Through the whole party no one besides his mother came to talk with him, which made him content, but after some time, he felt two people standing close to him. Ariel tried to just ignore them, hoping that they would just leave him alone. Unfortunately, he soon heard the voice of a young boy. “Greetings it is nice to meet you Ariel Whitestone.” He has already greeted him, this closed off all of the exits, since if he continued to ignore him like this it would end up as a breach of etiquette.

Ariel sighed and turned around to greet his two new guests. What he saw was that both of them seemed to be children of similar age to him, around 8-9 years old. They stood out quite a bit, because they had an aura of leadership around them, which made them look approachable, yet elegant at the same time.

The one who greeted him was a young boy with short aqua blue hair and eyes, as well as a handsome face. He was dressed in expensive blue clothes with golden accents at some places. His face had a playful smile on it that further increased his charisma.

The second person was a girl, very similar to the boy standing next to her. Their age seemed to be the same and she had the same aqua blue eyes and hair just like her companions, except her hair reached all the way down until her waist. However, her looks were truly stunning and anyone could see that when she grows up, her beauty will be heavenly enough to start wars between empires. She was wearing a beautiful, light blue dress that reached all the way to her ankles.

Even a stupid person would notice that they had close blood relations, most probably siblings or maybe even... Just as Ariel started thinking about they’re blood ties, the boy spoke again. “You probably are guessing how we are related. Well if you guessed that we are twins, you guessed correctly.” Hearing the boys amused words, Ariel’s questions instantly cleared up. ‘So it really was like that.’

Not giving time for Ariel to enjoy his correct guess, the boy continued. “My name is Brendon Gleevoria and this is my sister Sarah Gleevoria. I am honored to meet you Ariel Whitestone, you won’t believe for how long I wanted to meet The Frozen Prince in person. I am very glad the rumors didn’t lie about you.”

From the last name Gleevoria and the unusual aqua blue hair and eyes, Ariel easily came to the conclusion to who they were. These two things could only be connected with the royal family of the Gelath kingdom. And the two before him must be the crown prince and princess. They are both very famous for being extremely talented in water magic. This made Ariel freeze for a while and unable to respond. They were royalty, if he didn’t if they took offence about something Ariel did, it could end up badly for his whole family.

Thankfully, just at the right time the beautiful princess Sarah spoke for the first time, in a melodious voice. “Greetings Ariel, I have also wanted to meet Erna’s fiancé for quite some. I think that she got really lucky, with getting you.”

After hearing this Ariel quickly drew to the conclusion that Erna and the princess are acquaintances. They also seemed to be quite close ones from the way she spoke, but right now he didn’t think further about it and was just grateful for being able cover up his reaction. Feeling that it won’t become awkward from him speaking now, he finally opened his mouth. “Greetings prince Brendon and princess Sarah my name is Ariel Whitestone, as you already know. How could I be of service to you?”

Ariel said that with a graceful bow that made him look elegant and refined, instantly making princess Sarah, lose her focus.

“Well we just wanted to meet and talk with you a little. There is no reason for you to be so polite so feel free to call us by our first names.” Seeing Ariel bow, Brendon quickly said that with a friendly smile.

Not knowing how to reject the offer, all Ariel could do was just to accept it. ‘Okay, then please feel free to just use my first name as well.’ Finishing the sentence, Ariel returned to his previous standing pose.

Only after hearing her brother’s and Ariel’s words, was Sarah finally able to get her bearings back together. Blushing up to her ears from her actions, all she could do was turn her head to the side hoping Ariel didn’t see it. Peeking out from the corner of her eyes she noticed that while bowing, he had lightly closed his eyes, and only now he had slowly opened them.

Letting out a sigh, her appearance returned to the previous one of maturity, that didn’t correspond to her age. However her heart and mind were still in turmoil, this was the first time she felt like this. Usually she was a mature girl who liked to tease other people in any way possible, but since she first laid her eyes on Ariel’s handsome face as well as his cool looks, while sitting by the window. She felt her heart beats quicken whenever she casts a glance at him, which was completely new to her.

Ariel hasn’t notice this, but it was easy for Brandon to see his sisters, reaction, while standing right next to her. The Amused smile on his face has only grown larger, as he once again got ready to speak. “Back to the topic my sister has mentioned, I am so jealous you get to marry Erna, she is no less beautiful than my own sister. I wish I could marry someone as beautiful as her.”

Sarah’s polite smile she usually wears, instantly tuned rigid from her brother’s words. It was like kicking her and then telling her that she could never be the one to marry Ariel.

Ariel saw this, but didn’t pay much attention to it. He decided to respond politely and truthfully to not appear indifferent. “I have never met my fiancée so I don’t know much about her, but if she is indeed as gorgeous as Sarah, then she will definitely be the second most beautiful girl I had ever met.” Hearing this answer Brandon felt impressed, while Sarah once more felt her face burning and feeling much happier than from her brother’s previous comment.

This time Ariel had notice Sarah’s bashfulness, but he didn’t think much about it, in his previous world it was natural for a girl to be embarrassed from a compliment, said by a handsome boy. Only people who were close to her would argue that it was unusual for her. However what Ariel said was indeed true, Sarah might not be up to the level of his mother or other beautiful women, but when she grows up, she will truly be like a goddess.

After this instance Ariel continued to converse with the twins in a less tense mood for some time, and he even started to enjoy it a bit. Unfortunately, they suddenly heard an annoying fit of laughter coming near them from the side. Of course Ariel instantly knew who it was. The bug that never knows what is good for him.

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