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"Elin, would you like to have some tea with us?" Elin looked up from her book to find Noah smiling down at her. “Sure, I was thinking of having some when I got back to my room anyway,” She told him as she stood up and headed outside with him,“Great, the others would be glad. Louis tries to hide it but he was excited about spending more time with you,” Noah said and Elinor looked at him surprised.“If you’re the one saying this then it must be true,” She said and Noah gave her a smile.There was a reason he was telling her this. Noah would never reveal something personal about anyone. He was always careful about keeping secrets close to his heart.One part of the reason is that he was simply a noble and honest person, the other was to keep his abilities under wrap unless he absolutely had to reveal them.Which was why she was surprised when she realized Azeph and Will knew."Where are the others?" she asked deciding to close the subject for now," They went ahead to the greenhouse. t
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Elinor was walking with Alan and Azeph as they insisted on taking her to the dormitories. The others had scattered about each one having something to take care of. By the time they reached that place, Elinor wondered if this wasn’t one of the best plans to fuel the rumors about her and Azeph. This was probably why Will had insisted on taking Noah with him on an errand.And why Louis had suddenly remembered a book he’d wanted from the library. Suddenly she felt grateful for Alan who didn’t ride along with their plans.The dormitory had front gardens, which you had to pass through in order to enter the building. Those gardens were littered with tables where female students were having afternoon tea. As soon as they got there all the eyes fell on them.She felt Azeph standing a bit closer to her, while Alan took a step away from her side. When she looked at him, his eyes were on a retreating figure that was practically running toward the doors. Interesting…“Alan, is everything okay?” S
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“It seems like today had been on your favor again, Elinor,” Louis’ minion said as he approached her as she was walking down the hallway,“Markus, great arguments out there. It was an interesting debate,” She said with a small smile,“I can see that royal education is on another level compared to us. You’re a decent politician,” He admitted,“Thank you very much, I simply did my best,” Elinor responded as she kept walking and trying to hide her amusement.Earlier they had a debate, something that he had probably requested privately from the professor. It seemed like he wanted to show her that she wasn’t up to their standards or something like that. The man didn’t seem to learn his lessons, which proved to her that he would be a useless pawn to use. He would be more problematic than helpful.“Although I may be a bit undereducated compared to a previous royal princess. Lord Louis is a whole different thing. I’m pretty sure that he would make a worthy opponent,” He added.She ignored the “
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Azeph kept flipping thepugh the samples as if nothing happened. But the other three students who were doing their best to ignore her presence froze and looked at her.Did people expect her to break down in tears every time they mentioned Nick?“ He would've hated it,” she said with a small smile.“ The color or the ball?” Azeph asked“ Both, he used to say that white isn’t a color,” she answered, “ The royal aides had a hard time cornering him into arranging events like this. They often came to Louis and I for help. Which is why I know quite a bit about preparing things like this.”“When you talk like this, he sounds like an ordinary person, like all of us,” Stella finally said and Elinor smiled.“ That’s because he was. Although he would’ve made a perfect ruler,” She added Looking up she found everyone’s attention on her. This happened every time she talked about Nick. The love of his people was apparent theough their eyes ecery time someone talked about him. Even this ball theme, it
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"You think?" Elinor asked raising one eyebrow at Stella. "Yes, I think," Repeated confidently, "They might tell you something you don't know," She added and Elinor sighed. "I will. Of course, I will hear them out, " Elinor said, "But they have to realize how to do this if they want to be heard out." She added, "I know they overstepped. No matter their situation, as nobles they should know better than to act rashly. But I think they probably realize that by now," She said, "It's unlike you to stand by someone like this. Is it personal?" Elinor asked, "I wonder..." She said, "I guess I could relate to what was happening and thought I would give helping them a shot since the one who can do that is my new acquaintance," Elinor laughed and Stella smiled, "By the way how are things proceeding?" She asked her "I think we will be done ahead of schedule with the new help we got." She told her. "After ordering everything we need today, all we need to do is check the tableware and the me
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"Morning." Will greeted Azeph from behind as he stood at the top of the hill leading to the academy."what are you looking at?"Azeph looked at his friend who was standing there flushed and energetic despite the morning chill. He had clearly been practicing with his horse since tge early hours of the day.Will’s good mood was always more apparent after spending time with the horses."Nothing in particular, I was just watching the morning crowd" he responded breezily.“So many people taking the same path toward the same destination, yet in the end, none of them really share the same reasons."Does that mean that the path he’s taking right now could end in a different direction than the one he wants it to?He knew that was true. Which is why he had been thinking about it for a while now"Every person is shaped with what they experienced in life, so it's only natural that they don't take the same decisions even if they share the same road,” Will said eying the students heading into the a
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Elin stood there looking at the row of samples before her.“ did we finish ordering everything we need?” Noah asked her as he came by her side to check on her.“Yes, I think we did. Thanks for your help, I wouldn’t’ have been able to do it without you,” she told him.“It’s okay. I wish you would’ve told me earlier, I would’ve helped with more than flower arrangements and color matching,” he told her gently.“ I know, it’s just that this place was getting a bit too crowded for you around here. This is the only time I could find when there are no people around,”Noah’s tendency to avoid crowds was due to his affinity to how others feel and think. She had no logical explanation to what Noah was capable of, but it seemed like he was able to read people’s hearts and understand how they feel. Both from close distances and upon close contact.He rarely ever touches people without knowing them first and getting a feel of their minds. Because sometimes, people’s inner thought had the ability to
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"I'm not going to become the queen," Elinor told Stella who's eyes widened in shock,"Do you mean that it has already been decided?" She asked, "Louis is going to be the successor?""No, the king hasn't made his decision yet," Elinor said"Then why do you think that?""I don't think, I know," Elinor told her, "The path I decided to take from now on is tricky. I will be making some dangerous decisions and probably a lot of sacrifices that will be costing me more than my position. Which is why I'm not going to help you personaly. I will have a trusted person request your admission to the class in case I have to go down. Then you won't have to go down with me. So If you're agreeing to this because I might become the queen one day, you should forget about it. I want you to be my companion and help me with my mission as long as I'm here. It won't be something dangerous, but you will have to stay on guard and be smart all the time because our opponent is that smart and cunning. If you agree
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The sun shone through the cathedral’s colored glass window as Elinor knelt before her uncle and he put the crown on her head.Before she knew it, she was reciting the pledge that she had known by heart since she was a young girl running around the castle walls with her cousins.She was no longer that young girl. Nor was she the fiancé of the future king or the daughter of the duke. She wasn’t someone’s daughter or their wife or sister. She was her own person. She was the future queen. The person who was going to stand at the top of this country and lead it into a new future.“Hail to the crown princess!” Said her uncle as he stepped back to let her stand up and turn around.Elinor looked down at the crowd to find it filled with familiar faces. Unlike the last time she stood there with Nicolas by her side, she didn’t feel remotely as alone as she felt back then.In contrary, she felt like no matter what path she took, she would never be alone because there are always going to be peopl
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“Azeph! Calm down!” Will said taking his arm and pulling him back.Azeph wanted to shake his friend’s arm away but he took a deep breath instead and closed his eyes down trying hard to compose himself.“Call the guards,” He said again this time his voice more calm and collected.Louis sighed and nodded toward Alan who left the room looking for the guards.“We’re going to need a doctor for Noah,” Azeph finally said leaning against the bed and checking on Noah who was still unconscious,“It must have been a hard blow,” He said with a worried glance toward Louis who nodded.“If you promise that you’re under control I will go call for a doctor for Noah. We need him to wake up and tell us what happened anyway since those knights clearly don’t know what’s going on,” Louis answered,“I am under control,” he told Louis who nodded and left the room quietly.Azeph looked around the room. There was no sign of struggle and Noah was on the ground near the chair he must have been using to sit by El
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Azeph leaned down in the bed pressing a kiss to Elinor’s forehead. He watched her sleep peacefully for a moment before making his way out of the room to find the guys waiting for him.“Ready?” He asked them. And they all nodded with determination.“I am counting on you,” He told them.He made his way down the stairs as they followed him. Once he was outside he mounted his horse and galloped out of there followed by Will, Louis and Alan.Noah had chosen to stay there and keep Elinor company until she woke up while Stella was still away dealing with the students at the academy.He said that he had a bad feeling since all this started and insisted on remaining by her side and Azeph agreed appointing some guards to them to make sure that they both remained safe.Lloyd went to the artisan’s workshop before them and was supposed to assert the situation by the time they got there.At the entrance of the academy, they found a car ready for them as the captain had promised and they abandoned t
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After that Azeph left the security team’s central building and made his way back toward the residence. By now, Louis must be done spreading out word of Elinor’s poisoning and the Academy must be greatly disrupted and shaken.The perfect opportunity to look for the culprit. As soon as he got there he found Noah and Alan waiting for his return.“Did you find something out?” Noah asked him and Azeph shook his head.“I want you to head down there and help Will look through the records for anything that might catch your attention.” He told Noah and he nodded.“Of course! Stella is waiting for Louis to come back so that she can start her investigation,” He added.“Stella is the best when it comes to gathering information. But we have someone much better than her. I sent him to look into things too,” He said,“Why don’t you go help Stella with her investigation. You might find something useful. Ask Daisy to discretely help you too, you and Stella will stand out if you ask too many questions,
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Azeph stepped out of the residence that was reserved for Elinor and made his way toward the one place he needed to make sure of first before anything else. The record room.The security within the Royal academy’s grounds was well maintained by a group of thorough and competent security experts who were trained at the capital. They were as good as royal knights when it came to their combat ability and some of them even used to be knights at the royal guard but decided to leave for this job because it held less stress and political issues.Azeph knew some of those knights but the person he knew the most was their commander. The man who was leading security system at the academy was no one other than Azeph’s instructor, the man who thought him everything from how to hold a sword to how to become a swordsman.“Are you going to see Captain Hugh?” Will asked and Azeph nodded silently.Captain Hugh was a strong man. Just plain strong and the perfect image of a leader ready to go into a battl
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Elinor slowly opened her eyes to the sunlight. She slowly moved her body wincing when she realized that her sore muscles and organs were not ready for her to move yet.But the excruciating pain that felt as if she was being ripped apart fro the inside out wasn’t there anymore. She was going to be okay. She was going to live.“You’re awake…” Said someone from her bedside and she turned her head around to find herself looking at her with concern in his eyes.“Louis….” She whispered her voice croaked and her words coming out heavy on her tongue.“Are you feeling any better?” He asked“Much better,” she answered with a soft smile and he nodded looking deep in thoughts.“Did something happen? Where’s Azeph?” She asked immediately noting the lack of presence of the one person she wanted to see the most.“He’s still outside looking into your case. He went out as soon as he made sure that the antidote was working last night. He had been investigating since then and now he’s looking into thing
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Pain… So much pain. It hurt everywhere. It hurt to breath, it hurt to move, it hurt to even be alive.How long did she have to wait for the pain to stop? How long will this go on. Why was her body hurting so much that she felt like she was being ripped apart from inside out.A liquid built up in her throat and she fought hard to ignore it. But her body’s natural reaction was much stronger than her willpower. When she coughed, she could feel the liquid being projected out of her mouth. Probably another gulp of blood seeping from inside her. But the excruciating pain the resulted on her cough was so blinding and painful that she thought that she was going to die.But her body wasn’t this graceful or merciful to her. The pain still has to continue because her body still choose to fight against the poison. Even though she was so tired that she was starting to wish for death.She heard voices around her and felt someone press something soft against her mouth.“She’s in pain, she needs more
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"So in the end it happened,..." The headmaster said with a sigh as he watched the doctor leave the room.Future who was by his side made his way toward the side cabinet and pulled out a bottle of whiskey pouring himself a cup and offering one to both Louis and the headmaster.Louis refused, and the headmaster gratefully agreed taking the cup and downing it in one gulp. The poor man was so stressed and worried that he was taking soliste in alcohol."She was going to tell them everything today..." Louis said and Future looked at them quizikally."Everything about what?"He asked as he walked toward them his cup in his hand."She was going to leave the Acedemy in the end of the year," Louis said."Why?" Future asked, "It took the headmaster so much effort to convince his majesty to let her come back." "The situation with the neightboring countries is already unstable thanks to the recent events. They think that our monarchy is falling appart. She needs to be there and set an example to m
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The doctor looked at Azeph and shook his head hopelessly. Azeph felt as if his world collapsed with that single motion and he felt himself take one step forward then wobble for a moment before pulling himself together and walking toward him and standing in front of him."How's her condition?" He asked quietly."Not very good I am afraid. Her body is under so much strain. It seems to have been a very strong poison." The doctor said darkly, "Her organs are barely holding on as it is. And I can't chance to give her any calming medicine because I'm afraid that they would react with the poison and make her state worse. If only you knew the nature of her poison..." The doctor finished and Azeph sighed and stepped back.Louis who was silently standing behind him stepped forward."I'm afraid that we still don't know the nature of the poison. We will need an investigation to figure that out." Louis lied easily.Meanwhile, Azeph fought not to clench his hands into fists. He knew that divulging
