Two carriages left Bozoa royal City that morning. Princess Ellen and lady Catherine rode one. While the other was occupied by the maids and princess Ellen''s belongings.
This situation remained the Princess of a few months back when she got married to the prince, back then she was scared of him and imagined that she would lose her life but now she misses him.
She could not wait to get to Avalo and see him again. As she thought about the prince a small smile rose on her face.
"We should eat," lady Catherine said. Princess Ellen who had her eyes closed opened them and looked at her.
"I can not eat while the carriage is moving, can you tell them to stop for a bit," lady Catherine said when she saw princess Ellen looking at her.
Princess Ellen frown her brows, she had picked up simply meals that good they could eat as they moved. If they wasted time on the road it means the longer she will have to wait to meet the prince but then she could not punish Lady Catherine to stay hungry so she asked them to stop the carriage.
After the carriage came to a stop, the maids arrange the food, prince Ellen sat still and they all started eating. This included the maids and everyone.
Usually, maids that work for noble families will only eat whatever is left on the table but princess Ellen had allowed them to start eating at the same time with her.
Lady Catherine looked at princess Ellen, she could not help but admire her. Her way of doing things did not always follow the unwritten rules.
She could even treate a maid so well if she considered them loyal. This was not a bad thing, after all, it was obvious that both of them could not finish eating the food. If the servant wait till they finish eating what would be left would have turned cold and less enjoyable.
People will naturally be loyal to those who treate them well. Of course, there are those people who will always be greedy for more.
Even the prince Men were impressed by her kindness. Prince Sebastian also eat with them as if it was expected. All the men close to prince Sebastian were not of noble birth, so naturally, he did not have to eat with them.
Just as they were enjoying their meal and the morning sun, they heard the approaching sound of a horse. All the men immediately become alert.
Their hands went to their sword and they looked around to see if they were surrounded. When lady Catherine saw this she become so scared spoon in her hands dropped.
Princess Ellen calmly dropped her spoon. Her hearing was not as sharp as that of Jeffery but the sense of smell was good.
She calmly took deep breaths. When one saw her acting like this they will conclude that she was trying to calm herself down. The morning air in the woods was calm and sweet. After taking a few breaths and did not get any disturbing she opened her eyes and continue to eat.
She was sure that one or two people at most were close by. If they were more the air would have been affected.
Seeing her act like this, the prince''s men were shocked. If she was eating her food at a faster or slower pace, they would have thought she was trying to calm herself, but she was eating calmly and elegantly like everything happening is expected.
If they did not notice her looking around and taking deep breaths moments ago, they would have thought she was ignorant of the danger.
A few moments later a man enters their line of sight. From the way he boldly rode his horse to their circle it was clear he was there to cause trouble.
Dark eyes looked around. When he first heard movement on this part he had thought that it was just a small group of bandits, so he had ridden over, hoping to entice them with gold coin. No matter what they will be interested in this one job that could get them gold could. He thought he could use them to get rid of the two men that has been following him all night but when he saw the appearance of the men he knew he was wrong.
These were the prince''s men. He could find a random excuse and leave but seeing that he had bashed into their he doubt the men let him go. So he decided to face them head-on.
Especially after his eyes landed on the fair figure eating as if all that was going around had nothing to do with her.
Jeffery, who stood at the corner Recognized Dark at once. They have been looking for this man for some time. Who knew he will ride into them just like that. Jeffery did not know that the man who tried want to kidnap the princess, by supporting Prince Craig and the man the prince had asked him to find since Eva climbed to his bed and tried to seduce him was the same.
"Do you come in peace or for war?" One was the one that spooks.
Dark looked at the four men, he knew he could not beat these four men if they came to him together but as a man of war, he could not coward back.
"It''s up to you, you have something that I want. If you hand it over peacefully then everything will be fine," Dark said. His voice was firm as though his words were law.
When the men heard this they were vexed. Since when could one man challenge them so openly. One of them was enough to kill this man. Before any of them could react Jeffery spoke.
"If we really have something that belongs to you we would give it. What is it you want?" He asked.
When One and the rest heard Jeffery they were surprised. ''Could it be that the man was of some importance?. How did they not know him if that is the case?''
Dark was stunned when he heard the polite way Jeffery has spoke to him. He concluded that Jeffrey must have mistaken him for someone important. So he becomes even more confident.
"Her," He boldly pointed his hand at princess Ellen. When Princess Ellen heard this she turned her body to the side and looked at him. She was sure that she has never seen the person before.
"She is a person, not a thing!" One was angry. He did not know when he began to think so highly of the princess.
Princess Ellen studies the man for some time and continues eating. When lady Cathrine saw her reaction she was surprised. How can she act like it was nothing? What if Jeffery really gave her up?
"What?" Princess Ellen asked seeing that Lady Catherine will not stop looking at her.