(Oh! He's already here) I thought with surprise as I looked at the table in the middle of the garden where a young man with black hair was sitting with a cold expression on his face and behind him was standing a young man with blonde hair who looked like he was in his twenties.
Today is my second date with my fiancé the first date was short and somewhat awkward as we kept silent for the majority of the date. Currently, I have personally sent him a message asking him to come to our second date to discuss the relationship in more detail.
"Hi, Mr. Fray, sorry I'm late," I said in a sincere voice as I reached the table
"It's okay, I just arrived too," replied Fray with the same expressionless face.
(It seems that he is not angry like the last time) I thought while looking at Fray's face, although his face looked cold and expressionless as usual, I can notice the subtle difference in the eyes, deducing that, unlike last time, Fray seems more peaceful with this engagement.
"So, Mr. Fray, I have heard that you will soon return to Iskar city, so I thought it would be good for us to meet and get to know each other before you leave," I said with a calm expression.
"Alright, I wanted to talk to you as well," said Fray, giving a signal to the young servant behind his soon as he saw the sign the servant stepped forward and handed me a thick paper folder
"Thank you, Joseph," I said with a calm expression, as I took the file from the servant's hand.
"You're welcome, your Highness," the young servant replied with a gentle smile on his face
(Did he just called me your Highness!?) I thought with a surprised expression after hearing the words of the servant, because I know that the servants of the Prada family do not address anyone with honorary titles except their masters unless they decide of their own free will to call someone like that out of respect in very special cases, but there is no reason for Joseph Fray's right-hand man, to show me that respect, except for me being Fray's fiancée
[Note : I know this paragraph isn't very clear, but in upcoming chapters everything will make sense]
(It seems that even Fray noticed this) I thought while looking at the cold look that Fray directs at his servant, while his servant Joseph ignores his cold look with an innocent expression
"Hah…" Suddenly, without realizing it, a small giggle came out of my mouth after noticing the funny behavior of the master and his servant.
"…" Fray and Joseph looked at me with surprised expressions.
It seems that they are so used to the empty expression that I always carry that they are surprised to see me laughing, but they do not know that the one who is most surprised here is me, because I am the one who knows the most about what it means to me to laugh like this...
"Oh! I'm sorry...well, Mr. Fray, what is this folder?" I asked quietly before lowering my head to look at the folder the servant had given me, trying to hide my blushing cheeks.
"Well, this is information about some of the organizations that work under my command in the Lionar Kingdom. These organizations will also be under your control from now on," Fray said.
(Oh my God! did he say that these are just some of the organizations he controls? He's still a sixteen years old boy but he already managed to gather all this power ) I thought in shock as I looked at the huge list of organizations in the file, in fact, Fray is the second strongest contender for the position of head of the parada family at the time, and I naturally expected him to have a lot of forces supporting him, but that's just absurd, there are organizations here that are powerful enough to rule entire cities.
"Young lady, there is also some information that will be useful to you, some caches and secret codes to communicate with our men, as well as property papers for some businesses that have a good future, and a lot of other useful secret data " the servant standing behind Fray announced with a respectful expression.
"Is this enough ?" Fray asked in a serious voice, looking in my direction.
"Mr. Prada, why are you giving me this folder?" I asked with a questioning expression, looking at Fray's cold face
"I don't know what they told you exactly, but the Prada family does not intend to support you in the competition for the throne, and I cannot support you directly, so I decided to give you the authority to communicate and order my men and you can use them to start building your own powers," Fray said in a serious voice.
(What? did this mean that the head of the Prada family had retracted his words? But why would he do this ?) I thought with a complicated expression, unable to understand what my mother and the head of the Prada family are planning to achieve with this engagement.
"Okay, I understand, but, Mr. Fray, you don't have to support me just because of this engagement, I can't take this folder," I said, as I pushed the folder back in Fray's direction.
"Although this engagement has no future, as long as you are my fiancée, then I must support you, in addition to that I am confident in your abilities, and I am sure that I will benefit from my investment in you so..." Fray continued speaking with a neutral expression, but for some reason, I could no longer hear his announcement as in this moment mind was drowning in one specific thought
(The engagement has no future? Why does he say this? And why do I feel this way? Didn't I want to end this engagement as well ?...)
Although I know that I don't Love this guy at least not yet after all I've only met him twice, for some reason I still find it hard to accept that he has already decided he doesn't want to continue in this relationship, but eventually, I managed to hold myself together before deciding to accept Fray's offehus, after I accepted his offer, Fray returned to his city, while I focused on my goal and started to build a power strong enough to compete for the throne, Consequently, We did not meet again for a long, but for some reason, despite the passage of more than a year without meeting him or even speaking to him, I couldn't remove his image from my head until that day came when the International Academy announced the opening of a new class, a class which only accept the most talented people in the continent, the Shield Class
