He couldn't believe what he was looking at that moment. The place was filled with so much treasure even the royal treasury had nothing like that.
"Is this yours?" he asked her.
"It used to belong to my mother back then but she left it all for me. The mountain will never starve no matter what. Every year more silver and gold keeps accumulating and I put it here. One day it will come to good use.
Because of the war I waged back then against your family, I depleted a lot of resources but over the course of two decades it's already like this again," she said looking around.
To be honest, the cave was very full that if anyone was to raid the mountain one day and stumbled upon this treasure, they will leave very rich.
"But why are you showing me this?" he asked being curious.
"You will be my husband soon and I don't want to be any secrets between the two of us," she told him with an earnest look.
"I don't want it to be like that either. I promise to not keep anything between us," he said taking her hand in his again.
"I'm glad to hear that," she said even when he knew that she was keeping some from him.
"Even if it's too much please don't bear it alone," he said.
"I won't. I will tell you and we will settle it together," she said.
"It's getting late. Let's leave the cave and return back to the palace," he said leading her out of the cave.
He didn't know how to ask her about the powder and what she was thinking about his mother. For now, he was going to sit and watch what she was up to.
*****
She looked at him one last time and boarded her carriage. Nora followed her inside and the carriage began to move. She was going to miss him but it was her duty as the mistress of the palace to take care of the matters concerning the palace.
Her first stop would be Willow City where she will stay for a day while looking around for a candidate. Willow city was closer to the mountain so it didn't take a lot of time before they entered the city.
She didn't need a lot of rooms since it was just the two of them and she didn't want to draw too much attention by announcing her arrival.
Nora checked the rooms before she came back to pick her up. Valery entered the inn that they had reserved for the day and night. The room was well furnished and livable.
Nora came in holding a tray of warm citrus tea to ward off cold since winter was already approaching. There were some ginger biscuits too which she took while having her tea.
"Join me," she said looking at Nora.
Nora sat opposite to her and poured her cup. It felt good being with someone who cares and knows you well. Being apart from her would make her very lonely.
"Thank you," she said as she sipped her tea.
They had their snacks quietly and when they were done, they were ready to go. Valery covered her face with a black mask since she was wearing a black robe that day. She didn't really like it when people look at her. Her face had never changed for decad