Chapter 103: Husband And Wife Finally Meet, But Fail To Recognize Each Other

"No?" That wasn't what she was expecting. At this moment, wasn't this stranger supposed to either attack or leave? What was with the relaxed tone? Was he a threat or not? 

She couldn't tell and hence, ended up staring at him in confusion.

Crown Prince Lail saw the strange woman's brows furrow in confusion and felt amused. It was the first time he had met the woman, reaching this place by blindly following the trial of a shadow. And yet, a sense of familiarity overwhelmed his heart every time he heard her cold voice.

It was a voice so similar to his wife's that his heart raced every time the sound entered his ears. If it wasn't for the fact that the person before him had silver-violet hair and golden eyes, he would have been fooled into thinking that Princess Qamari was standing before him.

"Miss, are you alright?"

The lost expression on her face remained too long for assurance. His amusement immediately disappeared as he worriedly looked at her.

"Huh? I am fine. Can you please leave now? You are making me uncomfortable." Princess Qamari returned to her senses with a start and absentmindedly dismissed the man.

Her mind was no longer in the present.

For a split second, she felt as if she wasn't speaking to a stranger but to someone close to her heart. Someone she knew and longed for. The feeling of familiarity was so strong and intense that her surroundings blurred and her husband's shadow materialized in the stranger's place.

'Do I miss him that much?' She wondered despondently.

The past few months in the Sealand Academy weren't easy. Even as she immersed herself in learning and gaining as much knowledge as she could, her heart was restless and writhing in anxiety.

Day and night, she wondered if her husband still remembered her. She wondered if he still kept this wife of his on his mind. She wanted to know whether or not he went to search for her.

Aside from wanting to release herself from the shackles of the academy's expectations and the unreasonable way they took their apprentices for granted, there was another reason why she wanted to leave.

She wanted to return back to her estranged husband as soon as possible.

She was worried that he would take her sudden disappearance the wrong way. After all, once betrayed, a person's heart would never be able to trust another person easily again.

Not knowing where she went, crazy ideas and thoughts might have surfaced in his mind. And even if they didn't, he would probably be madly searching for her everywhere. This was why it was important for her to meet him.

After all, once they met face to face, everything could be laid out in the open for them to discuss.

Crown Prince Lail sensed the woman's annoyance and absentmindedness, rising slight displeasure in his heart.

'What is so important for her to dismiss me so decisively and forget about my existence?' He thought with slight irritation that he himself wasn't aware of.

Although he didn't feel like leaving, he controlled his chaotic emotions and forced himself to look away.

'Lail Amhei, what in the seven realms are you doing? Being a married man, you are taking interest in an unrelated woman? Have you gone mad!?'

The fact that he was interested in this strange woman caught him off guard. Since the day of his wife's disappearance, not a single day passed where he didn't think of her or miss her.

There wasn't a day where he didn't wonder about her whereabouts and her safety.

There wasn't a day he didn't desperately want to meet her.

And yet, here he was, mesmerized by a stranger...

The thought was more than disturbing. It shook his self-confidence and tested his core beliefs.

'I cannot stay here any longer. I need to leave right now!'

Without saying another word, Crown Prince Lail turned and disappeared into the beckoning shadows of the dark night, his steps flustered and hurried.

When Princess Qamari returned to her senses, she only caught a glimpse of his lonely back.

Sighing in relief and concealed disappointment, she too departed from the mud house.

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In the depths of the rural villages, Princess Qamari absentmindedly wandered around an ancient wall, her mind still clouded with her unexpected encounter with the stranger.

"He came and left without lifting a hand. Did he really get lost?"

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For someone who needed to find out the identity of the individuals chasing her, she appeared too relaxed thinking about an unknown guy. This was completely unlike herself.

Which further fueled her suspicion. 

"Is related to the strangers chasing me? Or is he a magician that approached me on purpose?"

She wondered if he had enchanted her for the brief moment they were in each other's presence. That seemed to be the only likely explanation for her strong interest in him.

Most unsettling, however, was the nagging desire suppressed firmly in her heart.

Why did she feel attracted to him without even knowing who he was and what he looked like? If it was truly a spell as she thought, then she needed to get to the bottom of it.

"Yes, showing so much interest in a stranger isn't ordinary. Show I go find him?"

In her entire seventeen years of life, Princess Qamari had never felt the way she was feeling now. She had never felt so lost, confused, and disturbed. 

So out of focus and restless.

Before today, she had never even realized there was someone that she missed as deeply as her parents. The Crown Prince's appearance in her life was sudden and unexpected. They got married a day after their engagement was fixed and the two were separated before she could even know him.

Since she never got the chance to develop feelings for him or evaluate what she felt on their first encounter in the royal garden, she was confused whenever she thought of him.

As a person who viewed marriage as a sacred bond between two unrelated individuals, she knew that she would never look at any other man before he divorced her. As a woman that valued loyalty and faithfulness in a relationship, she would never place her affection anywhere else.

But was her loyalty towards her husband out of affection or was it just faithfulness and respect for their marital bond? 

This was a question that deeply bothered her.

She could and would never allow herself to feel for anyone but her husband. But if she never felt any affection for her husband for the rest of her life, then what would she do? 

A bond without affection and love had never bothered her before. She knew what she wanted in life and had her own goals to pursue. But today, her encounter with that stranger made her feel as if she was living a lie and not a life.

She was capable of feeling for another. But she purposely suppressed her feelings and distanced herself from others as she trusted no one but herself.

In the future, if she fell in love with a man that wasn't her husband, what would she do? 

Most certainly, she couldn't remain as Crown Prince Lail's wife, because then, she would be deceiving him. But if she didn't divorce him, she would also be giving her body to a man that wasn't in her heart. Such an act was shameful and undignified.

Additionally, her pride and dignity would not allow her to divorce her husband and get into a relationship with another man. And being with a man that wasn't bonded to her in the sacred vows of marriage was too disgusting and repulsive.

It was something that she would never do even if her life depended on it.

"Sigh, being faithfully married and having feelings only for my husband is my path. As for a day where my heart and mind will be divided? I can only hope that such a time will never come in my life. Otherwise, I will be utterly miserable!"

A faint smile on her face, Princess Qamari turned to continue her journey.

Her silver-violet hair floated behind her as she flew on her silver rafter, the radiant glow of the moonlight spilling on the gleaming strands. The sparse trees flashed past her, the light breeze caressing her cheeks and swirling her white robes.

From a distance, she looked like a silver-haired moon maiden descending to the mortal realm.

After half a night of traveling, Princess Qamari finally landed on a giant rock in the middle of a dense wood that outlooked a distant village.

Swirling her right hand, her silver rafter shrunk and landed in her palm. She tied the miniature rafter on the left of her waist, where it hung elegantly on her hip, and tinkled with the pearls hanging on the side.

Turning, her eyes collided with violent, ruthless ones that froze her in her tracks.

The owner of the blood-red gaze exuded a vicious and ferocious aura, its shadowy figure seeming sleek and natural within the shadow of the night. Two huge horns protruded from the top of its head giving his profile the appearance of a demon from the Nar realm.

It slowly slithered towards her as it held her gaze, its predatory orbs promising death.

Princess Qamari calmly removed the golden sword-like jewel in her hair and tightly gripped the tiny sword in her hand. Golden radiance flared from her clenched fist, and the miniature sword elongated into the golden sword.

Holding the sword sideways, she got into a battle stance and raised it before her eyes.

"Skyler, it is time to shine!"

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