Lilian kept staring at Agatha who, despite being calmer, doubled her attention. After an uncomfortable silence as they walked toward the house, Lilian asked:
"How big you are, I haven't seen you for many years! Fifteen maybe? You are a little younger than my daughter, but I think she would be your height".
"I don't remember", said the princess.
"Oh... of course not!", said the woman with a wry smile and continued: "Your father must have completed the job he intended... of taking the magic out of the kingdom. That was the wisest thing King Edgar ever did!".
Agatha, amazed, began to say:
"Do you know my father? Then you know that I am..."
"The princess? Of course!", interrupted Lilian. "And you can be sure that Mirian already knows it too. That's why I allowed you to enter here. I have a magic that allows me to know who approaches this place, so I can use some magic to keep them from discovering my home. But when I saw you nearby I already knew you were the princess".
The woman barely let the princess speak:
"Your father and I used to work together. We used to try to convince people to leave the black flowers and the magic".
The princess looked again at the floor lined with flowers and said:
"Yes... The king managed to extinguish the flowers, or at least he thinks so. Back in the kingdom, it's as if they never existed. Yesterday I didn't even know they existed, nor the magic they do. But I see that there are still plenty of them".
"These plants only exist because of Mirian. As long as she is alive there is the possibility that she will plot something against the king or the kingdom and if magic needs to be used against her we have these flowers here. It was your father who authorized me to keep them. I'm glad I convinced you to come back because otherwise she would get what she has wanted all these years", Lilian said to the princess's surprise.
"I don't understand anything anymore", said Agatha, not knowing how to deal with the amount of new information she was receiving these days.
"Don't worry, you'll understand everything", said Lilian.
They continued walking, the princess was silent. Sometimes she opened her mouth to say something, but she didn't. Lilian noticed.
"Do you want to ask me something? You can ask me anything you want. I'll answer everything I can", Lilian said, calming her down.
"Why did you say that this place was a home?"
Lilian was silent for a while and then said:
"It's not a story I like to tell, but it was after my daughter died that I asked the king to make this place for me".
To be continued...
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The Frog Collector
FantasyPrincess Agatha is about to live the most intense days of her life. It all starts with a answer she will give to Prince James. But when she goes to the usual place where she will give that answer, he's not there. She waits, but tired decides to look...
