8 - The Chosen guards (2)
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"Can you tell me your name and where you are from?" The princess remained close to the entrance.
"My name is Castóy Mursô, and I am from the country of Solvania," he said, his voice stuttering as he spoke.
"Okay, then I am going to leave you, enjoy yourself. Thank you for taking the time to talk to me." The princess turned quickly and exited Castóy's chamber.
"What was the reason for your sudden appearance? What exactly transpired, my lady?" Rosie appeared to be concerned about the princess' well-being.
"He is a drunken man, and this man is the worst of the worst." The princess was disgusted with the thought of meeting him again.
"It is all good, princess; you can still meet another five men." Rosie reminded her.
"Indeed! I am going to meet the other five men too." The princess walked across the corridor and knocked on a random door.
The entrance to the chamber was opened automatically, but there was no light coming from within, it was pitch black.
"Rosie, could you kindly look into what is going on, and why there is no light in this chamber?" Rosie was posed the question by Princess Sabrina.
Suddenly, someone spoke out from the other side of the chamber, "It is me, your highness, who has come to guard you. I prefer to be alone in the dark, so I extinguished all of the candles in this room. Pardon me, but wait there your highness."
He made his face visible to the princess by lighting a candle in front of his table. Slowly, he began to light a few more candles in his chamber.
"You made me scared, haha." The princess burst out laughing.
"Can you tell me what brought you here, your highness?" The gentleman inquired.
"I wanted to meet you and have an acquaintance with you; what is your name? And from where did you originate?" The princess flashed a slight smile.
"My name is Ellen Vastura and I am from the village of Old Valley." He responded in the affirmative.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Ellen. What do you consider to be your greatest strength?" The princess was the one who inquired.
"I can eat anything, anyplace, at any time. Even insects and leaves are included. That is my most significant asset and strength." He responded in the affirmative.
After running out of his room after hearing him saying what he could eat, the princess walked to another chamber.
The man who opened the door appeared to be in a good mood. He had a really macho body, but he was deafeningly quiet.
"I had the idea that I would like to get to know you," the princess said in a single statement.
"My name is Gisel Murf, and I hail from the kingdom of Anewza. I had been expelled from that kingdom three years before because I had betrayed the king by spoiling his children and stealing their food from their tables. Not only that, but following that, I solely lived on the streets. Then I arrived in the kingdom of Prisionera, where the people were, at the very least, pleasant and generous to me....." Gisel did not stop talking until Rosie walked in and broke off their conversation since the princess had to listen his lecture.
"My lady, would you like to retire for the evening? It's past time to call it quits." Rosie was the one who inquired.
"Umm... Go and take care of my bed, and I will be back as soon as possible after meeting another man. After all, if I don't obey the duchess' demands, she may decide to hang me the next day." Princess came up with an explanation, but actually an excuse.
"Alright my lady, please stay careful." Rosie said before she departed to the princess' room.
The princess knocked on two other chambers, but nobody answered her. She assumed that they might have slept.
So she made her way to the last chamber, which happened to be Dillion's. She approached the door and knocked.
And Dillon was the one who opened the door. "Oh Princess, how may I be of use to you?"
"Do you mind if I come in?" Princess Sabrina smiled as she asked to come into the room.
"Of course not, you are welcome here," He welcomed her inside the house by opening the door wide.
"Well, I have come here to speak with you, so please take a seat." Princess Sabrina made a motion with her hand on the couch next to where she was seated.
He obliged with her request without a question and took up a position not too close to her.
"The walls of this palace do not have ears, so everything we say here will remain between us. So I have been paying attention to you since you arrived." The princess took a breath.
"I have been keeping an eye on you as well," Dillion said after a brief pause with a smile on his lips.
"Your smile is very beautiful," the princess said, causing him to blush with shame as he looked away.
"Ahh... so I saw you were looking at me in the grand hallway, and even when the Duchess was scolding me. What were you looking at?" the princess inquired, c*****g her head slightly.
"It was as if something about you had come to life, and I have been intrigued by you since you first arrived in the hallway discussing, giggling about your piano with your maids" He laughed, "Ahh... pardon me but that is the truth, princess," he said.
"Thank you very much," Princess Sabrina said, her thoughts drifting off into profound thought.
Dillion observed the absence of her mind, "Does the duchess treat you badly?" he inquired, hoping to draw her attention away from the subject at hand.
"Yes, she does, but thank you for speaking with me; you should now retire to sleep. Tomorrow is a big day for you." The princess rose to her feet.
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