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"Judy, let's go!" Princess Seraphina grabbed Judy's hand, leaving the three boys who were confused.




This stubborn Seraphina insisted on going further, at least until she encountered more new things that she hadn't seen before.




"Prince Xavier, where are we going?" Asked Judy, although this little girl did not mind accompanying the prince, but still worried about the people in the palace who must be looking for the prince's whereabouts.




"While on the train, I've passed people's houses, so I want to go there!"




"But, it looks like it's a long way off!" Seraphina stopped walking. After feeling something strange, she immediately looked back.




"Looks like someone is following us!"




"Is it true?" She looked at Judy, the girl's long skirt slightly dirty from falling when they were being chased by a dog.




Seraphina knelt in front of Judy, "Can I see your feet?" She asked. Judy's face flushed red, this little girl felt very embarrassed, even though she didn't know what the prince was going to do.




She lifted Judy's skirt to her knees, this little girl was wearing white trousers. However, on her left leg there was a spot of blood. 




"Judy, you're hurt. Must be you fell earlier!" She took the handkerchief she always carried in her trouser pocket and tied it to the little girl's knee.




Judy was amazed, she didn't even notice that her leg was injured. However, Prince Nathan was the one who noticed it.




"Yo ... Your Majesty ..."




"Well, if this is the case. Later, when you arrive at the palace, your feet must be treated immediately!"




"Yes, Your Majesty!"




"Then, now let's just go home!"




"Why? doesn't you want to go further, Your Majesty?"




"Then, another time. Now you're hurt, we better go back and treat your wound, come on!"




"I ... I'm fine!" shouted Judy in her soft voice. It was a spontaneous scream that she hadn't planned at all. In her heart, being able to go alone with the Prince like this was something she had never dreamed of before, because for her it was too impossible to happen. But in reality, this thing that is very unlikely for her is now being experienced.




"But your leg is injured, we better just go home!" Nathania, who is basically very sensitive and kind-hearted, certainly thinks more of others than herself.




"But, isn't the Prince very happy to be able to go out of the palace? in fact, I'm very happy. I'm fine, Prince Nathan doesn't have to worry!" Judy tried to convince Nathania that she could still walk further. Moreover, this trip had long been awaited by the prince. Judy didn't want Prince Nathan to lose this precious opportunity because of her.




"Okay, let's go!" Nathania smiled, walked back and took Judy's hand who felt that she was a very lucky girl.




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Princess Nathania was stunned, just the first time she stepped out of the palace and was greeted with an extraordinary sight. However, what she saw this time was far different. The houses of the residents are neatly lined up along the very clean city streets. As well as shopping centers and markets, where residents of the City of Bougenville sell and buy basic goods and food.




"Great ..." muttered Nathania as she realized that she was in the middle of the crowd of the townspeople closest to the Sapphire Palace.




"The prince is happy?" asked Judy who could only smile at the funny and innocent behavior of the Great Prince.




"Hem ... what's this delicious smell?" Nathania smelled a sweet scent from nowhere. But suddenly made her stomach hungry.




"Looks like the other one!" said Judy, pointing to a pastry shop across the street.




"Alright, let's go there!" Nathania immediately took a quick step towards the delicious aroma that almost made her saliva dripping.




"Wa ... wait, Your Majesty! we won't have ..." Judy was late, Nathania had entered the shop and joined the queue to buy some sweet cakes.




Nathania is very enthusiastic, it turns out that in here, the aroma is sweeter and delicious. When it was her turn, Nathania immediately ordered several pieces of cake.




"What cake do you want to order?" asked the cake seller uncle.




"I ask for a cake that smells until it comes out!"




"Cinnamon cake, huh?"




"Ah ... yes, cinnamon cake!" she replied with a smile.




"How much do you want to buy?"




"I'll ask for two ..." Nathania couldn't wait to eat the cake she ordered. Behind her, Judy who had just entered the shop, tried to stop her from buying the cookies.




"Wait, Your Majesty!" said Judy, who was breathless after running to teach Nathania into the cake shop.




"What's the matter, Judy? why do you look tired?"




"Tha ... that ..."




"This is the cake, the price is 4 Gin," said the peddler's uncle, handing him a brown paper bag containing two pieces of cinnamon cake which were freshly cooked and still hot.




"Four Gins?" Nathania stared in confusion, not understanding the meaning of the price she had to pay. Because in her entire life, she never bought anything, let alone used money. Everything she needed and wanted was readily available in the palace effortless.




"The four gins mean four silver coins. Does the Prince have money?" whispered Judy so that the people around them could not hear what they were talking about, especially if they found out that the child standing in their midst right now was" The Great Prince of Lithonia" whose face they had never seen in person.




"I don't have, how about this?" she muttered. She really did not know that while outside the palace she would have to pay what she wanted.




"I didn't bring any money either," Judy was as disappointed as Nathania who failed to enjoy the sweet cake she wanted.




"Uncle, I'm sorry. I didn't buy the cake, I returned it!" she said, handing over the paper bag. Nathania and Judy walked out of the shop feeling disappointed.




"Prince Nathan, sorry ..."




"Sorry for what?"




"Because I didn't tell you in advance,"




"Hahahaha ... it's okay, I just found out that outside the palace, it turns out that we can't do anything if we don't have money," she said laughing carefree.




"Prince Nathan is really very cute ..." Judy thought, the little girl's cheeks turning red like tomatoes.




"Hey you two!" exclaimed the blonde haired boy who was the owner of the dog who walked over to Nathania and Judy with his two friends, the boy with curly hair and the tall boy.




"You boys earlier?" Nathania asked the three boys who, without knowing it had followed them all the way.




"Here, the cake you wanted to buy earlier, right? eat it!" said the blonde boy, handing him a brown paper bag. Nathania and Judy looked at each other, confused how they knew that Nathania wanted the cake so badly.




"Thank you, but how did you know?"




"We saw you return the paper bag to cake seller who happens to be Joan's father," said the blonde boy.




"Is that so? thank you very much, I really want to eat this cake!" said Nathania with a happy smile.




"Hi, my name is Owen and they both are my friends," said the blonde boy.




"My name is Joan, nice to meet you!" said the boy with curly hair, the son of the cake shop owner.




"My name is Rupert, nice to meet you two,"




"I'm Nathan, from now on, let's be friends?" Nathania says it out loud, forgetting that this time she has to hide her identity from them.




"Pri ... Prince Nathan?" Judy thought, feeling very sorry for not having time to stop the prince from saying his name.




"Nathan? like the name of the Great Prince of Lithonia?" Owen immediately remembered the name of the crown prince, a name that was rarely given to ordinary people like them.




Nathania was silent, she felt very careless. Even though she was the one who asked Judy to help her keep her identity secret, but in fact she herself leaked it.




"Could it be ..." the three boys began to suspect the same thing.




"Ju ... Judy, let's go home! then, see you again? goodbye!" she said as she pulled Judy's hand away from the three boys.




"Could he be His Majesty Prince Nathan?" asked Joan. Owen who from the beginning met Nathania and Judy on the hill, was already suspicious of seeing the clothes Nathania was wearing. Very fine clothes, made of quality materials that only aristocrats would have.




"Come on, let's follow!" said Owen. He wanted to prove their guess.




"Are you sure?" asked Rupert.




"If we don't follow, we won't know the truth!" he said. Finally, they decided to secretly follow Nathania and Judy, seeing first hand where they were going.




Their steps reached the edge of the hill, just behind the enormous fence of the Sapphire Palace. They both watched, how Nathania and Judy opened the secret door and entered the backyard garden, before finally closing the door again.




"It's true, he must be Prince Nathan!" said Joan who was satisfied with his testimony.




"But, who is the girl with him? is she the princess?" asked Rupert.




"I don't think so, they're too simple for a royal princess to wear," Owen explained with his sharp analysis.




"Then who is that girl?"




"I don't know, what is clear is that today we meet the Heir to the Throne of the Lithonia Kingdom. I am very happy." Owen smiled proudly because today he has helped the future leader of the kingdom he loves so much.







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