Chapter 164 - Development (7)

Right, and after that, what she did next was completely unexpected. She followed him after he left and told him some things which he didn't expect that he will hear.

With the dummy that he took earlier, he hit it with his wooden sword multiple times. The dummy was durable and strong than what he has thought, he was able to hit it multiple times and it still hasn't broken. While he was hitting it with his sword, he got lost with his thoughts once again and she recalled what happened during that day after he left the library and she followed her.

(This flashback would be written on Alexandra's point of view but I will add Chandler's as well and what he was thinking why they were talking. I just copied this on one of the chapters because re-writing the whole thing was kinda hard for me.)

-"U-Uhmm, Prince Chandler!" She called out to him and he stopped on his tracks, their personal knight turned his head around and saw Alexandra with Carlos not far away from them. They were actually on top of the stairs, standing while staring down at them. Chandler turned his head around slightly but he was able to see who called out to him and his eyebrows creased in an annoyed manner.

"What?" His voice was low but Alexandra was able to hear it. His cold voice rang inside her ears and sent a chill down her spine, the way he looks at her, he looked like he was annoyed. Alexandra gulped and her palms sweated. She completely forgot what she was about to say when she heard his voice. Crap, crap, crap, crap, what do I do? What do I say? She asked inside her head. She was reckless and she didn't think about what she should say to him.

Ugh, why did this brat even called to me if she is not going to say anything? She is just wasting my time, she probably heard about everything that I said earlier at the library and has come to defend herself. That's how they would be, he thought to himself and he knitted his eyebrows as he narrowed his eyes down on her. His lips forming into a frown. His face was crumpled into an annoyed expression.

Crap, he looks annoyed, she thought to herself and tried to calm down her racing heart. She took in a deep breath and let it out slowly to calm herself down and regain her composure. Even Carlos was struck still at her position and doesn't know what to do, he can't find the right words to say. The miss looks so determined to speak to him, I don't want to stop her but at the same time I want to, Carlos thought inside his mind as he looked at Alexandra then at Prince Chandler's personal knight who was staring at Alexandra with a shocked yet amazed expression plastered on his face.

What was Prince Chandler's personal knight's name again? I think it was Cortez or something, Carlos said as he stared at him. Prince Chandler's personal knight was rather a calm, carefree, and gentle one. He doesn't hate Alexandra but at the same time, he doesn't like her, what he felt towards him was neutral. Thankfully, he didn't react like how Gilbert's personal knight reacted. He was one of the knights who knew about Alexandra's existence.

"Stop calling out to me if you aren't going to say anything, annoying," Prince Chandler said before he turned his around and looked ahead of him. He finally lost it since she just remained silent and she was taking too long to respond or talking while she is fiddling with her fingers. Don't expect me to have so much time, I even rushed here just to talk with Christian and I left with nothing but just pure dismay and anger. Now she is adding up to it, he thought to himself as he turned around. He was about to take a step down the stairs when Alexandra shouted making him stop: "Wait!"

What again? Chandler was already annoyed and if she continued to call out to him without saying anything, he would snap. He would probably be on her way to his training grounds to train just to release his anger but he was being held back by this little girl which was his sister. He was ticked off.

"Could you please stop calling out to me when you aren't just going to say anything?! It's so annoying!" He said and he completely turned around, he was annoyed but Alexandra didn't do anything bad. Is his patience really this short? Alexandra asked herself and she gulped. She opened her mouth to speak but what came out was a shout.

"I will prove to you that I'm not that type of person that you thought!" Her voice sounds so determined and the expression that was on her face was rather a brave and determined one. However, when she realized what she said, she panicked inside her head. She remained still at her position with the same expression. Carlos was dumbfounded yet amazed that she was able to say that regardless of what happened earlier. His eyes widened for a moment as he stared at her. Her face, it held sheer determination and will, although she was trembling in fear.

Sounds interesting and annoying at the same time, I don't even want to involve myself around her yet here she is. Frustrating.

Prince Chandler pursed his lips into a thin line and before he turned around he spoke, "Do whatever you want," That was like an approval but at the same time inviting her to a challenge to see if she really can prove it. He went down the stairs but his personal knight stared at Alexandra. Alexandra looked at the personal knight and their eyes met, he smiled warmly and gently before he turned around and followed the prince walking down the stairs.

He recalled what his brothers said. Even Gilbert joined in and defended her, she must be that good. To think that she also influenced Brother Gilbert, they must have got along and become close or she could have used some sort of spell to make them act like that. Even father too was acting unusual after he became close to her.

--"And? What about it? Tell me, brother, did you even listen to what father told you a few days ago in the dining room during breakfast after we left? It must be related to Alexandra, you want us to hate her but why? Is it because her existence was unusual, being born in a bloodline where it is composed of males? Was it written in our bloodline's history that if a girl would be born in our bloodline, she would be a curse or a witch? Just because it was unusual, it doesn't mean that it is bad already!"

"You still haven't gotten close to her, right? Why are you making such assumptions? Did anything bad happen after she got close with father? It doesn't mean that something completely unexpected happened, doesn't mean that it is a bad thing. You will never know if she was a bad thing or not because you still completely don't know her."

"Did the prophecy told us that? Was there a prophecy telling us that a girl with a curse will be born in our family? She might be either a blessing or a curse, we will never know. Although I hate how mysterious she is, that doesn't mean I'm not interested in her."

"Aside from that, her attitude and personality are likable and better than yours,"

Their words echoed inside his mind and it repeated multiple times. It was bugging him and he could feel a squeezing pain in his heart. Especially the last thing that he said to him, it left an impact on him and was bothered by it.

Maybe I would just let her be and try to see if she was a good person like they said. It's probably just a façade though, she is probably cursing us already. I must not let my guard down around her.

--"Then brother, tell me, what is normal for you?"

He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Even I don't know what is normal for me already.

-~-

With one swift motion, he swung the sword downwards and just with that, the dummy broke and was split into half. Not bad, considering that it broke after I hit it more than 20 times, he thought to himself. He just let out a sigh and was about to discard the broken dummy when he heard some sort of noise coming from behind him and he immediately turned around, raising his guard.

"Who's there?!" He said as he turned around, his voice boomed all over the place and his eyes widened when he saw who it was. A small structure, long platinum silver hair, warm and bright blue eyes, porcelain skin, a face that is small just like a doll. His eyes narrowed down on her and he saw that she was on the ground. She must have tripped while walking.

Stupid rock, making my trip like that, she thought to herself and mentally cursed. Her brother saw her in this state and its sort of embarrassing.

How?

"What are you even doing here? Look, you even tripped. Why are you not being careful? Where is your personal knight? Did you leave him behind or did he not follow you?" He said and let out a sigh of relief knowing that it was just Alexandra. There was worry lacing his tone of voice when he saw her sitting on the ground like that. Yet relief washed over him when he knew that it was just her. As if he was comfortable and he feels at ease when she appeared. He placed down the wooden sword that he was holding since earlier. The palm of his hand was red and there were marks left on his hand which was caused by the hilt of his sword when he was gripping into it tightly.

He approached her and she didn't even move. Her dress must have been dirty considering that this place is filled with dirt and such, he thought to himself and he lends out his hand. Alexandra just stared at him as if she doesn't know what to do. He lends his left hand which is pretty unusual since he would always use his right hand, is it because his other hand was dirty? She thought to herself, still staring at his hand. "Stand up. It's not like I'm doing this because I want to help you or something, you just looked stupid sitting on the ground," He said.

Alexandra snapped out from her thoughts and she was pulled back to reality. With his help, she was able to stand but she saw how dirty her dress was and there was even a wound on her knee. God, so much for just giving him these cookies. I hope it didn't get destroyed or something when I tripped, she thought to herself. Instead of worrying about herself and the wound on her knee, she was worried about the cookies that she will give him. What if he doesn't accept it because it got destroyed when I tripped?

Why?

"How stupid are you, getting a wound like that just by tripping, come with me, I am going to heal it," Her brother said when he noticed that there was blood flowing down her knee. "A-Ah, you don't have to heal it. I will just go to Rowan and ask him to heal this for me. It doesn't hurt that much. Besides, I was just here to give you these cookies," Alexandra said when he suddenly pulled her along with him as they walked towards one of the chairs.

When?

"Just shut up. Rowan is not here today, he is doing a task outside the palace. It would be hard to find the other palace healers since there are only a few of them. Besides, this is just a small wound, it's not like I can't heal it," He said and he forced Alexandra to sit down the chair before he kneeled. He could completely see the wound on his knee and it was quite deep, is a girl's skin really this delicate? To think that she would have a deep wound on her knees just because she tripped.

Although it must be quiet embarrassing and unusual for a girl to show her legs. But we are siblings, we share the same blood. The only difference is gender.

He placed his hands in front of the wound.

"Heal."

And Alexandra felt a warm and yet ticklish feeling on her knees, something glowed between her knees and the palm of his hands and before she knew it, the wound on her knee was already gone. There was no trace left.

"Amazing…" She said as she stared at her knee. Even the blood the trickled down her leg was also gone. "It's nothing really," His brother said and he stood up. Before, he was really mean to her and every time he sees her, he experiences this kind of a pain in his chest. It was painful and he couldn't breathe. So how? He acted tough and strong around her and showed how much he hated her. So why? His guard was always raised when he is around her, thinking that she was a horrible person and that she is a witch.

When did he start to become soft and care for her?