His Witch Queen - Chapter 104

“I will try my best, Lady Aura.”

“I expect the same from you, Princess.”

With this, lady Aura took her to leave saying that she can stay for a bit more, while she retarded to the cart. Giving a small nod, Princess had easily accepted while clutching the book closely to herself.

A thick yet complicated look had plastered on her lips, with her lips parting but no voice coming out. ‘She seemed emotional..’ that’s what she easily concluded after seeing her so persistent and actually go and look for Cyrus. As if, her attachment to Cyrus was even deeper than that of Lady Ashley.

Yet the tinge of unhappiness was still visible.

Lowering her eyelids, she didn’t respond to anyone before Alice walked on the other corner of the library and there, saw a shelf. While her gaze was fixed to the one specific book, her mind currently battled with the different emotions.

However, no one can deny that her mind was already bursting with the crackers inside them.

Without delay in her actions, Princess Alice raised her hand to take out another book for the shelf.

THE CAVES OF WITCHES!

She had no idea if it was simply her brain playing games with her or as well as her own self. There were doubts arousing but more than that, Alice’s eyes weren’t able to tear her gaze off from that name of the title. ‘I need to take these two..’

With this thought revolving around her brain, Alice simply walked to the counter where an old lady was sitting with her spectacles. Paying a few silver coins, Alice had successfully brought the two books along with her and asked the coachman to keep them in with the other materials. It didn’t catch anyone’s eyes and she was finally relieved.

After coming back to the castle, it was Alice who had taken the step ahead to greet and take the final leave of Lady Aura who had taken the time out for the day to spend with her.

It was already enough for her since she felt that lady Aura had specifically mentioned to her that she should progress for Cyrus and for her kingdom.

In the deep of her mind, she had several times realized that things weren’t as simple as they appeared to her. Moreover, with the growing tension in the Empire, she had already sensed that things weren’t coming out between others too.

Going straight to her own chamber, Alice had already changed into the original dress as that of the castle. It was Marie and Isa who helped her in the changing process, while they helped her to wear the rest of the jewelry again.

“How was your day out in the market, Princess Alice?” It was Isa who was questioned, to which Alice smiled,  “It was wonderful. I got to see Stiffen Kingdoms’ various options and the works they do.”

“It is beautiful. One of the most hustle-bustled towns in the entire Empire, Princess.” Marie told while she pinned up the lace that was being attached to her hair.

Once again, she was ready in her original wear and all thanks to these maids.

Since Alice intended to take some personal time, she had asked her maids to retard back to their other chores. Following her orders, they had silently left after which Alice turned her eyes on the books she had bought.

Her things were kept on the bed of hers, where she took a few steps. Taking the book of the vampires as well as the Witches into her hands, she caressed it with the emotions floating inside her brain.

‘Who knows why I brought this Witch book..’

But as if, she is interested..as if, her own heart’s craving to know more about both creatures. And the thought once again entered into her brain. ‘You and Cyrus have chances of mating…’ was this true?

There was no guarantee of the same and it rose bubbles inside her stomach. She was seriously doubtful since no tales have told this in their books.

But since Cyrus was different from the rest of the vampires, so was she…so were there slight possibilities that they might consider?

Without further due, Alice had simply gone straight to her own side of the bed and started to read whatever was written in the book. The first book she chose was that of the arts while keeping the witch book inside the drawer beside her bed.

Going through a few pages, the slight thing she caught was how vampire tales were as old as them.

However, these vampires were already made out of them. Some corrupt people and experiments in the past have actually made these creatures who grew over a period of time.

But soon, the sun went down in the sky and the moon rose. Similarly, all the lamps were listed in the corridors of the castle and the entire room.

Yet Princess Alice was keenly focused on her book without even baiting anyone an eye. She wasn’t interested in the entire world, with her own naive cautiousness about what was happening around her.

There was the door opened, which finally pulled her out from the daze, to lift her eyes and find her husband. “You are back..early today.”

“This is the usual time at which I get free, Princess. Last night was the exception.” Cyrus told in his husky yet heavy voice.

He simply walked inside the chamber and finally closed the door behind him.

Instead of coming anywhere near, he straightaway went to the nearby couch to sit there and remove his armor. Meanwhile, Princess Alice only observed his movements, to bring a frown on her forehead. ‘Why do I feel that he’s hiding something?’

His actions were cautious and kind of disrupted her mind. Yet keeping those instincts aside, Alice simply stood on her feet again and then went to the other side of the room.

From there, she brought the sword into her hand before she turned around to walk closer to Cyrus, who hadn’t even spared her any glance.

Not giving it much of her thoughts, Alice silently walked closer to him. There, she lowered her eyes to look at Cyrus, before parting her lips, “Cyrus..I have something for you.”

“Hmm?” her voice made him lift his head to stare into her direction, “What do you have?”

From behind herself, Alice pulled the sword out that was already in its place. She had placed it steadily on both of her palms, presenting it to him.

After having the chance that she had something, Cyrus immediately stood on his toes to look at the swore with her hand. “This…”

“I went to the local town with Lady Aura. From there, I brought this for you. T-take it…as a gift from…my side for having breakfast with me…” Only Alice knew how much her cheeks burnt red while muttering those words.

With her eyelids lowered, Alice had finally blinked twice to continue, “My eyes fell on this sword so I thought of buying this for you. If you don’t like I can keep it with mys-”

“Who said that I didn’t like it, Princess?” Crowned prince Cyrus asked with the husky voice, entering her brain.

She gulped the saliva with hesitation, to shake her head. “I thought that most of your swords must be customized so..”

“But this is the first thing my wife bought for me so I will definitely keep this close to me.” While saying these words, Cyrus had taken the sword from her hand to wrap his hands around the stern and had a heavy sword.

At this point, Cyrus felt that the sword wasn’t only made of stainless steel but also of the heavy tine material. The grip over its armor was heavy, to begin with, with a faint mark already carved on his lips. “Shall I say that your eyes are very sharp, my wife?”

“W-what do you mean?”

“You brought such a unique piece of the Sword. I can imagine that you must have checked it there only, to know if it holds the quality of fighting or not..” Cyrus’s comment made her lips turn into a straight line.

But then, a blush had crept on her cheeks to give him a nod.

She had learned swordsmanship in her life too. Due to the same skills, Alice could easily tell if one sword was good enough or the dangerous fights or not. The thickness and her gown gaze had first of all looked like these features the same before paying for it.

“I hope Crowned Prince Cyrus will use it on his own time.”

“I will. Thank you for this…” He told her happily when he had kept the sword along with his other sword which he usually carries. Seeing him not neglecting it, made her heart bloom but held down her excitement.

Somewhat, his actions weren’t getting her excitement to reach its peak. Either it was his aura, or something gave her than that, hard to die in her eyes.

But it was strange, and not letting Alice rest in peace so Alice didn’t leave the move to even ask him, “Prince Cyrus, may I know, are you alright..is there anything you need to converse about?”

Initially, Prince Cyrus didn’t utter a single word. He had carried out his routine work, like removing his shoes, and his clothes but then when he had found her lingering eyes on him, he had given him a wild guess.

A soft sigh escaped his lips to finally ask her with uneasiness, “Princess Alice..I have something to talk to you about….and this is personal.”