The Web of Knightspur-Chapter 73: Responsible

Sir Kit stood there without any expression but his heart was beating faster. He did not know how to control his expression.

For once Sir Kit was happy that the mask hid his expression. If he would have been facing the Princess then she would have laughed at him. His expression would have given him away.

Sir Kit looked at the Princess as he took a step back but he could feel the strength of the Princess increase on her hold. With much reluctance, Princess Eleanor left Sir Kit’s chin as she looked at the man with blame.

"Why does it matter to the Princess?" Sir Kit said once he had created a certain distance between them. His eyes looked at the vial in Princess Eleanor’s hand as he said, "Will Princess Eleanor give me the perfume only when she knows this answer?"

Princess Eleanor laughed. Her eyes narrowed as she shook her head. She was here for something else. She never wanted to ask this question but she did not know what got into her.

Thinking that Sir Kit wanted to have the perfume to give to someone else was bugging her mind. Princess Eleanor was curious and she could not help herself but ask the question. How could she wait any longer when the man stood in front of her having his eyes glued only on the vial.

’But this is no reason to ask him that.’ Princess Eleanor thought as she took a deep breath, ’What is wrong with me? Why do I want to know if Sir Kit has a lover or not? It should not matter to me but then why do I want to know it?’

Princess Eleanor took a deep breath as she looked at Sir Kit. Here as narrow as she curled her lips up, "I will give you the vial of perfume even if you do not tell me why you want it." Princess Eleanor folded her hand as she looked at Sir Kit seriously, "But I want something."

Sir Kit was not surprised. He knew that the moment Princess Eleanor showed up, she must have wanted to have something.

"And what would that be?" Sir Kit asked as he saw how calm the Princess was.

He felt that something was wrong. Princess Eleanor was behaving in a way to calm from her usual self. She showed a serious expression but her aura was different.

"As Sir Kit knows that I am hurt and cannot participate until my wounds are completely healed by the Crown Princess’s selection, I might have to stay at the temple." Princess Eleanor looked at Sir Kit as if she was trying to figure out what he was thinking.

Princess Eleanor’s voice did not lose her calm as she continued, "But who knows if this wound will leave a scar on my body or not. After all, the Crown Princess should have a pure body."

"So what does Princess Eleanor plan to do? Deepen the wound that she already has?" Sir Kit said his eyebrows, His tone was sharp as if he was a little angry.

"No," Princess Eleanor shook her head in denial. "Why would I do that to myself? It makes no sense. Although I do not want to be the Crown Princess, I still want to marry into a good family."

"So?" Sir Kit could not understand what Princess Eleanor was getting at. He knew that she wanted something, but what.

"So you are responsible for this. You are responsible for this wound on my body. So why don’t you be responsible? Anyway, the temple will want to get the responsibility so why not proactively ask for it?" Princess Eleanor giggled as she took a step towards Sir Kit.

"Responsibility?" Sir Kit was silent but his eyes were sharp. He wanted to know what had gotten into Princess Eleanor’s mind, "The Princess is the candidate for Crown Princess. I cannot ask.."

"House Beaumont is responsible for this, so don’t you think they should take me to the Dukedom and get me treated by the best doctors so that it does not leave any mark on my skin? I think the Grand Duke should do that." Princess Eleanor’s lips curled u[p as she took a step towards Sir Kit. "And as my escort, you should be the one taking care of me till I recover."

Sir Kit swallowed. Princess Eleanor was coming towards him. She stood on her tips as she wrapped her hands around him.

Sir Kit’s body stiffened. He did not expect Princess Eleanor to do this. He always knew that she was bold but this was far away from his imagination.

"Princess should not be doing this." Sir Kit tried to say as he moved his hand, trying to push the Princess away.

"Why? I do not think so, my self-esteem is not far more important than my survival." Princess Eleanor tightened her grip as she pulled Sir Kit towards her. Her eyes were glowing in the dark room as she moved toward him. "I want to stay at Duke Beaumont’s house and recover. So Sir Kit takes the responsibility."

Sir Kit wanted to push the Princess away. He had faced a similar situation many times, but the difference was that the women would want to seduce him and here Princess Eleanor wants to trap him. Sir Kit knew that if he pushed Princess Eleanor away like the way he would other women, she would get hurt and Sir Kit did not want to hurt Princess Eleanor.

"The temple has the best healer in the Empire," Sir Kit said but Princess Eleanor cut his words,

"But I want the Duke’s doctor to cure me. It is a mistake of his knight."

"The Princess would be safe here."

"But I want to stay near you," Princess Eleanor said in a hurry. Her gaze turned serious as she smiled, "So find a way to make it possible. After all, you are responsible for me Sir Kit. The whole of you are responsible for me,"