Chapter 169: His Instructions
When I woke up, it was already mid-afternoon and by the time that we were prepared to head back to the castle, the sun seemed ready to start its descent below the horizon. Prince Leonard seemed to be in an even better mood when he woke up. He looked extremely energetic and everything that I said made him laugh. I didn’t think that I was being extra funny or entertaining so it must have been his mood.
I had never seen the prince laugh and chuckle so much like this and it made me wonder for a moment if this was some kind of illness. Based on my previous encounters with him, I was more used to the colder and sardonic version of him. It wasn’t like I thought that this change was necessarily a bad change; however, I was certainly not used to this side of him.
“It’s so sad that we have to head back...” he grumbled like a kid when he drove us back.
I glanced over to see the prince looking quite moody. When I left the palace with him, I didn’t think that we would end up spending the night outside of the palace and I never thought that we would be returning back at almost sundown like this. The fact that I slept for so long told me that last night truly took a large toll on my body. I suspected that my body would feel bruised and slightly broken for a few days to come.
“Mila...” he called my name.
“Yes?” I replied questioningly.
“I’ll drop you back to your room, ok?” he asked.
“Yes...” I replied without hesitation.
We had already left the busy city center behind and were getting closer to the palace grounds. The prince started talking to me a little seriously when we entered the palace gates. To my utter relief, the head of guards was nowhere to be seen. The prince was greeted formally by the guards and the car was allowed inside without any fuss.