The Masked prince
Chapter 86: Going To Border

Chapter 86: Going To Border

Evelyn silently looked at Orla. She could sense Orla’s dislike towards herself but she didn’t understand the reason behind it.

When she heard Orla’s words regarding that she should not have ’any other thoughts’, she felt rather guilty for a moment.

But she didn’t know what to say.

Everyone was still looking at Orla with disagreement-filled eyes. Perhaps Orla could also sense this so she frowned deeply. She opened her mouth to say more but before she could do so, a sharp voice made her shut up.

"The castle has not hired you people to sit freely and gossip."

Martha looked at Orla sharply and then at the other maids.

Everyone immediately lowered their heads and busied themselves with their work.

After that, Martha looked at Orla and said in a calm but strict voice

"Orla, I know that you are from Alfaros but you need to learn the ways of this castle. In this castle, everyone is equal. As you said, Evelyn is a slave but she is His Highness’s slave, not yours. You don’t have any right to talk about her like this."

Orla trembled under Martha’s sharp words. She actually feared Martha a lot. Though her heart was filled with disagreement and resentment, she only nodded her head and started to do her work.

On the other hand, Martha turned to look at Evelyn and said

"Evelyn, do you have any warm clothes? At the border, there will be cold. It would be better to take some with you."

Evelyn also realized this problem as soon as Martha said. However, she didn’t have any warm clothes. She couldn’t even go and buy them right now. First, she would need to choose some cloth and then give them for sewing. It would take at least two or three days before she would get clothes that would be ready to wear.

But she didn’t have that much time.

Martha understood her problem and said calmly

"Don’t worry. Come with me. The castle must be having some warm clothes in stock. I will give two fur coats to you."

Evelyn was relieved when she heard this and thanked Martha while Orla felt angry.

She didn’t understand Martha’s nice behavior towards Evelyn. The place where she comes from, there slaves were treated like trash. Even she as a maid could order them around. So how could she digest when Martha asked her to treat Evelyn as her equal!

Evelyn was nothing but trash in her eyes.

Seeing Evelyn leaving with Martha, Orla gritted her teeth silently but could only pour her anger on whatever she was crushing using Mortar.

Many maids sighed when they heard the loud sounds of mortar from her side but they knew better than to waste their time with her.

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The evening passed slowly than Evelyn was expecting it to. But when she finally saw the first ray of sun, she immediately wore the fur coat Martha had given her before she ran towards the prince’s chambers.

Excitement filled her heart when she was standing in front of the entrance. However, just as she was about to step inside the chambers, she stopped and wondered.

What if the prince was not awake yet?

Though Elias told her that they would leave in the morning, he didn’t tell her the time.

Thinking this, Evelyn looked at the two guards guarding the door and asked them

"Do you know if His Highness is awake?"

If he was not then she would just wait here but she wouldn’t go back. Who would tell her if he left leaving her here alone?

Evelyn didn’t have any sense of security in this matter.

The guards however didn’t know the answer to her question. When one of them offered to go inside and check, Evelyn stopped him immediately.

What if the prince was sleeping then would he not wake him up by going inside the chambers? Evelyn knew very well that the prince was a light sleeper and he would wake up as soon as he would sense some movement inside the chambers.

So she stopped the guard and just decided to wait outside the chambers.

However, almost half an hour passed and no one stepped out of the chambers. As more time passed, Evelyn suddenly had a fear.

It couldn’t be that they already had left.

As this fear filled her heart, she, in the end, couldn’t stop herself and stepped inside the chambers. After taking a few steps inside, she looked towards the bed and sighed in relief seeing that it was empty.

That meant that the prince was awake.

But where was he?

Just when she was thinking this, she heard Elias’s voice.

"Evelyn, where were you? We have been waiting for you so long."

Hearing this, Evelyn was surprised and suddenly felt embarrassed. However, she didn’t say that she had been actually waiting outside the chambers for them.

"Come"

Said Elias without wasting any time and then started to walk towards the balcony.

Holding her bundle, Evelyn followed him in confusion.

She was surprised when she saw Lavo inside the balcony but then she immediately felt happy...especially when Lavo turned towards her and growled loudly.

Anyone would be scared by this growl but Evelyn was not scared at all.

She walked towards him eagerly and scratched his extended paw. The giant creature growled in delight which made Evelyn’s lips curl up a little.

Fortunately, someone still liked her...

She thought as she raised her head to look at Regan who was standing a few steps away. However, she was unaware that Regan had moved her eyes away from her face as soon as he sensed that she was raising her head.

He was too fast and hence Evelyn could never catch him staring at her smile.

Soon, Regan asked Lavo to bend down so that they could sit on his back. Lavo did it so obediently this time and Regan knew the reason very well.

Evelyn had not expected that they would be going to the border while riding on Lavo’s back. She gave the bundle in her hands to Elias in a daze.

First, she saw the prince sitting on Lavo, then Elias but she was still in a daze.

It was only when she saw a hand in front of her did she come out of her trance.

"Come."

Regan said calmly but he still didn’t look into her eyes. Though Evelyn was disappointed, she felt happy.

At least he was talking to her.

Martha said that it would take a few days to reach the border so there was a chance that she would get to stay with prince more, right?

Evelyn felt happy when she realized this.

When she was seated in the front, her lips curled up again forming a silly stupid smile not realizing that It had been a long time since she smiled last.