Confessions

The Alpha ran towards her and the Princess shot an arrow at it. however, the arrows missed it many times. She kept on fighting the Alpha but, the alpha is a very dangerous animal and is harder to kill. The alpha went to the shadows and jumped in front of the Princess. Her arm got bitten and she fell off her horse and it ran away. While on the ground, the alpha attacks the Princess again

"Argh! You! Stay away from me!"

"Grr…!!"

She uses her bow to defend herself and instead of biting at her, the alpha bites the bow possibly hoping to disarm her. The biteforce of an alpha isn't to be underestimated. The bow is making creaking noises and might get broken any second. Luckily, Yǐ sī tiē's master arrived and shot an arrow which nailed itself into the Alpha's stomach. The Alpha slowly dies away while howling.

"Master…"

The Master rushes to the Princess and takes a good look at her arms. He then carries the princess up to the horse and goes to the temple to make some medicines for her bitten arm.

"Thank you, master."

"What on earth were you thinking?! that Alpha almost killed you! You can't just run around like that!"

"I'm sorry master, I just don't want to get married to someone whom I don't have feelings for."

"You're the Princess of this kingdom, you must know this is your destiny. You should follow the King's order."

"Why are you like this? I don't want to be a wife to someone else! Can't you understand that!? Why can't you notice that I have feelings for you master? I like you!"

"Yǐ sī tiē, I'm just a normal civilian who is a master of a Princess. The one who teaches you but, without the knowledge of the King and is against his rules. You must not have feelings for me, never."

"How did you have the guts to tell me those words when you're the one who approached me first and taught me martial arts? Why?"

The master looked into the Princess's eyes and did not answer. He told the princess, "I have already patched your wounds and applied medicines on them. Do not let it soak in water for a couple of days or it will get infected."

"Why won't you answer my question master! You did not even tell me your name from the first day you met me."

"You should probably go back to the Palace and behave yourself. Your mother is worried about you. If the King knew that your missing, he would be furious or mad at you."

"How could you do this to me master…" The Princess said while crying.

After that, the Master left and the Princess went back to the palace with saddened face. The Queen noticed her mood. However, she also doesn't have a choice but to look at her daughter in silence. By the end of the day, the Princes went back to the palace with bad news. The Guards and marshals went back carrying the dead alpha with an arrow. They didn't know who the owner of the arrow is.

Upon checking of the arrow, the King was fascinated by how beautiful the arrow was crafted. The one who made the arrow is very skilled at making these. It isn't that easy to break and the length of it is very short.

"This arrow, I like how it is crafted. It is indeed magnificent." the King said while admiring the arrow. "Who could have made this? Li, give this to the minister of investigation department. I need to know who made this."

The arrow was given to the minister who handled the investigation to find out where it was made.

However, during the investigation, it was uncovered that the arrow is not made inside the kingdom. This means that it is from outside the kingdom's borders. With the incident regarding the letter that happened before, The King and the officials realized that the owner of the arrow is possibly a spy.

"Your majesty, it is certain that the arrow was made outside the kingdom. Therefore, they must have an agenda and reasons for why they are here. They also participated in the game without our knowledge!"

"What if they are spies?"

"What if they are the ones who are mentioned in the letter?"

The King was alerted of what happened and he ordered a curfew throughout the kingdom. The guards at the gates only accept those who have permits and those without them and are suspicious looking will undergo interrogation. Those civilians who do not follow the curfew shall receive a punishment.

The Queen went to the Princess's chamber and told the maids to leave them alone. The Princess hugged The Queen and told her,

"Mother, I don't want to be a princess anymore, I just want to live a normal life. I don't want to marry someone I do not have feelings for."

"You must not say that, you are the Princess and my daughter. You must follow his majesty's orders. This is for your good my dear. Do not ruin your father's hard work for you. Also, you are the only princess in our palace, what would your brothers feel if you disobey your father?"

"But this is not the life that I needed mother, I wanted to be free and travel the world with someone whom I wanted to be with for the rest of my life. This is so unfair, others are jealous of this position but, they did not know how unfair this is. How sad this is."

"I remember when the King and me got married. We never had feelings for each other. Our feelings developed little by little and I know, the same will happen for you too."

The Princess kept on crying on the shoulders of her mother and the Queen just kept on comforting her until, the Princess fell asleep.

At night, when everyone is asleep, an assassin sneaks into the Princess's chamber and was about to kill princess. The Princess sensed it and stood up immediately and fought the assassin.

"Who are you!"