Chapter 242: DREADFUL FEELING
Laluna tapped her hand to get her attention, Iris told her that she could read lips. "Since he couldn’t walk, he fostered many orphans in his palace to keep him company," she explained to Iris voluntarily, because she had been staring at Prince Kellan for quite some time now.
Currently, they were sitting inside the main hall, across from each other, while Vemian gathered with the other Princes to talk about a few things that Laluna was not interested in, after the Prince hugged her so tightly and kissed her deeply, grateful that she was still alive.
"Oh," Iris mumbled. She averted her gaze from Prince Kellan, who was sitting on his wheelchair, with two little girls standing by his side. The two of them were not older than ten and twelve years old, they were so quiet and had their heads lowered.
Meanwhile, Prince Kellan was so calm and charming, his honey brown eyes had a deep gaze and despite being in the wheelchair, he looked impeccable.
Prince Kellan talked with some Princes that approached him, as he occasionally caressed those girls’ cheeks and ruffled their hair. Sometimes, he would talk to them, as if to reassure them not to be afraid.
Because of his affection and kindness toward children, even though he was no longer a crown prince, he still held the people’s heart. People adored him for his humanism and good nature; it was a rare trait among the royal family, as most of them only cared about their own children and completely couldn’t care less about commoner children.
"There are a few more children in his palace, but the two of them are his favorite," Laluna said. She kept explaining things to Iris, just to find a topic to talk about, though she was not really responsive.
Iris was still distraught about the sight of Cane carrying Laluna and felt so bad because she felt this way, since Cane must have done it to help, yet she couldn’t see her in the eyes. She felt uncomfortable with Laluna and the image that kept replaying in her mind.
More so, Iris was staring at Kellan not because she was interested in him. She knew about his story and how he had been stripped off his status as the Crown Prince ten years ago. That seemed to be the only dark spot in his perfect image in the public eye.