The royal physician had arrived. Once he finished checking Oriana, he looked at Arlan and offered him a smile.
"Your Highness, Her Highness is expecting," he said. "Congratulations."
Arlan wasn't surprised as he had already suspected, and given what Oriana's father said before they left. Due to his powers, Valeron could feel his daughter was carrying a new life inside her, but he chose not to say it, leaving this precious news for them to discover.
On the other hand, Oriana looked utterly surprised as she had truly not expected it. Her thoughts about her messed up monthly cycle and guilt of messing up her own body didn't allow her to expect it, at least not this soon, before her body was entirely healed, which she felt had not yet recovered.
She couldn't even comprehend how to reply when the physician wished her.
Roman led the physician out to reward him and his apprentice for the news, leaving their liege alone with his Crown Princess.
