He/Heroine And My Villainess

HE/HEROINE AND MY VILLAINESS

(RELAPSE)

"Can you set aside your reason and give this moment to me?" Prince Adam mentions.

'But I don't know how to dance!' Alda shouts her thoughts, annoyed as Prince Adam continues from talking.

"I promise this will be the last time I will ask request and bothering you," Prince Adam respond within his trembling voice, not from anger but from sad emotions he felt, and Cathlen heard it.

'Aiyo... this idiot. If I refuse and still don't accept his last request right now, this idiot will break down in front of everyone in the banquet hall. Embarrassing himself because he can't control the torn he feels inside his heart anymore,' Alda thought, continue.

'Aiyooo... this idiot! Okay! Whatever! Let's embarrass ourselves together then!' Alda thought, irritated as she felt a trembling tight grip on her left arm, then she sighs. She holds the hands that grip on her left arm and moves them away from her. Prince Adam felt dejected but then got shocked because Cathlen turned around and looked straight at him.

"I'm not that heartless, come on, let's go," She replies, smiling at Prince Adam while she maintains her body from breaking down in front of him. Prince Adam felt relief and smile back at Cathlen excited as they went to the dance floor, then dance traditional royal dances.

Everyone stares and looks at them full of admiration and surprised while they keep whispering and talking behind their back.

'Aiyooo, this pejorative people!' Alda got annoyed by them, but she didn't look at them because she is busy dancing with Prince Adam. Making herself be on alert not to step into his foot.

After fifteen minutes, they then stop dancing, and a sturdy and beautiful man then approached them in pace.

"Adam, can I talk to you is urgent," Sir Albert mentions, impatient as Prince Adam looks at him, concern. He glances over at Cathlen, who looks at him with no interest at all. He sighs, then nods to Sir Albert's plead.

"Take care of yourself, Lady Cathlen, so long," Prince Adam mentions with a sad tone of voice as he leaves with his cousin Sir Albert. Cathlen then sighs in relief.

"YAS! At last, I'm free!" Alda blurts out, full of happiness, while other people look at her, thinking why she so happy. She clears her throat and walks away from them.

Sir Albert drag Prince Adam away from the noisy place, then took him to the less crowded and less noisy area.

"What is it?" Prince Adam asks.

"Are you out of your mind?" Sir Albert responds with a pressing expression.

"Huh?" Prince Adam looks at him, confused.

"Why you break your engagement to Lady Cathlen?" Sir Albert asks in his anxious voice.

"Why you're so worked up about it? Is my engagement not yours, and Lady Cathlen already told me she didn't love me from the very beginning, that she only does it for the sake of her father's position," Prince Adam answer.

"Are you crazy?" Sir Albert heaves a sigh, then talks again, but before he could utter a word, King Phantrel join their conversation, disturbing his chance to inform Prince Adam of what is going on outside and to the Marquis family.

"Is good to see you again, Prince Albert," King Phantrel mentions with Butler Sed on his side wearing a plain expression. Sir Albert turned to his left side with a startled expression.

"U-uncl-I mean. Greetings to you, your majesty," Sir Albert stutter greeting his uncle, gesturing respect for him.

"Mn, is your father and two older brothers already arrived?" King Phantrel asks.

"No, they haven't arrived yet," Sir Albert answer.

"I see who is your escort to the party today?" King Phantrel asks, curious.

"Is Lady Vendia, your majesty,"

"Oh, where is she now? Why she's not with you?" King Phantrel asks, and Sir Albert's right brow twitches a bit, sensing discomfort in king Phantrel's words.

"She is with her knight because she does not want to join me talking to Prince Adam," Sir Albert responds lies as Prince Adam looks over at him with a surprised expression.

"I see. How come you and Lady Vendia are close?" King Phantrel asks, making Sir Albert gulp and nervous.

"That's because Lady Vendia is his regular customer to his art store father," Prince Adam interfere, seeing his cousin's discomfort expression.

"Oh, what a small world. I didn't know that the Marquis's daughter loves art. I am pretty sure that she is only fond of those replaceable things," King Phantrel mentions, which made Sir Albert a little irritated upon hearing the king's opinion about his friend Lady Vendia, but he didn't show it. Instead, he smiles at King Phantrel.

"I didn't know she loves replaceable things. Thank you for mentioning it to me, your majesty,"

"You welcome. Adam, where is Lady Cathlen?" King Phantrel asks.

"I don't know. We parted ways after we finished dancing," Prince Adam asks as he felt torn emotions coming through him again. Butler Sed saw his uncomfortable expression and touch King Phantrel's left shoulder with his right hand to signal him not to ask a further question related to Lady Cathlen, and King Phantrel receive his signal, then sigh.

"How about you accompany me for a while to greet everyone, hm?" King Phantrel pointed to his son, and Prince Adam gaze at Sir Albert before answering his father's request.

"Do you still have something else to say to me, cousin? Other than your concern about my break engagement towards Lady Cathlen?" Prince Adam asks as Sir Albert looks at him with a wistful smile.

"No, I am done. You can go ahead accompany, uncle," Sir Albert answers, but inside he still has many things he wants to talk to Prince Adam, but King Phantrel is here. So he can only wait for tomorrow.

"All right, please excuse us then. Enjoy the party," Prince Adam responds as Sir Albert nod with a smile, then they leave with his father and Butler Sed to greet the people whose connection to their family and alliance. Sir Albert stays put for two minutes, then walks in through the crowds, and out of nowhere, someone bumps into him so hard that causes him to falls to the floor with a sound thud. Everyone who sees him falls gasp and surprised.

"Ahh... aiyo..." He hisses in pain, caressing his butt, feeling sting pain.

"Sir Albert!" An anxious deep voice calls out to him in shock and worry, then helps him up. Sir Albert then straightens his posture but still feels pain in his butt.

"Are you okay?"

"What do you think, Sir Aloit? Do I look okay?" Sir Albert responds in his uncomfortable tone of voice.

"I'm sorry, I didn't see you. I was in haste," Sir Aloit apologies.

"Why are you in a rush? Where's Lady Vendia?" Sir Albert asks upon seeing Sir Aloit, not with Vendia. Sir Aloit gazes at him for two minutes, then sighs.

"Ha... I lost her when I'm distracted by my trouble thoughts earlier," Sir Aloit answer, and Sir Albert looks at him in disquiet.

"What did you say? How can you be so careless!" Sir Albert's reply with irritation forgot the pain he felt on his butt because of Sir Aloit words.

"Why are you barking at me?"

"Because you made a mistake as a guard!" Sir Albert raises his voice, anxious as he looks at Sir Aloit with a furrowed expression.

"Do you think I am not also worried? I have been yelling and shoving myself through this endless crowd and gigantic hall to search and find her. But there's still no sign of her," Sir Aloit responds, annoyed and concern, making Sir Albert heave a sigh and calm down.

"Okay, let's stop fighting and search for her instead," Sir Albert reply as they then walk through the crowd side by side.

"Do you think the king already knows who killed Sir Alfredo?" Sir Aloit ask which made Sir Albert stop walking and on alert.

"Shh! Why you blurt his name without even thinking?" Sir Albert mentions as he sealed Sir Aloit's mouth with his right hand in haste, which made Sir Aloit startled by his surprise actions. Sir Aloit struggled to speak and respond to him because Sir Albert's right hand has sealed his mouth tight.

"There are so many people here whisper it to me when you mention his name, okay?" Sir Albert added, feeling alarmed as Sir Aloit only nod then he unsealed his mouth. He scans through where they're standing for three minutes, then relaxed after seeing that no one is looking at them.

"Pweh! Give me a heads up when you cover my mouth out of nowhere, okay? My tongue even get contact in your hand is very disgusting, pweh!"

"Okay, I'm sorry. But that is an unexpected situation. So there's no need to make you aware of my actions," Sir Albert replies as Sir Aloit only gives an eye rolled to him.

"So your answer to my question?"

"No, he still doesn't know. Because we spoke fifteen minutes ago, and I didn't sense some changes over to his tone and actions," Sir Albert answer as Sir Aloit nod and sigh in relief.

"That's a relief then,"

"Yeah, now come on. Let's find lady Vendia," Sir Albert mentions as Sir Aloit then nods, and they hurried over to the crown again, searching for Vendia together.

To be continued.