Chapter 11: The Young Miss of the Fell House

Chapter 11: The Young Miss of the Fell House

June 20th, 2088

Veronicas POV

My name is Veronica Fell and I am the daughter of the Prime Minister of the Darkmoon Queendom. My mother was the younger sister of Queen Marielle Darkmoon and I am in fact 2nd in line to the throne behind my cousin Feneris. Unfortunately, there has been a faction of nobles who are in favor of making me the crown princess instead of Feneris. In terms of ability and talent, I am honestly superior to Feneris in every way imaginable. Administration, leadership, intelligence, knowledge and even beauty I am better than Feneris. Its not that Feneris is bad, I am simply better. New novel chapters are published on

My blow was easily blocked and countered, much to my embarrassment. We were face to face, allowing me to look into his dark green eyes behind his goggles. And in those striking eyes, I saw something I never thought I would see: understanding. It was strange, but I felt a connection with him. I felt he knew loss like I did and knew why it was so hard to open up to others. Maybe, just maybe this person could be someone who become my friend. With that faint hope inexplicably kindling within me, I told him that I wanted to team up. When he responded I thought he was going to reject me, but to my surprise he accepted albeit in an awkward way. It was actually pretty cute how he tried to act indifferent yet he still so easily agreed. Apparently his name is Terra.

We spent the afternoon searching for Alfenox. We hardly spoke more than a couple dozen words to each other, yet we were growing much closer. It was refreshing to be with someone who didnt bombard me talking about pointless topics and didnt expect me to reciprocate with exhausting banter. I didnt have to worry about hidden motives and could relax somewhat. After we caught Alfenox, we were ambushed by a bounty hunter group.

I didnt expect Arinera to act so boldly by setting me up like this. Much to my chagrin, I was caught off-guard and should have died. Yet Terra saved me, getting riddled with injuries in the process. Why, why did he do that? He didnt hesitate and immediately covered me with his own body to weather the bombardment. We were as close as lovers and I could feel his warmth envelop me, giving me a sense of security I hadnt felt in decades. My face got hot at that thought, but when I saw all of Terras injuries I refocused.

I wanted to know why he so easily risked his life, and ended up getting an indifferent response. I pressed him and finally found out he saved me because he thought of me as somewhat tolerable. Ive been complimented in all kinds of flowery and poetic ways by many well-spoken nobles and knights, but being called somewhat tolerable by Terra felt like the most flattering thing I had ever heard.

Furthermore, Terras embarrassment while answering was just too cute. For the first time since my mother died, I smiled. With this Ive decided to try and trust someone one last time. We easily smashed through the ambush and escaped, although I had wanted to stay and finish them off. Now we were currently on the express carriage to Obsidia, which would arrive there at dawn. It would be impossible to sleep on the bumpy carriage, so Im looking forward to being able to pass the time with Terra. Fufufu, after all I have to work hard to improve my evaluation past somewhat tolerable.