Strange Encounter

"Beautiful". She commented, dazed away by the sight of the boy.

She couldn't help splurting out her thoughts. After all, never had she seen a male with a feature so well-defined and so... Breathtaking.

"You shouldn't be here". He said, ignoring her comment.

"Wow~ even your voice sounds amazing". She said, admiring the sweet melanchonic voice released from his mouth.

"If you turn back and go straight from here you should find your way out in no time". He directed as he was soon to turn away from the girl and about to head back.

"Your name". She said, her abrupt words stopping him from taking any further steps. "You did not tell me your name". She added.

He stopped and turned his head around to face her. It has been a very long time since his last encounter with another.

Even the last ended so abruptly with the person seeing him and making a run for it before they could even hear what he had to say.

And here she is, making a conversation with him, even going as far as to ask for his name!

Is it because she is a child?! Is that why she is so naive? So pure and so innocent of heart.

"It's not safe to be here. Go now and never come back". He warned, resuming his steps away from her.

"I am Lady Historia of house Vinicius. I am only twelve now and judging from how you look, you shouldn't be more than two or three years older than me".

She kept talking while he kept walking, showing no interest in what she had to say.

"In ten years time will you be my groom". Her tone of speech did not sound like she was making her request. She was demanding that it be so and was only telling him to be prepared.

Without a doubt, he was caught unaware and had to stop to listen. His interest piqued.

Siveth by his side was wagging her tail and looking at her master's reaction to her words.

"Until I grow big enough to make you my groom, you definitely! Definitely! Definitely must not get married to anyone else. Is that clear". She queried with a flushed cheek.

She was flustered beyond repair after she said those words. She turned in the opposite direction and proceeded to make a run for it.

"Mikeal!". He says, catching the girl's attention as she retraced her steps.

"That is my name". He added with a smile that flashed her way.

Seeing his audacious smile got Historia even more flustered and embarrassed. She was head over heels and had trouble controlling herself.

"To~ Tomorrow we are having a party in the palace hall. ~ I... I will be expecting you there". She stammered with excitement.

With joy and happiness brimming in her heart, she ran out of the forest with her hands covering her face.

The thought and joy of getting to meet Mikeal had gone so deep over her head that she had even forgotten why she decided to go into the forest in the first place.

She got out of the forest and unexpectedly ran straight into the arms of someone.

When she saw she had collided with someone who had their arms wrapped around her, she took her hands away from her face to see who she had run into.

"Dad!". She says, rejoiced to see herself in her father's embrace.

"Historia". He called so tearfully.

"My lady". The attendant maid who was standing behind the father also called out with a breath of relief evident in her tone.

When it had been made obvious that the lady she serves is in danger, she had done the needed by hurrying to her master to report to him.

Even though she knew she was going to end up in trouble by getting scolded by the lord for losing sight of the lady she was to serve and protect, she still had to risk it.

Notwithstanding, once the father was informed of his daughter's nefarious journey to the forbidden lands, he immediately rallied his men armed with several weapons of varying functions.

With them he sought to journey into the forbidden palace, undaunted by what punishment would come out of going against the orders of the king he served.

Fortunately for the lord of Vinicius, he had not stepped foot into the boundary of the palace when his daughter came running into his arms of her own will.

"Let's go home". He took his hands as he said.

She nodded and followed her father by the side. She stopped and took a brief pause as she stared in the direction she came out of.

"What are you looking at". Inquired the father, seeing his daughter stare so passionately with red cheeks.

"An angel. I am going to marry an angel father". She replied with her cheeks flushed as she let go of her father's palm and ran into the claws of her attendant maid.

"An angel?!". Lord Vinicius wondered.

There is said to be only one entity that resides in the forbidden palace, and that person is the same reason why the northern palace is considered forbidden.

From what he can remember... An angel was not the general description used to term this individual.

A cursed soul! The forsaken child! The nefarious boy! Such were the terms the general public uses to term the child!!

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Siveth stroked her fur on his lap, thus calling out to his attention as they walked side by side.

"You also think she is weird, don't you Siveth". He said, gently stroking her head as he reminisced what he had just experienced.