for very high criminal acts, almost all circles always do bad things, from commoners to nobles.

Frightened, Victoria grabbed the back of Arga's shirt, causing the man to stop walking and turn to the blonde girl behind him.

"No, Arga." Victoria's expression was adorned with an extremely oppressive hue of fear, the girl looked like someone who had an excessive fear of the outside world.

Understanding what Victoria said, Arga smiled. "You won't know until you try it, Victoria." Arga walked over to Victoria and stood beside her. "Calm yourself. After all, you have never been outside the palace, have you? You are too fixated on the luxuries of the palace that you don't want to see the simple lives of your people, do you?"

Not accepting being judged as an arrogant girl who is disgusted by her people, Victoria is a little annoyed. "You're wrong, it's not like I don't want to see them! I'm just afraid that if ... my people are the same as the people in the palace gossip, I'm so scared."

"Don't worry, just leave it to me." Arga showed a broad smile showing his fangs at Victoria, her fear a little lost after hearing the man say that.

Then, they continued their journey until they finally arrived at the main gate that connected the people's territory and the palace. Two gatekeepers who saw Victoria's daughter immediately bowed respectfully to her.

"Good evening, Princess Victoria, excuse me if I ask, what brought you here with Mr. Arga?" Victoria was a little confused to answer a question from one of the gatekeepers, she could not possibly say that right now she was sad and needed entertainment because it sounded very sad to her.

Glancing at Arga, Victoria coded the man to answer the guard's question because he was lazy to respond. Understood, Arga immediately cleared his throat.

"It's rude to you," said Arga to the two guards who were bowing to Victoria with a sharp intonation. "Do you intend to get in the way of Princess Victoria's wish to leave the palace and greet her people?"

"Eh?" Victoria was surprised to hear Arga's words as if scolding the two guards even though she didn't need to overdo it like that.

"I-Pardon us, Your Majesty, we have no intention of deterring you. Very well, if our questions bother you, we will immediately open these gates for you."

It worked, Arga smiled at Victoria showing off his actions that were fruitful, while the blonde girl was a little amazed by the man who was good at acting.

The large gate slowly opened, showing a path that was surrounded by large grove of trees, Victoria was surprised, isn't it the houses of the residents outside? Why did he see only a lonely forest?

"Arga," whispered Victoria. "Where are the homes of my people?"

"Your house and theirs are so far apart, it will take a few hours to get there if we take a horse-drawn carriage, but if we walk, maybe we'll get there tomorrow."

Surprised, Victoria looked at the trees swaying in the wind, unbelievable, it turned out that there was a distance between the royal palace and the houses of the residents, so shocked, the girl shook her head.

"Princess Victoria! If you are going to Artobolo village, we will prepare a horse carriage for you!" shouted one of the gatekeepers after Arga and Victoria left.

"Your princess wants to enjoy the view of the forest, she doesn't need any vehicle!" said Arga aloud.

The two gatekeepers understood then began to close the gate and return to work as usual. Victoria's eyes still looked irritated, she remembered the seconds her father ignored her at the meeting this afternoon. Very painful.

"Hey, Victoria?"

The girl was daydreaming, not responding to a call from Arga who was beside her, until the man patted Victoria's shoulder.

"Wh-What's wrong !? You called me?" Thankfully, Victoria realized from her reverie and turned to Arga, the man's face looked a little worried.

"Why? What are you thinking now?"

Reluctant to discuss it again, Victoria smiled at Arga. "Nothing, I'm just admiring how beautiful this forest is ~ I didn't realize you called me."

"Your face says different things, Victoria." After meeting Laila, Arga is now able to distinguish between faces who are lying and who are not, and after being researched, currently, Victoria is lying to her.

"Um? Different? What do you mean?"

"But it doesn't matter if you don't want to explain, I'm not insisting. By the way, I've been surprised," said Arga with a sharp look into Victoria's eyes. "Aren't you a princess known for her cheerful nature, aren't you? Why just because of one problem, your natural nature immediately disappears, and you turn into a gloomy princess."

"Ha?" Victoria's two eyes widened, her brows pressed together and her lips pursed. "A gloomy princess, you say? Let me tell you! I'm still cheerful Victoria! Remember that! If you say I'm a gloomy princess, I'll beat up--"

"Don't deny it, you're always gloomy now, aren't you?"

While walking along the path, the two of them chatted happily, enjoying the breezy breeze and the cool atmosphere of the lush forest. The sky was already a deep orange color, which meant that it would soon be dark.

"Am I that sad, huh?" Victoria exhaled heavily, she lowered her head, until her blonde hair fell. "Oh, I forgot to tell you about the contents of the meeting this afternoon, did you? Do you want to know?"

Hearing that, made Arga turn his attention to Victoria. "Tell me."

"Congratulations, you have been selected to be the next king candidate."

"HAAAAAAAAAAA !?" Arga's shrill sound made birds fly from their cages.

Victoria laughed at Arga's face who was very surprised to hear his words. "What the hell !?"

"Hahahah! I don't understand either, but it seems like everything is going well even though at first I and the other four princesses rejected you."

"So, even though his five daughters reject his decision, your father remains firm in his stance, huh? Damn it! I don't want to be a king! That's troublesome. How could he choose me without telling me first, I almost had a heart attack!"

Her sadness gradually disappeared when she walked with Arga, gradually, Victoria felt comfortable when she was around him, it felt very warm.

Suddenly, Victoria's laughter and Arga's irritation towards King William stopped when their eyes caught a chariot moving accompanied by several horses that the soldiers were riding on.

"Who are they?" This was the first time Arga saw a jet-black soldier's uniform that was completely different from the pure white uniform of Vanterlock's royal soldiers.

"Hide!" Victoria immediately grabbed Arga's arm and ran to the thicket enough to hide their bodies.

They watched the horse-drawn carriage move past its hiding place. "Why should we hide, Victoria?"

Victoria snorted. "Judging by the color of the soldiers' uniforms, there is no doubt that they are from the Binesta Kingdom."

"So you are afraid of the Binesta Kingdom?" asked Arga innocently.

"N-It's not like that! I just don't want them to see me! You see, inside that horse carriage is ... my mother."

"Your mother? What does that mean ... Your mother is a Queen in the Kingdom of Binesta?"

"Yes and I hate him! He always visits Vanterlock's palace and insults us! Saying that Father is incompetent in managing his kingdom and educating his daughters! He is the person I hate the most besides men!"

Jolted, Arga again asked, "Why did your parents lead a different kingdom? Aren't they husband and wife?"

"They were divorced two years ago. My mother seemed annoyed at my father's attitude for being too lenient with his people, until finally, they divorced and my mother married a king who ruled the Binesta Kingdom, but the man she married had died, whether she was killed by my mother or not. , in the end, the woman replaced her new husband's position as King and all the assets of the Binesta Kingdom belonged to him. With that position, she intends to avenge her father by visiting Vanterlock and then boasting of his possessions and throne to Father then degrading Father. like filthy filth in our eyes, daughters! "

"Wow, I'm surprised that you daughters have a bad relationship with a mother."

"Forget it, come on Arga! We are back on the journey to where you want to show me."

Arga smiled. "No need," Victoria was surprised to hear it, why Arga suddenly canceled his intention. "You see, we've arrived."

"To?"

Arga rolled his eyes back, signaling that his destination was behind, Victoria understood and looked away.

"Jeez!" shrieked Victoria in shock.

Victoria thought Arga was going to take her to the village where her people lived, but it turned out that her guess was wrong.

TO BE CONTINUED ...