Princess Ellen stools by herself and looked around the hall, she felt thirst, and as if on cue a maid approaches her with a cup of wine.

Ellen accepted it and took it straight to her lips to take a quick sip but an unknown smell assaulted her nose. Ellen would have ignored and drink up anyway but remembering her encounters with the wine on her wedding day she faked a sip and took off the cup.

Unlike the familiar mixture she passive in her cup back then, Ellen was not certain of what was present in the cup. She knew she must probably be overwhelmed but she refused to take chances.

If she was wrong then she would only be wasting a cup of wine but if she was right, her life would pay for her carelessness.

Ellen kept faking her sip while she walked to one of the exit doors. She did not know her way around so she chooses the first door she noticed to her right.

At the same time, the king was nodded his head in excitement seeing that she was sipping from the cup. Of course, the king's reason for using poison again was to find out if his son was the one that saves her in his first attempt. Besides poison is the only thing that would not easily point to him.

As much as he loves to deny it, he knew deep down that he was scared of his son. He did not dare push Sabestain to his limit. His first reason for trying to get rid of Ellen was so that the war will continue. But after meeting Ellen he felt that his son might get smitten by her beauty and she will become his weaknesses. He was not doing this because he did not want Sabastein to have a weakness he was doing this because he needed his son to concentrate on fighting wars.

Besides, King Rodrick was aware that the prince already had a weakness and he intends to find out about it, once he establishes his empire.

Once close to the exist Ellen looked for the crown prince among the crowd. Satisfied that he was occupied and no one was looking at her. Ellen nodded her head and step outside.

Unknown to Ellen a pair of eyes were watching her every move. Prince Sebastian who hated balls had just joined the ball, casting his invisible spell. He watches her look round and nodded her head. Unfortunately for Ellen, another set of eyes were looking at her. So when she nodded her head prince Julia who has been watching her move all the while also nodded his head when he realized she was stepping outside the hall.

Prince Sebastian who notice the both of them nodding their head at each other, conclude that they were communicating. Especially since Prince Julia walked out through another door shortly after.

He felt very irritated seeing this interaction. Sure he knew his younger brother was very handsome and a lot of ladies were smitten by him but he expected Ellen to be immune to his charms.

Over the years prince Juila has had eyes on his throne and Sebastian was aware of this. Julia could not stomach the fact that sabestain was the crown prince, just because his mother gave birth to him an hour earlier.

The two princes have always been on each other's toes right from birth. But when Sebastian become famous as the cursed prince a lot of attention shifted to Juila. People would rather have a weak human rule them than a cursed monster.

They all forget that without the cursed prince a lot of them would have become savants or mistress under the four great kings' rule.

Although some of the army generals knew there was no way, prince Julia could win against the crown prince, so they choose to act neutral, even if they supported prince Julia.

Sebastian follows Ellen outside determine to hear what the two were going to plan against him. Meanwhile, Ellen got outside and found a spot to pour at the content of her cup. She made a mental note to continue to sip from the empty cup afraid that she made pick another spiked drink.

Ellen felt a present coming close to her so she immediately turned around in other to cover the spot she has poured the drink. She was scared that someone might have followed her to harm her, so as she turned she was on high alert and she calculated the step she would need to take to take to get back into the hall.

Satisfied with her plans she fully faced the person behind her. She was shocked to see the second prince of Avalo.

"Your highness," she bowed slightly to Juila. She cursed her luck of having to face another two-face snake.

Prince Julia nodded his head and took two steps closer to her. Ellen would have loved to move backward but she felt safer knowing she was close to the hall. She was not sure why the prince was there but she intended to dash to the door and into the hall if he tried to harm her.

"How is my cursed brother treating you?" Julia asked with a smirk playing on his lips. He did not try to act nice or hid his true nature. After all, no one would believe the words of a princess from another kingdom.

Ellen seeing this took a deep breath in relief, he was definitely not trying to pretend, so in her mind, she could easily figure out what he was up to.

"His highness has been very nice to me, Ellen answered honestly.

" You don't have to lie, I will not tell my brother, we all know he is a beast and incapable of been nice," Julia said in a matter-of-fact tone.

Ellen just looked at him without saying a .word. she wanted to hear what he has to say about her husband, after all, their quarter servants are too afraid to gossip about the crown prince.

It was at this point that prince Sebastian joined them in the shadow. when he decided to follow Ellen earlier, he had to pause and made Jeffery leave in order to ensure his secret of having a body doubler safe. So this has caused a little delay.

"How about becoming my woman instead, I will take better care of you," prince Julia proposed. Ellen felt like her brain has gone frozen. How could he propose something so forbidden?

'Ahh, just like I thought he is indeed a two-face snake,' Ellen thought but she said nothing. She was at a loss of what to say. In fact, she has thought the man was about to tell frightening stories about the crown prince, who knows he was going to spat nonsense.

Just as Ellen was about to open her mouth to refuse his offer, prince Sebastian showed himself unable to take the fact that Ellen was considering his brother's proposal.

Ellen as well as Julia we're shocked at his sudden presence. Julia prayed that his brother did not hear what he just said. Knowing Sebastian, he knew his brother could murder him and get away with it.. Even the king dealt with him carefully.