Chapter 83 - Contract Marriage (1/2)
”I am bored,” Anne said to Vin when he passed her schedule for the Academy's lessons, after all, he was the head of the magical devices' division. ”Shouldn't you be preparing a big wedding with a reception and all?”
”That was only a lie, it is all fake,” Vin sighed when he heard the bored voice of the Princess trying to mock him for a while, ”I don't understand where did they get the idea of me dating a Princess of Dulein, what utter lie.”
”…” Anne looked at the woman with beautiful yellow eyes and long blonde hair. She was almost the most beautiful woman she had ever seen. Her cute little face with a pointy nose and rosy lips, even those long buŧŧerfly eyelashes that fluttered with gentleness every time they saw Assistant Vin, and the shy expression she will make at times. All of that and the dense man hadn't noticed.
The woman was screaming the word Princess of Dulein everywhere. Her face was impressive, her figure was compared to an hourglass and her smart mind gave her the position of his ȧssistant when she could be ruling a country, the most wealthy country of the continent.
Anne could only shake her head from one side to another in helplessness. She sometimes thought that the man she considered a brilliant human and the next King of the business world, was a big emotional strain.
How can he not notice the beautiful woman on the side? How can he be so oblivious to her charms? That woman was perfect in every sense, and she had overlooked the fact that Assistant Vin was once a subordinate of that idiot wizard to go work with him.
”Assistant Kira,” Anne said as she raised from the desk, ”I will help you without any charge, the man is a hard nutshell that we will break bit by bit… sigh…”
”What are you talking about?” Assistant Vin heard the comment and frowned, ”Miss Dulein, are you in any kind of trouble? Why didn't you mention anything?”
”…” Anne shook her head, but then a glimmer of light came to her eyes, ”will you truly help us? Even if this is a matter of love and romance? Can I have your word?”
”Yes, if I can ȧssist you in anything, please be sure to notify me.”
Assistant Vin arranged his glasses and looked at the two girls with a serious and direct expression. However, he will never know that those words will be the seal to his fate and the sail to his romantic life.
”Then…” Anne took a paper from the desk and started writing. ”Miss Dulein is in a dire situation, Assistant Vin, she is forced to marry some man that she isn't fond of…”
She kept writing with a little smirk on her face. However, the face of Assistant Vin went pale the second the shameless princess mentioned the word marry and forced and Miss Dulein. He didn't know why, but he felt truly scared from what those words could imply.
”Then… Miss Dulein, are you going to marry someone?”
”I… my father,” the cute and shy ȧssistant didn't know what to say. She was indeed engaged, and she had a fiancée already but her dear father, the King, promised her that he will respect her decision on who will be her partner. Also, he will test that same partner on his skills and abilities to be the next King of Dulein and the one to lead the country together with her.
”You can speak your mind, Miss Dulein,” Assistant Vin moved towards the young woman with amazing looks. ”Are you going to marry?”
Miss Dulein looked at Anne and the youngster nodded with a glint in the eye. ”Ye… yes,” she answered.
The eyes of Assistant Vin widened and his breath almost stopped.
”I am being forced… to marry some other man.”
The words almost came as shameless as the little girl with red hair and bright golden eyes.
”Then… will you help for that not to happen, Assistant Vin?”
Anne didn't need to ask as in Vin's heart, the answer was already taken.
”I will, what do I have to do?”
”Sign this and act.”
”What?”
Vin looked at the document that was already sealed with the ring of the Princess of Lith. That was how she was made the witness of the contract and that it was unbreakable.
”What is this? A Contractual Marriage?”