"Have you opened the royal envelope, ma'am?""You mean the tea party invitation of Lady Vermillion?" The queen replied, looking at her reflection in the mirror."Yes, madam. Will you finally go out to the palace to attend to the aristocrats?""... I wanted to ask you, how long have the king and Princess Vermillion known each other?""Madam, are you jealous of their closeness?""J-just curious, Athena.""Uhm... well... the royal family and the Kingdom of Vermillion were business partners before, and as a result, the king and princess were betrothed at a very young age. But when King Viishaun broke off the engagement, the Vermillions moved back to their kingdom.""I-I see... so if I didn't appear out of nowhere, your madam would have been that beauty?""Madam, you sounded like you're blaming yourself for their broken engagement. I heard those two weren't romantically attached at all."Even though the maid cut off her imagination, she can't help but feel guilty for ruining someone else'
There are so many books in the palace's library, which made the queen quite conflicted about where to start. 'This is indeed a royal library where most books were collected by the king himself. I wonder what the empire's library would look like, it must be twice or even thrice bigger and loaded. Maybe, some forbidden books were stored there,' says a tiny voice in her head, while her hands were busy browsing books on the shelves.She wanted to go to the empire's library but was too afraid to face the emperor and empress. Viishaun was already terrifying to deal with sometimes, and meeting her husband's parents was even more terrifying. 'The emperor was his father, yet he always sent him to a fierce battle. Then, the empress was not his biological mother, and I heard they were not close with one another, thus he never stayed in the empire's main palace. I get that he grew to be cold and bloodlust since he spent all his life in battle without anyone to comfort him'— are the thoughts run
"Is it just me, or does our queen look somehow stupid. How come she walked around the palace and even planned to go outside wearing indecent clothes?" says Ana, one of the chambermaids."We shouldn't talk bad about the queen because we are uttering blasphemy in the royal family. However, I also notice how ignorant she is of our empire's rules. She lacks elegance and dignity. I wonder what our king saw in her," seconded by the other maid– Rosa."She's beautiful and has the body of a goddess. Maybe it's all a physical attribute?" says Rosa."Princess Elvira is a complete package, but he married an estranged woman," says Ana."Maybe she's keeping our king warm in bed. Who knows if her body was the reason why the King kept her? Since she has low dignity, luring men should be easy for her."Athena was displeased with the gossip by her two fellow maids. She yelled, "His excellency is coming!" after losing her patience hearing all those blubber mouths. The two ladies flew in fear of King Vi
“Sh*t! Why does it have to be him?! What is he doing here?! I thought he went to the capital?’’ Aileen murmured, hiding, mixing among the crowd. Then, she peeked a little, and her heart almost dropped to the ground when piercing eyes surprised her. "Oh my gosh! Our eyes met!!" "Lady, what are you doing?" the lady mercenary asked Aileen. The queen placed her finger on her lips and made an 'Shhhh~' sound. Aileen thought, at this rate, that his excellency would notice where she was hiding. So, she crawled and tried to mix in the crowd again. "I need to find Athena and go home. I can't be seen by his excellency, wearing these shabby clothes again." The queen bumped her head into a hard object, and when she looked at the ground, it wasn't a store or a post she bumped into, but someone else's knees. There's a pair of expensive shoes standing in front of her, and she has an idea who wore them. She lifted her gaze and found the man, with arms crossed together and wearing an irritated l
'That woman again! Doesn't she have decency? How dare that princess clings her filthy hands into someone else's arms and flirt with a married man?!'Aileen thought she shouldn't get mad because the King does not belong to her, nor does she love him, but still, the queen couldn't help but be furious. 'This is definitely jealousy, but should I be jealous? I do like his excellency a bit, but it was his 'Shaun' personality that I had fallen for,' says her inner voice."Such a generous king. Do you really have to interact with your peasant?" says Princess Elvira."That's a duty a king should do.""You're so humble. I would have been the luckiest queen if our engagement had pushed through.""In my world, she's a slut that anyone would hate. A typical actress who'll change partners as if she's changing clothes," Aileen murmured to herself. The King didn't say anything but glance at his wife. The princess noticed that Viishaun wasn't paying attention to her, thus she tried to throw another
"My lady, why are you sulking?" says Athena as she enters the master's bed-chamber. "This book is all about enchantresses who deceive the prince," she replied while lazily lying on the bed. Aileen hated the book she was reading because she saw herself as one of those witches who placed a spell to steal the charming prince. In her wild imagination, it looks like she's the witch, the antagonist who stole the male lead from the female lead. Suddenly, she recalled Duke Fedelin's invitation. "She's coming to that gala..." "Pardon, madam?" "Nothing. Hmmm... can you find me a suitable gown for a gala?" The maid gasped in surprise to hear the lady going to a gala. "Madam, are you going to attend with our king?" "I have been hiding for a year already. I think it's about time to establish my image." Aileen thought of running away from her responsibility. However, it looks like she'll be stuck in Allandis, so, might as well live her life even though the title of the queen does not trul
The queen was in deep thought, and the lady Athena had noticed that her ladyship had been melancholy since this morning. Athena wanted to ask the queen, but a maid like her should know her place."My lady, You haven't had breakfast and lunch... should I get you something to eat?"The queen shook her head and replied, "I want to lie down and rest. I will ring this bell if I need your assistance."The maid left the bedchamber with a worried work for the queen.Meanwhile, Aileen had been thinking about Shaun. 'He's just kind to me because of the magic that controlled him. His love for me isn't real. These feelings of mine are troublesome. I want to go back to my world and leave these bothersome feelings behind. In the first place, I shouldn't have loved Shaun,' — is what her mind had been telling her.She sighed and stood up instead of getting depressed all day. She called the maids to assist her with the clothes and accessories."Woah!!!! Madam, you should wear this style more often.
The queen was frozen to death when a cold hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her close. Her face almost kissed his black tie.Duke Fedelin flaunted a teasing smile, testing the king's patience. "I don't want to see the likes of you hovering around my wife, so be gone.""My apologies, your excellency. I'm afraid Lady Lestina had not told me she's the legendary woman who made the king romantic."The king looked like he was about to throw a fist at any moment, but Duke Fedelin had turned his back and left, so the last thing he could do was watch the insolent jerk."Y-Your excellency...""What?!" Viishaun replied without looking at the Queen.When Aileen lifted her gaze, a bland look on her husband greeted her. The king glanced at the queen with his brows meeting halfway."Please let go of my waist. People are starting to avert their gaze on us.""And let them watch. After sneaking here just to meet with that duke, you're seriously asking me to let you off the hook?"The queen pouted her