Someone who loves me\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril didn\u2019t know how she had gotten to the balcony. She had fallen asleep and didn\u2019t remember\u00a0<\/p>\n
getting up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro carried her in his arms and said, \u201cYou must go back to bed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI really don\u2019t know how I got to the balcony,\u201d Abril said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s okay, I believe you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro gently placed her on the bed and said, \u201cAre you alright? Does your wound hurt?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA little, but I\u2019m fine,\u201d she replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGo back to sleep.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro took off his jacket, loosened his shirt and shoes, and then laid next to Abril. She stared\u00a0<\/p>\n
at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy aren\u2019t you sleeping?\u201d He asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not sleepy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I am, so close your eyes and sleep. I won\u2019t be able to sleep until you do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPerhaps I should be in another room.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI was sharing a room with Your Majesty to give you an heir, but in my state that\u2019s impossible. I\u2019m just a nuisance to Your Majesty.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I don\u2019t want you far from me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t understand. Why does Your Majesty want to have me close when he hates me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t hate you, at least not now, so get that silly idea of wanting to go to another room out of your head.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat has changed? Why doesn\u2019t Your Majesty hate me anymore?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know, I just don\u2019t hate you anymore. You don\u2019t like that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not that, it just seems strange to me. No one has ever cared about me. I\u2019m not used to Your\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/4\u00a0<\/p>\n
<Someone who loves me\u00a0<\/p>\n
Majesty being so kind and caring to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro wondered what kind of life Abril had lived in the kingdom of Laios. He asked, \u201cWhat was your life like in the kingdom of Laios?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHum\u2026. Lonely. I was never someone anyone loved. I don\u2019t even remember anyone being kind to me in that place.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWas your mother not kind to you either?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mother died giving birth to me. I never met her, nor do I know much about her, only what the maids said when they were annoyed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did they say?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t I die with my mother? That I shouldn\u2019t have been born. When I was little, I was very\u00a0<\/p>\n
sickly. They hated having to take care of me. To everyone, I was just someone annoying who\u00a0<\/p>\n
shouldn\u2019t have survived. I don\u2019t even know how I\u2019m still alive, since they always neglected me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Remembering what her life had been like in the kingdom of Laios, Abril frowned and said, \u201cWhen\u00a0<\/p>\n
that maid attacked me, I thought I was going to die. I thought I would never open my eyes again,\u00a0<\/p>\n
and at that precise moment I realized that I have never been happy, that there has never been anyone to love me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro stared at her intently and asked, \u201cDo you want me to love you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI have never expected love from Your Majesty. I wonder if when I have a child, he will love me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou will be his mother. I\u2019m sure he will love you, and I think I will too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril\u2019s eyes widened, and she wondered if she had heard correctly. She cleaned her ears and said, \u201cMaybe I should sleep, I think I\u2019m hearing things.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro caressed her cheek and asked, \u201cDon\u2019t you want me to love you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would Your Majesty love me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo I need a reason to do so?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know how love itself works. It\u2019s something I have no knowledge about.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro moved a little closer to Abril, gave her a soft kiss on her lips, hugged her, and said, \u201cYou don\u2019t need any reason to love, it just happens. You fall in love without thinking, without planning, without realizing it. When I saw that you were about to die I was scared, I didn\u2019t want to lose you.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m\u00a0<\/p>\n
sorry if that\u2019s annoying to you, but I want to have you close to me and make sure you\u2019re okay.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril didn\u2019t know what to think about what the king was saying to her, so she just remained silent,\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/4\u00a0<\/p>\n
< Someone who loves me\u00a0<\/p>\n
wondering if the king\u2019s words were true.\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next day, Alessandro sent for Sirius. When he arrived, he said, \u201cSomething strange happened\u00a0<\/p>\n
with the princess yesterday.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was on the balcony.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat means she\u2019s better now, isn\u2019t she?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was asleep, she didn\u2019t know how she got to the balcony.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe she sleepwalks. I\u2019ve heard some people do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
don\u2019t know, I felt something strange when I saw her on the balcony, it was like she was another\u00a0<\/p>\n
person.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was asleep, it\u2019s natural that she doesn\u2019t act the same way she always does.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess you\u2019re right. How is the assignment I gave you going?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s only been a day, you can\u2019t expect me to have found a miracle medicine to heal wounds, especially considering I can\u2019t use magic since the princess nullifies all magic.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, get to it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I\u2019ll go back to the Mages\u2018 Tower right now and get to it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As Sirius approached the door, Alessandro said, \u201cI told the princess I could love her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you\u2019re going to do what I suggested? Are you going to make the princess fall in love with you? Her magic is dangerous, it\u2019s best to have her on our side, and I think that\u2019s the best way to do it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLove is more effective than fear. For love, a person can even fight death. I have received a report from the shadows, it seems King Venobich is preparing for war.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you think he\u2019s going to break your treaty?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know, I just know that she could mean our victory or our defeat if the war starts again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI just hope King Venobich doesn\u2019t start another war before the princess learns to handle her powers. If not, that would be a real problem.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know, that\u2019s why I want her to recover quickly so she can continue learning, so that she can control her powers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
3\/4\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
<Someone who loves me\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBy the way, do you know how to make the princess fall in love with you yet?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
What?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t tell me you don\u2019t have a plan.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I haven\u2019t thought about it yet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI advise you to start thinking about it. For a woman to fall in love with a man, she needs to feel special to him. You must show your feelings for her. Well, in your case, there are no feelings, so you\u2019ll have to try even harder.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro wasn\u2019t very good with women, since from a young age it had always been women who made the effort to please him. He had never had to please any woman. In reality, he didn\u2019t know what to do to make the princess fall in love with him, but he didn\u2019t want to admit that to Sirius.\u00a0<\/p>\n
$3\u00a0<\/p>\n
H\u00a0<\/p>\n
21\u00a0<\/p>\n
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