William Mortfort in his youth

Elinor thought back to the old days, when she returned to the capital at the age of fifteen, she began to disguise herself as a boy, pretending to be a relative of the Clare family in the capital, and followed William around the capital in a crazy way; she met Princess Winona when she was eighteen years old; and then it was when something happened to the Mortfort family.

Elinor recalled in a trance that all of her real young years, she had William.

With William she was not afraid of anything.

William comes from the Mortford family is a famous knight family, and he had stayed in the border for a period of time, with the capital most of the men do not have the high-spirited and vigorous, he is always by her side, love her and protect her.

If there is nothing unexpected, they should have gotten married.

Only on this day, when she followed William, she met Arthur who also came to look for William.

Once upon a time she did not know Arthur's identity.

But the first words that came out of William 's mouth when she saw this gentle and elegant young man in fancy dress were, "Prince Arthur, why are you here?"

In her last life, Elinor always wanted to be the queen, so she was secretly prying, after paying attention to inquire, she really found out that Arthur is the younger brother of King Alexander, and the rumor in the capital is that King Alexander's health is not good and wants to make his younger brother, Arthur, become the next king.

So what was originally an unintentional contact became an intentional approach.

Later, when the Mortfort family was in trouble, she got her wish to marry Arthur.

Not two years later, King Alexander died of an illness, and Arthur was indeed put on the throne, and she became queen.

Just Arthur although since childhood in the palace grew up, but he was different from his other brother, his heart is too good and too soft, so that everything must let the Archbishop John Blackwood to help him decide and deal with. In the end he was even poisoned.

A person who is too kind cannot be a King.

This was the only thing that Elinor could gain from Arthur's tragedy in her last life.

Now, she happened to be reborn at a time when she had just met Arthur not long ago, and fortunately, she was not deeply involved, so she could not enter the palace again in this life.

The Avalon Golden Hall was her tomb.

In the cool air of early fall, the smell of wine still floats.

William hand still holding up the sword, although it is the size of a young man, but Elinor can see the clear curve of the waist and back, he pursed the corners of his mouth, his face does not smile.

William ignored Arthur for the time being, only turned back to ask Elinor: "Which hand did he touch you?"

Eleanor finally snapped out of the trance of her rebirth, William's brilliant as the morning star's eyes close to her, those eyes have not yet soaked with the pain of the Mortfort family's disaster, also have not been the darkness of the palace's fighting erosion.

Clean, bright, and dazzling, like the burning sun hanging in the sky.

Just this question ......

A cold sweat breaks out on Elinor's forehead, and she takes him by the arm.: "No, no, nothing! A misunderstanding. I just had a nightmare and when I woke up, I didn't understand the situation, and I thought Arthur was a bad guy, so I hit him in a panic. please put down the sword and don't hurt him!"

William forwns: "Really?"

Arthur, hearing Elinor's explanation and said in his heart that he was unlucky.

After all, this smaller "boy" is William's friend. Although he can't compare him, can he really hold a grudge over a slap? That would be ungentlemanly.

But William's disbelieving look really made him laugh: "Do you still not trust my character? Not to mention that I have no intention of offending, even if I really offended, can you really chop off my hand?" He is, after all, a prince.

Unexpectedly, William looks at him quietly for a moment, sheathes his sword, but firmly says, "I would."

Arthur's expression changes, looking up at him in surprise.

William, however, has already turned to Elinor, his voice softening, as if years of ice suddenly melt, "Are you alright? I wasn't paying attention earlier and drank too much. Shall I take you back home?"

Elinor, hearing his "I would," can't help but recall her past life: William, after returning to the capital, joined Archbishop John Blackwood, sidelining Arthur's power. Soon after, Arthur was poisoned and killed.

She used to think John Blackwood did it.

But now, she wonders if it wasn't William.

When she was young, she regarded such affection as usual, but now that she had been reborn and, she realized how rare and precious they were.

The young man's wholehearted sincerity, still not quite adept at concealing his feelings, desires to keep her close if he likes her, to fully express his care, wishing to hold her in his palm every moment.

But sadly, she doesn't feel worthy of such affection.

Elinor gazes at him, momentarily speechless.

Arthur senses the subtlety of the moment and suddenly says, "Today Archbishop John Blackwood has a lecture, and we're supposed to attend. At this hour, shouldn't you be entering the palace with me, William?"

Elinor then realizes, naturally, she should return to the Clare manor.

But having suddenly been reborn, her mind is a chaotic mess, still needing to be sorted out, and she doesn't want William to escort her back, so she says, "Naturally, you can't miss the class, William, today I'd like to go back on my own."

Her nature in the past life was famously capricious.

Partly because her father felt guilty and hardly dared to control his daughter; the other half was all William's doing.

So her wanting to go back on her own really needs no reason.

As expected, William doesn't ask why, as if he's already accustomed to her willfulness. After all, she's the girl he cherishes the most, so he simply says, "Then I'll have Thomas follow you from a distance."

Thomas is his servant.