CHAPTER 6: Vera distressed

riding home in a carriage with a swollen cheek after a romantic date with the king is not the least expected to ever happen to me. probably vera gonna keep saying 'I told you so, I told you so'.

man... that king is such a walking red flag, I mean the age difference between king and valerian is already disturbing. How old is she again....?

"hey ellie, how old am I"

"pardon" said by Ellie in confusion

"How old am I"

"well, you are 27" 

"How about the king?"

"the king is about 48, my lady, why do you ask this question?"

"oh its just nothing"

so the king and valerian have a 21 years age gap. hmm.... well this is kind a normal in real life especially if the man is super rich. at least she is not a minor or else he would be label as a pedophile, which he already is because of Lyca. in the book they fell in love when lyca was 17 and the king was 50. this also means that I have 2 years to stop their love affair, hmmmm..... 

"you really are in deep thought, my lady" said by ellie

"oh sorry" i said

"my lady, does your cheek still hurt?"

"well, it still stings a little"

"my lady, I am sorry that I wasn't there for you. if only they would allow me to enter that garden. maybe I can stop him"

"oh it is not your fault, ellie. he was just an asshole"

"my lady, what does asshole mean?"

Oh I forgot, that term did not yet exist here: "a man with a small penis but a huge ego" 

*gasp "my lady, you have seen his private part?"

"no no no, that's not what I mean--"

"I guess my husband is also an asshole" 

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA", damn I never knew Ellie could have a sense of humor.

"hey ellie, how old are you when you got married"

"let me see, I am 25 and my husband and I have been married for 9 years" 

"Ellie so you got married at the age of 16?, is that supposed to be legal?"

"my lady, it is the appropriate age to get married, in fact I know a lot of girls who are younger than me."

wait... valerian is 27, why isn't she married yet?. I should ask Ellie about this

"ellie last question, why am I not married yet. I mean before this whole engagement thing. why am I not married at that age"

"why are you asking me this, my lady. from what I know, you opposed every courtship from every man in the kingdom since you were 14"

"wait what?, how many they were?"

"well, I don't know. there were so many, You were very popular because you have a unique beauty. they called you the "porcelain beauty" . at first, I thought you had plan to become a nun, but here you are, finally engaged. Congratulations, my lady"

So Valerian declined every proposal that was given to her, why though?. not only that but she waited until the king proposed to her. was she really in love with the king or did she have something in mind?

"my lady, we have arrived at the estate"

as the carriage places itself at the entrance of the manor, I can see Vera is waiting in front of the manor with both of his hands crossed at his chest with his foot agitated. although he put up a poker face but his body language speaks volumes. I guess he must me be worried. 

when the door of my carriage open he bounce his way to me, grabbing my hand before the footman say "so how it go?, did he agree?".

then I lifted my hair to show the swollen cheek, and I saw his eyes dilated as his poker facelifted and showed a shocking expression. then he placed his hands on my cheek and say "did he do this to you?" with a furious expression 

"no, no, no, he didn't. I'm the one who did it to mysel--". man that was a stupid response and I can see from him that he sees it through.

he then walks off from me and towards the carriage and say to the footman "bring me to that bastard!."

I know Vera is overly protected, but this might get him in danger, so I jump toward him and hug him tightly, making sure he does not let go of my grasp. then I said "vera, stop please calm down!"

"that bastard hurt you, and I'm not just gonna let him get away with it" 

"please just calm down, just be here with me please" as I said this word, my eyes begins to teared up. I know if he see me like this maybe he would understand.

"Please, vera, I need you" he then shrugs his anger. then he say "Coach, place the carriage on the mews.". I let go of my hands as he faced me in front. He simply wrapped his arms around my waist and apologized 

a moment past then I said to him "Well..... I guess the wedding is going to go on then, heh."

"I know this would happen, he is not a man who you can just say no to"

"There is also another thing I have to add. the wedding is in 3 days." As I say this, his eyes pops widen open. then he places his hands around his eyebrows and says "you got to be joking"

"well, he is going to war with the gilvec empire. so he wants the wedding to be as soon as possible."

"I hope he dies in that war." 

"Hey, I was thinking the same thing." we both laugh as we head inside the manor.