Arabella’s point of view.
“Your Majesty” he greeted Wymond with a bow, then turned to me. “Your highness” he bowed at me too.
I huffed mentally, he’s greeted us more than twenty times today -life of royalties.
“Your Majesty, I just checked your protection spell and it’s still intact, in fact, nobody even tried to undo the spell” he reported.
“Which means this is all on the insider” Wymond growled, but he looked kinda relieved.
“Why are you looking relieved?” I asked him.
“Because I just found out my spell still remains one of the most complicated spells ever” he answered.
“One of? Is there any spell that’s more complicated than yours?”
“Yes” I raised an eyebrow at him. “Oak’s curse” he said.
“That’s a curse not a spell”
“It’s the same thing to me” he sighed. “Only the pearl bead can save me” he added.
Amy whimpered sadly in my head when he mentioned the pearl bead, she is very sad because we can’t mate with our mate yet and I don’t blame her because I am also sad too.
I’m not sad because we can’t mate yet, but because our heat is around the corner and she would feel most of the pain.
We’ve found our mate for a week now and nothing has happened between us, so, it’s only normal that we’ll go into heat.
“Baby?” Wymond called me.
I blinked and smiled at him.
“Yeah?”
“Do you still wanna continue the investigation today? Or we should wait till tomorrow?” he asked.
“Hmmm”
Maybe I should start searching for informations about the pearl bead for the rest of today, besides, we’ve gotten enough clues today.
“Let’s continue tomorrow, I have to visit the library” I said.
“Library? Why are you visiting the library?” he asked.
“To get informations about something” I answered.
He raised an eyebrow at me, like he’s expecting me to elaborate on my words.
“It’s something very important and I can’t tell you about it just yet” I said.
He didn’t say anything more, I turned to Edward and pointed at him.
“You, come with me to the library, I need your help” I told Edward.
“What?.. then what about me?” Wymond asked, jealousy was very obvious in his words.
“Um…” I cleared my throat. “.. do your usual paperwork in your office” I said.
That being said, I grabbed Edward’s hand and rushed out, ignoring Wymond’s growls.
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(Royal library)
“Your highness, why did we come to the library? For clues too?” Edward asked.
“Yeah”
“Oh, but what kind of clues are we gonna find in the library?” He asked again.
“The kind that will provide an heir for your King” I answered.
“Huh?”
He tilted his head and reasoned my words, his ears grew red when he finally got what I mean.
“Your highness, you can’t find that clue in the library” he leaned closer to my ear. “You can only find that clue on His Majesty’s bed” he whispered.
Now it’s my turn, my cheeks flamed up in embarrassment as I realized he’s just misinterpreted what I meant.
I left him at the entrance and walked towards a bookshelf in front of us, I traced my fingertips on the books and closed my eyes as I was enjoying tracing my fingertips on their hard covers.
“Let me ask you, Edward” I paused. “Have you heard about a pearl bead?” I asked him.
“A pearl bead…”
He trailed off and stayed quiet for a moment, I opened my eyes and they landed on a book, it looked pretty old.
“… yeah” he answered my question.
“Do you know what it looks like?”
“Yes, I do… but how did you know about the pearl bead?” he asked.
“Wymond told me about it, he said the bead grants wishes”
“Yes, but we don’t know for sure if it’s true… it might just be only a legend” he said.
I smiled and reached for the old book, it has the words I was expecting to see imprinted on it *History of the Pearl Bead*.
“I don’t care if it’s a legend or not, I will hold onto any and every hope”
If at the end of the day, the pearl bead doesn’t grant wishes, I’d just sacrifice myself and lift Wymond’s curse with my life as predestined -I might just reincarnate and become his mate again.
“So.. what are we doing here?” he asked.
“To look for books, any book that talk about the pearl bead”
I waved the old book I’m holding.
“Er… His Majesty know a lot more about the pearl bead than any books you can find here, just ask him whatever you wanna know and he’ll tell you everything” he advised.
I shook my head.
“Thank you, but I don’t want him to know I’m searching for the pearl bead -don’t tell him about it or he’s gonna stop me” I told him strictly.
“But your highness….”
“Don’t tell him about this or…” I trailed off and moved my hand across my neck, as though I’m slicing it.
His eyes grew wide and he gulped nervously, then nodded.
“I won’t tell his Majesty” he said.
I smirked victoriously and tapped his shoulder.
“You’ve just made a very wise decision” I told him. “Come on, search for any book that talks about the pearl bead”
“Yes, your highness” he replied.
We continued searching each shelf for any book that has to do with the pearl bead, and before I knew it, I’ve gathered about twelve books in my hands.
“Your highness, I think we’ve gotten enough for today” Edward said.
My eyes moved to the books in his hands, he’s also holding about five or six. I sighed.
“I guess we’ll have to drop some of them” he said.
“No, no” I disagreed quickly. “I don’t wanna come back here and start searching for them again, I’ll just take them with me”
“Hm, that’s true”
We headed towards the exit and a thought suddenly crossed my mind, I stopped walking and faced Edward.
“How about you help me investigate the bead’s whereabouts?” I asked suggestively.
“No, I don’t think that’s a good idea, your highness” he said.
“Why?” I asked with a frown.
“Because I’m always with his Majesty and he knows everything I do, he’d know you’re searching for the pearl bead if I investigate it for you” he explained.
Hmm, he’s right.
Then who’s gonna investigate this stuff for me? Dante? Daphne? No, no, I don’t wanna stress them.
Then it dawned on me that Arthur likes doing stuffs like this, he’s the perfect person for this.
“My brother will investigate it for me” I said with a grin.
“Your brother?!” he screamed.
“Yeah”
“You wanna involve your brother in this? He’s just seventeen, can he do it?” he asked.
“Yep” I popped the P. “Don’t underestimate that boy, he’s an eighty years old in a seventeen years old body”
He sighed and tried to take the books from me, but I didn’t let him.
“Don’t worry, I can carry them” I said and even collected the ones he’s carrying.
“I should carry them, His Majesty wouldn’t like it if he sees you carrying stuffs yourself”
I scoffed.
“I’m not that important to him, so don’t worry”
“You’re very important to him and…”
“Stop worrying yourself, I’ll protect you later” I told him.
“Alright then, I should head back to his Majesty, he might have some work for me”
“Ok” I replied, then he rushed off.
I puffed out some air and continued my journey to our room (I and Wymond’s room).
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Third person’s point of view.
(King’s office)
Wymond was going through a file when he heard a knock on the door, he could already tell who was behind the door by the scent coming from it.
“Come in” he muttered, but the person behind the door heard him clearly.
The door pushed open and Edward walked in, he bowed respectfully.
“Your Majesty” he greeted.
“Hm” Wymond hummed without raising his head.
Edward waited patiently while Wymond was flipping through pages, but it wasn’t long before he stopped and raised his head.
“Your Majesty” Edward greeted him again.
“Tell me, why did my mate take you to the library?” he asked.
“To look for clues” Edward answered.
“Clues?”
“Yes, your Majesty, she’s trying to find the pearl bead but she gave me strict warning not to tell you about it”
Wymond frowned slightly, then chuckled lightly and shook his head.
“She gave you strict warning not to tell me?”
“Yes, your Majesty” Edward answered.
Wymond chuckled again.
“Then why are you telling me? Are you betraying your queen?”
“I wouldn’t dare, your Majesty” Edward said quickly. “But I can’t hide something as important as this from you, I can’t afford it if something happens to her highness”
Wymond nodded at Edward’s explanation.
“Alright, assign some guards to follow her around, but don’t let her know about these guards, they must protect her but in secret”
“Yes, your Majesty”
“They should take this job seriously, I don’t want any mistakes when it comes to my queen”
“I will make sure of that” Edward said.
“Good, have you gotten any information about the pearl?”
“No, your Majesty, but I’ll continue digging until I find something” Edward answered.
“Hm, that’s all for now”
“Alright, I beg to be excused” with that Edward rushed out.
Wymond leaned back on his chair, he threw his head back and closed his eyes, then started massaging his temples softly.