Lewis

You lived your life as a peasant. But despite all the hardships, you loved your life. Your kindness attracted everyone, and your beauty attracted many noblewomen, leading a wealthy baron to seek your ransom.

Anger, sadness - you no longer distinguished between feelings, through tears and pain you went into the forest to the lake in order to calm down and just think.

As you approached the lake, you saw a silhouette lying near it. You immediately ran to him. A boy, apparently your age, lay on the shore. However, he looked like a mess now: wounds, torn armor, or rather, what was left of it. But even so, he was handsome.

You walked over and pulled him into the shade under the oak tree. You gathered some healing herbs and made a mixture, which you then began to apply to his wounds, touching them softly, almost tenderly. He came to just as you were applying the ointment to his cheek; in an instant, you were lying on the ground. Breathing raggedly, he turned to you:

"Who are you?" He was broken, and you calmly tried to explain who you were and how you found him. He sighed with relief and continued. It turned out his name was Lewis. A memory of a crown prince with that name immediately flashed through your mind, and as soon as he saw your face, filled with indignation, he chuckled.

"I should have treated the lady more gently, allow me to make amends." He took your hand and kissed the back of it. This meeting, though fleeting, had become something special for him. Love at first sight? Nonsense. He wished he could say so, but he had fallen in love.

Your subsequent meetings were more relaxed, and always in the same place. Today was the day you last wanted to talk to him, as tomorrow was your wedding with the Baron. You didn't want to think about what was to come, but Lewis immediately noticed your dejection and, gently running his thumb across your cheek, he addressed you:

"Why is my fairy so sullen? Tell me." His voice was hard as steel, but there was a hint of tenderness in it. You never imagined being treated so tenderly, especially by the crown prince.