The Situation of Samantha and Kil'lun

After looking at the audience numbers I headed to the left wing as I walked I could hear snippets of conversation about my duel with the two princesses two months ago, but when they saw me they stopped discussing it.

Coming closer and closer to the audience, I noticed that a large group of stufons was standing next to it in a semicircle and their eyes were turned inside the circle.

Surprised to see a large group of stufons, I came closer, and what was my surprise when I heard the voice of an elf, no one paid attention to me, so I began to listen.

- Perhaps he annoys you for two months after you lost to him? But don't worry, as soon as I reach the next level of power, I will challenge him to free you princess. - I heard an annoyed voice of a light elf who stood with his back to me and spoke, as I suppose, with one of the princesses.

- But he is right, who will refuse the princess, moreover, from two and extremely beautiful ones. - The stufon standing next to me said, I could see how his eyes devoured someone with whom the elf was talking.

I could only assume that he was talking to Samantha or Cassandra, for all the stufons I was an enemy, the more I listened to the conversations in this crowd, the more annoyed that I was made out to be the villain in this whole story.

Taking a deep breath, I began to make my way to the center of this crowd, many at first turned irritably to see who climbed in front of them, but when they saw me, they allowed me to go forward looking at my back.

- I lost to him honestly, so I ask you not to bring up this topic again if you do not want to anger the queen! - Samantha's voice was heard in it there was not a drop of kindness to whom she addressed.

Having made my way closer to the center, I could confirm my guesses. Samantha was standing there, and next to her, Cassandra was looking at the crowd with a bored look. Both were dressed in uniforms, which made their figure and curves stand out and made it hard for many to look away.

Looking at Samantha, I was able to see who she was talking to, it was a tall light elf and, like many nobles, he had long bluish blond hair, he was dressed in the uniform of magicians, I didn't see his face, but how could I understand from his appearance he seemed to be from the nobility, perhaps he was in love with Samantha.

- Although you say that he defeated you honestly, but your blood will be stained by this pathetic half-elf, I would not be surprised if he defeated you with some kind of cunning, no one will believe that a half-elf can defeat two princesses. - The light elf spoke even more irritably, from him it was felt that he was very angry because of this whole situation.

Watching the whole situation, I felt my head begin to hurt, to prove to the arrogant light elf that I didn't see the point, only an extra headache, so I decided to let Samantha deal with him, but I will remember this elf if he appears again.

- Ke'lun, have you forgotten who you're talking to? I can remind you of your place if you don't apologize now and take back what you said. - Samantha said in a metallic voice, looking into his eyes, waiting for an answer.

The light elf, whose name turned out to be Ke'lun, shuddered, lowering his head, he bowed to Samantha and Cassandra, and about to leave, he turned and saw me, his face contorted with contempt, but he said nothing and walked past.

Samantha and Cassandra started to leave but I decided to call them to find out more about this whole situation. Hearing my voice, both princesses stopped and looked where my voice was coming from.

- Hello, do... Trey, how long have you been standing here? - From Samantha it was clear that she was trying to say dear, but because of embarrassment she could not say it.

Looking at her and Kasandra, I could understand why the light elf was angry, like many other stufons. The two princesses were too beautiful and talented for a mere half-elf. The crowd that began to disperse again stopped looking at me and the princesses. Suppressing a sigh and trying to ignore the looks that wanted to make holes in my back, I began to think that I called out to them and attracted too much attention.

- I just approached, wouldn't it be better for us to continue the conversation without an extraneous presence? - Answering her question, I tried to answer in a calm voice, but feeling the views from the back, it began to annoy me.

The two princesses exchanged glances, I knew that they understood each other well, nodding to each other, coming up to me, one grabbed my left hand and the other right.

- Let's go to a cafe, where we can talk without prying ears. - Samantha spoke in a melodious voice, I could only nod and went under the gaze of other stufons to the stairs leading to the cafeteria.

Going down, we ran into my classmates, many did not take their eyes off me, someone passed by like my sister making an expression that she was disgusted with it. She probably imagined a lot and it was disgusting to her. I could only shake my head. I remembered that our next subject was a course on monsters.

Trying to speed up our pace, we went down to the first floor and went to the cafeteria, it was quite large in it, here and there stufons were sitting, someone was discussing objects, someone was having dinner with a tired look looking at the table.

Going to the counter, I saw a young girl standing there in the form of the academy, she was labeled, she smiled sweetly at everyone, but having lived all my life in the palace, I could notice that this is just a game.

After choosing a couple of drinks, we sat down at a table in the corner as far as possible from the curious looks thrown at us by both the stufons and those who worked in the cafeteria.

The tables were round and low chairs with comfortable backs made it possible to relax.

There was a long silence, Samantha and Cassandra looked at each other, arguing who would start the conversation first, tired of looking at their views, sighing and decided to be the first to start.

- So who was Samantha? - I asked looking into Samantha's eyes, I could see that she was nervous.

Lightly tapping her fingers on the mug and drinking from it and trying to calm down, she began to tell.

- Are you talking about Ke'Lun? He is one of the dissatisfied with the results of the duel. Samantha said biting her lips slightly and looking down at the table.

- Does something connect you with him? Why are you nervous Samantha? - I asked when I could no longer ignore the behavior of Samantha.

The princess looked up and it was clear that she doubted whether to tell or not. But taking a deep breath.

- As you know, like Cassandra, I had the duties of a princess and marriage was one of them, I come from an ancient family of light elves and a marriage contract is concluded almost from early childhood, allowing children to naturally become interested in each other. - Samantha's voice was sad and there was detachment in her eyes.

Thinking, I began to remember how my teachers told me that light elves, like dark elves, choose a partner for life, because of this there were not so many of them, but they took not quantity but quality. Seeing that Samantha was silent and looking at me waiting for permission to continue, I nodded and continued to listen while sipping my drink.

- As a child, I was introduced to Ke'Lun, he is from a noble family, his father is the treasurer of our kingdom, he has long wanted to enter the royal family, but there were reasons why he did not succeed, and so we communicated with his son from childhood and then became friends. And after a while his father asked us to get married. Samantha paused as she drank her drink and continued.

- I didn't mind, it's better than marrying someone you don't know at all, the king and queen promised to give an answer after my graduation from the academy. But then you showed up and the duel ended Ke'Lun's father's plans. - Having finished telling Samantha, she finished her drink completely and looked at me without looking away.

Listening to her, I could understand that Ke'Lun was not the one to be angry with, for everyone the villain was I ruined the plans for the marriage of at least one princess.

But they can get everything back after five years, when I graduate from the academy and there will be no need to hide.