Chapter 2

Louie never dreamt of this day to happen.

"Corset!! Corset, too tight!!"

"That's how it is, sir Louie—I mean, Lady Lianne."

"This is killing me!" He is endlessly swearing at his brother in the back of his mind. It was such a wild idea to make a man pretend to be a woman, even worse is that he have to deal with another man while pretending to be the other gender.

Thus, he conclude that his brother sees him as a man with no dignity. "What a callous brother you are, Leandro." He cried to himself.

"Now, now Sir Louie—I mean, Lady Lianne! We need to place this wig on top of your head."

"Fine, get on with it." And as the maid placed the wig on Louie's head, they were all able to see his identical appearance from his twin sister Lianne. They were all in awe seeing him dressed up beautifully.

"It's like I'm seeing the real Lady Lianne!" All of the maids began to sing praises and admire Louie's appearance some more until he stopped them.

"Oh please! We have a schedule to follow!" Louie can no longer endure the embarassment. It's like these maids never see Louie as a man which greatly hurts his ego.

And by the time they have finished, they were all stunned to see the final results of their great efforts. "Oh my, Sir Louie, you look like the most beautiful woman I've ever seen."

Louie's ears were being tormented hearing the compliments from the maids. "Everyone, please! I am a man. So stop it."

And one of them spoke for the last time. "Such ashame that this most beautiful looking woman is not even a woman."

"Argh!" He wanted to scrub his face onto his palm, only if there wasn't any make up on his face.

After they were done with the make-over, Louie was escorted to the grand venue. Many of their visitors were already there, and all of them were in complete awe when they say him.

"What a beauty!"

"So gorgeous!"

"It's like a goddess that came down from heaven." Even the visitors made it worst for Louie. And all he can do is give out a bright smile, holding back his inner rage from exploding.

"You look stunning, Lianne." Then his own brother tagged along. Despite knowing his real identity, he was really amazed to see his younger brother look so mesmerizing. Heck, he might even be more beautiful than the real Lianne.

"Brother…" Louie's eyes were twitching as he smiled at him. "Do I really have to do this?" He whispered.

"Endure it. You will only have to do this until the end of the night."

"This is absolutely horrible. We're deceiving people."

"It's even more worse to send them all back. Do you know how much time and effort are wasted in preparing to attend this kind of gathering? You better not mess things up, or else… I don't know what Father might do to you."

"But—" his brother raised a finger to stop him from talking any further.

"Now, now… I have some visitors to entertain. And you too. Go along now."

"But Brother!" Leandro did not look back at him anymore and have gone away.

Louie was left to rage internally until people decided to surround him. Though it was quite an enjoyable time since he got surrounded by beautiful women that is interested knowing the whereabouts of his clothes, jewelry, and make up.

He barely answered it all, and just laughed it off. And the women around her was quite disappointed with not getting any answer out of him.

"Ah yes! How about the third Prince, Lady Lianne? May we know what kind of gentleman he is?" Then a new problem arised. Louie has no idea what to say in this topic because…

"The third prince?…" he repeated the words.

"Yes! Will you tell us, Lady Lianne?"

He gulped down his sudden nervousness. He has never met the man in question.

'What should I say to them?!'

Doom.

That one word perfectly describes how he felt with the situation. Louie can't just make things up for his sake, it'll lead to crazy trouble if he dares to do it.

"Lady Lianne? Are you alright?…" the ladies begin to worry as he kept silent for too long.

"I-I'm fine, I-I…" he stuttered while maintaining his high pitched voice.

"Will you tell us about the third Prince?"

"Oh please do!"

The pressure weighting down on the poor man made him shut his mouth more. There are no room for mistakes on this event. "I… I…"

"Yes? What is it, Lady Lianne?"

"I need to go." He quickly fled the place, and hid himself. Louie thought that things were going smoothly, and it was a horrible experience to be interviewed by the ladies like that. "Damn this sucks." He told himself.

And after preparing himself mentally, he got back again on the battle field with his best acting smile. "Oh Lady Lianne!" Another group of women approached him, this time, it is the group of older married women.

"Y-Yes?… what should I… uhm, greetings!" He was really messing up his lines.

"We're here to let you know that we're happy for your engagement with the third Prince!"

"Once you become a married woman, you are plenty welcome to join our club." They all laughed except for Louie. He still can't handle being treated like a woman, but he's doing his best not to cause a ruckus.

"Right, we were also wondering…" started one of the ladies. "…Lady Lianne, will you tell us what kind of person this third Prince is?"

Not again.

"O-Oh…" shit.

It was inevitable for him to deal with this situation. He exists as the woman who will be engaged to the third Prince after all.

"I'm sorry but I—" he was cut off when the group of women who was with him earlier found him.

"It's her! Lady Lianne, we've been waiting for you!"

Now two groups of women, all together, have weighted a much heavier pressure on the poor man.

Each looked so eager to know from him, and he just can't answer them. And so he thought, 'What kind of person is this prince anyway?! Damn it, only if the real Lianne never ran away.'

"Lady Lianne? Won't you please tell us?"

"I'm dying to know more about one of the Princes!"

He kept taking a step back, making a distance from these crazy women who chirps non-stop. And when he had about enough, he had the idea of running away again until someone stepped into the situation.

"Oh my, you're quite famous around here." This person is dressed with the most expensive white cloth with golden highlights that matches his bright golden hair. And he also had an appearance that is not like any other, he seemed like an angel that was sent from heaven. Not many have this kind of appearance in the whole Empire—there's only one family known that can fit this description, and that is the royal family.

"The third Prince is here!" Whispered these women. "G-Greetings your highness!" They all paid respect to the man who stood infront of them. But only one person froze whilst staring at the handsome Prince.

"…Lady Lianne?" The prince chuckled seeing him act like that.

Louie flinched as he realized that he was being disrespectful. "My apologies for staring at you, your highness!… g-greetings it's an honor to see you."

"It's fine, Lady Lianne… however…" the Prince gazed at the women surrounding Louie. "You will be a part of the royal family soon. Ladies, I hope you realize your place when trying to get in touch with my fiancè." The Prince stormed out of the place dragging Louie along.