I'm becoming the Princess?

Fear

Aswin was speechless without looking at Zeria's face, he even covered his own face with his hands. "He's shy?" Her thought.

Zeria tried to grab Aswin's hand and saw his face, but suddenly Lucas appeared and grabbed Zeria's hand. "Why are you here?" Lucas pulls Zeria away from Aswin.

Aswin who heard Lucas' voice, reflexes immediately stared at him in surprise. Lucas' face looks angry, he also seems to be eliminating it soon. Aswin stood up slowly while raising both of his hands. "I didn't do anything" He spoke politely to Lucas who was clear that his position was higher than his.

Lucas' gaze could not be separated from Aswin, "He was very angry" Instinct Aswin who said so. There are already many dangerous people he has met, but out of all those people, Lucas who is currently in front of him feels very much more dangerous than anyone he has ever met.

Zeria, feeling that things were not going well, pulled Lucas towards the door and away from Aswin. "We're going to lunch, right? Then let's go, I'll be waiting" Zeria tried to distract Lucas.

All was silent, with Aswin slowly drifting away and Lucas starting to get distracted. Zeria embraces Lucas's hand and pulls him out of the door, he stares at Aswin before leaving and codes him to remain silent.

Finally Lucas and Zeria came out of the room and walked towards the dining room. Along the way, Lucas remained silent, unlike his usual talkative self.

"Sister, is brother angry?"

Lucas halted his steps and looked at Zeria who was still embracing his hand. "No, brother's not mad at you." Lucas placed his left hand over Zeria's head and rubbed it.

His head was warm from Lucas's rubbing. Suddenly the wind blew fiercely and flew her short hair, the wind that felt different than usual. With a few flowers flying.

"Wait, flower petals?" When Zeria looked around again, her petals were gone. "Halusination?"

"Sister, did you see any petals flying in the wind?" Zeria asked as she occasionally watched the surroundings.

"No" he answered briefly.

Without having to involve Lucas, Zeria finally decided to forget it. And back to the dining room.

***

"Why are you guys so long?" Louise asked who had been waiting for the two of them. His gaze seemed to question many things, but he still told Zeria and Lucas to sit first.

When the food was served and they began to eat it, Louise once again threw questions at them. "Why are you late?".

"Sorry" Zeria put down her cutlery and lowered her head.

"Dad didn't tell you to apologize, Zeria" Louise also put down her cutlery and her gaze softened.

"There's a bully" said Lucas as he cut up the meat steak in front of him.

Louise looked at Lucas in surprise, who was the 'disruptor' Lucas meant? Who would dare to disturb the Emperor's only daughter?

"Don't tell me..."

"I thought" Louise put her hand on her face, as if she was very upset. "I was suspicious because I hadn't seen the old man's son, but he had met Zeria" Louise gave a heavy sigh.

The dining room was quiet again, none of them spoke until the food in front of them was eaten.

Until Lucas drinks his drink, Louise finally speaks up again in a more serious fashion. "You two, please listen to me" Louise put her hand together and put it on the table.

The atmosphere changed, the atmosphere became very serious and a little gripping. "This may be a new estimate, but it is possible that we should prepare for war" Louise said with a serious and cold face.

"war?" Zeria was stunned to hear Louise's words.

He had indeed been told that it was possible that the Kingdom of Lilua would rebel, but he did not expect that it would be this fast. Contrary to Zeria who was surprised, Lucas looks ordinary, even he still looks very calm while sipping his drinking water.

War is a big thing that happens when both sides seize each other's territory or one of them betrayed.

There are four kingdoms in the Arendelle empire. The northern kingdom of Clariness, the only kingdom to give everything to the Emperor. Akasha Kingdom in the south, a kingdom that has been destroyed by endangering the emperor's daughter, most of the population was evacuated to the Kingdom of Clariness. Lilua Kingdom in the west, the Kingdom that is allegedly planning a large rebellion. And the kingdom of Rioner in the east, the only Kingdom in the empire that is very closed and notoriously neutral.

"What if it turns out that the Rioner kingdom is cooperating with Lilua?" It was suddenly thought of in Zeria's head.

Louise had never thought about it, she had never once suspected the Rioner Kingdom. Although the Rioner Kingdom is notoriously neutral, it is still possible that it will cooperate with the kingdom of Lilua.

Rioner, a kingdom that never asks for help from anywhere else. Everything was available in the kingdom, there was nothing more they needed from elsewhere. Famous as a neutral and closed kingdom, because the King who died at a young age, and the son replaced him as king at a very young age. Members of the Rioner royal family are usually bright and shiny silver hair.

"There's a chance, then I'll ask William to investigate the Rioner kingdom"

If they really intend to start a war, then there are things that can be ascertained. If they won, then they would slaughter the entire imperial family, but if the imperial family won then the imperial family would not slaughter the innocent and punish the kings alone.

"Let's go, leave it to dad" Lucas grabbed Zeria's hand and invited her to leave. Because at the age of Zeria who was fifteen years old, it is not appropriate for him to talk about war.

"Yes right. Leave the rest to dad, you just have to have fun" Louise walked up to Zeria and touched her face gently. "Just entrust this to your father, I will definitely protect you even if I have to give up this whole empire, or even my life" After saying that, Louise then went out and just disappeared.

Zeria's mood suddenly became chaotic, it felt mixed. "Sister" Zeria pulled up Lucas's sleeve in a slightly more sombre tone than usual.

"What's wrong?"

"Is this gonna be okay?"

Lucas shook his head, "Sister doesn't want to lie to you, but maybe it'll be a little messy" he said.

The fear that he is feeling is fear. Fear of losing someone valuable to him, fear that it will happen again. Afraid that he will be abandoned. Without realizing it, Arin's death eight years ago left a deep wound in Zeria's heart.