Chapter 538 James’ Appearance

Smiling, Mrazivý looked over her shoulders towards the person who had just announced himself, and said, “James you are finally here. Come over and join us, we were just talking about the match we just had.”

Walking up to them Mrazivý’s older brother James nodded his head towards Quillon and Lyra and introduced himself.

“It is nice to meet some more friends of Mrazivý. My name is James Borealia first prince of the kingdom. I look forward to getting to know all of you better.”

Hearing this, Quillon introduced himself normally as well, and held out his hand waiting for James to shake it.

However, before James could return his handshake Lyra stood up and bowed saying, “Forgive me for not greeting you properly upon your arrival. My name is Duchess Jadzia Augustyn of Tralenstein. It is an honor to meet the first prince of Borealia. My people are in dept to the invaluable help your kingdom has provided for us. Please let me know if there is anything you wish of me.”

After Lyra’s sudden formal shift, James began scratching the back of his head, not sure what to do..

He had not come here in any capacity as a prince of Borealia just as a brother and friend of Mrazivý.

“Lyra there is no need to be stiff or formal. James is going to be accompanying us around on his time off, so it will start to get stuffy if you act that this the whole time.” Marcus said, trying to get Lyra to calm down.

Yet as he said this, she just shook her head, and said, “That is impossible. This is the crown prince of Borealia, and it would look badly on my people who owe so much to this kingdom if I acted too familiar with someone of his station.”

Getting up and putting her hand on Lyra’s shoulder, Mrazivý said, “Seriously it is fine to just relax. I already told you that my brother James would be accompanying us, and it did not seem to be much of a problem for you at that time. Anyway, I am a princess, but you had no problem treating me as a friend?”

“Yes, but this is different. His Highness James here is your kingdom’s first prince and will be the future king. As a high ranking noble in Tralenstein there is no way I can act so familiar and friendly towards him. It will not be long until our two nations have merged, and he will be my ruler as well.” Lyra said, not able to accept being informal around James.

Except she was actually working under a false assumption not knowing about the situation around the Borealia royal family.

“Wait so the only reason that you refuse to act normally is because James is the going to be the future king?” Mrazivý said to Lyra.

Nodding her head, Lyra was ready to keep this stance in order to uphold her duty as a duchess and to her people.

But when Mrazivý began laughing she looked at her in confusion, wondering why she suddenly attitude.

“Well in that case you have no need to worry. James is never going to be the king and has already ceded his right to the throne.”

Mrazivý then went to explain James’ situation, and Lyra’s mouth went wide in realization and her face became red from embarrassment.

“I see so you are not going to be the next ruler of this kingdom and you engage in almost no politics. I suppose in that case it should not cause any trouble.” Lyra said. still a bit hesitant about the situation.

She had figured that Mrazivý’s brother James was going to be somewhere around the tenth prince like how Mrazivý was the thirteenth princess.

In that situation her status as a duchess would have been higher, and it was unlikely they would ever have many political interactions.

“Okay now that we have settled that, it is time that we consolidate our plans for what we are going to be doing during this summer.” Mrazivý said. once everything had settled down.

The seven of them quickly began going over their schedules and everyone was free for the next few weeks except Marcus and Lilia.

“I actually have someone dropping by sometime soon who might be a good master for Lilia. Her name is Ardea, and she said she was the grand witch of the peaks.” Marcus said, recalling that he had asked her to stop by around the beginning of summer.

Of course, he had already told Lilia about this to make sure that she would be alright with learning how to fight from someone else, and she had given her consent.

She still had quite the drive to get stronger, remembering the horrible things that happened to her almost two years ago now.

Never again did she want to be powerless, so when Marcus told her about an opportunity to train with someone that was of the highest level of skill and power she wholeheartedly agreed.

“Okay so the two of you are going to wait around your estate until she shows up, and at the same time do most of the preparations for our trip.” James said, confirming Marcus and Lilia’s plans.

Nodding their heads, they confirmed this, and Mrazivý said, “I suppose that means it will just be the five of us. Actually, this might be good so that we can all get to know each other better since Quillon and Lyra have just met my brother.

After they had finished up making their plans in detail, their group went their separate ways as Marcus and Lilia headed back to their home to wait for the appearance of Ardea.

“All right we will see you later. Just make sure to give us a heads up once you are done with this appointment of yours.” Mrazivý said to Marcus as he and Lilia boarded their carriage to return home.

“I will, don’t worry. Hopefully Ardea will come by soon so that we can all go explore the crystal caverns together. Until then, see all or you all later.”