Hellbents
Chapter 97: Outing

As they exited the room towards the balcony terrace, Ava was finally able to breathe properly. The nobles make the appearance as one of the weapons, if there are people who look shabby, old-fashioned, or have been used before, there will be no one to hesitate in their criticism. Appearance here means from hairdo, makeup, clothing, accessories, to body odor. That's why Ava's preparations take hours, because it's also her sensitive nose can't stand to linger in a room filled with stings of mixed perfume, make it overwhelmed when the status of his senses has been lowered to 20%.

He took another deep breath. This party is an important party to attend, especially Ava who now plays the role of the royal princess of Edodale. But Marvin himself said that he only needed to show his face for a while until the opening was finished, after all Eve had been known as an anti-social who did not like to hang out with the upper class. “”Be pleasantries and chat about unimportant rumors are not appropriate for people like”, as Big Brother said,” Marvin was perstimony. Basically Eve thought that the nobles were not at her level. Ava who heard it only increasingly convinced that his doppleganger had a god complex.

“Drink this,” Ellijah who just caught up with her to the terrace offers a glass of purple liquid. The wine? But it looks too cloudy. “I don't want to drink alcohol.”

“I know, this is grape juice.” Oh. So Ava received the proffered glass, pretending to be vertical. He won't forget that Ellijah was the one who kidnapped him here with a dope trick, Ava won't lower her guard against the man. Ellijah could have put some strange medicine into her drink, or deliberately made her drunk. Given his insanity and obsession with Eve, the fiancee he wants to marry soon, does not rule out the possibility of these things can happen.

“So, you want to talk about your real motives?”

“Motif what do you mean?”

“When asking me .. dating.” Ava blinked in surprise with a sudden stutter. But he has prepared the answer, “Did you forget what this noisy party was held for?”

“Feature 1500 years of the founding of the Kingdom of Edodale?”

“Truely, meaning there will be a festival.” Ava heard the news from the engrossed chatter of three servants who always accompanied her.

Both of Ellijah's eyebrows were still linked, still confused by the direction of their conversation. “I intend to go for a walk, but bringing servants and also bodyguards is very troublesome, especially they will attract attention. So you better come with.”

But Ellijah still did not understand.

Ava has to push even stronger, “So you don't want to?”

In a romantic relationship, the person who prefers will lose.

Of course his fake fiancee just nodded without asking any further.

***

“Why don't you refuse?!” Marvin frantically shouted, his long strides trying to keep up with Ava's quick and hasty path.

“What's wrong? Isn't Princess Eve and Duke Frost engaged, isn't it only natural?”

“Do not pretend to be stupid, you realize that the relationship between the two is not equal!”

Because Marvin kept stopping him from getting out.

Although Ava's contract specifically created a clause not to interfere outside of the role duties she was assigned, Marvin insisted on closing her path on the grounds “” ball preparation. But Ava doesn't necessarily believe that this obstacle will disappear after the dance is over, so she takes precautions. Using Duke Frost as his excuse and shield, Ava will easily get permission to leave the palace because the only one who knows the contents of their agreement is Marvin, after all the King and Queen will not refuse.

He understands that Marvin is worried that Ava's identity will actually be revealed if he is not directly under surveillance. Attempting to attach a guard was also a dangerous endeavor, as it indicated that the Duke was not trusted to ensure the princess's safety, Marvin himself was afraid to offend the man of that status, that's why his dislike is always displayed behind his back, not yet clear on the surface. Although the royal family is automatically held in high esteem, but the prince seems to have not yet received official recognition in politics, in contrast to his brother who was hailed as a genius who every semester contributed to his discoveries. Unfortunately Eve was not interested in the throne, shouldn't Marvin be the crown prince? But King Dion, his father, did not immediately treat him.

Ava who immediately caught the political direction of the blowing kingdom also took advantage of it.

“If you still want to complain, just go straight in front of the guy,” Ava finally bedesis, threatening him subtly.

Marvin silence.

***

“Don't I tell you we're going on a date?”

“True,” Ellijah replied plain.

“Then why are so many soldiers coming?”

The man then looked at the two bodyguards he had specifically summoned for today. “Isn't it natural?”

“You forgot that my reason for inviting you was so that my existence would not be conspicuous at the festival later? If in matters of escort, instead of you always have clever assassins hiding, it just feels enough.”

Now it was Ava's turn to be looked at by Ellijah, her fake fiance's eyebrows raised, her expression clearly saying “Tumben?”. So Ava immediately rolled her eyes on purpose, “Of course. Come on, let's go.” The girl also hurriedly boarded the horse carriage that was already waiting for them, not paying attention to Ellijah's outstretched hand as the gesture of an honorable man, the man pulled back his open palm with a bitter smile, this time accustomed.

The horse carriage that they both ended up walking was accompanied by the rhythm of “Tuk! Nah! Yuk!” the gentle one, fifteen minutes later Ava and Ellijah reached the border of the palace.

Just like the book he read, Edodale's palace was a floating island, as far as the eye could see only the clouds Ava caught. At the end of the island, dozens of royal witches were placed, five of whom muttered spells made specifically for the up and down of the palace, that way people who are not interested can barely go in and out. Obviously there are exceptions, Eve, considering that the spell paper used today is one of her own innovations, which is the main reason her dopplegangger was able to easily escape the palace. But Ava wasn't Eve, so she needed a little help.

After a long acquaintance, their horse carriage flew, then slid downwards smoothly. It felt exactly when Ava was in a swing, swaying lightly, it was just that the scale of the swing this time was larger, and if they fell, it was certain that she would die. Fortunately not for long, they landed smoothly.

Ava has seen a lot of people having fun at the festival.