Chapter 3 - It was the Prince!?

“What’s the matter here?” my eyes widened when I saw who it was.

"Y-you? “What’s the matter here?” my eyes widened when I saw who it was.

“Y-you? W-what are you doing here?” I stuttered when I asked him.

So is that why they were calling ‘your majesty’ earlier?

He was the man who helped me earlier. Unlike earlier, wearing only army pants and shirtless with messy hair and a haggard appearance, he looks decent now that he is wearing what a royal prince would wear, and his hair is nicely done. And not only that, he also has a different aura from earlier. Is he seriously a prince!?

“How dare you say that to the prince!? Of course he lives here!” the old man shouted at me.

“I am not asking you.” I said and rolled my eyes.

“You? You are a prince?” I turned to the ‘prince’ and asked him.

“Is it not obvious?”

“Uh, no.” I sarcastically answered and plastically smiled.

“Older brother, treat her wounds well and then send her home. Do everything you need to do to find her home.” He commanded. But wait, where’s his brother? Don’t tell me…. It’s the old man?

“And now you are commanding me?” the old man replied. OMG! Confirmed!

“You’re his brother!?” I surprisingly asked the old man.

“Are you deaf?” he answered with an ‘obviously’ tone.

“Of course not!”

“I guess you can’t believe it.” He teased me.

“Who would have thought? At your current appearance, who would have thought that you are a prince!?” I also teased him and laughed loudly.

“Tss. Shut your mouth.” The prince said.

“You’re just surprised, woman.” The old man said and laughed, ignoring what the prince had said.

“Ehhhhh, you’re still an old man.” I teased him and laughed again.

“You two, I said to shut your mouth! Brother, treat her wounds! You two are too loud!” the prince shouted at us. Why doesn't he just leave the room? We were both loud to him and he wanted us to shut up, then why didn’t he just leave? The palace sure is big, there are many places where he can have his peace of mind.

“Okay, okay. Fine.” The old man said while still chuckling.

He took me to the sink and washed my hands with wounds for me. I didn’t realize I had wounds from earlier because I grabbed the blade by force.

After that, we walked back to the bed and made me sit on it. He took out a medicine kit and opened it in front of me. Wow, it’s all complete.

“Alcohol or betadine?” he asked me while taking out some cotton balls.

“Alcodine?” I still didn’t stop with my teasing.

“What?”

“I said alcodine. You mix it up to make sure it's clean.” I answered, then laughed a little.

“Okay then.” He grabbed some cotton balls and sprayed alcohol on them before he applied them to my wounds. I groaned in pain.

“Ouch! Be gentle, will you?” he just smirked at me and ignored my complaints and kept on applying it with stronger force.

He then opened the betadine cap and started to drop some on the cotton ball.

“Hey, I was just joking!” I said and grabbed his hands to stop him.

“You don’t want it anymore? I thought you wanted it very clean?” he just took his hands away and continued on with what he was doing.

“Ugh! That hurt!” I can’t take it anymore! It really hurts!

I kicked him in his stomach and he fell on his butt. I easily kicked him because I was doing an Indian sit earlier and he was in front of me.

I can see the prince at the end of the bed trying to restrain himself from laughing.

“What the fuck? I was just helping you, then you are going to thank me with a kick?” he complained while caressing his butt.

“Didn’t I say it hurts? I said to be gentle! There, you deserve it.” I replied with a scrunched face.

“It’s for it to heal faster! I was just helping you. Hmp.” He said and sat back on his seat earlier.

“Why don’t I slice that palm of yours, pour one bottle of alcohol, then roughly press some cotton balls on your wound to make all your blood come out!?” I replied irritatingly.

“Keep quiet. Just continue the treatment, brother.” The prince interfered.

The old man then proceeded to treat my wounds and, thank goodness, his actions were now gentle. The whole room then was filled with silence.

Once the treatment was finished, the old man decided to take me home. But I remembered I don’t have any relatives here nor do I want any.

“Where do you live?” he asked me while walking to exit the palace.

“Uhh……” I almost scratched my head because I didn’t have any answer to give. How can I say I can’t remember it? I didn’t have any problem saying it to the prince earlier on the boat.

“She said she can’t remember.” The prince suddenly popped up behind my back.

"Huh?” the old man turned to him with a confused face. He was probably thinking that there was no way I couldn’t remember and just suddenly popped up out of nowhere.

“I just found her in the middle of the ocean.” The prince added and pointed at me.

The old man then turned towards me for confirmation.

“Ah… hehe, yep. I drowned.” I said and scratched the back of my head.

“You drowned?” he repeated.

“Are you deaf?” I copied what and how he said it earlier.

“Thank goodness you are still alive.” He sarcastically said and faked a grateful expression, then laughed which made me irritated.

“How about I drown you myself?” I retaliated and looked at the fountain on our right.

"Just try it and you will never see the sun again tomorrow.” He threatened and smirked.

“Tss. As if I would get scared just by that.” I replied, then rolled my eyes. I witnessed something more life-threatening than that, so it won’t work on me.

“By the way, where will I take you now? Taking you to an orphanage will do them no good. You are just another problem.” He sounds like he is more troubled than I am. I can just be a beggar, you know? Hahahaha.

“Uhh…. Do you know any condominiums or apartments here?” I asked.

“Yep. There are many of that on this area. But you don’t have any money.” He said and I just realized it. I, don’t, have, any, money—Oh!

“Hey, can I just have these?” I took out the prince’s change from my pocket and showed it to him.

“Do whatever you want.” He said without any interest.

“Hey, that’s not enough. That’s just coins.” I don’t know if it’s just me who heard it, but he just said it with a British accent.

“I will take care of it. Can you please take me to a condominium or apartment near a school? I also wanted to study but forgot where it was.” I said and wondered if the schools here are good.

“But you don’t have any money for tuition fees.” He retaliated—does he want me to study or not at all?

“I’m sure there are part-time jobs here? I’ll just pay for it when I have the money earned from my part-time job.” I said with a bright expression as I just thought about it now.

“Okay.”

When we were finally in front of the apartment, the old man held my hand to support me from falling as I went down from the horse. Yep, they use horses here, which I think is a little bit fun.

“This is my godmother’s apartment. You can stay here since the owner’s my godmother and this is also near a school. It’s Dishelle Lim University, the entrance exam is just until the day after tomorrow. It’s just two streets from here.” He explained while walking towards the gate.

Hey, this old man is still kind to me even though I always tease him and call him an old man. What a kind dude.

“Okayy, thank you…” I said and bid goodbye. He just nodded at me and sat on his horse before leaving.

I turned in front to look at the apartment and sighed. Haaa, how can I start a temporary life here when I don’t even have money and things?

“Excuse me, why are you here outside in the cold? Come on inside.” An old woman said when she opened the door of the apartment. I just walked towards her and did what she said.

I saw a girl that looked like my age sitting on the sofa right after I entered. She has her legs crossed and busy on her mobile phone while having earplugs on her ear. I also noticed that she applied too much makeup because the shade almost doesn’t match the one on her neck but her hair’s nicely tied up.

She did not even bother to look at me. Well, I don’t care. I don’t need her looking at me but her stare(imaginary flips my hair).

“Uh, she is Lanzhuen, my daughter.” The old woman introduced the girl to me.

Lanzhuen? Why do I have a feeling that we have already met? And what is this thrilling feeling?

continue next chapter~