-𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆.

05

Three Years After

—JENNETTE—

I wandered the palace grounds aimlessly, I am soooooooo bored. Daddy has been caught up with court affairs all day long, we haven't been able to have our usual tea time and meals together because of his busy schedule.

I heaved a deep sigh and plopped down on the grass, gosh, is there anything that I can do right now?

Dad and I established a healthy father-daughter relationship so I don't quite have to worry about my survival anymore.

I quite feel bad because it's supposed to be Princess Aeira feeling all of these instead of me, I wonder where she is though.

I also quite spent a lot of time gathering information about my Mommy, but it's fruitless. It's like every records about Mommy has been erased, could it be possible that Daddy disposed of all the records?

I shook my head and got rid of all these thoughts when I heard a groan.

Eh? Is there someone other than me, here?

I stood up and walked slowly towards the sound, "Shit!" I jumped when I heard a male voice hiss.

I continued to walk forward until I cam face to face with a man.

—THIRD PERSON—

Jennette stared at the mystery man quite inquisitively,

The man is sporting a midnight black hair that is tied into a low ponytail, a tunic, and piercing blue-gray eyes.

"What the hell? Who are you?"

'Is it possible for a man to look this handsome? I mean, Dad's more good looking than him but still,'

"Look Miss, I don't know you and I don't know your Dad." The male retorted, Jennette huffed and crossed her arms.

"Mister, I should be the one asking you why you're here. This is the palace grounds and my Dad owns it."

The mystery man raised an eyebrow and leaned down to Jennette's eye level.

"Oh? You're quite interesting aren't ya, you look quite familiar too. Are you a descendant of the imperial family, perhaps?"

"I am." Jennette replied, waiting for the man's reaction.

An amused smile slowly crept into the man's face, "Interesting. I'll be seeing you around more, Princess, and by the way, the name's Lumiere." He introduced as he fades like thin air.

"Jennette." A voice called, Jennette turned around and saw her Dad in all his glory, with Killian standing behind him.

Jennette smiled brightly and ran to her father's arms, "Daddy! I missed you!"

Aniel hummed and carried his daughter, together they walked towards one of the gazebos that he gifted to Jennette.

Aniel leaned on one of the pillars while Jennette sat on the picnic blanket, "How did your meeting with the nobles go, Daddy?"

Aniel poked Jennette's forehead with his forefinger and gave a little smile, "No need for you to worry about."

Jennette just pouted and huffed, "Ah! By the way, Dad, I read from a book that those who are of the imperial bloodline can acquire a divine beast. Is that true, Daddy?"

"It's true. Do you wish to have one?"

Jennette's eyes sparkled like the stars, "Is that possible right now, Dad?"

"Why not?" Aniel patted the place beside him and placed Jennette's head on his lap.

"Close your eyes and relax. Killian, guard us for a moment." Aniel ordered, Killian placed his fist on his heart and bowed his head.