Evelina and Andreas are walking through the garden.
"Why there's so much guards here ?"Evelina asked while standing in front of the 3rd Prince's manor.
"Let's go inside."Andreas ignored her question.
"...."without saying anything she followed Andreas.
Evelina stood in front of a big metal door that is closed from inside.
"why it's closed?" Evelina looked at Andreas.
" The prince always kept it close." Andreas answered.
"Jordan,open the door."Evelina tapped on the door and said in a gentle voice.
After knocking the door for a couple of times, she didn't get any response from the opposite. So she make her voice a little bit louder.
"Who's that?"A voice came inside the chembar as the 3rd Prince sensed an unknown presence.
"Jordan.. It's me.... I'm your sister.Open the door."Evelina smiled.
"SISTER..... HOW'S THIS EVEN POSSIBLE.....As long as I remember, I'm the only child of my mother. I don't have any sister. You're a lier. I won't open the door ."Jordan refused to open it.
"Oh my prince,I mean to say I'm your cousin.please just open the door now."Evelina requested him.
"I'm sorry miss but you've mistaken.... I don't have any cousin either ." Jordan spoke up with a confidence.
"Oh, that's because you were a little boy when I left the capital."she replied with a awkward smile.
"I don't trust you. Just go away and leave me alone. I know , you guys just wanna kill me.... emperor father must have sent you here...go away....or else I'll call the guards."Jordan picked a book from his large library while talking.
Evelina took a deep breath and looked at Andreas with a confusing look...
Andreas tried to suppress his laughter.
"My prince, I'm Andreas. Please open the door....I have someone to meet you..."Andreas called the prince to give him an acknowledgment of his presence.
"Andreas ....!!...You're also here. Then I can open the door. Wait for me."Jordan nodded.
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After waiting some seconds....
"Why he's taking so long." Andreas said as Prince Jordan didn't open the door.
"I've heard something...Break the door... Guards hurry up, inform the royal guards."Evelina began to hit the door along with Andreas as she heard something suspecting on the opposite of the door.
They broke the door within the moment and entered the chember.
"SPECIAL ROYAL GUARDS!! What the hell on earth is happening here. How did they reach inside..... ."Andreas shouted after seeing one of those men stabbing swords upon the prince.
But Evelina hurriedly pulled the Prince and hit them a counter attack with her bare hands.... Andreas freed his sword and took everything in his control...
" The royal guards dared to harm the Prince. How this happened, Andreas... " Evelina shouted.
The Prince was trembling with fear. He ran towards Evelina and hid behind her.
"Arrest everyone..."Andreas screamed while drenching in his own sweat.
If anything would happen to the prince today, he would die of regret for failing his duty.
"Are you okay,my Prince.... Take the Prince out of here. He seems to be scared." Andreas said while fighting with them.
Evelina held the Prince's hand and dragged him outside the chember.
Soon Andreas and other gaurds captured all the criminals.
Jordan couldn't understand what is happening with him as everything occurred so quickly. He only followed Evelina as she pulled him outside.
Evelina stopped walking and stood with the Prince outside the manor with some of their guards. So that she can have an update about the current situation inside the manor.
Jordan came to his senses. But he became nervous as they dragged him outside of his manor. But suddenly he felt something strange and different in his hand. He looked at his hand and saw that a pair of soft thin warm hands griping him tightly. He raised his face and looked at Evelina finally. And his eyes got stuck there...After a long time,he saw a female figure except his mother and the ist Empress. But he couldn't understand why she's giving off an unknown vibe of emotions that he never felt before.
" Are you alright,my Prince?" Evelina asked while breathing fast.
" You're holding my hands." Jordan ignored her question and smiled looking at there holding bond. It is the first time someone touch him so he couldn't suppress his excitement.
Evelina left his wrist as soon as she noticed Jordan's hand in her grip.
"I'm sorry....."
"No.... it's totally okay. You can hold my hands again. I felt good." Jordan extended his hands towards Evelina.
Evelina laughed out while running her fingers over Jordan's head.
"Thanks for saving my life. I thought you are here to kill me.... but it's you who saved me from those evil people..... I'm really thankful.... By the way, what's your name? I've never seen you before...are you new here? Where are you from....? You seem so strong. Are you skilled in martial arts? You're so beautiful. You must be a fairy or angel that the almighty has sent for me. Or maybe you're a Goddess. You've save my life..."the Prince held her hand again even more tightly and spoke nonstop out of enthusiasm.
"You talk too much.... Can you just keep your mouth shut for a while.....Now let's go with me."Evelina took him to the northern pavilion with some guards.
"Yeah, sure....but I think they hurt my arm... it's paining terribly ...."Jordan showed her left arm.
"Oh my gosh!! YOU'RE BLEEDING!!Did they stab you?"Evelina hold her arm.
"Blood? Where? Didn't you just save me....I know God send you for me... You'll protect me.....mmm... How come there's blood....!! IT'S REALLY BLOOD....??"Jordan looked at his arms while talking and suddenly fainted out of the shock after discovering blood on his arm.
Evelina held him in her arm so that he doesn't fall on the ground.
"Guards let's take the Prince to the empress's Pavilion....Come here and carry him.....He has grown up tall I can't keep holding him like this ... and someone called the 2nd empress."Evelina shouted.
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The Physicians are bandaging prince's wounds. Evelina and Andreas standing behind the 2nd Empress keeping their head downward.
"My Grace,our Prince is out of danger. It's a minor cut.We've given him sleeping pills.He'll get well soon."one of the physicians said.
"....."the empress nodded with tearful eyes.
"Attention everyone.My Lord is entering."a servant shouted.
Everyone sat one a obaying style.
"All of you may raise"the Emperor ordered them as he quickly crossed the frontal area of the chembar and rushed towards the bed where Jordan is sleeping.
"How's the condition of my son?"emperor asked impetiencely.
"He's sleeping,my Lord.Thankfully the injuries aren't that deep.....But he fainted out due to fear...."Empress couldn't stop her tears seeing the emperor.
"Your Majesty,we have captured the assissans. We'll torture them to death until they open their mouth.Soon we'll find out who's behind it."Evelina said with a confident.
" My Lord, please pardon me. But I think you should go back to the Central Hall. If Jordan wake up and see you anyhow, he will start panicking. So it's better for you to..." the Empress hesitate to express the full sentence.
" Oh, what is this helplessness that distancing me from my own son...." The Emperor brusted into anger.
"Your Majesty,I think we should go back to the main hall and start the ceremony. the whole capital is celebrating.....if this news leaked outside , it'll be a great mess."Andreas explain with a low voice.
" I don't have any other option anyway. Empress and Evelina, you come with me and Andreas stay here with prince. Take a good care of him."the Emperor ordered them.
"As you wish,my lord."both of them noded.
"I'm not going anywhere. I won't leave my son alone." The empress requested and stayed there.
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In the the Main Central Hall
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"All hail the Emperor!!"
"All hail the Regent!!"
"All hail the ist Prince!!"
"All hail the Ministers!!"
"All hail the northern cheif of Commander!!"
"All hail the southern cheif of Commander!!"
"All hail the Generals"
Everyone shouted and greeted them.
"Thanks to all for coming. Today we're celebrating our 5th winning .All of you know about it.Let the whole capital celebrate on our victory. let's make a toast on both of my Commanders' glory."the emperor raise a cup of wine.
"Thanks my lord.Now I would like to propose another toast. Let's meke a toast to those great soldier who sacrificed their life on the battlefield. We'll always remember those brothers with proud."Evelina raised her cup hiding her sorrow.
"Yeah!! we'll remembered them in every glory."a General sopported Evelina.
"Everyone enjoy."a sound floated everywhere.
All the soldiers and Generals received a lot of gifts, ranks, medels and titles from the Emperor....
The singing and traditional dancing started gorgeously.
After a while
Evelina was siting on a couch and talking with the Regent.
"Eve, Can you please come here for a moment."Andreas called her form the back.
"Gentle men...all of you carry on . I'll be right back."Evelina walk towards Andreas.
"Why you're here... aren't you staying with the Prince? Evelina asked.
"Yes , but he ask me about you and send me to bring you."he replied within a second.
"He woke up already... Okay then I'm going .....You go and investigate those special Royal guards."Evelina left the Hall.
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North Pavilion
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"May I have the permission to enter!!"Evelina asked the empress.
"yeah, sure."empress replied.
" Come here, please. Why did you go away leaving me here !!"Prince Jordan said cheerfully seeing Evelina.
He is sitting on the bed leaning his back with it.
" You two talk ..... I will go and have a look if the medicines are being prepared according to the instructions....Evelina take care of him for a while my dear."the Empress left for another chember to inspect the medicines.
The Prince was staring at her while she was sitting beside him.
"What happen?"Evelina asked after seeing his fascinating and sharp gaze over herself.
"You're really beautiful."Jordan removed his gaze with a shyness.
"Well... Thanks for the compliment...By the way, I heard you've called for me!!" She smiled.
"Oh yeah.I just wanted to express my gratitude towards you...My own father wanted to kill me and even he send his men ....But you've saved me like an angel. You're really an angel to me ." Jordan kept staring at her without blinking.
"But Jordan you've mistaken.... It's not the Emperor.. It's someone else who sent those gaurds to kill you. In fact the Emperor is worried about you."Evelina tried to explain ignoring his fascinating staring.
"How do you know that?"he asked frowning his eyebrows.
"Cause I'm an angel and I know everything."she replied with a smile.
"You have a point. That's actually make a sense. You're an angel... It's obvious for you to know everything...i think I should trust you."Jordan take a breath and smile.
"Smart boy ... .." Evelina teased him.
But Jordan didn't understand her teasing or even blushed with a smile.
"So how's your arm?"Evelina asked.
"It's paining terribly but I don't know why I'm feeling good. I don't know what's going on. But everything seems so pleasing. I've never felt anything like this before. It's so different..."he touched his wound.
" It's because you've stepped outside of your place. That's why you're feeling in this way."
" yeah... Maybe that the reason." Jordan nodded.
"Okay then you take some rest. I'll go first." Evelina stood up .
"Wait where are you going. Don't leave me. If you leave, they will come back again and kill me ....please saty here.I want to talk with you more."Jordan held her hand.
"Okay fine, I'll stay."Evelina seated back.
" you didn't tell me your name yet....." Jordan looked at her.
" Oh ... I'm sorry..... My name's Evelina. Don't you remember me at all. I used to live here long ago. You always stick with me back then ..... Can't you recognise me a bit?"
Jordan looked at her with an observing style and tried to remember. Suddenly his cheerful smile turned lifeless as he recalled the past.
" No....mmmm...I mean..... I don't remember you at all ..." He replaced his pale smile with a bright one.
"Oh, it's a pity....we used to hangout together."
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They talked a lot....the ceremony ended without any obstacles.
Evelina wanted to leave the chember but she don't want to hurt this cute little prince... So she kept staying there until late night.
"Take these medicines."the Empress entered the chember with a bowl of herbal medicine for the 5th time.
Evelina help the Prince to take the medicine.
"These will help you to sleep."the Empress said with a relaxing feature.
"WHAT !! But I don't want to sleep.I want to talk with her more....why did you feed me these ?"Jordan regretted after shallowing the medicine.
"It's okay... it's okay..... I'm here.. I won't go...you can rest assured...mmmm.....now tell me, do you read books?"Evelina tried to keep him busy.
"Yeah I like reading.In fact I've spent most of the time of my life by reading books. I've a big library with rare collections. I'll show you... There's a lot of books. I've antique books...or even a good amount of foreign books from all over the world ...I know six languages..."Jordan fell asleep while talking..
"Oh... finally he fall asleep.... ..my prince... Bye bye..." Evelina kissed on the forehead of Prince Jordan and covered him with a blanket.
She stood up to leave the chembar.
She left with the permission of 2nd Empress.
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To be continued.....