Sacrifice: Time of Mine

"Eh? But, I don't like tea."

Avion blandly refused the princess's offer as he nonchalantly picked his ears using his pinky.

"You, insolence-!" Edora shouted in anger.

The princess obvious trickery in capturing Avion with a bit of her dignity as a princess in exchange was declined by a farmer.

When she was unexpectedly refused, the princess' doll-like face became like a ghost with a dark aura emanating from her ghastly expression.

"Hm?" Avion saw this and became confused, "Um, hello? Princess? Eh? Do you love tea that much? I will try if there's hot chocolate afterward. But just a sip, okay? Don't need to react so much."

"Shut up!" Edora roared at Avion and looked at the Princess with a worried face.

Seeing that the princess's face turned dark, Edora worried that the worst scenario that she fears the most will happen.

A smile appeared on her face as she came closer and whispered in comfort;

"Princess, don't be so sad. After we arrive at your new room, I will prepare your favorite ice cream in secret. I will add extra caramel on it, okay?" she said as if she was talking to a child.

After hearing this, the princess nodded and seemed to be silently sobbing.

"Okay, so calm down and we will just go straight to your room after this."

"Okay..." the princess then took a deep breath before calming down. She elegantly shook her head to remove the bits of tears that were about to come off of her eyes.

After which, she looked at Avion with a sour face as she had yet to give, "What do you want then? We don't have hot chocolate here."

Upon hearing this, Avion didn't give a bit of effort to hide his disappointment.

"Ugh..!" the Princess Alisera was offended by his reaction yet again, "State what you want, then!" her refined demeanor from when she arrived was attenuating, revealing a childish side of her.

"Hmm.." Avion rubbed his chin as he thought. Even though he had a stupid expression on his face, Princess Alisera still found it captivating that made her not to give up.

'AHHH!! I want to slice this audacious brat so bad!' Edora thought, behind her calm face.

They were already lagging on their arrival. At the end of the road, the two princes from the Rianzares Kingdom and the Hansheles Kingdom respectively waiting for them.

And there, in the front gate of an exceedingly tall establishment, much like of a castle which was in the middle of the Trading-Hills Capital were two men with golden crowns on their head, surrounded by men in armors and under an umbrella held by one of these men.

The two were obviously the princes who were waiting for Princess Alisera. From far away, they saw the arriving silhouettes. However, they noticed that they suddenly stopped.

"Is there something that obstructed their path?" a handsome man, just below Avion's features, who had reddish short hair beneath his golden crown asked the other prince beside him.

This was Prince Harold Rianzares from the Rianzares Kingdom located at the east coastal areas of Haliviana. Once a childhood friend of Princess Alisera after they met at noble balls and parties consecutive times. Reminiscing about their times as children, Prince Harold couldn't help but blush. Princess Alisera was his first love, after all.

Although it is a sad fate that they were both crowned at their own kingdom, making their relationship limit to only that of close friends. If only he could throw off his life as a prince and future life as a king, he would, if it's meant to be with Princess Alisera.

"I wonder, how much the Princess has grown since I last saw her?" he talked with elegance and an innocent smile on his face.

Beside him, a prince who had strikingly long straight blonde hair that glitter from time to time. It was entrancing to look at the eyes if only the one who had it was not some fatty who was sweating all the time.

If the golden crown, the magnificent noble outfit, and his grandiose hair was removed, he would look like a fat creep nobody likes.

This prince was named Julio, Prince Julio Hansheles from the Hansheles Kingdom located in the mountain ranges, north of Haliviana. Currently, he was being fanned by his attendant who was also one of his bodyguards.

With a handkerchief on one hand, this prince was continuously wiping his sweaty flab he calls a face as he grins;

"I heard she's so beautiful that she was regarded as one of the prettiest royal princesses in the world. I wonder if I can get a chance with her."

Hearing this, Prince Harold squinted his eyes and looked at Prince Julio with hidden scorn in his eyes as he kept his tone kind when he said;

"Prince Julio, if you could mind, would you restrain your words?"

"Hm? Why would I? Hahahaha! Is there a problem with what I said? You have such a dirty mind, Prince Harold, hehehe..." even the words that came out of his mouth were creepy.

"Then, if there is no untasteful meaning behind your words, I shall dismiss it as just an expression." Prince Harold sighed.

He was a responsible prince who had his foresight keen. He would prioritize the good relationship between him and this prince for the future alliance rather than his emotions.

"Yeah... I would never say something like that. That is if only my father brought with me female servants!" the flab on Prince Julio's face suddenly trembled in anger, "Look at this servant of mine, a male! How can I enjoy my nights from now on?!" he haughtily said.

From then on, Prince Harold couldn't keep his expression of scorn towards this pig they call Prince Julio.

Back to the road, Avion finally decided on something as his face lightened up;

"I want meat!" he exclaimed.

When the crowds heard this, they were yet again stupefied. You thought for that long just to arrive at that simple conclusion?!

"Grandpa, you finally woke up?!"

Seconds after he said his "demand" Princess Alisera agreed without a second thought as her face lightened a bit too, "Then that's a deal. Now come with us and don't block the road." she began to regain her composure.

"Eh? But..-"

"What is it this time?!" Princess Alisera shouted in anger and broke her dignified image.