I'm sorry this chapter is so short. I am being hospitalized today. I hope to provide regular chapters starting tomorrow. Thank you for your understanding.
-- 7.00 PM-- City Park-- At the border of the Magnolia Kingdom..."Fruit! Buy fresh fruit! Winter is coming to an end and this is a very rare fruit! Please buy it!"Parallel to the cherry blossom trees that were frozen in the snowfall, stopped an old lady merchant who was not selling well. It's none of my business, I myself escaped from the palace and stayed in this garden to relieve my sorrow.As the gaze of the old lady in the red hood met mine, I turned my face away deliberately. I was very reluctant to talk to someone this morning. Not after all the abuse Frederick had heaped on me."Good morning, Your Honour." With a basket of very sweet-coloured peaches, more like apples grown in the dryness of winter, the saleswoman approached me.I didn't expect her to greet me even though I had clearly ignored her. She even cleared the pile of snow on my lap after asking permission."It's very cold today, Your Honour," she said in a warm voice, in contrast to her cold hands. "You could hur
"That's it, that's enough. Stop everything. You're only making my time shorter." I shooed away those who were still in a hurry to dress me in full royal attire.There's no telling here, with every second that passes, there's my heart pounding with fear of Frederick suddenly coming back and messing things up."All of you, you now must prevent anyone from entering this palace until I finish talking to my friend," I ordered all the servants and soldiers in front of me.I pointed at their confused faces without pity. "Don't let Frederick disturb me inside, understand you all?""W-what should we do, Your Highness? We're afraid we don't have enough power to forbid Prince Frederick from seeing you," said one of the servants standing at the back of the crowd."Tsk. Just do it! Engage him in conversation or distract him! That will do!" I snapped. They were so frightened because they had never heard a princess like me yell with such no manners.But damn the devil. Ever since Frederick bared his
"Did you just ignore my question?" I threw out rather sarcastically. My patience was quite burnt by how he coldly treated a customer."I'm the princess of Magnolia. You live there, don't you?" I mentioned it again.And finally, that sentence of mine managed to make his face turn to me, despite giving me a dubious expression."You are Princess Esther?" he said as if toying with my earnestness. "She died long ago in the kidnapping tragedy. I suggest looking for other materials if you want to lie to me. The news has already spread throughout the kingdom.""So you don't believe me?" I retorted while reaching into my coat pocket for something.His eyes, which had always ignored me, now turned wide as I took out the Magnolia crown and put it on my head.The beer bottle in his hand almost fell over if he didn't immediately stop the trembling his body was giving off, the effect of the shock he saw from me. He immediately bowed and gave me a respectful greeting, knowing that I was the real Pri
The bar owner arbitrarily judged my feelings that seemed weak to him. Unknowingly behind the scenes, I was crying for my baby.The news of Matthias and Estella's marriage not only concerns my feelings, but also the future of my baby that I am currently fighting for. What was the point of me asking Frederick to let me go, asking Arthur for an alliance, if the Alpha I loved was already married to another Omega?"May I have one of those wedding invitations? You were one of the attendants, weren't you?" I said between sobs that I forced myself to stop.The Alpha handed me a gold-plated invitation sheet, though his face still looked worried about my condition."Are you sure you'll come to the wedding, Your Highness?" he asked, looking reluctant even as I just froze reading the contents of Matthias' wedding invitation letter."Prince Matthias is a cruel Alpha, you can definitely get the better of him," he added again as if I was eager to swallow all of his warnings.It wasn't that I didn't
"Your Honour. Are you sure? If Prince Frederick smells what you did just now, he will be very angry." My servant whispered in a low voice and covered her mouth so as not to invite others' hearing."He won't know if you don't tell him," I reply calmly. Without heeding her warning, I filled out two forms at once to increase my chances of being accepted as a servant in Matthias' court."When will the announcement come?" I asked the Omega, who was organizing the job vacancy."It will be announced tomorrow who passes, Your Majesty," she replied with a trembling voice and a body cowering in fear."Good. You, my job is to make sure I get accepted into Matthias' palace. And when I get there, open the back gate for me. Can you do that?" I asked.She nodded very reluctantly. Even though she had already received a fantastic sum of money, I'm sure that wasn't what she expected when doing her job in the night market.'A king's daughter applying as a servant? Moreover, she has to bear my secret. Sh
One month before this, Jessica and I still wore the same smile without being greeted with much burden. We cheerfully welcomed winter by cooking dinner together and catching up. She with her Alpha mate, and me with Matthias. Who could have expected things to turn upside down so quickly? As I stood in this kitchen for the first time after running away, I could see how happy I used to be. When Matthias still loved me, when he still believed in me. "Honey. How could you leave me just as our wedding was about to take place? You don't intend to cheat on me again, do you?" Once again, my ears caught the familiar voice coming from the room next to the palace kitchen. "Estella, we've agreed not to discuss that silly matter anymore. You know I'm busy. So, at least don't add to my burden if you can't help me." "What did you say? So that's how you talk to your future wife? You're cruel, Matthias!" /creak!/ /thud!/ A noisy, clamorous sound resided in the room that I was peering into from b
It seemed that he wanted me to clean up the trash heap of worn-out wheat husks. I didn't understand what he wanted, but my footsteps forced me to carry on and do what he need to me."W-what?" My body jumped in surprise when I was on my back and felt a hand deliberately poke my buttocks.My face turned reflexively to see who had just abused me. But there was no one in the warehouse but Matthias, and me. He, who saw me looking confused, just stood still with a cigarette perched in the crack of his finger."What are you waiting for? Clean up this warehouse," he ordered fiercely.I returned the order. I stuffed the trash into a straw bag used to dispose of unused items. My pregnant, bulging belly was quite a hindrance to me. But to my surprise, a pair of hands squeezed my breasts from behind."Y-your highness!?" I squealed in shock. In my panic, I almost blurted out his name.Matthias was the one who had touched my body earlier. He had also poked my ass, and now he was squeezing my breast
/Knock. Knock. Knock/"Prince Matthias wants you to go to his room right now."I hadn't even touched the bathroom yet. And the maid who had accompanied me here was already knocking on my bedroom door and requesting my presence abruptly."Just give me a moment," I pleaded with the maid who kept knocking on my door impatiently. "I need time to put on this dress. Can you please leave me alone first?"The waitress agreed, although she was a little unhappy with my request. I listened carefully to the sound of her tapping footsteps clashing with the cold marble floor, then disappeared into the distance between us."Huft." I could finally breathe a sigh of relief. I almost died on my feet earlier when I heard the maid almost open the door to this room when I was not prepared with my disguise.'What does Matthias want, anyway? He said he wanted to see me tonight, and not now! Since when did he become such an impetuous person!' I complained to myself as I put on the dress they told me to wear.