Peace Offering To The Cursed Prince

Prince Sébastien quarter. 

After dressing up, prince Sébastien decided not to make the servant in his Quarter take an oath to protect his wife. He decided to use them all as bait to find out who was trying to stop his wife from given birth. 

He asked Jeffery to arrange a clean chamber for lady Catherine. This came as a surprise to Jeffery. First, the prince did not hurt the princess for walking into his room without permission. Also, he noticed that the prince's mood improved after the princess's visit. So much that he decided to cancel the meeting he called and even wanted to give lady Catherine a clear chamber.

Usually, since lady Catherine was coming to the quarter to serve as a maid, the prince did not need to bother about getting her a clean chamber. A private one too. Lady Catherine would have shared the general maid room. 

"What charm does the princess use, " Jeffery wondered as he went out to carry out the prince's instruction. He was still on his way when he found out the princess was moving her thing into the prince's chambers.

Jeffery could not wrap his head around this information. He knew that it was normal for a husband and wife to share a chamber, he never just thought that the prince will want to share his chamber with a woman someday. 

Not just Jeffery, the entire workers in the quarter could not stop whispered around themselves. It was indeed a surprise. 

Meanwhile, Prince Sébastien was happily eating his breakfast with his sunshine unaware of the commotion his little action has caused. If he had known that marrying her would give him so much happiness, then he would have held even a more grand wedding.

Wait it is not too late to hold one. The Royale ball his father had held to welcome her was ruined because of Julia. The prince felt sad, he was thinking of what he could do to cheer his wife up when eight entered with a message in his hand. 

"A message from Bozoa, your highness," Eight announced looking at the seal on the message. Princess Ellen looked up at Eight hearing his words. Her heart raced as she fear what could be in the letter.

She was well aware that a message will only come from her kingdom if something happened to her father. She tightens her grip on her spoon to compose herself. 

Even prince Sébastien was surprised by the message. He took a short glance at his wife. Although her face looked indifferent, he noticed her hold on the spoon. 

"Who is it addressed to?" prince Sébastien turned to look at Eight.

"you, your highness," Eight bowed his head as he handed over the message to the prince. Prince Sébastien frown his brows but accepted the paper. He hated that such a message had come to ruin his sweat breakfast with his sunshine.

Prince Sébastien immediately broke the seal and read the message. It was an invitation to the coronation of the crown prince of Bozoa in the next fourteen days. 

According to custom, a prince would be crowned the crown prince at the age of sixteen. It was that day that the prince will carry out various rituals and at night, a royal ball would be held to celebrate him. 

Invitations like this were normal since the two kingdoms were now allies. It did not matter if Sébastien honor the invitation or not. This was just sent for courtesy. 

Sébastien handed over the message to his wife who quickly dropped her spoon and collected it. She had been looking at the prince's face to see if she could guess what the message said but that was impossible since he had his mask on.

Princess Ellen breath a sigh of relief seeing that it was only but an invitation but she did not feel happy. Her brother Richard was the one who ought to be crown but now he was unknown. She wondered if she made the right decision keeping his identity a secret. 

Prince Sébastien looked at her and notice the sadness in her eyes. He heard Ellen's relationship with her siblings was good, so he felt that she was feeling sad because she would be unable to attend.

"if it is that important to you, we can go," prince Sébastien said. He could not bear to see his sunshine sad.

Princess Ellen paused. She did not want to attend. Hell, she would only feel guilty but again this was an opportunity to see her father and brother. She had missed them so much. So she nodded her head. 

She was not sure when an opportunity like that will present itself especially with the war going on. She did not know If the prince had any other reason for wanting to go to her kingdom but she knew that her refusal would not stop him if he really wanted to. 

Prince Sébastien felt satisfied, seeing that princess Ellen did not deny her wish to go. This for him felt like she was learning to trust him. 

Prince Sébastien already knew that the princess always act carefully around him.

After breakfast, prince Sebastian decided to find the king and discuss the matter with him. Prince Sébastien did not care if the king would agree or not, he would still do what he wanted to do. 

When he got to the Palace the king was not seated on his throne, so he want to look for him in his study. He was sure his father would be dealing with kingdom issues. 

Prince Sébastien knocked and pushed the door open without waiting for the king's permission.

"How rude," king Roderick said in a cold voice. King Roderick could not understand why he never liked this son of his. He still remembers that the feeling started from the day he was born.

When he had carried his firstborn son, he felt like a knife was hanging on his neck. Unlike Julia who had given him peace. He still remembers the difference in their face that day. 

Sébastien had continued to cry, while Julia stay calm and peaceful. Also, Julia looked a lot like him, why Sébastien had looked like king Roderick's late father. 

King Roderick, did not notice that this child was not his, because prince Edward had looked a lot like their father. So when he held prince Sébastien as a baby he concluded that he had chosen to look like his father. Prince Sébastien not being his son is what king Roderick would never think about. After all, the Oracle of fatality already confirmed this. 

"What do you want?" King Roderick asked as he shook the thought off his mind.