Stuck In The Middle Ages
18| Secrets?

A few years later, Lucas has grown into a handsome man who is valued by many girls. Even more mature, he also rarely smiled, only when he was with his family he showed that sweet smile.

It is currently Lucas' nineteenth birthday celebration. A year later, Natasha will leave her position to her sister and enjoy her free time.

     "Lucas, welcome the invited guests while you'll be waiting for Austin and Victoria!"

     "Yes!"

Afterwards Lucas went to the royal hall to greet guests, including his schoolmates.

Yes, Lucas also went to school where Natasha used to be. When all his friends had come, he was seen staring at the entrance with an impatient face until finally a friend approached him.

     "Prince, happy birthday!" he said by shaking Lucas' hand and shaking it slowly.

     "Are you waiting for Winter's daughter? You still chasing him? Oh come on, out of the many noble girls who admire you, why should she be the one who is clearly not interested in you?"

Lucas rolled his eyeballs lazily, how many times did he tell his friend this one.

     "I've explained to you a thousand times the reason so stop asking questions and just find a woman to make you a lover!"

Lucas pushes his friend until he relents and lets Lucas wait.

Right after her friend left, Winter came. His flat face was always the one Lucas looked forward to the most.

      "Beautiful, always beautiful!" muttered.

Suddenly someone reached for his ear, causing Lucas to scream in pain and become the center of attention.

     "Who did you say was beautiful?"

     "A-oh, brother is sick. Don't pull Lucas' ear!" please, while some of the girls and their friends laughed at Lucas.

     "I asked, who is beautiful?"

     "Sir Natasha is beautiful, yes, sister. Let go of my ears, it hurts!"

Natasha finally released her hand from Lucas' ear making the man look at her irritatedly.

     "Focus on your school first, then you can find a lover.

     "Yeah. This brother's been so angry since Lucas was big."

Natasha snorted and snapped at the head of her sister.

     "Because you're getting harder to control. I told you not to ditch, but you still did. Do you want your brother to send you to a faraway place to study?" the threat made Lucas choke on his own saliva.

     "Jangaaaan. Lucas won't ditch again, promise! Lucas was invited by William."

Hearing his name called, William was evasive.

      "No queen, uh sister Natasha. Lucas always invited me and Bruno to skip. He said the lesson on magic was too boring!"

Lucas glanced at William, again and again he got the news from his brother.

     "It's good you scapegoat blacken others. Never mind, Austin and Victoria have arrived so just start."

Afterwards they start having fun with Lucas' birthday. Everyone seems to be cool with their friends except Winter.

The girl was seen standing at the corner table looking at the cake. Natasha then leaves Austin, trying to drive away the noble girls and goes to Winter.

      "The cake is delicious, you know!"

Hearing that, Winter immediately turned his eyes to Natasha. He smiled and gave her respect.

     "Queen, sorry I didn't know you were here!"

Natasha smiled and shook her head.

      "Call brother, you're Lucas's friends so don't be too formal. Why alone, not join the others?" ask Natasha curious.

Winter looked at those who were busy themselves, she then shook her head slowly while smiling and staring at Natasha's beautiful bead.

     "They all have friends so they don't need me. I'm fine if I have to be alone!"

Natasha was silent, was the girl ostracized?

      "Why? What's the reason you don't have any friends?"

      "It's all because of my brother. He always threatened anyone who approached me except Lucas. Once Lucas and brother had a fight just because I wasn't allowed to attend school!"

Natasha frowning.

     "Who's your sister? He may restrict you from interacting with others. If we meet later, please meet me with your sister. I'll give you a warning!" natasha was a little upset.

It's nothing, it's just that he doesn't like it if a child has a wish but is restricted by his own family. Children have the right to choose and determine their future.

      "My brother will be here any minute, to pick me up."

      "good. I'll scold him as soon as I get here!"

Winter is smiling at Natasha. He was thrilled when he heard Lucas invite all his friends to come to his birthday party.

She was eager to see firsthand what her brother was like. Hearing some stories from noble girls who were amazed at him, made Winter's curiosity even more so.

Winter likes tough women, he thinks it's cool.

While enjoying the conversation with Winter, Azalea came to provide information.

     "The queen, the king of the kingdom of Voresham, is coming."

Natasha scrunched her forehead. For what the king of the neighboring kingdom again came here.

     "Tell him to go straight into the hall only!"

     "Good."

"It seems like my brother has come."

Natasha was immediately surprised, it turned out that her brother was the king of Voresham.

When a handsome man entered the hall, he became the center of attention. His eyes looked back and forth and finally found the object he was looking for.

Just about to approach Winter, Natasha had already blocked the man's path first.

"Na-Natasha?"

"Cedric? Seriously is this you?" ask Natasha to be astonished.

After they are all declared graduates, slowly Natasha begins to lose news about her friends, including three girls who often follow her.

When Cedric was about to hug, Austin was already in the way and as a result they were hugging each other.

Finding Natasha not hugging him, Cedric let go of his embrace.

"Don't haphazardly hug people, let alone she is Natasha!"

Winter is shocked, knowing the fact that Natasha recognizes the older sister. He approached Cedric and asked.

"Aren't you familiar with Natasha's sister?" tanyanya and answered nods by Cedric.

"We spoke at school, but only once!"

Natasha came forward and started asking.

"So, did he forbid you from making friends with your friends?" tanya Natasha makes sure and gets a nod from Winter.

Natasha finally looked in wonder at Cedric, while the man guessed that the younger sister had told him the yes-yes to Natasha.

"Cedric, why don't you let your sister interact with other people? Because of you, he's always alone!"

Cedric could only swallow his saliva, especially when he saw Natasha's sharp gaze.

"Never forbid your sister to do anything she likes while it's still natural. He just wants to have friends, but you made him shunned by his friends. Don't be so hard on her."

Cedric scratched his non-itchy neck.

"Actually I just don't want him to interact with any guy, let alone he still has a lot to learn to take care of himself. I just can't trust them!"

Natasha spontaneously hits Cedric's arm, leaving everyone stunned in disbelief, including Winter.

According to him, Cedric was a person who could not be touched by just anyone let alone women, but he only grimaced in pain after being hit by Natasha.

"You even got into a fight with my sister. Never mind, don't you forbid your sister to be friends with the others. They were afraid to go near him!"

Cedric just stood still and nodded.

"Since you're already here, it's better to just enjoy the cake that has been served. I have to go take care of the rest of my work. You've also become king, I can't believe you used to be a prince."

Lucas' birthday has passed, now they return to their respective activities.

At this time Natasha was being preoccupied by the grandmother who suddenly wanted a grandchild to make her confused.

"Grandmother, I can't give you a grandchild yet. Did grandma forget that I still have to take care of this kingdom, let alone Lucas just nineteen years old. In less than a year, he'll graduate from school and be king."

"At least you already have the candidate then grandma will be a little quiet to hear it."

Natasha seemed to be breathing tired. I don't know how else to make the grandmother understand her problems.

"The thing is, I couldn't have asked Austin to marry me right away. Put where my beautiful face is!" inner frustration.

Lucas just got home from school. Today he was both happy and upset.

Glad that Winter finally responded, upset that she was wondering about Natasha to herself.

"Why does your face look so moody?" ask Natasha by trying to divert the conversation.

Lucas looked at his brother fiercely, then passed by making Natasha even more upset.

"Huh, stop. Today was quite tiring so let's take a walk for a while."

Natasha started to step out of the kingdom and walk towards the main park. He began to look at the statue of his father and mother, then began to speak for himself, as if the two were at his side.

"Mom, dad. Now Lucas has grown into a handsome man and many girls idolize him. My job as queen will soon be completed and replaced by Lucas. I also intend to find out who killed you a few years ago."

Natasha was silent for a moment before finally speaking again.

"Fortunately during Lucas' growth, they did not show themselves after that day trying to take him away. Now I'm gonna have a little trouble figuring out their identities. Your death won't take my spirit and Lucas will wear off. We always pray for you, please always keep an eye on us."

"I honestly miss my life a little bit in modern times. I miss my friend, Prita. Missing the nagging from the lecturers and the noise from my cousins. I kept it a secret from everyone including you and now you know it."

He was down, it felt like Natasha's eyes were heating up now.

"I'm also happy to be here and feel the warmth from you guys even if not for long. I'm happy to have a brother like Lucas and a great-grandparents who always give me support. I miss them so much. I miss my mom and dad. How long am I here? I don't even know what my purpose is and ... None of this has any clarity. Suddenly my soul moved to medieval times and into the body of the girl whose name and face resembled mine. What am I supposed to do?"

He sat down with his tears occasionally. Natasha had even forgotten what her parents looked like. If she doesn't see their photos, then it's certain that Natasha will forget the faces of her parents.

"If my goal is to change Natasha's destiny, then what should I change?"

After feeling a little calm, he then began to rise and look at the twilight sky.

"It's very likely that Natasha's character is coming back with my character, so let's make that change. I will see what happens in the future and when I return to where I came from. Now just focus on finding out about those who killed mom and dad!"

Natasha then began to walk into the kingdom before finally someone who had been hiding behind a tree came out. He listened to all forms of Natasha's curses until he saw a look of confusion.

"So she's not Natasha?"

On the other hand, Lucas who was busy reading a book about black fire magic was surprised by the presence of his servant, Emma.

"Good, good thing I don't have a deadly disease."

"I'm sorry prince, but prince Austin comes and asks you to meet him at the main park!"

Hearing that Lucas frowned and felt astonished. Normally Austin would go straight to Natasha, but this time it was different.

"Good."

After closing the book and putting it in place, Lucas went to see Austin. Upon arriving there, he immediately asked the purpose of the handsome man finding himself.

"What did the prince see me? Not usually!" lucas said, making Austin look up to him.

The man's face looks confused and worried, Lucas then frowned in wonder.

"Why?" ask again.

"Your sister ... !" said hanging.

"What's wrong with my brother?" Lucas seemed so upset with Austin's remarks that impressed provoked his patience.

"He's not the Natasha you know, Lucas!"

Seriate...