Chapter 99: Princess Esmeray

''What happened then?" Aleister thought about her younger self. Somewhere, she lacked the cheerfulness that children usually have. The Esme from back then resembled the Esme in present; mature, calm, and sensible.

''When such thoughts kept bothering me, I tried to keep a distance from the children of my age who approached me. I didn't know how to do it properly and so I appeared cold and harsh and they did not know how to cross the walls that I had built around my heart so rumors went around that the….''

Esme paused as she raised her head. After confirming that no one was around, she continued speaking, ''…that the Princess of Nevesray was arrogant and conceited. And with that, I was approached by people superficially, just because they feared my title. Over the time, I truly lost interest in getting to know people and only stayed with my brothers most of the time.''