Saving The Abandoned Empress

141 “Eleanora’s Coming Of Age Ceremony”

A cold voice rang from behind which startled Eleanora and turning her head, she saw the usual expressionless Alexander.

But she can tell that her father is furious and he came here in a hurry.

‘How did he knew that i could be found here?’

Eleanora thought as she didn’t knew that her father has rushed to here the moment he heard that she has left for the imperial palace without even eating anything.

He came here by his horse and asked about her to every knights on his way before he finally saw them together.

Alexander frowned as his gaze fall on the emperor’s hands which was wrapped around his daughter’s waist.

“Ele, come here.”

Alexander spoke in a cold voice and Eleanora felt guilty.

‘Why do i feel that i was caught by my father while doing something unspeakable, more like…

.....

dating secretly?’

‘Wait.’

‘Dating?!’

Eleanora shook her head to remove all those unnecessary thoughts away from her mind and before she could took a step towards her father, her wrist was suddenly grabbed.

Alexander, who couldn’t watch his daughter being on the emperor’s embrace went ahead to hold her hands and pulled her away from the emperor’s embrace.

Eleanora was shocked because of her father’s this kind of reaction but didn’t dare to speak anything either.

‘Daddy seems really angry.’

But then Eleanora suddenly stopped on her tracks which also made Alexander stop too.

‘Not again...’

Eleanora turned her head with a pissed off look to see the emperor’s hand which caught her another wrist firmly.

The emperor’s hand was hanging low as he spoke.

“Duke... Do you have no other works to do nowadays?”

Simple meaning: Do you have nothing else to do except for ruining my dates?

“I wish to ask the same, Your Majesty.”

Simple meaning: Do you also have nothing else to do except clinging to my daughter?

“...”

‘Can they become anymore childish?’

Eleanora, whose two hands was caught by two people sighed as she continued to hear their meaningless conversation.

But in the end, she couldn’t take it anymore and decided to step in.

“Your Majesty!

Daddy!

I have some works to do!

So, let me leave first and you two can continue with your conversation!”

Eleanora spoke as she took away her hands from their grips and ran away without looking back.

Leaving the two man behind her.

‘Hah! She really knows how to take advantage of the situations to run away.’

The emperor thought as he watched her run away where the man beside him thought the otherwise.

‘She really must be very frightened by this bastard to run away like that.’

And then, both of them looked at each other.

Unlike before, The emperor was now taller then the duke which made the emperor happy and the duke frown.

Before, as the emperor was a teenager, he was shorter then the duke but now he is taller then the duke.

But that made Alexander disapprove the emperor more.

‘He is much taller then my daughter. She will suffer from neckpain by raising her head to look at him everytime.’

“Stay away from my daughter- isn’t this what you wanna say now, My dear father-in-law?”

“...”

Alexander’s blue eyes narrowed as he looked at the emperor with a frown.

‘Both of them look like they wanna kill me with their gaze.’

The emperor thought in his mind.

“Do you think wearing a mask would make me unable to recognise you in the party, Your Majesty?”

“... What mask?”

The emperor asked in confusion and Alexander raised his brows with a questioning look.

“Anyway, i won’t allow you to marry my daughter. You better give up when am being nice.”

“...”

Saying this, Alexander leff without waiting for the dumbfounded emperor’s answer.

‘What party is he talking about?’

…

Three months later~

The day of Eleanora’s coming of age ceremony-

“Milady, are you ready?”

Jennie asked and entered the room after knocking for a few times as Eleanora didn’t opened the door.

But as soon as she entered the room and saw the panting Eleanora on the bed due to fever, she was shocked.

“Milady!! What happened to you?!”

“Jen... Am alright- cough! cough!”

Eleanora wanted to stop Jennie from informing others as she was afraid the party would be ruin if her father sees her like this.

“Sister Maria!!! Come over here!!”

Jennie’s full face was full of anxiousness as she called for Maria and the doctor.

In an instant, Alexander came in the room running and Dominic followed him from behind.

It’s been a few weaks since Dominic has come to the empire for Eleanora’s coming of age ceremony.

“Elee!”

“Father, Brother Dom...”

Alexander sat on a stoll and took of his gloves to cheak her temperature.

A frown appeared on his face as the temperature on her body was really high.

Moreover, he couldn’t understand the reason of her being sick all of a sudden.

There was no sign of any cold or fever last night.

“My lord, it’s winter and the lady is sensitive to cold. It’s normal for her to fall sick during this time.”

The doctor spoke as he took out some painkillers from his briefcase and handed over to Maria to help Eleanora take the pills.

Dominic help Eleanora to sat up and take the medicine with water.

“Don’t worry, father. Am okay.”

Eleanora spoke but Alexander didn’t replied and stayed silent for a few moments before he looked up at Eleanora.

“Let’s cancel the party.”

“!!!”

‘What?’

.....

‘Cancel the party right before the party starts?!’

“No, Father! Am alright now. No need to cancel the party, i can attend it!”

Eleanora spoke as she grabbed her father’s hands tightly and tried to act cute to make him agree.

But Alexander was unmoving by her charms as he is used to it...

‘Did he become immune to my traps?’

Seeing that her trap wasn’t working on Alexander, she turned to Dominic for help.

“Brother Dom... Please convince father... It’s my coming of age ceremony... I was really looking forward to it...”

“...”

“...”

‘My daughter is so cute.’

‘My sister is so cute.’

In truth, Alexander wasn’t unmoved at all. His face is just too stiff to show any reactions.

“Okay. But you have to promise me that even if you feel a little dizzy, you have to tell father.”

“Thank you, Father!!”

Eleanora’s face brighten up as soon as she got Alexander’s approval to continue with her coming of age ceremony party.

With Maria and Jennie’s help, Eleanora got ready in a short time and came out of her room to celebrate her 18th birthday which she couldn’t celebrate perfectly in her last life.

‘This time, i will enjoy myself fully!’

Eleanora thought as she hold her father’s hands to enter the banquet hall and the cheif attended cleared his throat to make the announcement.

“Attention!!!”

“The moon of our empire, Lady Eleanora Ariande La Dalton and the hero of the empire, Duke Alexander De Dalton; are entering!!!”

Right after the announcement was made, The big door infront of Eleanora was opened and everyone’s eyes fall on the beautiful lady on the second floor, who was coming down with her father.

Eleanora was wearing a beautiful fluffy red dress which had gold embroidery.

There was also a few butterfly design on the chest area which made the dress looking more sparkling along with the gemstones.

She was wearing a red ruby earrings and her shiny silver hair was tied up in the front and open in the back.

Maria had used red roses to decorate her hair, which looked liked a tiara on her head.

Because of wearing nothing on her neck, her white shoulders looked more attractive, making people unable to look away from her.

‘She is truly beautiful...’

‘Only if she wasn’t engaged to the emperor...’

‘No wonder the previous emperor was firm with the royal marriage between the crown prince and her.’

‘Which man won’t dot on a beautiful lady like her, the emperor is no exception.’

‘This is why the emperor is so possessive...’

‘...’

‘If am not careful, i fear you flies would have flew away with my empress. How can i be careless?’

Among the crowd, a man who was wearing a white suit thought as he stared at the lady infront of him.

‘As expected of my empress. She will attract flies in every banquet she attends.’

The emperor felt the other young mans staring at her too and pretend to be sad for a moment in his heart before he looked proud.

‘Too sad, she is already mine.’

But then his gaze fall on Alexander, who was glaring at the guys who was staring at his daughter.

‘Only if this man wasn’t meddling between us.’

‘But no worries, he can’t meddle in anymore.’

The emperor smirked as he looked at the gift on his aid Brayden’s hands.

Brayden had no colour on his face and he felt like the moment he moves, the gift will fall and his neck will fly away for destroying the royal tressure.

“Y~Your Majesty~ is...is it really alright?”

“Sooner or later, it will be hers.”

“...”

‘...What can i say when he has already written her name in the family linage even before their marriage...’