Chapter 4 - Chapter 4: Gale

"Gale..." Swan repeated that name. Then, she got flustered all of a sudden and apologized, "P-pardon me, Your Majesty. I shouldn't have addressed you without a title. I-I will call you Master Gale from now on."

"Just Gale. I'm not your Master, and you are not a servant for me," Gale said. But that still didn't stop Swan from worrying.

She had been conditioned to doubt everything that people said to her. Whenever she was given instructions, especially by Aria or Queen Mother, they would purposely make it tricky or confusing, so she would mess up and give them a chance to punish her under the late king's watchful eyes.

She doubted the beast would be so kind to her.

"Pardon me, Master Gale. I-I don't think I can "

"Don't make me repeat myself. Call me Gale."

"M-master-"

"Gale! Are you deaf?!"

Swan had a mini heart attack when Gale snapped at her. She turned pale instantly, and her eyes were on the verge of tears.

She quickly lowered her head again and apologized, "P-pardon me, Gale."

king scoffed, "It'd take two hours to enter my territory, so sit tight. I don't want to listen to

and the beastmen's kingdom were not that far, which was also

head and ignored her entirely after

not to lift her head, let alone start a conversation to

even spare a glance at her. He simply crossed his arms and then became unresponsive after

unresponsive. It reminded her of the guards who often slept on their duty but would wake

want to disturb his slumber, so she simply turned her attention to

a view of a mountain at the end of it. She had seen it

linen that had just been washed and dried. It was the freshest thing she could imagine while being stuck

to open the window just to get a whiff of the meadow scent. She turned the window's lock and pushed it open, making a rattling sound that

he watched Swan, who stuck her head out, taking a deep whiff while the carriage continued pacing through the

couldn't describe the scent, but it was even better than the palace garden because there was no intense scent of flowers all around. Overall, she preferred this

her body. She stuck out half of her body to inhale more of

closed her eyes and thought, 'If only I could wake up with this scent every day. I don't want to be imprisoned for the rest of

she suddenly heard a voice calling her out, "What are you

fell out of the carriage when Gale quickly grabbed her by her

tried to get up, but Gale kept his hand on

you. What are you

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