Brooke's Priority
Chapter 20's

Three months passed so quickly.

This is my routine. I spent the morning taking geography and politics seriously, and during the day I ate with Darshan, listening to him talk about medicinal plants, and practicing the sword under Sir Oswald. In the afternoon, Darshan and I would run around the field. At nightfall, I ate with the three legends and forced Darshan to join us.

“Wuahh, I'm so tired,” I whine both my hands. “Today is very hot.”

Darshan nodded in agreement.

“You truant the exercise?”

“You want to get beat up huh?”

“No.”

I saw Fanita walking towards me on the sidelines of my break and Darshan. His face looks upset at me. I can't remember if I made a mistake with him or not.

He's carrying an arrow.

While I looked at the bow with a look of admiration, Fanita was already standing near me and said someone was looking for me.

“Haley?” my many.

“Grace Cohenherb.”

“Where?”

“Chat with your sister.”

Darshan observed the two of us whispering to me. “Your relationship is bad.”

Fanita heard it and showed a cynical face then immediately left the place. I hate it every time he behaves inappropriately even though we previously chatted well (not exactly familiar either). Actually, what's the matter with me?

“I think he envies you,” said Darshan.

“Do you think so?” my many. I'm more jealous of Fanita who is good at swordsmanship. His stamina is also much better than mine.

“Women usually envy each other.”

“Yes! Why should I listen to you?”

“I have four older sisters.”

I'm dumbfounded. Darshan gets too much burden from his family to become a great knight. I never talked about his family while we spent time together. I concentrated more on motivating Darshan to become a healer that was in line with my expectations.

“I listened to you.”

Darshan seemed to think for a moment then said, “My brother once said he did not like when his friend was close to others. It feels like they snatched it by force.”

Women's feelings are complicated.

“I understand,” I said. “I did seem to seize her time with her friends.”

Then, I took Darshan away with me to meet Grace. I want to introduce them because Darshan is already my best friend. Although he was still being shy but he was much more normal and more excited in his daily life now.

I saw Lucas and Alex talking to Grace.

“Grace,” I half ran to her leaving Darshan behind me. “Sweetie to see you come here.”

“Brooke,” Grace holds both my hands. “I miss you.”

“I too,”. “I want to introduce you to Darshan. When you visited last month, you didn't meet.”

I turned my body.

“Darshan,” call me. I looked to my left and right. “Yes! Darshan Wilder,” I yell annoyed. Darshan is gone. I didn't realize it at all.

I took a long breath. Darshan did not dare to look at Grace up close. He did it from a distance the first time Grace visited me. She said Grace was beautiful. Grace's beauty became the new lips in the academy after she first visited me about two months ago. I don't wonder why Lucas always forbade Grace from visiting him first. She can't stand in Grace's way anymore because I let her.

“She disappeared again?” lucas asked, no wonder.

“Do not shout, you are noisy,” Alex said afterwards.

“Go. Don't interrupt our reunion,” I reply to Alex. He won't leave even if I drive.

Grace tried to reconcile me and Alex who had a brief argument and gave me a handkerchief present for Lucas. Alex and Fanita got it too.

What Grace meant was a hunting event to be held next week, a hunting event that became a symbol of pride in the Kingdom (it is said, reportedly, this event was made to show the ability of the people of the Kingdom of Morrow to the Kingdom of Kirkuz which is famous for having many reliable hunters). The disciples would hunt and the one who got the big catch would be rewarded directly by the King.

“We won't get hurt,” Lucas stroked Grace's head. “I'll keep Brooke.”

In contrast to Lucas and Grace, I feel excited about the day of hunting. I'm excited because I've never done it before. I took part in the show. It doesn't matter that Lucas and Alex are challenging me so hard. We finally made a deal that contained ‘I will not disappear from the sight of Lucas and Alex’.

“Fanita will win,” Alex said as if it were a habit. “I'm not interested in hunting events.”

“He ever won?”

“Always,” reply Alex. “He is the best in archery.”

“On archery, why are we not taught archery?”

I've never seen anyone learn archery at the training ground.

“People thought archery was easy, so no one was interested in doing it. We also wear protective clothing,” Lucas gives an explanation.

Still, if the arrow pierces the heart, it can be fatal.

“I want to see him archery,” said Grace.

“I also.”

I feel Fanita will look great in the hunting event later.

When I imagined Fanita and her arrows and imagined myself riding horses through the forest, I heard a voice calling Lucas Hyung.

“Hyung,” say again. I turned to the direction of the voice and retreated a few steps automatically.

I saw Crown Prince Carlo Joines Barner.

“Yes,” Lucas looks down respectfully as well as Alex and Grace. I'm the only one who stays still without doing anything.

My heart trembled as if I missed him so much. Feelings of pleasure and misbehavior at the same time.

“Hyung, they're your sister?” Carlo smiled kindly.

He made my heart flutter.

Alex then nudged my arm and asked, “Where is your manners?”

I came to my senses and greeted Carlo in a nervous voice. “Blessed you, Your Majesty.”

In my dream, Brooke and Grace met Carlo at a dance that would last less than half a year. So, I haven't fully prepared my mentality to meet him in person.

Just thinking about it made my heart feel weird.

The Brooke effect made me feel like I was falling for Prince Carlo. I can't control my feelings yet. Brooke's feelings are still so attached to me that live on her body.

“Brooke. That's your name, right? Hyung once mentioned the names of his two younger siblings to me.” Carlo smiled again and I closed my eyes holding my heart pounding.

Ah, goddamn. I don't know his face is amazing when seen in person.

Me as Shin Yoo Ri said I should run away immediately. I don't want to spoil the atmosphere that should belong to Grace and Carlo. They fell in love at first sight, letting Brooke who smiled bitterly upon seeing him.

“You sick?” Carlo now looks at me with a serious face. “You okay?”

I pretended to cough.

“Brooke, are you sick?” Grace patted my back in worry. Alex also held my forehead and said my body temperature was normal.

I was thinking of pretending to faint.

“Looks like you should take a break,” advice Carlo. I glanced at his handsome face. She has bright blue eyes and blond hair. Characteristics of the Royal Family. “It looks like I have to go. I just want to say hi to Hyung.”

I just found out Lucas was on good terms with Prince Carlo.

“May you recover quickly, Miss Brooke.”

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