Chapter 50
50 Freedom Alessandro went to look for Abril, she was in her room very happy finishing her hair when he arrived, she looked like a little girl she was so excited, that night she had barely slept from the excitement, Alessandro had noticed because she had moved a lot and he hadn't let her sleep either.
_ Are you ready yet? _Yes, are we going now? Alessandro shook his head.
_First we're going to eat, it's a little early but we won't be able to stop along the way, so we'll eat now and then we'll leave.
_OK.
Alessandro extended his hand towards Abril and said to her.
_So let's go.
She took his hand and as they walked down the halls she wondered when it had become so normal to hold his hand.
When they reached the dining hall Cassian greeted April.
_Good morning April.
_Good morning Cassian.
Cassian saw her very happy and asked her.
_ Are you ready to go? _Of course, will the carriage ride be long? Alessandro answered his question.
_It will be a few hours in a carriage, then we will use a scroll to transport us.
April remembered how bad she had been when she had arrived at the kingdom of Cosset, at that moment all the emotion she had felt disappeared, Alessandro asked.
_ What's happening? _ Do we have to use the scrolls? _Yes, we will have to use them to get to the different parts of the kingdom, otherwise it would take too long to do the inspection, I can't be away from the palace for so long, any problems with that? _It's just that traveling with a scroll was horrible for me, maybe it's best for me to stay.
_Normally only the first trip is annoying, I don't think you'll have any problems doing it again.
_ Really? _Yes, so don't worry, everything will be fine.
After lunch they headed to the carriage, Alessandro and Abril sat together, Cassian had to sit in front of them and had to watch them flirt, which he found annoying.
When they had moved a little away from the palace, Abril looked out the window to admire the landscape.
Alessandro put his hand on her back and said to her.
_ Be careful? April continued to look into the distance and answered.
_It's lovely.
Alessandro only saw trees around him, he asked.
_ What are you talking about? _The landscape is very beautiful, when I arrived here I couldn't appreciate it, I'm glad I can do so now.
For some reason Alessandro felt bad, for a long time he had done the same thing as King Venobich, he had kept her locked up, isolated from everyone and everything, he wondered how she could be so good and sweet despite everything she had suffered.
When the carriage suddenly stopped, April asked.
_Why do we stop? _We'll be using a magic scroll, so sit down.
April sat down again, hoping that this would end soon and, above all, that she wouldn't feel bad this time.
Alessandro noticed how nervous and scared Abril was, he took her hand and said to her.
_Calm down, nothing will happen, everything will be okay.
After saying that a light enveloped them, Abril closed her eyes tightly while squeezing Alessandro's hand.
A few minutes later Alessandro told her.
_You can open your eyes now, we have arrived.
April opened her eyes in fear, she seemed to be fine, there was no pain, no nausea, she felt.
_ Are you OK? _Yeah.
_Normally it's only the first time you use teleportation scrolls that you tend to feel sick, I'm glad that was the case.
The coachman opened the door and said.
_We have already arrived at our destination, your majesty.
Alessandro went out first, Cassian followed him, Abril stayed looking through the window, in the distance they could see the sea and ships sailing across the immense sea, Alessandro, seeing that she did not come down, called her.
_April, you're the only one missing.
Alessandro offered her his hand to help her down, she took his hand and as she went down she could see a beautiful landscape, she was enthralled looking at everything with great amazement and emotion.
_ Do you like it? _It's lovely.
_Welcome to the port city of Lasset.
April hugged Alessandro and said to him.
_Thanks for bringing me.
Cassian felt like his heart was being pricked with needles every time he saw them hugging, he told them.
_I'm a little tired, I'll go rest for a while, I'll see you later.
Cassian walked into a beautiful house behind them, when Cassian walked away April asked.
_ Are we going to stay here? _Just until I supervise that everything is working well with the kingdom, then we will leave.
April turned her gaze to the port, Alessandro asked her.
_ Do you want to go see the beach? _ Can we go? _If you're not tired, yes.
_I'm not.
Alessandro called one of the servants to prepare his horse since the beach was a little far away, while they waited Abril dedicated herself to looking around her, when They took the horse, Alessandro called Abril who was looking at some beautiful camellias blooming in the garden.
_Come, it's time to go.
Alessandro helped her onto the horse, then he got on.
As they started off, Abril was afraid of falling, she closed her eyes and hugged Alessandro tightly, while burying her face in his chest.
As they moved forward, Alessandro said to her: _Don't be afraid, I won't let you fall.
Alessandro held her waist with one arm, April, upon hearing his voice, moved away a little and looked forward; the soft sea breeze caressed her face and made her hair wave, at that moment she felt as free as the birds that flew through the skies, like the ocean that flowed with total freedom, like the wind that no one could catch.
She breathed deeply filling her lungs with fresh air and said in just a whisper.
_This is called freedom.