King's Destined First Love

Chapter 5

Chapter 5 ~ Peacock ~

Elise strode away from him “don’t tell anyone I said this to you,” she pleaded to him; even though she was a brave girl, she knew if the king hears this, the king will behead her. However, the boy looks like an obedient boy, so she divulged her honest thoughts to him. The boy nodded again.

Elise suddenly felt he was cute. How could he be dumb and cute at the same time? She had seen many people like him and her, who suffered like them. Only people like princes and princesses that Kings adore could lead a happy life,

But a child-like her, who was born from a maid, never could get what she wanted from her life, but even though life never treated her with fairness, she was kind-hearted like that man said.

She could feel everyone’s pain because she was going through the same phase of life. It was easy for her to read people and understand their pain through their eyes, just like how she looked at him. She could tell this boy bore much more than her. He had a dark mark on his neck, which looks like someone stabbed there, showing no mercy.  

But she was not curious about the story behind his mark. Instead, she looked at the current him; he looked like a kitten who was drenched in the rain and didn't know where to go.

“Where is your family? You’re hurt so badly. Are they not going to take care of you? So why are you roaming here in this darkness? Elise’s gentle voice might reassure him she was not someone who would harm him.

“I don’t have one,” he answered in his agonizing voice. His face was blank, and she could see no emotions on his face. Even though he has family, they are dead, and he never treated them as his family, who never treated him like a human being.

Elise twinkled her eyes. Even though she was more mature than her age, she was still a little girl who could understand things she faced, not the emotions she never had. The boy looked at her adorable face.

“who are you? I have never seen you before, did you come here with your parents? He asked in a low voice; he was used to this pain, so other than loneliness, he felt nothing. Elise tried her best, but still, tears rolled down her eyes. 

“no, I came here alone,” she answered. A while ago, she comforted him. Now she was crying when he was the one who was in pain. The boy’s face turned ashen; she was heaving like a cold queen, but now she finally showed that she was still a little girl.

The boy was a little amazed by her reaction, but he didn’t show it on his face. His expression was still the same as before “what about your family? He asked. He was a cold and mute boy, never talked to anyone for so long, but this was the first time he felt.

It was not the real him. He could mix with someone and talk like an ordinary person.

“Don’t you know? I thought you’re from this kingdom” Elise looked at him confusedly.

“Ah, I’m, but I'm not interested in anything related to this kingdom. Why? He asked, still eying her expression carefully.

“I’m Elise Ford, daughter of King Ford. I’m here because King Morris wants me to marry his older son, Crown Prince Allen, and be his queen” When Elise was saying these things, her face turned kind of sour. She felt a bitter taste tip of her tongue. 

Surprise written all over the boy’s face, he thought he heard her wrong “you said you’re here to marry Crown prince Allen, don’t you think you’re too small to marry off? How could your father agree to such an abusive proposal? The boy suddenly turned angry.

Elise stayed silent because she didn’t want to say something about her cruel family, not because he was her father; instead, her mother was left in the southern kingdom, she never could say a word, she needs to protect her mother, and she would protect at any cost, 

In this world, only her mother was the person who loved her, saved her from their painful thrashing. Even her mother was not brave enough to go against anyone. She tried her best to protect Elise with everything.

So now it’s her turn. Elise didn’t know the meaning of marriage and status, but she will close her eyes and walk through the fire for her mother.

The boy could see she was unwilling to talk about this, so he lowered his head, Elise could see his disconsolate face, but she didn’t understand why he was dispirited. She grabbed the boy’s hand; she felt his hand quivered, 

She tried to assure him, “I will just apply the ointment on your wound, nothing else” Elise raised her small neck like a peacock and twinkled her eyes. The boys felt helpless against her magical eyes.

He nodded. He waited until he turned back and saw she was trying her best to reach for his back on her tiptoes. But still failed to get his back, he smiled, for the first time in his life, he smiled seeing someone’s action. When Elise felt his body was shaking and knew why her face turned red with embarrassment, she stood straight. 

“Hump, what’s there to laugh, you’re bigger than me, but I’m still so small. I will be as tall as you when I reach a similar age as yours,” Elise pouted and said. 

When the body saw she was getting angry, he stopped “hmm, how about I sit here? He intimated. He felt he was ungrateful. The little girl was trying to help him.

 Elise jiggled, but she was not fully calm yet. Then, finally, the boy sat down, Elise opened the ointment box, and about to apply for the medicine, she stopped in the midair when she saw the wound from close.

Elise’s breath susurrated. Even though her sister and friend used to hit her, they were not so brute to make her bleed from their beating, yet those boys whipped him with no mercy.