Chapter 13: Grand Prince Alexander VIII (2)

Out of nowhere, the Crown Prince, Grand Prince Alexander VIII Aquintaine, together with Princess Tessia enter the meeting room. The Grand Prince is still smiling kindly towards them while the Princess is looking at them with a flustered angry expression.

"We greet The Imperial Highnesses." Constance, Emile and Markus saluted. Emile is slightly nervous as they heard what he had just said about the emperor. But the Grand Prince only laughed it off seeing the face of the once great knight commander of the Kingdom of Frankias.

"Don't worry Sir Duguelux. We didn't hear anything." Grand Prince Alexander VIII, still laughing, reassures Emile that it is fine. Grand Prince Alexander VIII found it very refreshing to hear frank and true words from someone, different from most conversation he had in his life. "At ease gentlemen please. You are the heroes of the empire; you should hold your head high... please take a seat"

The three then follow the orders of Grand Prince Alexander VIII to take a seat opposite where the prince and the princess are also sitting. The Princess had been watching furiously at them and it did not take long for them to catch her staring, causing everyone to look at the princess.

"Why the scary face, my dear niece?"

"It's nothing uncle."

"You are sulking niece; it is because your future fiancé is here to bring you back to the capital?" Grand Prince Alexander VIII laughs while teasing the fuming Princess Tessia. The princess still maintains her silence even if her face is already red because of her anger, her uncle would always try to tease her every time he had the chance.

"Oh, sorry Young Lord Arignon, it's just rare to see my niece make such a face. It's been a long time her face is this flustered; for a tomboy to make such face, it is really refreshing to see hahaha..."

"We're fine by it Your Imperial Highness, it is already our honor to see the Her Imperial Highness the princess and to see a human side of her." Constance commented, his statement didn't mean anything mean or bad to the princess.

'His bluntness would be the end of this kid.' Emile and Markus know that their young lord didn't really mean anything bad or offensive to his statement but if anyone heard this without knowing him would think this was offensive.

It is clear that someone is offended as the face of Princess Tessia is fuming in anger, her cheeks and ears as red as tomato because of her fury to the young lord of Arignon. If a stare can kill, then Constance is already dead thousand times from the death stare of the princess.

It is just after he speaks that he realizes how offensive his statement was and can bring big trouble to him. He looks at the princess and sees how angry she is right now, but he can't take it back as it has already been said, so he just maintains a calm and poker face to not aggravate the situation.

But it only results in the opposite of what he thinks would happen. Instead, the princess becomes more furious seeing that the young lord is just calm and didn't even ask for forgiveness or anything to remedy his statement.

If only Emile and Markus could slap their lord right now, they would have. Their master has really poor communication and social skills and instead of getting better as time passes by it becomes worse instead.

Luckily, Grand Prince Alexander VIII was laughing and didn't feel offended by what the young lord had just said to her niece. It is really amusing seeing that the men of Arignon are always blunt, rude and tactless in their speaking. He can still remember the grandfather and father of the young lord, and Constance is really just like those two.

Grand Prince Alexander VIII is going to speak but instead is disrupted by a group of legionnaire troops entering the meeting room. All are armed with their swords and spears and are fully protected with their coats of mail linked tightly together and underneath is a padded shirt.

"Your Imperial Highness." All the soldiers salute to the Grand Prince, putting their hands in their chests. "An army of Nors are standing in front of the camp northern gate on the opposite sight of the river Your Imperial Highness."

"Again?" The Grand Prince's statement made Constance and his companions interested. It seems this is not the first time the Nors have assembled near the Legion's camp.

"Yes, Your Imperial Highness. But the number is still the same from the previous incidents." The officer of the mean replies.

"Assemble all the knights and legion's calvary diovori at the northern gate. I am going there personally." The Grand Prince is being assisted by some of the servants wearing his entire full plate armor, the crest of the imperial family on the breastplate of his armor and underneath it is his purple padded shirt.

"Yes, Your Imperial Highness."

The soldiers salute back to the Grand Prince then immediately leaves the tent. The only ones left are Grand Prince Alexander VIII, Princess Tessia, Constance and his companions, and the servants helping the Grand Prince.

"I also need to leave the tent uncle." Princess Tessia then leaves after the soldiers. She didn't even speak to Constance, still angry at what had just happened.

"Just forgive her Young Lord Arignon, she's just sixteen." Grand Prince Alexander VIII could only helplessly smile to Constance. The princess didn't even spare them a glance when she left the tent.

'Now there is not a chance for the engagement to ever happen, the princess hates me now.' Constance thought. He is thankful that there is now a high possibility that the engagement with the princess would not happen, and it is on the opposite side who will revoke it.

"Don't worry, the emperor's plan to engage the two of you would not go to bonkers after what just had happened." Grand Prince Alexander VIII assures the young lord. "Also, come with me to the north gate and advise us in stopping the Nors harassment to the camp."

Constance can only helplessly make a fake smile after hearing that, he really abhors the idea of being engaged or married to a royalty, but it seems the imperial family would not make it easy for him.

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