Scent

Chapter 22

[Night Time]

Luca just got done packing all the things he needs for a stay-in modelling and dance practice in the castle. It is almost 12am but he can`t still sleep.

***Damn! She will be partnered with that idiot prince again! ****

He sips some coffee as he watches the moon outside his balcony. He was sulking all the time thinking that Muriel and Prince Nathan will dance in the ball.

He can`t stop thinking that Prince Nathan just ask Muriel to be his lady in the night of the ball but according to the royalty's traditions, once a crown prince ask a lady as his first dance, its like declaring to everyone that the lady he is dancing with, Is the soon to be crown princess.

He didn`t know that all this time Muriel is watching his sulking face from her balcony.

***Why is he sulking? Is he still bothered about the incident with Princess Hannah? ****

Luca suddenly broke the cup that his holding. Muriel immediately jumps again from her balcony to Luca`s balcony.

"What the hell are you doing!!!???"

Luca was surprised and at the same time happy to see Muriel.

"I..I`m sorry, I didn`t mean to break it. I just happen to hold it a little tightly."

"Shut up! If you're that bothered thinking about dancing with Princess Hannah, then just don`t go there tomorrow! Don`t just casually hurt yourself!"

"I`m not bothered about her! I`m bothered about Prince Nathan!"

"What`s up with Prince Nathan? He`s a kind person! So, why are you bothering yourself thinking about him?"

"See! That the reason why I`m bothered about him!"

"Huh?"

Luca started to sulk again and said

"You will see him a lot, more than you see me in the castle."

Muriel smiled widely and said

"Oh, so you`re jealous of him?"

"No, I`m not! It`s just that you will be in the Prince`s territory and I will stay in the Princess`s territory. It`s like we`re so close but still so far."

Muriel then hugged Luca and said

"Well, we will still see each other in modelling practices, right?"

Luca hugs her back and said

"I`m still going to miss you,Mui."

Muriel blushed on how cute Luca is, she then thinks about a plan.

"Why don`t we meet each other every night in the castle then?"

Luca smiled brightly and looks at Muriel.

"Really?"

"Y..Ye…Yeah!"

"It`s a promise then!"

"Sure! I promise!"

The Next Day….

[Castle of Nether]

As soon as Luca and Muriel arrive in the Main Gate of the castle, Prince Nathan and Princess Hannah greeted them personally.

"Hey Muriel! Welcome to the castle!"

"Greetings Prince Nathan! Thank you for your warm welcome!"

Prince Nathan then kissed Muriel`s hands as a sign of courtesy. Muriel blushed because she is not used to kissing in the hands because in the ocean world it means the guy wants to have sex with her in the future. She then greeted Princess Hannah with a cheek to cheek courtesy.

***Wow! Princess Hannah isn`t just beautiful! She also smells so great! ****

"I`ll show you to your room Muriel! It will be in my castle`s guest room! And guess what? I fill the closet with different kinds of dresses just for you! hahaha"

"WHAT!? REALLY????"

"YEAH!! So, Shall, we get going?"

"SUREE!!!"

Luca saw Muriel`s reaction and felt cold. She didn`t even bother to say goodbye to him. Princess Hannah suddenly approaches him and said

"Shall we, Luca?"

He then looked at Hannah and said

"Sure, Thanks."

Hannah felt Luca`s coldness towards her. They started walking towards Luca`s guest room and didn`t even talk about anything.

"This is your room, Luca."

Luca entered the room and saw that it was big.

"The practice hall is just near here so it will be convenient for us."

"Got it."

Luca then opened the balcony of his room to see the view but as soon as he opened the curtains, Hannah suddenly hugs him from behind and said

"I`m sorry, Luca…"

He was startled in what Hannah did.

"It`s fine. So, just sto---"

He was about to stop Hannah from hugging him but he felt that she`s crying.

"Please, forgive me Luca… It`s not that I`m afraid of you… It`s just that I was scared because its my first time seeing dead bodies in my entire life."

Luca then faced her and Princess Hannah immediately kneel in front of Luca while holding his shirt and said

"I`ll do anything you want"

Luca was surprised. He was about to help Hannah to stand up immediately but a maid suddenly came in because the door isn`t locked. The maid saw the scene that Princess Hannah is kneeling in front of Luca, its as if both of them are going to do something erotic.

"O... OH...? S…Sorry your highness, please excuse me."

The maid immediately run away from Luca`s room and went towards the chamber maid area. Then the rumors of Sir Luca dominating Princess Hannah in bed spreads like wild fire in the entire maids working in the castle.

[Meanwhile]

Muriel was so happy with all the dresses prepared by Nathan.

"O my gosh!! This is heaven Nathan!!"

"I told you so Muriel! Hahaha and the jewels we bought that day is in the drawers."

Muriel immediately checks all of it happily.

"Do you want to try the dresses to decide what to wear tomorrow in practice?"

"C..Can I do that right now?"

"Yes of course! I`ll call the maids to help you get dress and I`ll just go and do my duties. So, just take your time okay?"

"Yes Nathan! Thank you so much."

"You`re welcome."

Prince Nathan then suddenly smells Muriel`s hair and said

"As long as its for you, I`ll do anything."

"I`m honored then hahaha! Just get going you moron!"

"hahaha okay. See you around!"

The maids immediately enter and help Muriel choose some dresses. They do the make up of Muriel but some of the maids who are arranging the dresses we`re suddenly gossiping.

"Did you hear the rumors about Princess Hannah?"

"What rumors?"

"One of the maids assigned in the princess chamber saw that princess Hannah was kneeling in front of the Gold Merchant!! She said they we`re about to do something erotic! The maid was so ashamed because she forgot to knock when entering the room! Hahaha"

"Wha...What?? So, princess Hannah is being dominated by the Gold Merchant in bed? Hahaha"

"Yeah right? Hahaha I thought she is so strict as a women but I didn`t know that she will easily submit to a man like a slave."

"Nah… The Gold Merchant is so handsome! So, its no surprise that Princess Hannah will do anything to win his heart!"

"Well, they are lovers anyway. So, I guess its normal for them to do that thing, right?"

"Yeah! You`re right."

Muriel heard all of it and felt as if there`s a thorn piercing her heart.

***Is he cheating on me??****

She suddenly thinks hard with a sad look in her eyes.

***Wait! ---- We…... aren`t even lovers yet, are we? ****

She then stood up to look for luca but a butler suddenly came and invites her to dinner with the prince and princess.

[Dining Hall]

The table was too long to call it a dinner with the prince and princess. The prince and princess were in the opposite corner of the table that is 8meters long. Muriel thought that she could talk with Luca over dinner but she didn`t expect this kind of table setting. Muriel sat beside the Prince and Luca also sat beside Princess Hannah.

Everyone ate without talking and both Prince Nathan and Princess Hannah immediately went back to their royal duties. Muriel and Luca were also sent back to their respective rooms but as soon as the maids were gone, Muriel immediately look where Luca`s room is because she promised to see him every night and she also wants to confirm if the rumors are true.

[Luca`s Guest Room]

Luca was staring at the moon in his balcony while drinking some tea. Muriel immediately spotted him, so she run faster and knocks in his door.

"Come in!"

Muriel came in and immediately locks the door.

"Mui? Is that you?"

"Y..Yeah It`s me."

Luca immediately hugs her tightly but Muriel suddenly smelled Hannah`s scent in Luca`s shirt.

"I miss you, Mui! I can`t even talk to you over dinner."

Muriel immediately felt cold.

"Y..Yeah."

"Are you okay,Mui? Are you sick? Do you want some tea? I`ll brew some for you."

"S…Sure."

Luca immediately went to his mini kitchen, while Muriel then sat down in his bed. She suddenly felt a rage in her heart when she smells that Luca`s bed also has the scent of Hannah. From the pillows down to every inch of the bed smells like Hannah. She suddenly saw a letter below his pillows and opened it curiously.

"Dear Luca,

Come see me in my study room after dinner.

-Hannah"

Muriel immediately imagine that Hannah will do something erotic with Luca in her study room. As soon as she was about to talk to Luca about Hannah`s letter, she suddenly saw a tiny gold earring in Luca`s bed with a little bit of hair strand that matches the color of Hannah`s. She suddenly felt as if her soul was taken away from her body.

Luca came back and offered the tea

"Here you go Mui, your tea."

"Tell me, Luca."

Luca felt that something is strange about Muriel.

"What is it, Mui?"

"Did something happen between you and Hannah?"

Luca paused and remember Hannah hugging him and said

"No! Nothing happened between----"

"YOU PAUSED!"

"N..No! really Mui! Nothing really----"

Luca stopped speaking when Muriel suddenly slaps him with the letter and the earring in her hands and cried

"You LIARRR!!"