As Rei approached Alessandro turned to face him, while impressed with how well turned out the boy was and how he was doing his best to radiate the same kind of aura as Alessandro himself he couldn't help but feel that the boy looked as awkward as he felt. The woman at his side didn't seem to pick up on that but then she didn't know Rei like Alessandro did. The man was slick and supple as a viper and the clothes on him now did not compliment the deadly skill of the former assassin. He offered Rei a grateful smile before he set to calming Beast enough to lead the way, the Prince mentioning Rei as she pulled up along side him. "He really is quite feminine isn't he? I'd almost be jealous if I didn't know he was a boy." The prince glanced to the woman briefly and opted to change the subject, Rei's looks might have been feminine but he was -to Alessandro- clearly a man and he couldn't see how anyone would confuse him that much. Though arguing that with a lady would have been a pointless battle and a smear on the family name. "Where is it my lady would like to go?" 
"Oh, anywhere that you like, so long as I get to see the city  and we can speak more privately." 
"Then I shall show you the main town and then we shall continue on to the outskirts of the city." Though she would not get to go to the place Rei and he had gone too before. 

What followed was an uneventful ride, the woman made small talk and asked questions that came across as rude about their town's businesses and workings. She spoke of her own town often and how her father ruled it and how they'd managed in the war. She then moved on to talk about his brother, flattery falling from her lips as she spoke of the time he'd visited them and how she'd asked her father to wed her to him if they had the chance. Alessandro had been expecting such, women didn't come for him but the ghost of his brother and he'd long since grown accustomed to the unspoken but obvious 'but I'll settle for you' tone that the following sentences often held. They toured the outskirts and she asked about the fields and the crops before asking him what he thought of the rule of his father and all the while the Prince was cordial and courteous though one might notice the tightness in his shoulders. 

When finally back at the castle and dismounted the Prince walked Beast into the stables himself but left the hands to deal with his saddle and trappings. He took the Ladies hand and escorted her to the main entrance where her father and hand maiden waited for her. With a swift kiss to her hand the lady giggled and was gone and Alessandro breathed a huge sigh of relief. Glancing behind him to Rei he tilted his head in the direction of the Meister's tower before making his way towards it himself. Silent, regal and poised until in the confines of that safe zone. Once the wooden door of the tower was shut and he was part way up the stairs he sat himself upon them and put his head in his hands. "If father makes me marry her, I may hire an assassin to kill me myself." He uttered mournfully, beautiful yes, fair, yes but god the woman was spoiled and her spoiled nature had made her callous and arrogant.