"Lyn?""The entire time, I probably misunderstood him," Lyn mumbled. For the longest time, Lyn felt that Allen only treated her with kindness to maintain their images as an engaged couple. Lyn knew that the Wind Kingdom people benefited from their marriage too. Allen was only trying to please her Mother and Father, not her. For the longest time, she believed that.
But, it seemed like she was wrong. That person has always been sincere to her from the very start. If she knew that sooner, then would she have the nerve to tell him her feelings? Well, it"s too late for that. She"s already committed herself to be with this person. Lyn rested her head on Kazuya"s shoulder.
"You should eat something, Lyn."
"In a second," Lyn mumbled, "Tell me Kazuya, is the Sound Kingdom Princess beautiful? Rhys is always evasive whenever I talk about it."
Kazuya awkwardly scratched his cheek, "I"m not really good at judging people"s appearances. But you don"t doubt why Rhys is acting that way?"
"I don"t."
"Rhys and Princess were engaged before."
Wait; what? Lyn blinked in confusion, "But what about you?"
"The thing with my engagement with the Princess was a recent thing, as in the past year. The one engaged to her since she was young was Rhys."
"So, the engagement was nullified?"
Kazuya nodded, "I understand that in the Mist Kingdom, it would be unusual to dispel a long term engagement. But in the Sound Kingdom, such practices are the norm."
"I see," Lyn mumbled, "I wonder if Rhys felt saddened by the canceled engagement."
"No, that guy was relieved. He never treated the Princess any differently."
"So that"s how it is, and what about you?"
"I was on a mission for the first seven months when they first decided it. When I returned, I was only in the Sound Kingdom for a month, before I came to the Mist."
"So you two…"
"We"ve barely spoken," Kazuya sighed, "That"s why I was surprised when she suddenly showed up here. Other than formal gatherings, I"ve never spoken a word to the Princess before."
A relieved sigh escaped her lips, and Kazuya smiled, "Sorry for worrying you."
"You should have said so from the start."
"Yeah, I should have but seeing you jealous was nice."
At that comment, Lyn stepped on his foot, and Kazuya yelped loudly.
"Ouch…"
"Honestly, don"t do such things again. I was very worried."
Lyn raised her head from his shoulders and s.h.i.+fted their position, so she now sat on his lap. She caressed his face with her hands, and a content sigh pa.s.sed his lips. "Tell me something else, Kazuya."
"What is it, my Lyn?"
"Do you desire the throne?"
Kazuya paused, and Lyn immediately sensed his discomfort. "I"m sorry for this question, but I was asked the same question recently too. If, if I became Queen...would you…"
"..be your King?" Kazuya finished for her.
"I know it"s a far-fetched idea and all that. My eldest brother is still around after all, and even if he didn"t desire the throne... The other two are still around. I"m probably the last candidate in mind for it. However," Lyn recalled her eldest brother"s expression, "In the event that it happens? Can I...expect that you"ll stay by my side?"
Kazuya smiled, "It"s only natural that I stay by your side since I love you so much. But I wonder if that love is enough at times."
"Enough?"
"Lyn, you"ll end up taking the throne."
Eh?
"That"s why your question, I"ve thought about it so many times. If I want to be with you, I have to accept that one day I may have to be the King."
Lyn sensed his faltering tone, "You don"t want to?"
"More like, even if I attained power, I wouldn"t know what to do with it."
"So you…"
Kazuya brushed his fingers across her lips. "My Lyn, as long as you stay by my side. I"ll be fine."
...
11;00PM - Gardens -
"Because I"m the Princess."
She has to keep on telling herself that.
About the past and about the war, once she thinks about them, she can"t stop. The inside of her chest gets all murky. If she had always been alone and had not thought of herself, others, and this world as important. If she didn"t even care about this world, she doesn"t even want to imagine what that murky pitch-black self of hers would do.
Perhaps, in the end, she is just suppressing her hatred. Although Allen and his guards were not the ones who directly partic.i.p.ated, it doesn"t change the fact that the real ringleader is that person. Lyn found herself not being able to go back to sleep after that talk and taking a stroll in the garden. Truly, if that does end up being the case, it"ll be quite an issue.
Allen, she does not wish to harm him, and his guards are all people whom she gets along with quite well. But the knowledge that they all hold the "wind symbol." That they all belong in the same group makes her uneasy. This sort of feeling, she certainly hopes that it disappears soon.
Her thoughts broke off when she spotted maroon colored hair. Kazuya …she spots the sword in his hands. He"s practicing this late? He really works hard. Lyn made her way over to him, "Kazuya, working hard. I see."Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
"Lyn,"he turned to her, " Ah! What are you doing wearing such little clothing! The nights are still cold."
Her sweat dropped, " Don"t be so old fas.h.i.+oned. This is regular nightwear."
"Even if that"s the case, you should still wrap up," Kazuya sighs and wrapped his jacket around her. Truly, he is a kind person, isn"t he? Although his face looks quite scary most of the time, the black-haired girl has always known how kind he is.
Lyn laughs lightly, " It"s warm," she turned to see a tender expression on his face, "Do you always practice so late?"
"Yeah."
Always, so whenever he comes to see her at night, he sneaks off. That doesn"t surprise her, but Lyn didn"t know where he went. So he only snuck off to train, thank goodness. Lyn had different ideas about it initially.