The Exhibition Has Started, But Where Is She?

After a few days, the royal exhibition finally took place in the square of the Kingdom of Castellia. Many people came to see the exhibition including art lovers from various kingdoms. In this event, everyone can come to see what the artists in the kingdom have made.

They praised every work of art that had been made, such as sculptures, typical with very beautiful carvings or perhaps a masterpiece made of wood that has carvings that are so detailed that everyone is so amazed to see it.

Of course this does not go unnoticed by the nobles who will surely come to see the masterpieces. This is where the nobles and commoners will meet each other in the same place.

Including the family of Duke Damanor who will definitely come because one of their family members' paintings is there. But Henry was hesitant to come because of the rumors spread about his beloved daughter.

"How are we going to come if in the end they will see us as someone bad because of the rumors. I also don't want to leave my daughter alone at the mansion when everyone is having fun at the exhibition," said Henry, who was actually a little upset by the rumors and couldn't believe his daughter had done such a bad thing.

"I agree with that, I can't leave Celest alone either. It would look really bad if we left her at a time like this," said Vanessa who was worried about her daughter.

Ever since Lexion told Celestial to go to her room, the woman had shut herself away and did not even join the meal with them. No one was allowed to enter her room except Odette and Roxarion.

That's why they were worried about Celestial and her parents felt that they couldn't leave her alone. However, Roxarion said that he would come to the exhibition together with Celestial. So they could go first together with Eleanor. Given that her paintings were currently being shown at the exhibition.

"Are you sure about that? Then we will go first and make sure Celest is okay. I'm just worried if she has to go and hear all their bad words," said her parents.

Eleanor herself was very happy and proud of what had happened. All those rumors made her name look good because all this time she had never done anything bad to Celestial, but Celestial had done it to her.

That was why now they were starting to pay attention to her and talk bad about Celestial. She felt so happy and she was sure that this was the beginning of her new life filled with many things that she had hoped for a long time.

"I'll make sure Celest is okay. We will catch up when the time comes. You guys go first, because I'm sure the royal family is looking for you too," Roxarion said and then watched his family leave the mansion in a horse-drawn carriage towards the royal square.

The man just silently watched the carriage drive away, then closed the door of the family mansion as if he had a plan to do something that day.

"You may be smiling about your victory right now, but it won't last long."

At the royal exhibition, the royal members witnessed the large number of people who came to see the artists' work. They even came to pay their respects for meeting the royal members.

Meanwhile, Moran continued to look around them for Celestial's whereabouts. He wondered if his fiancée would still come or not.

'I hope she will come and that she will be fine. I won't let anyone say anything bad about her,' he thought worriedly.

Not long after, he saw Duke Damanor's family carriage coming and that made Moran feel relieved. He then walked to the carriage without knowing that his fiancée was not there.

When the doors opened, Henry and Vanessa got off the carriage and saw Moran waiting.

"Prince Moran, it's good to see you again. Where is His and Her Majesty at the moment?"

"My father and mother are in a corner of the exhibition area. They have been waiting for you," Moran replied and then looked towards the carriage hoping that Celestial would get off.

But it was not Celestial he met, but Eleanor who got off and looked at him with a smile on her face. It was as if she was happy to be welcomed by Moran's existence.

She immediately got off the carriage and approached the man even though it was clear that he was not very happy about her presence.

"Good morning Prince Moran. I'm so glad to see you today. Have the art lovers arrived yet? I feel so nervous to talk to them later," she said in a tone that seemed as if he was already very familiar with Moran.

However, Moran looked back at the carriage and asked Eleanor. "Where's Celest? Why isn't she getting off the carriage or maybe she's in another carriage with Lexion and Roxarion?"

Hearing Moran's question, which asked Celestial instead of responding to her words, her smile faded and she felt so annoyed that the man didn't care about what she said.

Instead, he asked about the whereabouts of Celestial, who was clearly not there.

"Celestial didn't come with us. She kept herself locked up in her room after what she did to me. All that bad news must have affected her, I can't deny it but indeed what she did to me was something that made me very disappointed," she replied.

"So you're saying that the rumors about Celestials slapping you are true? I did hear that many of them witnessed it but I can't just believe it."

Eleanor re-acted as before to make Moran believe her.

"Of course it's true, why would they make such a rumor if it didn't really happen? There are many witnesses who saw Celestial slap my face," she replied again.

But Moran knew that Celestial must have had her own reasons for doing so. He knew she disliked violence, and this must have happened because she harbored so much resentment between herself and Eleanor.

It was just that nothing could be done, and the exhibition had begun where Eleanor was called up to the stage to show her paintings that had been brought by Helen. There she was asked to show her painting in front of artists from outside the kingdom.

And if she was lucky, the painting could become a big deal for their kingdom.

"This is a painting made by the adopted daughter of the Duke of Damanor's family. A very beautiful and exquisite painting made wholeheartedly by Lady Eleanor Sophia Damanor," Helen explained to everyone with Eleanor standing on the other side of the painting.

It was a beautiful painting of a night scene with a lake and moonlight that made the reflection on the lake look like a star in the water. Plus, there were beautiful flowers that seemed to glow in the dark.

Everyone was amazed to see it, and praised the painting which Eleanor was so proud of even though it was not purely her idea. Of course, it was Celestial's painting design that she had stolen.

Some of them also talked about the rumors that had been going on, saying that the painting must be the design that many people were talking about.

"No wonder Lady Celestial said that Lady Eleanor stole it. She must have done it on purpose so that Lady Celestia could get such a beautiful painting with her name on it," commented one of the nobles who immediately became a buzz at the exhibition.

Henry and Vanessa felt so upset and disappointed that they were talking about their daughter in the middle of the exhibition especially since there were so many art lovers from outside the kingdom.

Eleanor, on the other hand, was happy to hear it and she hoped that the rumor would be remembered by everyone and continued to be talked about. So that they would know that this painting was hers alone and not Celestial's.

'Right, keep talking about this so that everyone knows that I made it and Celestial is trying to take it away from me,' she thought at that moment before their voices slowly faded away and were replaced by gasps.

She turned her head, seeing a horse ridden by two people walking towards them. And those two people were Roxarion and Celestial. Where Celestial had been carrying a painting canvas in her hand.

"I think I came just in time," she said and was helped off the horse by her brother.

All eyes were on her, plus when Celestial climbed the stage and approached Eleanor who was looking back at her with an unhappy look.

Celestial, on the other hand, showed a smiling face as if she was saying that she would not lose from this. She would show that she was the one who would destroy the bad rumors about her. 'It's time for your bad plans to be ruined, Eleanor.'

"I finished my painting before the exhibition as I said. It may be a little late, but I finished it. A real painting that won't be stolen again."