Crowns of Heritage

Chapter 50- Assigned

(NASHI P.O.V)

I stood in front of the door, and I was devastated. After hearing Princess Sage was missing my mind went haywire. While trying to process what was going on, I made a mistake and hesitated in front of Prince Moises. He was furious and walked off, then I knew I messed up.

“What are we going to do father?”I turned and faced my father.

“Nashi”, he called out with a sad expression, “Your brother was arrested.”, he stated.

I understood that part but why did I hesitate, when Prince Moises asked me if I would give up my nobility. I stood there balling my fist up.

“Nashi”, my father called out to me.

I looked over at him again.

“I won't let anyone steal Sage from me”, I said, looking directly at him and balling up my fist.

He walked up and placed his hand on my shoulder. He sighed.

“Right now, let's try to find her and get your brother out of prison”. He said.

Without saying anything back I ran up to my room. I leaned my head up against the door, even her scent remained in my room. I slid down and held my head with both of my hands.

“Sage” I mumbled and felt the tears falling down my face."Where are you" I mumbled again and leaned my head against the door.

(PRINCE MOISES P.O.V)

It became morning after I left the villa furious, there's no way I'll leave my daughter's future to an unsure man.

“What's our destination?”, Yeshiva asked.

“Before we head to the western region, let's stop by Count Vaughan again.” I said.

“Yes sir”, Yeshiva responded.

I contemplated on whether or not I should go straight to the palace. But knowing Sage wasn't there was only going to take the time away from searching for her. I was going to confront my mother, but since my brother Morgan is still in the area of Count Vaughan domain. I decided to go and talk to him. I was angry, but I needed to know more about this whole peace treaty conference.

We traveled for three hours, and the sun had started to rise. I was worried about my daughter, but with her constant training I know she'll be able to take care of herself.

After arriving in front of the Count Vaughan estate again, I got out and slammed the door. I rang the intercom on his gate and one of the butlers came out of the villa. He hurried to the gate and bowed his head.

“You highness, is everything okay?, Why are you here so early?”, he questioned me.

I glared at him and he cowered down.

“Where is Count Vaughan?”, I asked.

The butler kept his head down, “He went to the eastern border with Prince Morgan”, he stated.

I turned around without looking back and Yeshiva followed behind me. Once we got into the car, I told Yeshiva what happened.

“Do you know which side of the palace she fled from?”, he asked.

“I'm not sure, but most likely she entered the forest. Sylvester was arrested, and my mother threatened Duke Vernon with treason, if Sage doesn't marry one of the neighboring kingdom's princes”, I explained.

“Wait, are they trying to marry Rosie off too?”, he asked, while gripping the steering wheel.

“We need to find out more information about this peace treaty conference, let's head back to the villa. I need to ask Duke Vernon something.”, I stated.

Yeshiva nodded his head and we drove off.

(SAGE P.O.V)

After leaving the cabin, the sun started to rise. We traveled on foot for over four hours through the forest. We arrived at a medium-sized villa in the western region. Supposedly, it was Viscount Palin’s estate and he was the landlord of a large village.

Nathan waited until I was settled into a room before he and the other two men left to go search the forest for Asiana. The two women stayed behind as my personal guards. I was glad they were friendly and they were excited to meet me.

I laid across the bed and stared up at the ceiling. So much happened over the past few months, and I know it's only going to get more chaotic. I couldn't help but think about my father, I'm sure he learned about what happened. My thoughts were interrupted when I heard a knock on the door.

I got up and walked over to the door. When I opened it, Chena was standing outside the door.

“Good afternoon Princess”, she greeted me and bowed.

“Good afternoon, Chena”, I said.

“I came to tell you that breakfast was ready”, she said.

I didn't realize how much time had passed.

“Okay,”I said, while getting off the bed.

I followed behind her and entered the dining room.

“Princess”, the maids and butlers bowed as they greeted me.

Once they found out I was Prince Moises daughter, they started to cater to my every need. I had gotten used to the whole Princess treatment, but it still gets overwhelming at times.

“Chena”, I called out to her.

Ever since Nathan appointed her as my guard, she's been constantly standing around me.

“Do you need anything my lady?”, she asked.

I nodded my head, “Is there a way I can get in touch with my father in the Northern region?”, I asked.

“There's a way, but you have to do it by email or letter”, she said.

“I would like to send a message to my father”, I said.

“I'll get everything ready for you”, she said.

I nodded my head and started to eat my food.

The door to the dining room opened and the younger woman Destiny came into the room.

“Princess”, she called out to me in an excited tone.

She walked over and stood on the side of me.

“How about we all take a walk in the village” she suggested.

I nodded my head, and got up from the table.

“Wait, Princess, you should dress more comfortably”, Chena said.

I followed her back to the room and she handed me a pair of clothes. It was a guard's uniform, she tied my hair up into a ponytail.

“This way you can look like a regular female guard, if you dress as a noble you might get attack by a villager”, she explained

“Why?, isn't Viscount Palin a noble as well?”, I asked.

“You will understand once we enter the village”, she said.

After leaving the villa, we walked throughout the village. We stopped by different markets and met many people along the way. One part of the village caught my attention. It was poor and filled with people who were starving. I was shocked while looking around.

“This is where all the orphans from the war gathered. Many of them lost their parents when the western border was attacked by the neighboring kingdom a few months ago.”, Chena explained.

I looked around and saw all the young children and young adults.

“Why are they gathering in the village?”, I asked, curiously.

“Right now it's their only safe haven, since the king doesn't care about commoners”, she said.

What a useless king, I thought to myself.

“We should head back to the villa, I'm sure Nathan will be back soon”, Chena said.

(ROSEMARY P.O.V)

After Valian left the Counts estate, he told mother about one of the organizations that Count Livens was involved in. We sat in one of the rooms in the maid quarters. After the other maids were assigned to another part of the estate. Mother and I continued to stay in the room.

“Slavery trades”, she mumbled as she read the document

“What?”, I asked, listening to her mumbling.

“Shit, this is getting even more dangerous than I thought”, mother looked at me.

“Should we stay for another day?”, I asked.

Mother nodded.

We hurried and hid the document after hearing someone approaching the room. The head maid opened the door and looked over at us.

“We're assigning duties today, follow me”, she said, in a stern tone.

We followed behind her and saw other maids and butlers lined up in a straight line. We stood next to them and faced the head maid and the head butler.

“Now since you're all new, we're going to assign you duties you have to perform”, the head maid. She was an older woman with bright purple eyes and short curly gray hair.

“You “, she said and pointed at mother.

“You're assigned to the kitchen” she stated.

These people must really want to die, putting her in a kitchen will be their worst mistake ever.

“You”, the head maid pointed at me, “You're assigned to clean the rooms on the third floor”, she said.

After she assigned everyone, the head maid dismissed everyone. I looked at my mother and she gestured her right hand to me and I nodded my head. We went our separate ways and I headed to the third floor.

When I got to the third floor I was handed cleaning supplies from another maid. She told me which rooms I had to clean. One of the rooms had a guest inside and she told me to be careful around him.

I started to clean one of the rooms and searched around it. Unfortunately, there wasn't anything useful, when I walked out of the room. I ran into someone and they caught me from falling.

“Are you okay?”he asked, he had a deep foreign accent.

I looked up and saw a tall muscular man dressed like a knight. He had fair skin, with short curly silver hair and light blue eyes.

“Yes, sorry, I wasn't paying attention”, I said politely.

He let go of me and started to walk off. I watched as he walked down the hall and entered another room. Then I realized he went into Count Livens office.

(NATALIE P.O.V)

I was assigned to the kitchen and followed behind the head maid. There were four other maids and three butlers that were assigned to the kitchen. When I entered the kitchen, I saw the chefs making lunch.

“You, help the other maids set up the dining room”, the head maid demanded.

I grabbed the silverware and plates and followed behind the other two maids.

“I hope what happened at the last estate doesn't happen here”, one of the maids said.

I pretended I didn't know what she was talking about.

“What happened at the other estate?”, I asked.

She turned towards me as we were setting the plates onto the table.

“Someone burned it down, Lady Melanie died in her room"the maid explained.

I felt satisfied, but I had to pretend to be shocked.

“Oh my God, who would do such a thing?”, I asked.

The maid looked around before answering me.

“Everyone in the estate hated her, the one who survived the fire was happy she died”, she said.

I felt happy inside knowing that.

“Did all the survivors come back here? I asked, curiously.

The maid shook her head, “No everyone left, another woman and I remained”, she said.

I felt a little concerned and decided to ask her something.

“Do you know where they all went?”, I asked.

“My friend went to Duke's Synovial villa, after the survivors were fired”, she said.

I almost dropped one of the plates, “What?”, I mumbled.

Suddenly, the butler started to bring in the food and set the table. After a couple minutes, Count Livens and two men came into the dining room.

One was tall and dressed like a knight, while the other had on a suit. They all took a seat and started to eat their food.

“Prince Marshall should be arriving soon”, Count Livens mentioned. “I've been contacting different mercenary groups to commission them to join our side of the war. Since they aren't loyal to anyone, we need to use their military power”, he added.

“Which group are you trying to commission?”, the knight asked.

“The Henrico Clan”, Count Livens stated.