novelxo Chapter 17
17 It 's what she wants Alessandro read the books that the princess had mentioned to him, after reading them he understood many things about the princess's personality and at that moment he realized why the butler had acted a little strange when he had given him the books.
He looked at his hand, the night before he had made sure to give himself a deep wound, however, that morning the wound was barely visible.
He wanted to check tonight if his wound disappeared completely and then depending on the result he would find out what kind of magic the princess possessed since was not detected by the sphere of power.
April had eaten her fill, then she had returned to her small house in the farthest part of the palace, when she arrived she was surprised to see Cassian, he asked her.
_Where have you been? _I was in the palace, from now on I will have to sleep in the king's chambers.
_ Because? _His majesty has said that I must give him an heir, it seems that soon I will have to leave this house that for some time I was able to call home.
_ My brother wants a child of yours? _I am his majesty's wife, even if it may not seem like it, my duty is to give birth to his majesty's son and even if he does not like it, he is aware that it is also his duty.
_ Did my brother do something to you? _...? _What I mean is, did he try to attack you like he did in the temple? _No, he didn't.
_My brother is not a bad man, that day he was upset, don't hate him.
_I understand your majesty's reaction, you must have thought that my father had deceived you by sending an impostor, but that is not the case.
April showed a sad expression on her face, Cassian handed her a basket and said.
_I brought this to you.
April opened the box, inside were several delicious looking desserts, although she had just eaten, it immediately aroused her appetite and said.
_Thank you so much.
April entered the house and a few minutes later she came out with a blanket and the little fox that she held as a pet in her arms.
_It's a beautiful day today, let's have a picnic.
April put the little fox on the ground and carried the rest in her arms.
Cassian followed her to the shade of a large tree.
She spread the blanket on the ground and then sat down.
_Come on, sit down.
Cassian hesitated for a moment since it was going to be very difficult for him to stand up afterwards, but the princess kept insisting until he agreed and sat down next to her.
April took a cake out of the basket, gave one to Cassian and another to her pet, then took another for herself and after tasting it she said.
_This is delicious, thank you very much for sharing something so delicious with me, you are very kind.
_I don't think you're a nice person, when I met you I attacked you.
_That's true, but you haven't attacked me for a while, you even defended me from your brother in the temple, that was the first time someone was kind to me, I will never forget it, I will always be grateful for that.
_ Can I ask you a question? _Of course.
_What was your life like in the kingdom of Laios? _When I was little I was very sickly, my father hated that but he thought that my magic power would make up for my lack of health, however that was not the case as you could realize, I do not possess magic, when my father found out about that he became furious and sent me to an abandoned palace in the most remote part of the castle, I had no servants and sometimes I didn't even have food, but somehow I survived, my father is a man who values
power, for him someone like me is just trash, when he sent me here, my father's last words were: May the light of Airón be with you.
That is a death wish, it means that death comes to visit you soon, in short my father thought he would die at the hands of his majesty, that is what he wished for.
_I'm sorry.
_ Why are you apologizing? _Despite having had a difficult life here, you have had to go through the same thing.
April shook her head.
_It's not true, my life here has been much better, if I were still in that place I might already be dead, I'm grateful for what I have.
Cassian felt bad, he knew that the princess had been ignored and sent to the farthest part of the castle where she had received nothing, not even a decent meal, they had treated her the same way King Venobich had done.
That day the two stayed for a long time under that big tree, Cassian returned to the palace when the pain in his leg disappeared again, he went straight to his brother's office, he stood in front of the door for a few minutes, one of the guards who were stationed at the door asked.
_ Is your majesty not planning to come in? _Cassian knocked on the door with his knuckles and from inside a voice allowed him to enter, Cassian seeing that his brother was with his assistant.
_Hello brother, am I interrupting? _No, sit down, I'll ask for tea to be brought to us.
The king's attendant left and shortly after a maid brought them tea and cakes, while they were drinking the tea Alessandro asked.
_What's wrong, brother? Since you arrived, it seems as if you want to tell me something.
_I heard that the princess will sleep in the palace from now on.
_That's right, they're pressuring me to have an heir.
_Lessan, why don't you allow the princess to live in the palace again? _I had already ordered her to do so before, but she refused, with tears in her eyes she begged me to let her continue living in that small house in the farthest part of the castle, she does not want to live in the palace again.
_But she has no one to take care of her.
_Because she doesn't want to, she ran away all the maids I sent, she wants to be alone brother, so don't get the wrong idea about why she continues living in that small house that looks like a cage, it's because she wants to.