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13. Compassion

After escorting Lilian back to her residence, Seint and Artem returned home to the palace. During the trip Seint did not say a word even though Artem tried various ways to make him open his voice.

"As if Seint....are you still mad at me?" Ordinary Artem (without a noble frills) said to lure Seint into speaking.

Seint just stared straight ahead without looking at Artem in the slightest. He was still upset with Artem because when he drove Lilian home, the girl always invited Artem to talk and ignored his existence.

Seint's frustration grew when Lilian offered to treat the wounds on Artem's cheeks and hands as he fought with the bandits.

Seeing the sharp gaze of Seint who seemed to want to eat him alive made Artem shudder in horror and immediately reject Lilian's offer.

But Artem's fate, instead of being angry with Lilian, Seint was angry with him and did not want to talk.

"What's my fault? You should be mad at Lilian not at me." Artem was frustrated.

Seint stopped walking and looked dislikefully at Artem, the aura he emitted making Artem gulp down repeatedly.

"You." Said Seint hanging.

"A.a.a..what..?" Artem said nervously.

"Just call him names" Seint squinted his eyes at Artem.

"Then why? he himself said, you should call just by name just so familiar and Awwwwww.........." Ringis Artem before finishing his speech because Seint kicked his leg very hard and left him alone enduring the pain of Sein's kick marks.

Arriving at the palace, Seint headed straight to the meeting hall to report to his father that the mission he was working on had been completed.

Looking at Sein's comrade, the soldier guarding the hall door saluted him and opened the door. Upon entering the hall was seen a row of confidants his father looked down saluting Seint, with his flat face he walked closer to the stop there which is now occupied by the number one person in the kingdom of Appollonia.

Seint bent his knees and saluted "Report Your Majesty .... Mission successfully completed." Said firmly.

The father nodded briefly and raised his head proud of what his son had achieved. "Good work, now go rest" said the Father full of authority.

Seint nodded briefly and walked out of the meeting hall.

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In a garden a girl sat pensively with her hand propping her chin on one of the garden tables, occasionally yawning and looking bored at some of the books in front of her.

The girl took a slow breath and straightened her body. "When these tasks are done, my hand feels broken and my eyes feel sore."

"Pay Miss if you always complain, the task you do will feel heavy." Said the waiter.

Lilian glanced in annoyance at Rosa. "The task is hard, why did you punish me to read all those books not to mention I have to write the resume of each book."

"Miss should be grateful to be given such light punishment." Rosa Say.

"If it's light why don't you just do it?" Lilian said annoyedly.

"Can't Miss, I won't make any more mistakes, it's a good thing Mr and Madam still let me live after that incident." Rosa Say.

Lilian threw a face unwilling to look at Rosa and turned to look at the books in front of her. His hands stretched out to grab a book and open it.

He was serving two weeks of punishment after the incident. After the departure of Seint and Artem drove him home Duke Marven, Illyria, Zheyan and Asgar threw a lot of questions, instead of being concerned about Lilian's story, the father gave her the punishment to learn all about the kingdom of Apollonia as well as the neighboring kingdom, and she even had to make a resume.

As usual Lilian wanted to ask for help from three other people but the three people even threw their faces away and did not have the slightest intention to help her.

His sentence was not there, Lilian could not get out of his residence and could not even approach the gate until the time his father had set, whether until when he had to stay in his residence. If he breaks, his sentence will increase.

While Lilian was busy with her punishment, Zheyan and Asgar came and sat right in front of her.

"Where is the resume?" Ask Zheyan.

Lilian closed her book and stared at Zheyan. "There are two more books." Lazy speech.

Zheyan nodded. "Good.... Then finish it quickly." Say lightly.

Lilian pursed her lips in annoyance, instead of giving her Zheyan spirit instead telling her to do her punishment quickly.

"There's no need to frown so Lillian.the sooner you finish your sentence the sooner we leave." Asgar spirit.

Lilian frowned confusedly. "Where to?"

Asgar smiled happily. "We're going to visit your family's estate because soon the palace will hold a festival." Asgar girang.

Lilian rounded her eyes and smiled happily towards Zheyan and Asgar."What festival?"

Zheyan and Asgar blinked their eyes at Lilian, forgetting that the younger brother remembered nothing, including the usual events of the year.

"The name of the family festival that is usually held every year, each family will compete the results of their respective homes, nahhh for this year Father, Mother and Sister intend to overhaul the results of our plantation." Zheyan was obviously at length.

Lilian nodded in understanding. "Then we'll visit the plantation?"

"Yes after you're done with your punishment, so get it over with." Asgar Say.

Lilian nodded in excitement then looked back at the puzzled Asgar. "Then if this is a race between residences then why should you come with us?"

"Haissss I belong to your family, don't I, Zheyan?" Asgar said annoyedly and nudged Zheyan's hand.

Zheyan smiled and nodded in agreement to Asgar's question.

Asgar breathed. "The big brother's family is the biggest producer of wood and food, so the Duke's estate is adjacent to the Baron's estate, and you're with you." Obviously Asgar.

"Oooo that" said Lilian.

"Now quickly finish your sentence." Zheyan stood up from his seat and scrambled Lilian's hair.

"Ihhh Kakaaaa." Shouted Lilian.

Zheyan simply smiled at Lilian and pulled Asgar away with him. After the departure of her two brothers, Lilian returned to the spirit of working on the rest of her sentence. He was ceaselessly smiling while imagining his freedom.

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Finally the day of freedom that Lilian was to come, three days ago Zheyan and Asgar came to give news that made him eager to do his punishment quickly.

No fading smiles adorned her pretty face after the father said her sentence had been completed when the last resume he submitted to his father.

After packing up some of the items they would need on the way, Lilian and Zheyan walked together towards the main room of the father's residence to say goodbye. In Sana Duke Marven and Illyria was waiting for the arrival of their two children.

Upon seeing Lilian and Zheyan enter the main room, Illyria stood up from her seat and immediately approached her daughter "remember during the journey you must obey all of your sister's words and do not throw a tantrum"

Hearing his mother's words, Lilian sighed softly and nodded briefly. "Yes Mother".

Afterwards Illyria stared at her son "Take care of your sister lest she get hurt and keep an eye on her lest she be separated from you."

Zheyan smiled gently at the mother and hugged her mother. "Mother don't worry, Zheyan make sure your daughter will be fine until we get back." His words calmed the mother.

Duke Marven walked up to his son and patted Zheyan on the shoulder. "Dad leave him to you."

"Yes Dad." Zheyan.

Then Duke Marven turned to look towards the princess. "Remember you can't be naughty, listen to all your brother's words and don't be separated from your brother." He hugged his daughter warmly.

Lilian felt like crying when she got affection from her family now, she remembered her old family, somehow they are now.

Duke Marven broke his arms and stroked his daughter's head. "Go back soon."

Lilian nodded and hugged her mother tightly "Lilian promised no trouble and would always listen to her brother."

After bidding farewell to his parents, Lilian and Zheyan walked towards the gate of the residence ushered by his two masters. There Asgar was waiting on his horse.

Zheyan walked towards the horse that had been prepared for him while Lilian walked towards her carriage with Rosa. Before Lilian entered the horse carriage, she glanced at Zheyan and Asgar alternately.

"Why did you go on horseback while I was on horse-drawn carriage?" Lilian.

Zheyan looked at Lilian. "Because you're a woman, so it's appropriate that you take a horse-drawn carriage."

"Why am I a woman ? Is there a rule here that a woman can't ride a horse?" Said Lilian nyolot.

Ever since Lilian lost her memory, Zheyan always sighed while talking to her sister.For some reason, from the moment she regained her coma, Zheyan felt she needed extra energy just to talk to the girl.

"Because the princesses of the nobles here would rather ride a horse carriage than ride a horse directly." Obviously Asgar.

"But I want to ride a horse too" Lilian said.

"Can you ride a horse?" Ask Zheyan.

Lilian simply shook her head at the question from Zheyan. "But I want to".

"Well how do you want to ride a horse when you can't ride a horse?" Asgar said in frustration.

Lilian looked at Asgar annoyed and walked while stomping her feet towards the carriage.

"If the Duke's family manages to win the race, brother promises to teach you how to ride a horse." Zheyan.

Lilian who was about to enter her carriage stopped upon hearing Zheyan's words, she immediately turned around and smiled brightly towards Zheyan. "Yes promise?"

Zheyan smiled and nodded at Lilian, Then she looked up at her father and mother giving a sign that everything would be fine. Then Zheyan turned to look at Lilian who had now entered his carriage with Rosa.

"Why did you promise to teach him to ride a horse ? You know for yourself every year the Marquis family always excels in this race, even though Lilian loses her memory but does not change anything from Lilian including her nature." Asgar Say.

Zheyan sighed for the second time. "Either... I just can't bear to see him moody, maybe this year the Duke's family won."

"Yes, I hope so too." Asgar Say.

"Why do you even want the Duke family to win ? You should have hoped the Barons would win." Zheyan said as he pulled the reins of his horse to walk forward.

"Lilian wanted it more than the Barons." He said while laughing softly.

Then they set off for the plantation with some soldiers following him from behind.

Seeing the entourage of his two children getting away from Duke Marven da Illyria entered back into his residence.

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