<span style="font-style: italic">Festival, Castle Grounds</span><br/><br/>"Your majesty." It is Duke Alcuard who calls out to the princess as she arrives in her carriage he slowly approaches followed by a few guards of his own and offers his hand to the young lady. "It's a pleasure to see you again, might you join for lunch perhaps?" He says and offers a deep bow to the princess and her knight. He had a grand plan in store today and didn't want to ruin it by showing his cards to early. He he felt eating first would give him ample opportunity to set the stage make them be seen before it. He was aware it was an arranged marriage but even so, if people felt it was just a fraud arranged marriage then it's effect to settle the rising unrest would be for naught.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Festival Entrance</span><br/><br/>Hayes is quiet as he walks along the festival grounds, quiet frankly her really didn't think he'd find love, he's not that naive. Real love doesn't just bump into you out of no where. He knew damn well why he was here. He was going to enter the tournament and win. That was the only reason he'd come today. His mother has been saving up money for years to give him one shot at the tournament. This was the only chance he'd ever have at making his mother's life any better and he was going to damn well fucking take it.