Chapter 33: Chapter 32

Leopold

 

When he returned from his walk with the princess late in the evening, he found Marko and Finn asleep in Finn's bed. Finn's pillow was on the floor. Instead, he used Marko's arm as a pillow. Leopold grinned and let the two sleep.

Leopold couldn't get the princess out of his head. Her hand had fit perfectly into his... She was so pretty... But her behavior was ambivalent. Just when he thought he had seen through her, she surprised him.

He took the clothes he had brought with him from his compartment in the wardrobe and looked at the potion he was hiding there. The potion was inside a clay pot. The pot was tightly closed with a ceramic lid. He put his clothes back in the compartment and put on his pajamas.

When he woke up the next morning, Marko and Finn were already awake. Marko brushed his teeth and Finn sat on his bed with a redhead.

"What's going on?", Leopold wanted to know.

"I and Marko had fun yesterday... We must have fallen asleep... And then today I woke up in his arms! It's so embarrassing!"

"I know. I found you like this. You both looked very pleased."

Finn buried his face in his hands. "This is so, so embarrassing!"

"You get along well, don't you?"

"Yes, yes... Without him, I would be alone here... And he's very nice..."

"You like him." Leopold sat down next to Finn, who was still burying his face in his hands.

"I think so... He's nice," he replied, looking at the elf. "Are you working in the kitchen today? And in the dining room?"

"Yes, we are working there for now."

Marko came out of the bathroom. "Good morning Leo. Did you sleep well? I slept well."

Finn became even redder.

"I know. In Finn's bed. I'll go brush my teeth." Leopold got up and left their room.

He met the yawning princess in the hallway. Julia was still wearing her lilac nightgown and was on her way to the kitchen to get a coffee.

"Good morning," she murmured sleepily. Her hair was still uncombed and a few strands of hair stood out stubbornly.

"Morning princess." He smiled. "You have a particular individual hairstyle today!" he teased her.

"Thank you." She yawned again and disappeared into the kitchen.

Leopold heard the housekeeper greet her cheerfully.

At breakfast, everyone was unnaturally quiet. Julia didn't seem awake yet and Finn remained as red as a tomato the whole time. As every morning, the table was richly set and Marko silently greased one jam bread after another. In between, he looked at Finn, who avoided his gaze.

Sophie ate cereal and had given up engaging the tired princess in a conversation.

Julia ate only cheese this morning... In fact, she only tore a slice without eating anything and almost fell asleep. Sophie poured her coffee without a word.

Finally, he and Marko made their way to the canteen kitchen.

"So you slept well?" he asked the wolf with a grin. "In Finn's bed?"

Marko laughed. "That was unintentional."

"So you accidentally slept well?"

"Very good! Finn's bed is very comfortable... I'd say give it a try, but he probably wouldn't be happy about that!" Marko stuck out his tongue.

"It’s fortunate that I'm happy with my bed then."

"How was the walk?", Marko wanted to know. "With the princess? Who do you like?"

"Am I going to find you in Finn's bed more often now? Because it's so comfortable there," he laughingly dodged the topic.

"No, no. I asked first. So? The walk? Under the stars? Very romantic!"

Leopold groaned. "Yes, I like her. But it wasn't romantic. We came across two unfriendly gardeners."

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„Oh.“

"Yes. Oh. They threatened me..."

"And the princess?"

"Put them in their place. Faster than I could react myself."

"I think she means really well with us." Marko gave him a friendly push. "We could have done worse."

I'm not so sure... Does she mean well?  "Probably. But I'd rather be free."

"Have we ever been free?"

"No."

 

Julia

 

"And we could all visit a café together. There are quite a few in the city!" Marie had moved her chair to Julia's table and presented her plan for the day. After class, she wanted to drive into town, go to a bookstore, and then have a coffee.

"I don't know..." Helga leaned back in her chair. "We always get so much homework. I'd rather do those."

Philip nodded. "I would like to go to a café, but maybe on the weekend? When we have more time?"

Marie sighed. "That's what Pia said, too."

"I'd like to have a coffee today. Right after class? Or after lunch? What do you think?", asked Julia lazily.

"Right after class!" Marie was visibly pleased. "We can go straight away."

"I just have to let Sophie know beforehand," Julia quickly objected, because in a few moments the lessons would start. "We can continue to talk about it during the break."

Marie nodded eagerly and then sat back down at her own table.

History class dragged on and Julia struggled not to fall asleep in class. It was about the great war between the witches, elves, and werewolves and how her mother led the witches and wizards to victory and was then crowned queen. The trigger for that war was the fertile land in the witches' territory since the werewolves lived in the barren mountains, where cereals, fruits, and vegetables grew very poorly. They wanted to enlarge their territory and joined forces with the elves, who hoped for a larger piece of forest. In the high-altitude forests in front of the elven territory, there was a high occurrence of rock crystals and a rare herb, which the elves used for medicine. It was much rarer in their own territory. But they lost the war and paid a high price for it to this day. Of course, this was described somewhat differently in class, as justice. Julia disagreed, but she remained silent, while her history teacher told endless praises of the queen and pointed out to the students that it was a privilege to be taught in lessens together with the princess.

Should she have said something?

She didn't even have the chance. The lesson had been a pure lecture and Julia's eyes wanted to fall shut. Last but not least, they were given a small reading assignment.

After history class, they had math. Julia slept through class and only woke up when Helga woke her up during the first break.

In the end, she didn't go to town with Marie because she was just too tired. In fencing class, her teacher had sent her home, because she had fallen asleep standing right at the beginning, leaning against Marie.

The reason for her tiredness was the gardeners. She had been so upset about the man's behavior that she couldn’t fall asleep. And Leopold couldn't get out of her head either. They had walked hand in hand through the gardens. Hand in Hand! That made her happy, but she didn't know where this was going...

Sophie was waiting for her with cheese buns and soup. Finn had made the bun dough and was very proud of it. Marko liked them so much that he ate four buns and ignored the soup. Leopold seemed amused by this.  But every time Leopold and her eyes met, he and Julia blushed. This, in turn, clearly amused Marko.

"Why are you two turning red?" he asked with a grin. "Did I miss something?"

"Tell the princess why Finn keeps blushing because of you today," Leopold countered and Finn turned red again. Julia laughed.

Sophie cleared her throat and gave the two boys a stern look. "Your lunch break will soon be over," she reminded. "Are you done eating? Otherwise, you should hurry."

Marko reached for a fifth bun.

"Can you really eat more? I'm full," Leopold wondered.

"These rolls are addictive!" Marko happily bit into the cheesy happiness. "Reaffy yummy Finn."

Finn became even redder.

After dinner, Julia lay down in her bed. She heard Finn and Sophie doing the dishes in the kitchen and fell asleep.

 

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