The Cursed Prince's Strange Bride

It was difficult for most of them to believe that they were still in the same Moon Kingdom. Wasn't it ironic that they were nobles, yet they hadn't experienced the fun part of life?

They could see the village from the hill where they were. It was already late in the evening, but torches and lanterns lit up the whole place. People were buying and selling all manner of things. There were different shows and performances happening, and there was a group playing tricks with fire.

They could hear the people laughing, clapping, and swearing. But all in all, it seemed they were having fun. The sort of fun none of the noble kids had ever had and could never have.

The ladies in the carriage snuck their heads out the window to watch in awe.

It was so different from the palace and their residence, where they usually had lights out at night after dinner. There was never a fun ceremony except it was a royal wedding, banquet or birthday celebrations of the members of the royal family.

"Did you get to see things like this whenever you sneaked out of the house?" Luciana asked Susan, who shook her head as she kept her eyes down the hills.

She wouldn't have dared sneak out of home at night. Even Williams was not allowed to do so.

Since they didn't want to draw much attention to them, Harold suggested they stop the carriage and horses here for the carriage men to look after while they walked down to the village.

They were all eagerly accepting of that as they wanted to get there as soon as possible.

When Harold got down from his horse and went to open the carriage to help the "ladies" down, he frowned at the new sitting arrangement. Alicia was now seated inside while Luciana was beside her, closer to the door, while Paulina and Susan sat in the opposite seat facing them.

Luciana forced a smile at Harold as soon as she saw him by the door but he stepped to the side and glared at her.

"Jump," he told her impatiently.

"What? It's high!" Luciana complained as she looked down before looking at Alicia to come to her rescue but she only got a sheepish smile from Alicia in return.

"Susan got down well on her own."

"Susan is used to being reckless but--"

"What do you mean by that?!" Susan asked in mild annoyance as she pushed Luciana out of the way and attempted to jump, but she paused when she remembered how Alvin had helped the others get down earlier, so she looked around for him.

"Are you not helping us get down?" She called to Alvin, but he ignored her and didn't make any move in her direction, making her glare at him.

"I will help yo..." Before Lance could finish, Susan jumped down.

Seeing how impatient Harold was and how no one else was moving an inch to help Luciana get down, Harvey stepped forward and offered his hand to her.

Luciana looked at his hand with a frown, "I can get down on my own," she said before pushing him to the side and jumping down, falling ungraciously with her palms and knees to the ground.

They all heard her shriek in pain as Susan ran behind her to help adjust her dress before helping her stand up.

Luciana looked down at her dirty palm, which was even more horrifying to her than the bruise on her knees. Never has she seen so much dirt before on her body.

Harvey let out a condescending snort before he turned away from there while Williams stepped forward to assist the only person left in the carriage with Alicia-- Paulina.

"I can mana.." before Paulina could finish making her excuse, Williams grabbed her hand and pulled her forward, making sure she fell into his arms.

Paulina's eyes widened in surprise as she fell into his arms, and for a moment she stayed still as she looked up into Williams' face.

Alicia who was still in the carriage behind Paulina, smiled as she watched the scene in front of her. It looked like a scene straight out of a romance movie.

Once again, Lance looked at the two in confusion. Firstly, why was Williams holding a maid like that? And why were they in that position like that!?

Ever since he started this trip, or rather, ever since he arrived the Moon Kingdom, he had witnessed a lot of strange things that he could not comprehend.

"What are you still staring at? Walk!" Alvin said with a sharp glare directed at him.

Lance snapped back to his senses and realized that he had zoned out. Not only had Williams and Paulina separated, but they had all started moving already while he was still standing there.

He snorted at Alvin, wondering why he was always so angry, and he tried to push his way out by brushing shoulders; even though his shoulder was far below Alvin's. Unfortunately for him, Alvin didn't budge but just looked down at him and raised a brow as if he was questioning an idiot.

Lance looked a bit flustered and cleared his throat awkwardly before he moved to the side to walk away, joining the others.

It was probably best to just stick to his brother in-law instead of staying alone because it seemed like this Alvin was going to do something bad to him.

As they drew closer and joined the rest of the villagers in the busy town, they all could not hide the amazement on their faces.

Even though Alicia was used to something better than this, she could not deny that this was a pleasant sight. The boisterous town was a pleasant sight to behold after being stuck in the palace for a long time and going through something very traumatic in the last few days.

Susan's eyes were literally sparkling as she looked around. She turned to look at her brother who was also looking around in amusement and as soon as their eyes locked, they both grinned.

"Why didn't I ever sneak out at nights?" Susan asked in disbelief while Williams chuckled.