Forgotten Wife: Let the Traitors Kneel Down

115 I don't want to be like my father Alessandro was heading to his office when he saw April walking through the garden with Noah, there was no maid accompanying her, that seemed strange to him and he told Gabriel.

_Go ahead, I'll go next.

Gabriel, seeing where the king was going, said to himself.

_This seems to be another day where I'll have to take charge of everything.

Gabriel knew that when the king met with his wife he left all his work behind, and he would disappear for the rest of the afternoon.

This still seemed strange to Gabriel; he found it hard to believe that the king who diligently fulfilled all his obligations would leave everything for her.

When Alessandro arrived where Abril and Noah were, he saw that Abril had red marks on her arms, as if she had been grabbed very tightly.

_ What happened to you? Why do you have red marks on your arms? Noah knelt down and answered.

_I'm sorry, your majesty, if I had arrived earlier she wouldn't have been hurt.

Alessandro furiously asked Abril.

_ Who dared to lay a hand on you? _Calm down Lessan, I'm fine.

_Noah, who did it? _She was one of the maids, she was a spy in the service of Lady Victoria Vampel.

_Send that servant to the dungeon and forbid Victoria from entering the palace, I don't want to see her around here again.

_Yes, your majesty.

Noah left to carry out the king's orders.

Alessandro approached April, caressed the red marks on her arm and asked her.

_ Do they hurt a lot? _They don't hurt, I'm fine.

_I thought all the rats had been eliminated, I guess there are still some left, a second cleaning will have to be done.

_Lessan, what will happen to that maid? _The sin of touching a member of the royal family is death _I don't want anyone's blood to be spilled because of me, don't hurt her, just expel her from the palace.

_That's too light a punishment, if you don't want me to kill her I'll cut off her hands for daring to touch you.

_No, I don't want you to hurt her.

_She hurt you first Aby.

_Don't do it Lessan, please, I don't want to be like my father, I beg you, don't hurt her, expelling her from the palace is more than enough, I'm fine, it's not like she mortally wounded me.

Alessandro felt his blood boiling with anger; he saw expelling that servant as too light a punishment.

Seeing that he did not respond, Abril told him again.

"Promise me you won't hurt that Lessan maid," Alessandro caressed her cheek and said through clenched teeth.

_Okay, I promise, I won't hurt her, I'll just kick her out of the palace.

_Thank you.

_This time I will be merciful because you are asking me to, but there will be no next time, you are very valuable to me April, if someone hurts you I will not hold back and I will make them wish they had never been born, no matter who it is.

_ Bloodshed only brings more blood, and I don't want that.

_Even if you don't like it, sometimes it's necessary to shed blood.

_As long as I can avoid it, I prefer to avoid it.

_I will soon start the war, in war the spillage is inevitable, even if you ask me not to participate, to contain myself, I will not be able to do it.

_I know, but this time you can choose to do it or not, so don't do it.

_OK.

Alessandro still had a lot of work to do, but he didn't want to leave Abril alone so he told her.

_I have to go to my office to finish my work, do you want to come with me? _I don't want to be a bother.

_You never are, besides today there are too many nobles in the palace, I will feel calmer if you are by my side.

_Okay, then I'll go with you.

When they arrived at the office, Gabriel was surprised because he did not expect the king to return so soon, and even less that he would be accompanied, he greeted Abril.

_Good morning, your majesty.

_Good morning.

Alessandro took his place behind the desk and said to Abril.

_You can make yourself comfortable, Gabriel, what are the most important matters for today? Gabriel reacted, handed him some documents and said.

_You must approve the budgets to begin work on the granaries that we will use to store supplies for the...

Gabriel remained silent, he didn't know if he should say what they were for in front of the princess, Alessandro told him.

_Continued.

_To save provisions for when the war starts.

_The border lands are always the most affected during the war, when the war starts we must move to those people to a safe place, I want my people to suffer as little as possible during the war.

_I've thought about that too, Your Majesty, but I haven't decided where we could move them yet.

Alessandro stood up and went to see a large map of the kingdom that had hung on the wall and said.

_Marquis Parret's lands are far from the border, although not too far, if we move them there they will be safe during the war.

_That's true, that's a good idea, but do you think he'll agree to take in all those people? _That had better be the case if he still wants to keep his title of marquis.

Alessandro returned to his seat behind the desk, signing the budgets after reviewing them.

Gabriel left, when he did Abril told him.

_I'm sorry.

_ Why are you apologizing? _I'm not the only one who wants to avoid bloodshed, you're doing it too, you also want to protect your people.

_I know that sometimes I can seem cruel, but that is not the case, I just want my kingdom to be at peace, but to achieve that peace war is imminent.

April approached Alessandro and said to him.

_You work hard for this kingdom, I would also like to do the same, how can I help you? _Being by my side is more than enough.

_I know I don't have the necessary knowledge to help you, but I learn quickly.

If you teach me, I can also be of help.

I don't want to be just a pretty doll that decorates the room.

I want to be your help and support.

_You really want to help me.

_Yes, I want to stop being the useless princess who does nothing but walk around the garden.

Alessandro saw conviction in Abril's eyes, he knew she was very serious, so he agreed to her request.

_Okay, if that's what you want I'll ask Gabriel to teach you how to manage some things.

_Although it may not seem like it, I am good at learning, you just need to tell me something once and I will not forget it, the teacher I had when I was young, although he did not like me, he always praised me for it, I learned to read and write at an early age, although they stopped teaching me when I turned 6 when they found out I did not have magic.

Alessandro was surprised to hear what Abril was telling him, although royalty began their studies earlier, they normally did not learn to read and write until the age of 7, he asked her.

_April, at what age did you learn to read? _I think it was when I was four.

_You were really very young.

_Yes, well, the heirs to the throne of the kingdom of Laios usually take classes at an early age, although according to my teacher I was the first to learn to read and write at such an early age, my brothers, for example, learned to read and write when they were 6 years old, they hated me for having learned before them, they never forgave me for that.

_You almost never talk about your brothers, didn't you get along with them? _They don't like me.

Alessandro saw some discomfort in April, it was clear that she did not want to talk about them, so he decided not to continue insisting on that subject.