Time flowed past like a river. The royal wedding slowly approached and so did the Leader’s Convention. As Natalia wrapped up the preparations for the wedding, she presented her idea to the Queen during Afternoon Tea. Natalia soon discovered she and the Queen were very similar. They were practical people who knew how to systematically plan things to work in their favor. “You wish to construct a building like a salon where people can view and discuss theater?”“Yes, your majesty. I assessed the problems and found this to be the most practical solution,” she replied. The documents she prepared with the help of Temara, Sebastian, Amaika and Marvis were in the hands of the Queen. She went through them critically, looking at the rough draft of the architectural design of the building. “So this is your plan to separate the noble class from the commoners? The design is not all bad. I’ve seen your brother’s work so I know I can count on you. When is this project slated to start?”“It has alr

“Hang that up there……yes, that goes there…..what do you mean we ran out of red cloth?! I specifically ordered for extra……Sebastian took everything…..find me that bastard!....you know what, never mind. This is messing with my head,” she sighed, holding her head. Count Umel appeared by her side out of nowhere, taking the list in her hand. “You haven’t slept in three days. Please, for the love of the gods, you need to rest, even if it’s for a few minutes. I know you won’t be attending the wedding publicly but you haven’t even taken a bath or worn your ceremonial clothes. We are NOT letting you miss the royal wedding.”“Fine. Where's Marvis and Amaika?”“Sir Jane is with the royal guards supervising the events and Sir Amaika is helping Lord Sebastian get ready. The red cloth he took was necessary, you know?”“If there’s not enough red at the event, people would talk. You need to get more so we can decorate. The brighter the scarlet, the better.”“Need any help?” Duchess Everon asked from

It was almost impossible for Princess Temara to overpower Sebastian despite having considerable strength. He was able to flip the situation right away and land on top of her, this time binding her hand. They breathed heavily, looking into each other's eyes. "Your highness, you…..""I knew it. You're regretting this marriage.""Of course not. Please don't misinterpret my actions. Just listen to me first. I don't regret this marriage. This…..is my first time being intimate with a woman. I….don't know what to do. I don't want to embarrass you."".....Seriously?" ".....yes," he nodded, averting his eyes shyly. He let go of her hands and moved aside and let her sit up. The purity standard was not as strict in Polivia as it was in Ducroft so the women had the freedom of expressing themselves sexually in Polivia. In Ducroft, only the men could express themselves sexually with freedom. Even with those circumstances, Sebastian, the paragon of sexiness, wealth and attractiveness, had never to

"Duchess Everon, why do I have the feeling that you're avoiding me?""I couldn't, your imperial highness! We always attend meetings together.""But you never leave an opportunity to meet you separately. It makes me feel uncourteous for meeting you like this. I was hoping we would get along.""I couldn't possibly hope for something like that from your imperial highness.""That's something people say when they don't want anything to do with me. This is the second time I've been rejected by a woman. It's a little painful." "How could I reject your imperial highness? It's nothing like that, really. There's a big difference in our stations so I cannot be that selfish as to ignore that. I cannot jeopardize my kingdom's chance at allying with the great Empire of which your imperial highness is the crown prince.""You speak quite well. All the women of Polivia are very outspoken. I feel like you'd make great wives.""Thank you for your compliment, your imperial highness."Polivia was one of

A very long time ago, on the same continent, there was an empire ruled by the gods. The humans depended on the gods and the gods depended on the humans. It was a very mutually beneficial relationship that seemed to work for everyone, on the surface. Oftentimes, the mediator was the queen of the gods in her infinite wisdom. However, as time went by, she realized that the only solution to the endless problems in the Empire was to withdraw the influence of the gods and close the heavenly court. This was met with fierce resistance from both gods and humans alike. They were too codependent on each other, especially the ascended gods. The original gods all agreed with the queen, seeing the disturbance in nature they tried so hard to preserve. However, even with her infinite wisdom and her infinite power, holding the world in her hands, she wasn’t able to stop the eventual collapse of both the heavenly court and the empire. {After I failed to ascend and died, there was a huge gap left in