Accidentally in Love: The Witch, the Knight, and the Love Potion Slipup Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 6] by Harunadon

Author:Harunadon
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 4: A Stolen Heart

As Alphonse and Charlotte in her detective getup disappeared from view, Cain collected himself and smiled at Cecily.

“Right then, shall we be off?”

“Yeah,” Cecily said, returning his smile. However, she felt a nagging in her heart.

What I just did to Lady Charlotte wasn’t right...

Charlotte had come all the way to Cecily’s hometown, and now here Cecily was, brushing Charlotte aside to spend more time with her lover. She made a mental note to apologize to Charlotte properly later.

“So, Cain, where are we going today?”

“Let’s see... First up, we’ll visit the chapel, then the canteen, then the herb garden. Then, last of all, let’s head to the flower field. We played there a lot, so it’s an important place for us.”

“Yeah, there weren’t too many other places to play in the village, after all,” Cecily said, with an awkward smile. One of the rules forbade children from leaving the village on their own, as it was said to be dangerous out there. The games the children played in the village relied on a hefty dose of imagination and suspended disbelief.

Saying that, I did go out of the village sometimes, on little adventures.

Cain had been an even shyer and more nervous child than Cecily, so she had never invited him on one of these outings. She decided to keep quiet about it, as it wouldn’t do to bring it up now and upset him.

“There was a makeshift swing on the big tree in the flower field, wasn’t there? I wonder if we can still use it,” Cain said.

“There was. But they took it down a few years ago.”

Some of the witches had deemed that the wooden seat was too old and damaged to be safe for children and had gotten rid of the swing. A new one had yet to be installed.

“I see... That’s a shame.” Cain’s disappointment was evident.

As they continued their walk around the village, Cecily broached the topic that had been on her mind.

“What was the village you went to for your training like, Cain?”

“It’s far to the east of here. Like how this village is disguised in a mountain, that village is disguised deep in a forest.”

“Oh, wow. I lived in a forest too.”

“You did?” Cain said, with a touch of surprise.

Cecily nodded. “After I was forced out of the village last year when I turned fifteen, I ended up in the forest near the royal capital. A lot happened over the past year, but I ended up meeting Lady Lottie and the others.”

“I never asked—Lottie’s a noble, isn’t she?”

Her looks and general air were a far cry from your regular commoner.

“Yeah, that’s right,” Cecily replied. They weren’t trying to hide that Lottie wasn’t a noble, but at this moment, Cecily refrained from mentioning her royal status. “I mean, Lady Lottie’s rather beautiful, isn’t she? She has capable people looking after her. Sir Alphonse jokes around a lot, but he’s hugely talented. Then there’s her lady-in-waiting Maria, who performs her role perfectly.”

“Uh-huh...”

Cecily wanted to say more, but Cain sounded apathetic.

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