Going to be married to a Mer-man!

After finishing their breakfast, Mr Romanov went to handle some company matters.

Azrael too went out as he had to deal with the investigation about the fake DNA report presented by the Wilsons to their father.

Thinking about how they would soon not be able to stay with each other, Aelia asked her sister, Aylin, "Do you want to go out shopping?"

Aylin too could guess the thoughts behind her sister's request. Besides, she loved to go shopping with Aelia, but usually didn't get much of a chance to go out with her.

Hence, Aylin readily agreed.

After a moment of hesitation, Aelia turned towards Asher and asked, "Your Highness..."

Seeing Asher raise one of his eyebrows, Aelia quickly amended, "Asher, will you too like to go out with us?"

Initially, Asher had planned to return to his hotel, as his personal secretary, Julian had repeatedly advised him not to appear much in public outside Delphia. This was because, they were still not sure about their enemy's identity, nor his whereabouts.

Besides, as the Delphians could not reveal their powers to the public outside Delphia, it would be very difficult to guard Asher or for Asher to retaliate, if the enemy used some unscrupulous means to attack the Crown Prince of Delphia.

Asher, too, was aware of these hidden dangers.

But, how could he refuse his Angel's invitation, when she herself asked him out?

He also thought, 'Now, that some people know that my Aelia will soon become the Crown Princess of Delphia, if she goes out, won't she be in danger too? Then, I might as well accompany her! At least, I'll be able to protect her with my powers, if the enemy uses some unnatural powers to attack her!'

If Julian or the other Council members of Delphia would have known Asher's thoughts, about how he planned to readily reveal his powers to the whole world to ensure the safety of his fiancée, they surely would be speechless.

They would not know whether to praise their Crown Prince for his loyalty to their Crown Princess, or to feel angry at their Crown Prince for turning the entire world upside down to ensure his wife's safety.

Asher army smiled at Aelia and replied, "Sure!"

Aylin was previously excited to go out with her sister, but after hearing that Asher would be joining them on their shopping trip, her excitement increased.

Aylin could not wait to hear more stories about Delphia.

Soon, the three of them went out of the house and approached the car.

Mr Garcia, the chauffeur of the Romanovs family, was already sitting in the driver's seat and was ready to drive them to the shopping plaza.

However, Asher proposed to drive the car himself.

Though Aelia was surprised to see that the Crown Prince of a country like Delphia was himself proposing to be their chauffeur, she readily agreed.

"Uncle Garcia, you can have half a day off for yourself. We won't be needing your services for now!"

Actually, Asher had his own reasons behind wanting to drive the car by himself. He felt more confident of escaping a sudden attack, if he drove the car himself.

Hearing what Aelia said, Mr Garcia quickly got off the car.

Asher opened the door for the passenger seat and asked Aelia to get in.

Seeing this, Mr Garcia could not help but think, 'My young mistress got such an extraordinary man as her fiancé! He not only has extremely attractive looks, but is also so attentive towards the young mistress!'

Mr Garcia dared not look at Asher for too long as, despite Asher's smiling face, he could feel the extraordinary aura of the young man.

After seeing Asher's caring attitude towards her sister, Aylin felt all the more appreciative of this future brother-in-law of hers.

As she saw Aelia getting into the passenger seat, Aylin too quickly got into the back seat.

As Asher drove the car towards the shopping plaza, he would occasionally ask for directions from Aelia.

Aylin asked Asher a lot of questions about Delphians and Delphian culture, and Asher readily answered them.

"So, Simargi and Firebird are real! Then how about dragons? Do they exist too?"

Asher replied, "Anything like a fire breathing monster has yet to be reported in Delphia till now! But, we just got to know that a Simargi does exist..."

Asher glanced at Aelia and continued with a smile, "and possibly a Firebird too! So, who knows maybe a dragon exists too and we just don't know yet!"

Aelia's eyes too sparkled in curiosity. She turned to Asher and asked with a thoughtful look, "Hmm, then what about fairies and mermaids?"

Seeing Aelia's twinkling eyes, Asher really wanted to stop the car and hold his Angel in his arms.

But he gave up on the idea after realizing that Aylin too was present in the car.

He could only sigh to himself and reply to his Angel's question.

"Fairies and mermaids don't exist as such, at least as far as the Delphians know. But..."

Aelia gave a look at Asher that indicated him to quickly go on speaking.

Asher smiled and said, "But the Royal Family of Delphia, the Ivanovs have exceptional physical abilities, which include extreme physical strength and agility, in both land and water.

We also have the ability to see clearly in absolute darkness and stay underwater continuously without breathing air for a long time."

Aelia asked curiously, "How long is this long time?"

Asher replied, "Well, it depends! Some of us can stay underwater longer than others! This also holds for the other physical abilities. Some members of the Ivanov Royal Family have better physical strength and agility than others!

It all depends on how much power they inherited at birth and also on how much intensive training they underwent to improve their control over the powers."

Both Aelia and Aylin listened attentively to what Asher said.

Aelia realised that Asher must have gone through quite intensive training for him to have so much control over his powers, that enabled him to carve out such an intricate and detailed piece of ice rose for her.

Wanting to know more about his powers, Aelia asked, "What are the extent of your specific powers?"

Seeing that his Angel was interested in knowing more about him, Asher replied with a pleased smile.

"Well, as for my physical strength, I can easily lift any amount of weight. I also have the ability to cover about eight hundred miles in an hour on both land and water."

"What about your ability to stay underwater!"

Hearing Aelia's question, Asher replied with a smirk, "As you saw, water is my elemental power. This together with the physical attributes I inherited from the Ivanov family, allows me to stay underwater as long as I want."

Aelia asked with a thoughtful smile, "So, am I going to be married to a Mer-man?"

Hearing this, Asher gave a deep chuckle.

He raised an eyebrow and teased, "Well, I didn't know my Angel had such ideas!"

He winked at Aelia and continued, "Don't worry, we can do such role-plays after we get married!"

Aelia took a moment to realise what Asher was insinuating.

After realizing what he was talking about, Aelia blushed profusely and turned towards the window.