Elona'S Legacy
Rumours

That night, that night, Sabrina saw from her window room Elona being ushered by a man even though the man covered his face with the hood of the robe he was wearing but Sabrina was able to recognize him that the man was Ricardo the instant the look of his face turned into it's cold and creepy.

The morning while they were having breakfast suddenly Sabrina opened up a conversation she normally never had, with her usual calm expression and tone she started asking questions to Elona.

" What about your mission yesterday?" ask Sabrina

" It is fortunate that all the illicit goods from the proceeds of piracy have been seized by the kingdom, the people involved in the ship have also caught everything and I hope they will also get useful information from the interrogation later.

What about your mission preparation? I heard you're gonna do it in 3 days?" answer Elona

" Yes, I've completed everything that's needed. But last night I saw you being ushered in by a man, you have to be more careful if you want to meet with 'your close friends' because we're in the palace if it gets scattered." Sabrina said

" ah! Thank you for the attention of Sabrina's daughter I don't think you like being friends with me but it turns out the opposite" Elona replied with a smile on her face

"*Either*he's stupid or just pretending?!" *he thought in his heart even though he replied to Elona with a smile

" I heard you met the Crown Prince when you completed your mission?" ask Sabrina

" YES! Where did you hear it I didn't think the news spread so quickly"

" You're so lucky your mission will become easier because of the Crown Prince's help?"

" It would have been easier to do it together but you don't have to worry about it because every mission we receive has a different level of distress" Elona said

Elona's words were only answered with a formal smile that Sabrina usually shows when attending social events.

After they return to training, Sabrina begins to devise a plan to destroy Elona's reputation while Elona writes a letter to Ricardo about the continuation of the piracy case they are dealing with.

In the morning some of the palace servants both men and women whispered to each other and always looked at Elona with a strange and slightly demeaning look when they were passing by her.

Elona who was already aware of their gazes also felt puzzled as to why they suddenly looked at her like that. Finally he met one of the female servants who was cleaning the palace items that were not far from him.

" What have you been talking about since this morning?" elona asked the young maid

At the same time, in the palace kitchen, Emma, Elona's personal waitress who was drinking, heard a conversation among the kitchen maids about her young lady meeting a middle-of-the-night man

" What do you mean by this?" ask Emma

" Oh! what a coincidence that you're the personal servant of the 'noble princess', your non is so great huh!" said the person in a mocking tone while cutting the eating ingredients that were in his hands.

" Is my non-me the person you can call with such a lowly tone? I ask you again what do you mean by that word?" asked Emma in anger

" Someone saw your young lady meet an unknown man in the middle of the night?" said the waiter

Back to Elona's place

" You calm down, I don't mean to blame you. Tell me what happened from the beginning!" elona said soothingly as her hand held the servant's shoulder

Then the palace maid told me early in the morning that they had heard that the future Crown Princess Elona met a man in the middle of the night at the palace. But he also did not know who started spreading it.

" To the front you must not come to talk about strange and uncertain things, it will save you if you want to work long and safe in the palace. Continue your work!

" Miss, back in the kitchen, I heard rumors that tarnished your reputation" Emma said

" I've heard it, too, so relax maybe in a few days the rumors will subside and there's no hard evidence"

" But what if the nobles believed the rumors more?"

" It was not too late to finish it either. Before that we do the first few preparations you help me figure out where these rumors come from, then we'll wait as things go"

" Okay, young lady"

Tok....

" Elona, can I talk to you for a minute, Princess Elona?" ask Sabrina

" Get in!" reply Elona

" I heard from my personal servant that he heard bad rumors going around about you. Are you all right?"

" Thank you for the attention of Sabrina's daughter, I'm fine just a rumor that doesn't need to be thought out later the truth will prove it"

" But you shouldn't take it simple either, rumors can kill people even more so we will now become a royal family that will defame the kingdom. Because it could also be that the truth will not be revealed"

" I will consider the warning of your daughter Sabrina but I do not agree on one thing with you, no matter how long or hard the obstruction may one day be revealed"

"  Alright, I'm here just to see how you're doing. I went back to my room first because I had to prepare for tomorrow's mission" Sabrina said, saying goodbye.

After Sabrina came out of Elona's room thinking if she could trust Sabrina's attitude that came because she was right to worry about her or any other reason. Then he called his personal servant to enter

" Sir, can I help you?"

" Emma, tomorrow when you're done investigating the palace servants try you also find out about Sabrina's servants but do it carefully, don't make them suspicious"

" Good miss. Does Miss suspect that Sabrina's daughter did it?"

" I can't say he came because he was worried as a friend or as an enemy who wanted to see the state of his opponent. We can only keep watch, remember tomorrow you must be careful!"

Hearing Elona's words, Emma nodded her head