He rose from his seat and asked a question that sounded a bit silly to Charlotte.
"Charlotte...who are you really?" Hastora asked curiously.
Charlotte and Zarafel, upon hearing this, burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha! What are you talking about? Of course I'm Charlotte, that's just silly HAHAHA," Charlotte replied, laughing hysterically.
"HAHAHA! I think you've become strange after being affected by Charlotte's sweet words earlier," Zarafel laughed, teasing Hastora.
Hastora, seeing this situation, was puzzled. He wondered what made them both laugh. After all, 20,000 years ago, people would have panicked and been afraid when he asked them something like that.
"Why are you laughing? This is a serious question," he asked Charlotte.
Charlotte, instead of staying quiet and answering, burst into laughter again.
"HAHAHA! You are so silly, Hastora!" Charlotte laughed because she found it funny.
"What?"
Hastora, seeing Charlotte laugh again, became even more puzzled and confused. "What is she laughing at?" was what he was thinking at this moment. Zarafel felt that her thoughts were the same as Charlotte's. In their opinion, Hastora now seemed strange. Charlotte stopped laughing and wiped the tears that had come out from laughing hysterically earlier.
"I think you've become strange after hearing my sweet words," Charlotte said, wiping away the tears that had fallen from laughing earlier.
Hastora moved towards Charlotte and began to corner her against the garden chair they were sitting on with his hand.
Charlotte was startled by Hastora's behavior. Her face flushed red like a tomato, her heart beat fast, and she felt like running away. But Charlotte did nothing, she didn't even resist a bit. She just looked at Hastora with sparkling eyes. Zarafel, seeing this, was a little shocked by what he was doing. He told him to stop what he was doing.
"Hastora! What do you think you're doing? You want to rape her because she laughed at you? You're only eight years old, you can only rape her when you're an adult!" Zarafel shouted loudly while telling Hastora to stop his actions. However, it sounded a bit silly, Zarafel was actually telling him to rape her when they both grew up. It was just as stupid.
Hastora was a little annoyed by Zarafel's words. It seemed that Zarafel had misunderstood the meaning of Hastora actions. He only intended to provoke her a little so that she would tell him the truth. There was no other intention than that.
"I'm serious, just be honest who—" Hastora hadn't even finished his sentence, Sera suddenly came out of the mansion to look for him.
"Hastora! Where are you!" Sera shouted, calling his name.
"!!!"
Charlotte, startled by the sound of someone, immediately pushed Hastora away and got up from the chair. Sera, hearing something from the garden chair, immediately ran towards the source of the sound.
"!!!, Hastora? A—and, Princess Charlotte!?" Sera said, surprised to see them both sitting on the garden chair.
"Why is Princess Charlotte with my younger brother here?" Sera asked curiously.
"I invited her here, I was just bored, there's no other reason," Charlotte replied with a thin smile and a little nervousness.
Hearing that, Sera felt that Charlotte was lying. She felt that Hastora had done something bad to her that made Charlotte angry. Sera quickly glanced at Hastora.
And as usual, Hastora just put on a flat and cold expression that made him hard to suspect. Feeling that Sera was suspicious of him, Hastora agreed with Charlotte's words earlier.
"What she said is true, she invited me here, she said she was bored and wanted to talk to me," he said with a flat expression.
Sera, hearing that, seemed a little unconvinced. However, after seeing Charlotte's expression, she considered what they said to be true.
"Hastora!, Sera!, let's go back!" Ard shouted as he walked out of the mansion. All the other people were also seen coming out of the mansion. Hastora assumed that the party must be over.
"Oh? Princess Charlotte is here too, what are you doing here with Sera and Hastora?" Ard asked curiously.
"No, initially I just invited Hastora to talk here because I was bored. Suddenly, Kak Sera came looking for Hastora and found us both here. She thought Hastora had done something wrong to me and I was happy to punish him. It turns out Kak Sera was just mistaken," Charlotte answered in detail while trying to explain what happened.
It seemed that Ard immediately understood Charlotte's words. Ard immediately invited Hastora and Sera to go home because the party was over. He also said goodbye to Charlotte.
"Oh? Is that so? Sorry Sera for being mistaken, and we will take our leave to go back because the party is over," Ard said, bowing to show respect to the princess.
"Yes... it's okay," Charlotte replied with a little reluctance. She didn't seem to want to part with Hastora, but she felt that they would meet again when they grew up, considering that she would be in the same academy as him.
Soon, a white-haired woman with a young-looking face came. She looked like she was wearing clothes like an empress. The woman came towards them with a warm smile.
"Oh? Elsia, Ard, long time no see," the woman said, waving her hand.
"Lady Calestia, nice to meet you, long time no see," Elsia said, bowing. Ard also seemed to do the same.
"You guys are going back already? Don't you want to chat for a while?" the woman named Calestia asked.
"It's okay, Lady Calestia, we'll go back right away, we don't want to bother you, besides it's already late," Ard answered politely.
"Oh? Really? What a shame, I wanted to talk to you guys a little. Well, see you again next time, let's go home Charlotte, and say goodbye to your friend before we go back," Calestia said, giving a small smile.
"Well, see you at the academy later then Hastora. And see you again Kak Sera," Charlotte said with a warm smile.
"Oh? Are you going to enter the Veridian Academy too?" Calestia asked Hastora.
"Yes," he replied briefly.
"Well, we'll go first then," Calestia said to them all.
Before leaving back to the palace, it seemed that Sera had been hiding something and wanted to reveal it now. Charlotte seemed to be taking off her headband.
"Sorry Hastora because I've been hiding it from you. Actually, my hair isn't blonde, but my hair is white," Charlotte revealed her secret while taking off her headband. It turned out that the headband was an equipment that Charlotte used to change her hair color.
Hastora was a little surprised. Charlotte had actually changed her hair color. It seemed that Sera reacted the same way as him. Charlotte with white hair looked exactly like Kelara when she was little. The only thing that made her different was her eye color. Kelara had golden pupils, while Charlotte had blue pupils.
"You're so mean, Charlotte, you tricked them both," Calestia said, chuckling.
"Not really, I've already shown them my real hair color. And see you again Hastora, it was really fun earlier," Charlotte said while getting on the horse-drawn carriage, she also seemed to be waving her hand.
"You're very popular, Hastora," Ard said, patting his shoulder.
"Well, let's go back then," Elsia invited, getting on the horse-drawn carriage.
The four of them rode in the horse-drawn carriage together. The horse-drawn carriage moved under the bright moonlight, a gentle breeze began to blow across his face. The stars could be seen decorating the sky, creating a beautiful sight. While he was busy looking at the stars in the sky, he suddenly remembered his plan to stay at his uncle's house. However, it seemed that he immediately canceled his plan and preferred to stay at home. In his opinion, it was better.
"Mom, I heard that the age requirement to enter the academy has been changed, right?" Sera asked curiously.
"Yes, now someone is only allowed to enter the academy when they are 15 years old," Elsia answered.
"It seems you will meet him again in 7 years, that's a long time," Zarafel said in a slightly sad tone.
Hastora understood who Zarafel meant, he was talking about Charlotte. Hastora felt, when he was with Charlotte, it felt like he was with Kelara. In his opinion, it was a little pleasant. Hastora felt a little disappointed because they would meet again in a very long time. He rested his chin on his palm while looking out the window. Hastora also seemed to smile slightly as he said in his heart.
"See you in 7 years, Charlotte."
----- Volume 1 end -----