Chapter 496
"... Your Highness." — Then the Knight said before the Crown Prince’s strides took him away and out of sight. — "Is the Ninth, my master, alright?"
"... She is."
"..." — Bowing in appreciation the knight went back to stand tall in his guard of the entrance. Provoking in the prince a sense of kindness he had not felt before for others. Knowing that Vitor’s aura appeared unsettled, aware that guilt had been growing within him after many incidents fell on the knight’s master without him being able to aid her.
The steps he had given and were stopped by his call, remained paused to the sensation... knowing the source of this sentiment was born from the bliss of this day... one where his love could be told so officially his beloved could be courted by his hand.
"Your Master is alright." — Zeleskiaz repeated giving a step back to look the knight in the eye. — "You’ll get to talk to her soon enough. Your watch, I appreciate it Vitor. And she also does."
"... Yes, your Highness... thank you."
As if nothing else needed to be told, Zeleskiaz bowed not solely to the knight but to the perky maid to his side, resuming his path towards the Emperor’s stances... hoping the whereabouts of the Duke were as informed for if the case was such...
’I can tell both about it... The Emperor for once might be of aid while I tell it to her Father...’ — The prince thought, hopeful and jittery. Nervous as he knew asking permission from a father such as the Duke of Sylfinner would be a challenge he never thought to encounter before knowing the feelings his daughter ignited.
Ways to say it commenced to drown his mind while crossing the corridors of the Palace as if the practice from the night before had not happened. Searching for those polite words no one would deem insulting, hoping that, unlike many of their exchanges, this one could grant the opposition to lessen as honesty was all he wanted to give in this request to become Marianne’s suitor.
’I need to "convey" myself properly as my Lady said... being sincere won’t do... The Duke... I need to be honest and respectful if I want no trouble to fall in our compromise...’ — The Crown Prince thought, feeling as though the task was taking his forces from him, for never had he encountered a situation where his words needed to be careful with one that wasn’t his beloved.