The Reincarnation Of The Poor Princess
Twenty Six (26)

Stella sat on her bed, pondering. He was still thinking about the strange dream he had just obtained. Stella doesn't know the origins of the woman in her dreams. However, when she thought of the word "mother" coming out of the woman's mouth, as well as her golden-blonde hair, Stella could only think of one person, namely Alexa, her mother in this world.

"But...."

Stella placed her hand on her chin, her eyebrows furrowed, while her mind was fixed on the last sentence of the woman.

"Why did she say "Mom will be back soon with your sister"? What does that phrase mean?"

Stella could not understand the meaning of the woman's words. It is a mystery to be solved. However, what Stella can understand is the words "Wait for Mom" and "Mom will be back soon", it signifies that Alexa, her mother in this world, is still alive.

"What?"

Stella flinched as the thought filled her head. His pupils dilated, along with his next sentence.

"It's really a big surprise" he said. 

Stella could not help but lose her mind when she learned that the person who was rumored to have died was still alive.

But why is it that no one knows this fact?

At that moment, the sound of knocking on the door was heard, followed by Suzy's restless voice that was also heard.

"Are you okay, Princess?"

Stella did not reply, she fell silent. Hearing that there was no answer from her master, Suzy spoke again.

"Miss Xylia came to visit you, Princess."

Xylia's?

Stella frowned when Suzy said that name. Her mood is not good, but now she has an uninvited guest who is likely to make her mood worse.

"I don't want to meet anyone now" Stella replied in a gloomy tone.

Outside Stella's room, Suzy was speechless. Then, someone appeared beside him.

"What's wrong?"

The sweet voice of the person jolted Suzy's mind, she turned her head, finding Xylia standing next to him with an innocent face.

"Does the Princess not want to see me?" tanyakanya. After that, his face turned sad.

Seeing the change in Xylia's countenance, Suzy became agitated.

"No, Miss Xylia" said Suzy, trying to calm Xylia down. "Mr Princess is just―"

"Just hate me," Xylia cut off, her eyes watering, her mouth curving down, while her face turned even sadder. "A-a-I just, I just .. wanted to see him. But it seems, the Princess does not want to see me. It's probably because he hates me...."

"You can't talk like that, Miss Xylia!"

Suzy held onto the little boy's shoulder, then again tried to calm him down.

"Mr Princess doesn't hate you at all," Suzy said firmly, making Xylia's sad face turn bright.

"really?" ask her with a radiant face.

Suzy smiled and nodded in response.

"Then, I'll meet the Princess first!"

After which, Xylia walked towards the door of Stella's room and opened it without asking permission from the owner of the room, leaving Suzy who had a blank expression on her face. 

"Why does it feel like I'm being played with by Miss Xylia?" he murmured, silent in place.

...―――...

"Mr Princess!"

Stella glanced at the owner of the sweet voice lazily. She looked at Xylia who entered her room without her permission with a flat look.

However, Xylia ignored Stella's gaze which seemed to dislike her, she walked over and finally stood to the left of Stella's bed.

"I miss you, Princess!" he said with a radiant face and sparkling eyes.

"Mr Princess, I have a request. I hope you will fulfill my request."

Stella remained silent. Her eyes scrutinized the facial expression Xylia showed her, trying to search for traces of falsehood and lies, but she did not find what she was looking for. The expression looked real, Stella could not deny that fact. Finally, Stella decided to talk to Xylia.

"What's that?"

"Hehe."

Xylia did not reply, but smiled broadly at Stella until her eyes narrowed.

...―――...

The sound of wind was heard. The two children of similar age were walking in a beautiful flower garden. This was the request that Xylia wanted, which was to go for a walk with Stella. When hearing Xylia's request, Stella immediately thought of the flower garden in the backyard of Everstell Palace, a place that was very suitable to be used as a place to walk.

It used to be a little overgrown with flowers, but now it is different, because Stella has hired a gardener to take care of the garden.

"The flowers here are beautiful, Princess."

The sweet voice of someone was heard. Stella only nodded briefly in return. After which, Xylia, who was walking beside him, took one step ahead of him. Then, the little girl crouched down, picking some flowers that grew in the garden cheerfully.

Stella didn't care much about what Xylia was doing, she just watched it from a close distance. But after that, Stella was surprised by Xylia, who gave the flowers she had picked to her.

Stella finally made a sound, she asked, "What are you doing?"

A cheerful smile was still always on Xylia's pretty face. His facial expression was also still the same as before; beaming. However, her tone of voice was different.

"I gave these flowers to the Princess as an apology," Xylia said, still maintaining her hand posture that gave the flowers to Stella.

At that moment, Stella felt a strangeness with Xylia's behavior.

Unlike earlier, Xylia's voice that sounded in her ears at this moment was very calm and mature, very different from her extremely sweet personality.

However, why would Xylia apologize?

Seeing nothing in return from Stella, Xylia immediately explained, "I'm sorry. Because of me, the Princess could not go to the talent test event with His Majesty the King and Prince Dhemiel. That's why, I'm giving this as a sign of apology."

Ah, now Stella understands.

'I thought there was something strange about her, but she remained as innocent as ever, ' Inner Stella, then picked up the flowers that Xylia had given her.

"Actually, it's not necessary, but thank you," Stella replied, then smiled lightly.

'It's not your fault, it's Shavir's fault!' stella continued in her heart with a growl. 'If that Shavir doesn't ask to be with you, you won't go with him either.'

Hearing Stella's soft-sounding reply, accompanied by her rare little smile, Xylia's face grew brighter, she smiled widely.

"Thank you, Princess! I thought, Princess will never forgive me!" he said happily, even Xylia said that while jumping up and down.

Seeing the unexpected reaction from Xylia, Stella just kept quiet. He already suspected that. However, still Stella felt that there was something strange about Xylia's attitude towards her.

'Isn't "Xylia" in the fairy-tale book very cunning and ... evil to Princess Stella? But, why is it different from what I saw today?'

At that moment, Xylia involuntarily uttered a sentence that made Stella flinch.

"I thought, I'll never get an apology from the Princess, because by then you're dead, and it's all because of me! But now, I'm relieved, I'm relieved to be able to get an apology from the Princess! I am so relieved!!"

Whahuh?

Stella gasps.

From where ... Xylia knew that?

"Aah?"

Only then did Xylia realize what she was saying. His radiant face turned pale. The secret that had been kept by him had involuntarily come out of his mouth. The atmosphere around them instantly turned tense.

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TBCS!