Sudden Return
After the commotion, Prince Dylan and Adira walked quietly while looking at the food vendors. But it looks like Prince Dylan wanted something to eat because he stopped in front of the potato fry vendor.
“Adira, I want to taste this.”
She looked at what he wanted to eat. “Ask how much.”
Dylan looked at the vendor. “What is the cost of this food?”
At first, the vendor didn’t answer him because he was confused by Prince Dylan’s question.
“One dollar for a plastic cup.”
Dylan turned to her. “Alright, you said you would buy two.”
Dylan has already said that he will buy two. Then they went to a spacious park and sat on the chair that was there.
While Prince Dylan started eating his potato fries, Adira just looked at him. She saw how Prince Dylan smiled when he tasted the fried potato.
“Is it delicious?” she asked.
Dylan nodded and continued eating. Adira also ate hers because she was hungry too. As soon as the sun set and it was now evening, they also had to go back to the hospital after they had eaten.
A few minutes later, Prince Dylan finished his potato fries and looked at what Adira was eating on the chair next to her. But he looked at Adira’s face, who was stunned while eating.
“Young lady.”
She immediately turned around. “Why?”
“Can I ask a question?”
She frowned. “What’s that?”
Dylan adjusted his seat. “Don’t you have a boyfriend?”
While eating fries, she was interrupted by his question. “Why did you think to ask that in this situation?”
“I just thought.”
She sighed. “Nothing.”
“Why?”
She closed her eyes. “Because there is none.”
“Why then?”
She looked at him badly. “It’s not my priority to have one, and besides, the way I look, you think someone will try to court me.”
Prince Dylan stared at Adira. “You seem like a pretty young lady, but it’s really scary.”
“What?”
Dylan smiled. “I mean because your aura is scary, other people who might want to know you won’t get close to you.”
“Tsk, if they wanted to in the first place, they should have approached. No matter what the appearance or behavior of a person they want to meet is, they should not be afraid.”
“Well, you’re right, young lady.” Prince Dylan stared at Adira, who was stunned.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
In Prince Dylan’s mind, “I don’t know how I feel every time you are near me. I feel like every time my eyes don’t see you, I feel restless.” Prince Dylan secretly smiled. “But when you’re near, my heart beats like a desire to come out of my body that I don’t understand. If everything I’m feeling right now wants to say something, I can’t continue because I’m already destined for someone else.” He sighed and sadly looked away from Adira.
She frowned at the way Dylan stared at her. “Is there a problem?”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.
He looked at her again and came a little closer. Her forehead gradually wrinkled as he approached. “What are you doing?”
“Can I-”
“Can what?” She’s a little nervous about his look. But she was surprised when he took the cup full of fries and stayed away from her. “Why did you take that?!” she said, and it was unbelievable.
He smiled without seeing his eyes. “Now it’s mine, young lady. It’s delicious, and you took too long to eat, so I guess you’re already full.”
“I’m just eating slowly, but I’m not full yet.”
“Just eat when we get back to the hospital. I won’t be able to eat this kind of food when we get back to Stalwart Castle; there’s nothing like this served on the dining table there.”
She just shook her head and let him finish her fries. A few moments later, she asked him to go back to the hospital. “Come on, let’s go back, maybe we’ll spend more time on the way.”
Prince Dylan agreed with Adira, and they started walking towards the taxi.
Meanwhile at Stalwart Castle. King Stephen called General Agustin to talk to him.
When General Agustin entered King Stephen’s room, he saw that King Stephen’s body was still weak. He did not see the king every day unless he was called, and he could not enter the king’s room without permission.
“You called me, your majesty.”
King Stephen coughed several times. “Where is the prince? I ordered the servant to call him, but she told me that no one answered in the prince’s room.”
General Aguatin was alarmed by the king’s question, but he tried not to show any emotion that would make him suspicious.
“The prince went to the cornfield, so he was not in his room,” he lied to the king.
“Does he have to go somewhere today?” King Stephen seemed to wonder.
“Prince Dylan couldn’t say goodbye to you because he saw you still sleeping soundly, but he needs to go there.”
“Is the young lady with him?”
“They went there together.”
King Stephen just nodded. “How long have they been there?”
General Agustin’s eyes were restless. “I’m not sure, dear king. Today is Saturday; he might be there until Tuesday morning.”
King Stephen frowned. “He’s going to stay there for a long time. What else does he have to do, and it will take him a few days to come back?”
General Agustin did not immediately answer.
“Send a soldier to fetch him right away. Tomorrow night he has to go to an important event that he can’t be without his presence at.”
“But, dear king-” King Stephen just looked at him seriously, so he did nothing. “Permit me until tomorrow at noon. It is difficult to travel now because the road is dark, but I will make sure that tomorrow before nightfall the prince will be here.”
“Just make sure, Agustin.”
“Yes, I’ll make sure, your highness.” The king nodded and raised a hand, which meant General Agustin could leave the room.
When General Agustin came out, he immediately moved to talk to the pilot of King Stephen’s private plane.
Meanwhile, when Adira and Prince Dylan returned to the hospital, they found Simon eating.
“How was your tour?” asked Simon.
Adira looked at Prince Dylan. “Not good.” And she sat on the sofa.
Simon wondered and looked at Prince Dylan. “What’s the problem?”
“She fought with someone while we were walking.”
Simon turned to Adira again. “You still have a wound, Adira; you got into a fight right away. What’s the reason why?”
“Ask the prince next to you,” she answered.
Simon looked at Prince Dylan with confusion on his face. “What happened, Prince Dylan?”
Dylan turned to her, but she ignored him.
“Because it’s because of me.”
“Why?”
“Some young ladies came up to me and asked if I was single; after that, it was Adira who talked to them, not calmly, so it ended up that she argued.”
Simon frowned as he looked at Adira, who was looking in another part of the room. “This is the first time this has happened, Adira. You don’t immediately fight in such a situation. What I know is that you let that kind of situation happen because you are only focused on the mission. ” Simon’s eyes narrowed.
While Adira did not turn to the two and just stared at the wall.
Simon sighed. “Maybe just extend your patience with her. She really can’t control her emotions sometimes, especially after what happened to you earlier.” Prince Dylan just nodded slowly.
When neither of them spoke, Adira’s phone suddenly rang. She took it from her pocket and saw that General Agustin was calling.
“Why general?” she asked. Dylan immediately looked at her.
“Sorry, young lady, but we have a problem.”
She frowned. “What’s that?”
“The king is looking for Prince Dylan. I made the excuse that you are in a faraway place in our country, but he wants to send Prince Dylan home right away. That’s why I called the pilot of King Stephen’s private plane to pick him up and get him home here before tomorrow night.”
“Looks like the king seems to be in a hurry?”
“That’s what I’m wondering too, so Prince Dylan should come back here first before King Stephen finds out that you both left.”
She looked at Dylan, who was just staring at her and listening. “I will tell him.”
“Thank you very much. The plane will be there any minute. I’ll just call you again to let you know.” General Agustin hung up the phone.
“What is the reason why General Agustin was called?” asked Dylan.
“You need to go back. Just a few hours and the plane that will take you back will be here.”
Dylan was surprised. “I know I’ll be here for three days and wait for you so we can come back together.”
“King Stephen ordered that you need to return to the palace immediately. What the king knows is that you are in a faraway place; he does not know that you are in another country. Your return is also being expedited because that is what your father wanted.”
“If I’ve gone somewhere far away in our country, my father doesn’t send me back to the palace right away. Sometimes I spend a few days in our farmer’s field and spend the night there, but he wants me back immediately now.”
“Maybe what your father tells you is important. I’ll just take you to the airport.”
Prince Dylan seems not to want to. “You really won’t come with me?” His forehead was furrowed, and there was concern on the prince’s face.
“I said to General Agustin that I would be here for three days, and you have been with me for those three days, but it seems that something is suddenly happening at the palace, so you are needed to be there.”
“But-” Prince Dylan could not continue what he had to say because Adira spoke again.
“I’ll be back, my dear prince; it’s one day before I follow, okay.” Prince Dylan looked away and kept quiet.
A few hours later, Simon called again and said the plane had landed.
“Come on, let’s go straight to the airport. You didn’t leave anything at my house that you used, did you?” Dylan just shook his head in response. She was wondering why she was following him because he was the first to leave the room.
Simon laughed softly when Adira heard it. “He’s sulking at you, Adira.”
She frowned. “Why is he sulking?”
“Because he didn’t come back with you.”
“It’s only about a day before I follow back to Stalwart Castle.”
Simon smiled while shaking his head. “I didn’t know that a prince sulks like an ordinary person. I thought they were just people with poker-faced, but Prince Dylan is very different.”
“What you say is that the prince thinks like a child. The child is even better with him because he asks too many questions.”
“Or maybe he has an agenda for being like that to you.”
“What is that?”
While the two were talking, Prince Dylan entered again. “Young lady, it took you a while to follow. I thought I needed to go home.” Prince Dylan was no longer in the mood, as his face was wrinkled because he didn’t want to go home.
“I’m sorry, dear prince. I’ll just let Simon know, okay?” She was being sarcastic. She turned to look at Simon. “We’ll leave you here for now. I will come back right away.”
“Be careful.”
Adira nodded and left, while Prince Dylan said goodbye to Simon before following Adira out of the hospital.