MEHJABEEN

It's not so frequent for Elffy to kiss him or to take control of their many situational awareness. Knowing that Quen's heart bulges with pride that he is slow as a turtle conquering his queen's shy heart. With a flick of his lids flash, he regains his composer and asks away,

" So you like it? " With his expression and complexion screaming— uncertainty. But it flew away the minute Edwie assure him with a smile saying,

" I love it. I will cherish it with all my heart remembering this present and make sure to let the whole universe see your sincerest love for me." Hearing that, the answering smile that spreads across Quen’s face does her stomach to backflip with a mere look at his smoldering eyes.

For a moment, Quen looks like he was about to say something, but the arrival of the destination calls his gaze off her bewitching looks.

It's indeed that there inside the castle. But this part of the fort is unseen to her knowledge. And just before she walks past the point of the magically built-in brick wall with a wooden door placed in the middle of the wall and scrapped with ancient architectural designs, Quen gets hold of her wrist thereby pulling her back from the trance.

" Be aware! It's a passage between the kingdom of trolls and other deadly creatures. Once you pass through those gates you can't return without the consent help— the Guide.

And it's no easy task to walk through. So let it go for now! The thing is, Father ordered me to minimize the fellow villagers railing in this territory. From now on this part will be called for the doorway of our kingdom's priest— the troll king of Toralina." Once she took all the words in from what Quen said, suddenly Edwin squeals and falls on her butt at the sight of a striking light illuminated from the blockade of the door lines and hears a ring full of laughter beside her. Poor Quen can't hold his laughter any longer after witnessing her ultimate reaction and the little bump on her butt. What is he supposed to do? She's too cute to resist his laugh. Caressing her aching butt, through her peripheral sight Elffy catches yet another lighting happening behind those doors. On count, curiosity spikes her mind to no return, thus making her turn around to face Quentin with cute pouty lips— thereby asking him to let her know some more.

Quen mummers some refined curses under his breath at the sinful beauty and slides his gaze up to her orbs. She was an unimaginative beauty. And from this angle, the bodice of her gown seems almost decadently low. Before Quen runs for a hand to support her, she pulls herself off the ground and dusts her hands off on the burgundy silks of her gown. Her hair has been pulled up in a high pony which leaves the end of the locks untied causing it to bounce off from side to side with her every move and twist. So that one thick lock fell on her shoulder, curling seductively at the top of her blossoms.

Quen knew that he should be listening to her— prattling about something about him being meanie, but he is nowhere near to let his eyes off that single curly lock of hair. It felt like a silky ribbon of shimmering falls flowing on her swanlike neckline.

Right the moment Quen has the most appalling urge to close the distance between them and trace the line of her hair with his lips. He'd never dallied with an innocent lady like her. And what could be the harm? It wasn't as if he were gonna eat her or something. Just a kiss.

Though it looks tempting, so deliriously, maddeningly, tempting.

Just one little kiss, around THERE! In-between his dreamy paradise, he heard her calls of beckoning

" Quentin! Quen—tin!! "

With great reluctance, Quen dragged his eyes off and up to her face. Which was, of course, delightful in and of itself, but it felt difficult to picture her seduction when she was scowling at him.

" Quen! Were you listening to me?" She accused me of scrunching her nose up adorably. She isn't gonna set for the maddening figure. Hope no one points it out to her. She looks like a Koala with its hand resting on the hipster. Cute! Alright back to Miss Koala.

" Of course! " Quen lied

" You weren't! " She stomps her feet one after another on the ground and looks like a deer's calf— doing stretches. Double Cute! Backing up to Miss Cute-stretches.

" No, indeed." Quentin's admittance gets a toll on herself, as Elffy tries to read him.

" Is your head still intact to every string? Huh? " She grounds with a final count.

" Yeah, it's pretty good in response. Wanna try something? " Quen taunts with his hopes of getting his fair chance of sputtering songs from his love. And here he goes!

A sound came from the back of her throat, that sounded suspiciously like a growl.

" Then why," she grounds out saying, " did you say you were? "

Knowing that she is going to burst out if he continued his little game, he called it a night to improve his kneading skills.

Shrugging off his shoulder, he mouthed,

" I thought it was what you wanted to hear, my love. " Upon saying that Quen watched Elffy with a newfound interest, as she took a deep breath and muttered something to herself. Even if he tried he couldn't hear her words, though he has the magical sense to hear anything around the radius, Quen doubted her mutters if any of them could be constructed as a compliment.

Finally, her voice almost decadently pleading, voices out,

" If you don't wish to tell me, then just say so you meanie!

Quen decided it was time to stop acting like a chimp, so he said,

" My sincere apologies. Of course, I will tell you, my love. " Sounding truthful, Quen takes her hand in his palms & runs circles with his thumb in a slow beat as his gaze turns to the ancient built-in door.

" Those were the tunnels of liquid Lumos. Strikes every time whenever a creature passes within the doorway. It might sound like a subway but in other words, it's well known as the water leaks of the imaginary pole. The fellow being who enters will be drowned in the trench of Lumos liquid to travel through it. As scary as it sounds, it's the only way for them to transport. The end.

Elffy looks defined dubious.

" Do you think—? " She turns off once she realizes the words' hidden meaning. A trench of Lumos liquid. Oh, my Moon! They might die if they were misled

" Now, now! Enough with you worrying about your pretty little brain. I thought you would squeal at the relevance of this ancient pathway, not worrying your brains out. " Quen, using his authority tone, orders her thoughts to give a little break. And before she goes thinking, Quen places his hand on her wrist firmly and tugs her to his side, and makes her follow him next to each other to the castle door laying in the far cornerstone.

To anyone who looks at them, Quen was just trying to cover up the right way to the lost girl in the garden. But deep down, he knew the reason, he was holding on to her just for a while longer. He could not help the sadness, he felt at the thought that he was soon going to take his claim on her off against his will. For their sake.

At least he could enjoy this feeling of being near her before he was forced to do it. Loving a commoner is against the rule of the kingdom for a prince. Either she should leave the kingdom or live in the forbidden territories for the rest of her life, which is equal to death.

His lifetime happiness is now under the King's word. Though she is loved by my parents, it's forbidden.

Hope a Ray of hope appears for us. Chanting the good vibes, Quen masked a happy face for his love and pushed the door open, stepping aside to usher her in first before coming in and closing the door behind.

"Aren't you supposed to lock the door with some magic cast?" Elffy asked as they walked past the royal embedded foyer.

"The guard will lock it," he said simply.

"There's a security guard for such things? Why? You can simply do it in a blink, right?" Elffy scrunches her face up in dubious thought.

"Yup. I'm guessing you do not also know that the doors lock automatically with the spell cast for it. " Quen replied as they stroll through the foyer and into the main hall.

Edwie turned around to get a renewed view of the door which never left a chance to spook her at times during her childhood. The reason behind it was left unsaid. Using this Quen used to play me around. 'Piggy prince' she chuckled inward.

"The guard has his post down the basement and only myself, my parents, and few others know that he was there. Now you are included in it. He usually sees when someone is coming in and opens the door and he sometimes answers the door when a guest is arriving."

"So he was the man who spoke to me in a scary voice whenever I got here?" Elffy said in realization

"He was. Before he opens the door, he disables the security spell and puts back the cast once the doors close, in and out."

"But Quen, I have never seen him before!" Elffy scrunches up her face yet again in confusion.

"That's why he is invincible" Quen scarily widened his eyes.

"I'm sure you must have remembered those footsteps at night which I used to mention in our early teen days" His voice now turned into a silent whisper.

"It's him, Elffy"

Hearing him, Elffy's mouth hung in horror, as per her rational mind, she was about to freak out while still strolling in the same house as the invisible man lives. Seeing her perplexed state, Quen can't help his lips twitch, and the longer he sees her he could not hold back his peal of laughter erupted from him.

"You should see your face right now, you look like you just saw a faceless creature." Quen mocked between his laughter.

"Does it even exist?" She murmured...

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