After enjoying the marvelous and sumptuous dinner prepared by melzri. each of them offers their thanks to melzri and said grateful words, that they never have such a dinner in their life even Ancilla who had a lot of experience in cooking felt overpowered by melzri cooking skills and left the dinning room with a embarrassed expression.
Sienna and others also left the dinning room and felt extremely tired by the journey that they having for over a week and move to each of thier room, mer and rai followed behind them before glancing one last time at eugene and melzri who's still seating on their seats with vermouth and ariartelle.
the dining room left empty with tense atmosphere build within eugene and vermouth & Ariartelle, servants cleared the dishes from the dining table and made their exist.
Several minutes passed, No one muttered a single to each other just glanced at each other, for vermouth he can't left the dining room until he don't know the reason of ariartelle strange behavior and for eugene he's here to support vermouth decision whatever he made with ariartelle confession.
" Ariartelle, there is no else besides me and eugene speak freely to vermouth and confessed what you felt for him? " Melzri comforted her with a warm smile.
Eugene didn't know what to say in this situation so he kept his silence.
" Oh 'Great Vermouth' you didn't answer my question yet, are you free tomorrow? " Ariartelle asked him again.
Vermouth just a slight nod without saying anything. he felt weird and amusing that something unexpected will happened with him tomorrow, he still can't understand what's going on? but when he looked into ariartelle's beautiful red eyes he felt something strange even he never build a relationship with any woman but he's sharp enough to sensed genuine emotions of a woman.
" Ariartelle! I "ll not ask anything from you if you want to have a serious conversation we" talk tomorrow and meet at the place of your liking " Vermouth said with a gentle smile, he stand from his seat and left the dining room.
Ariartelle just watched him go without saying because she's thought there is much time and she also have to prepared herself for tomorrow's date. she sighed softly and glanced at eugene with weird expression, she felt uncomfortable and bit irritated by his presence.
" So you have feelings for vermouth? I still can't believe ariartelle when you and vermouth get that close? " Eugene shook his head in disbelief.
" It's none of your business, So please stay out from our private matter " Ariartelle quickly retorted.
Eugene just click his tongue in frustration and turned his gaze over to melzri who's let out a deep sighed and winked at him with her usual annoying smile.
Eugene didn't respond or nor he left a curse on her but simply left the dinning room with a disgusted expression.
" Let's go Ariartelle! there is much to discuss " Melzri said smoothly and she stand stood and turned to leave the dinning room.
Ariartelle did a short bow and quietly followed behind her.
After a moment,
They arrived at the lavish guest room that was prepared by the lionhearts brilliant craftsman for their special guests. she hold the doorknob and entered the room with ariartelle.
She survey the room with a satisfied expression, each and everything within this room felt so satisfactory, a comfortable long bed, inner bathroom, sofa set at a side, beautiful wall painting, artistic ceiling and a huge glass window.
She walked silently towards the window, this room was at the fourth floor of the mansion, she lightly touched the glass panel and stared at the beautiful night feeling ecstasy with a wide smile on her face.
The Night had passed and a new refreshing dawn begun.
Throughout the whole night, neither melzri nor Ariartelle slept genuinely because it's felt weird or strange for them, when two dragons who felt desolate and unfathomable grievances that's hidden within their heart share a bed together, how could they not feel anything? but they still tried to sleep forcefully.
Melzri woke up from her dreamless, she straight her back and stared at caera sleep face it's look like she still just sleeping peacefully, after all, this child also maybe got too much tired after lighting her grievances that's she held within her in such a infant age. Melzri felt saddened and frustrated at the same time why this child can't live a normal life like other's children. when she thought about her highness she also want the same thing but their cursed fate dragging this child also.....
" She's look beautiful and cute even when she's sleeping " Melzri whispered quietly while touching caera fluffy cheeks.
Melzri turned her gaze over to Ariartelle with a twitched cheeks, who's still acting to be sleeping? she lightly slapped few times Ariartelle on her face, Ariartelle quickly get up from the bed and stand in front of the bed with disheveled hair and stared at melzri in horror and trembling feets.
" Our goddess, why are you slapping me again? what I did now? " Ariartelle tried to argue.
" Relax yourself! why you always get too feared of me?, it's not like I eat you or something... " Melzri snorted in disbelief and then asked with tiled head " and why are you tried to act sleeping?
" Well... I thought you maybe get frustrated by constantly keeping my eyes open... Ariartelle trailed off.
" what kind of nonsense are you talking about?.... " Melzri snapped and then prompted " well whatever today is your special day So, you remember what I said to you right? "
Yeah! I remember everything what you said to me, I"ll try my best not to ruin my date and confessed my feelings to him " Ariartelle nodded quickly and said with a flushed face.
"All the best! " Melzri said, she sat on her bed and twisted her neck to each side, then she walked towards the bathroom to freshup herself before going inside she turned back and commanded " keep a eye on caera while I'm washing myself ".
" you don't need to worry about caera, I"ll take care of her " Ariartelle smiled wryly and did a short bow.
Melzri didn't respond and closed the bathroom door behind.
Ariartelle sat down on bed close to caera and thought involuntary, this child really is extraordinary just by hearing such a revelation from a child's mouth with much sincerity make her feel awe towards this child, she finally understood why melzri goddess too attached to this child because she's worried about her future.
After washing and preparing herself, she wore into a new attire black kimino ankle length gown with expansive sleeve and V - neck and golden dragon design applied to the dress to glamorize even more, her legs remain bare with open space to walk properly, she applied a thin layer of makeup and stared at the mirror with a satisfied smile.
Melzri opened her door and entered the bed what's she saw first ariartelle was laying on the bed and embracing caera, at first she frustrated because she didn't anyone touch caera besides her and her highness but she did a second thought it's not hurting caera so, she let go of her.
" Ariartelle wake up and wash yourself " She said, and then pointed a finger at nearby sofa " then after dressup into that gown, her highness personally prepared for you today's special day. "
Ariartelle immediately responded and stuttered in low voice " yes our goddess! And you also looked.... she stopped herself and stared at melzri wide open eyes and thought internally, did melzri goddess also going on date with someone? but with whom? Eugene No that's not possible then why did wore such elegant and beautiful dress? but she shook of her thoughts when melzri come close to the bed.
Melzri hold the sleeping caera in her embrace, she stared at ariartelle with weird expression she didn't know what nonsense ariartelle thinking about? But it's didn't matter to her and said calmly " meet me in the garden when you prepared yourself " as she those words and disappeared into the mist.
Ariartelle stared at the mist with dumbfounded face for a moment, then walked towards sofa and check the gown that noir had prepared for her.
" If I wore this dress vermouth surely can't reject me right? " Ariartelle admitted to herself with warm smile.
End of the Chapter.