Forgotten Wife: Let the Traitors Kneel Down

78 I look like my mother Alessandro had begun to be very curious about Abril's mother.

At first he hadn't given it much importance since all his attention was on Abril, but the fact that Abril's mother spoke to him and did things that were almost impossible when she was dead seemed strange to him since he had never heard of anything like that.

That day after breakfast he left the room, went to Cassian's room, knocked on the door with his knuckles and asked.

_Cassian, could we talk for a moment? Cassian had gotten up early to run, he had just returned to his room, he was drying his sweaty face with a towel when he heard his brother's voice calling him, opening the door and asked him.

_ What's wrong Lessan? _ May I come in? _Of course.

Upon entering, Alessandro looked out the window to make sure that no one was eavesdropping.

_I would like to ask you a favor.

_Sure, ask for whatever you want.

_I would like you to go to the information guild and look up whatever you can about April's mother.

_ From April's mother? _Yes, she keeps appearing in April's dreams.

_It's just a dream Lessan, I also dream about our mother sometimes, there's nothing strange about that.

_It's not just a dream Cas, if it were I wouldn't be so restless.

_ What's wrong Lessan? _I think April's mother has warned her about the war, she has warned her that she must keep the fact that she has magic a secret and April told me that it was her mother who stabilized her magic and gave her the limiters so that her magic would stop leaking.

_Okay, that's weird, do you think maybe his mother is alive? _I don't know, that's why I want you to find out more about her, who was she? Where did she come from and why did she marry King Venobich? _The information guild is not far from here, I'll go there today.

_Thanks brother, you're the only one I can trust with this.

_That's what brothers are for.

Alessandro returned to the room, Abril was standing by the window looking at the horizon, Alessandro hugged her from behind and said.

_ I have work to do, I'll be back in the afternoon.

_ Can I go for a walk while you're gone? I don't like being locked up.

_Yes, but you have to hide the color of your hair, it is not a common color so it attracts a lot of attention.

April had forgotten that her hair color was truly rare, a trait unique to the Venobich royal family.

_ Maybe I should stay here? I don't want to be a bother to you.

_And you're not.

Alessandro took a ring out of his pocket, put it on Abril's ring finger and said.

_It's a magic ring, if you turn it once it will change the color of your hair, if you do it twice it will also change the color of your eyes.

April looked at the ring and asked.

_ Can I choose the color I want? _Yes, you just have to think about the color you want when you spin it.

April closed her eyes and thought about the hair color she wanted, then she spun her ring.

Her reddish hair began to change color from the roots, her beautiful reddish hair changed to a blonde color, April asked her.

_ Did it work? _Yes, do you want to see what you look like? _Yeah.

April responded very excitedly.

Alessandro looked for a mirror in the room, but found none, Abril told him.

_There is a mirror in one of my trunks.

Alessandro took the mirror out of the trunk, holding it so that Abril could see herself in it without any problem.

When she saw herself in the mirror, Abril began to cry, her tears rolled like pearls down her cheeks, Alessandro asked her.

_What's wrong Aby? You don't like that color? April wiped the tears from her cheeks and replied.

_It's not that, this way I look just like my mother, for a moment it was as if I was seeing her in front of me.

Alessandro put the mirror aside, put his arms around Abril and said.

_Then without a doubt your mother must have been a very beautiful woman.

_Yes, it was.

Alessandro hated the idea of ​​having to leave April alone, but he had some business to attend to and couldn't stay with her all day.

He gave her a kiss and said.

_I hate having to leave you alone.

_ I'll be fine, I'll tell Cassian to come with me.

_Cassian won't be able to keep you company today, I've asked him to run an errand.

_It doesn't matter, I'll be fine alone.

_You won't be alone, I'll leave two guards with you, they'll take care of you and keep you company.

_OK.

_You can go to town with them if you want.

_ Really? April asked very excitedly.

_Yes, this town is very quiet, you won't be in any danger.

Alessandro released her from his embrace, took her by the hand and said.

_Come on, I'll tell you who your guards will be.

As he left the room Cassian could barely recognize April with her blonde hair, he said to her.

_That hair color suits you very well.

_Thanks, are you going out? _Yes, I have an errand to run, where are you going? _I'll introduce you to the guards who will take care of her while I'm gone.

_I'll accompany you to the exit.

As they walked through the halls Cassian said to April.

_I barely recognized you with the blonde hair a while ago.

_The truth is that I was also very surprised when I saw myself in the mirror, you know, I look like my mother with blonde hair.

_It's because of your mother that you chose to wear your hair blonde.

_Yes, I thought it would look good on me.

_Well, you got it right, it looks great on you.

_Thank you.

Cassian said goodbye to them when they reached the entrance of the temple, there were the guards wearing simple clothes to go unnoticed, Alessandro approached them and introduced two of them to April.

_April this is Noah Hudson.

Alessandro points to a tall young man with light brown hair and black eyes.

_And this is Rafael Gannon.

He pointed to a young man with long, dark blond hair tied in a ponytail and green eyes.

_They will take care of you while I'm gone.

The two guards bowed to April and saluted politely.

_We will take good care of you, your majesty.

Alessandro gave them a murderous look that made them tremble in fear and said.

_It better be that way, if anything happens to my wife I'll make your heads roll on the floor.

The two guards swallowed hard and replied.

_We will take care of his majesty with our lives if necessary, we will not let anything bad happen to him.

_I hope so.

Alessandro kissed his wife in front of everyone, something the guards had already gotten used to.

Alessandro handed Abril a bag of gold coins, she asked.

_ What is this? _It's gold _ I already know that, I ask why you give it to me? _So you can do whatever you want with it.

_ Can I spend it? _It's yours, do with it what you want.

_Thank you.

Alessandro gave her one last kiss before leaving and told her.

_Have fun.

Alessandro got on a horse, the other guards followed him, Abril watched him until he disappeared into the distance, he had just left and she began to miss him.

Rafael asked the princess who had been left staring at the path where the king had disappeared.

_ Does your majesty wish to go somewhere? _Yes, I would like to go to the village.

Noah replied.

_Then I'll go get a carriage and we'll leave right away.

Noah went to get a simple carriage that did not seem to be that of a nobleman, when he returned he opened the carriage door and said.

_This carriage is simple because we don't want to draw too much attention.

_Don't worry, I understand perfectly.

April got into the carriage, Noah drove it and Rafael went with her inside the carriage to protect her if something happened.

That carriage was uncomfortable, it kept rattling and bouncing all over the road, Rafael said.

_I'm sorry this carriage is so uncomfortable, your majesty, please bear with it a little longer, we will arrive in a few minutes.

_Don't worry about it, I'm fine.

April replied as she looked out the window and saw the rice fields with several people working in them.