Chapter 152 - The Hunting-3

The other knights were busy talking and sharing their last experience of the hunt. I listened quietly as they counted who had killed which animal. But surprisingly not even once did they talk about the animals the crown prince had killed.

I felt William's eyes on me and I tried my face down. I  watched the movement of grass bugs, a strong wind began to blow. A grass bug suddenly flew into the strong wind. I could feel the storm was about to form. The branches were swaying too fast with the strong winds. I looked up at the sky and there are black clouds had formed.

"I think it's going to rain. We need to find a place to avoid the rain for a while. " said William, noticing the same changes in the surroundings.

We hurriedly packed up everything and got on our horses. But before we could go a few steps away, it already started raining. In no time we were drenched like stray kittens in the rain.

As it was raining, Hundred neighed a bit. Cold raindrops made other horses feel good, but for some reason he was staggering and feeling uncomfortable.

I didn't feel good about the way it was moving.

'Don't you like hunting too?'i gently caressed his wet nape to appease it a bit.

By the time we got under some large trees that were big enough to shade one or two personas as temporary roofs, we, as well as the horses, were already soaked.

Sitting under the rock while waiting for the rain to stop, we all were silent. The silence was broken when James started telling about his past experiences. He was not talking about anything particular, but his words were distracting everyone from the present condition. 

Listening to James and others busy talking, I moved towards the crown prince. Since the rain had started, I was not feeling good about it. So i decided to talk to him clearly,

When I looked at him, his eyes were already set on me. For a minute I turned silent under his heated gaze. 

"Is there something you wanted to say?" he asked, looking straight at me. And I nodded.

I spoke with a low voice, watching the leaves swaying in the rain. I was afraid that other knights would listen to me and think that I was trying to ruin their fun. But at the same time, I want William to feel that I was denied because I was against it. Not because I was afraid that an attack could happen in this rain and then they would not be able to handle it.

, "your highness, I want you to do me a favor."

Looking at the horses standing in the rain, he turned his eyes to me. I wiped sweat from my face which looked like rain and looked into his eyes. His golden hair soaked in rain scattered all over his face and his tight white shirt that had turned seen through due to being soaked in water was showing all his assets. The drop of water had taken their shelter on his lips and slowly falling from it drop by drop. Making him so sexxyy that I felt my mouth going dry. Like any other woman, I have an attraction towards eye candies too.

A smirk formed on his lips as he looked at my mesmerised eyes.

"Don't tell me, you want to spend time personally with me. Or want to complete the kiss the other day." he asked with a smirk on his face.

My face turned red at his statement. I licked my lips to wet my dry mouth and shook my head. Instead of looking at his face, I looked at the distance this time.

"… If you don't mind, I want you to stop hunting now. It is not a matter of celebration to see the dying animals. I apologise. It's going to disgrace your honor if I can't do well in the hunting competition as your new knight, but I would appreciate it if you consider my request."

I waited for him to deny or accept but he turned silent for a while as if lost in thoughts. Only after rain flowed down the leaves for several moments, he opened his mouth.

"Tsk.. do you think i have an honor to start with or have i cared what people think about me. I live on my own terms and do what I want to do, never caring about others. The rain has dampened my mood anyway. Do not worry. Once the rain has slowed down, we will return back to the palace. Or maybe we should spend some time near a stream so that we can clean ourselves before going back to the palace." 

"Clean?" I asked confused, 'are we not already wet by the rain?' he chuckled as he moved his hand closer to me, i took a step backward instinctively and his hand stopped in midair. A wave of pain filled his eyes.

"I do not have infectious diseases, little bird." he commented and I nodded. His hands reached my nose and rubbed it and then he moved and showed his hand to me that was black.

I touched my face and many other parts also have that black residue.

"I think you leaned on the tree or went too close to the rocks there." he pointed and I sighed and nodded. I was too lost  to look around for the threat.

Given the crown prince's attitude, I was surprised that he had accepted my request right away. So I gladly agreed with his suggestion that they would go to the stream for a while but I soon had to look up at his worried expression with suspicious eyes. Why was he being so considerate to me!?

Wouldn't a man like him do what he wanted as he said then why did i always feel that he was more than considerate to me?  Even when I asked , his reply would be because I was a beautiful girl. But that did not seem to be the reason. Since he was always surrounded by beautiful girls. 

"Did we know each other before I became your knight?"

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