The Red Box

Queenie’s eyes flashed as she heard what the little butterfly was saying. Since she got a second life, the butterfly always flew around her. They could talk to each other. During the Lake festival, The Butterfly was in the garden behind the palace. She saw everything that Queen Obelia did with Prince Fabian.

The little blue butterfly immediately flew up and delivered it all to Queenie. she was sure the future husband was in an illicit relationship with her stepmother. They also conspired to take the throne of the Bright River Kingdom from her.

“They will pay off for the betrayal they are committing!” snarled Queenie.

Queenie’s bedroom door opened, and two royal maids came to pick her up for the royal dinner. Queenie hurried to the banquet hall. The guests and also the top officials of the kingdom were already there. They talked and rejoiced in each other.

When Queenie walked into the banquet area, Prince Fabian immediately approached and reached out. He welcomed the beautiful Princess Queenie, his future wife. Queenie looked at the Prince with snow-cold eyes.

She wished to step on the Prince’s face right now! But, at the moment, she had to pretend before finding solid evidence of her stepmother and Fabian’s relationship.

Queenie forced herself the honor her father and welcomed Fabian’s hand. Let the Prince take her to the middle of the feast. He then gave a sign to the music player. Immediately, the crowd of people who were in the banquet hall pulled over. They gave both of them space dance.

Soft music accompanied both movements. It was a graceful movement of a princess and a prince in love. It was that everyone’s eyes looked. But Prince Fabian felt the opposite. He felt Queenie put some distance between the bodies of both of them. As much as possible, Queenie didn’t want her body to come into contact with Fabian’s.

The Prince brought his mouth to The Princess’s ear and whispered.

“You must be used to my body.”

He wished his whisper was supposed to impact Queenie, as Fabian knew Queenie as a very adoring girl. Queenie was so crazy about Fabian. He didn’t understand Queenie’s coldness at this moment. Queenie’s answer made Fabian almost backward.

“And you must get used to my power, Prince.”

He heard Queenie’s words. Prince Fabian lost concentration. He accidentally stepped on the long silver dress Queenie was wearing. He lost his balance and went backward.

It shocked all eyes to see what was happening in front of them. The Prince’s face looked nervous and surprised. But Queenie moved quickly to cover up the suddenly awkward atmosphere.

“Thank you for allowing me to dance with my father, Prince.”

Relieved faces filled the room. Prince Fabian didn’t fall. He just gave the Darian King space to dance with his daughter. Queenie’s acting made Prince Fabian’s heart feel relieved.

King Darian Heard Queenie’s words. He immediately advanced to the middle of the dance floor. Then he took her daughter to dance. Today, he felt Queenie was so different. Queenie’s usual mannerisms looked spoiled and embarrassing. She was changing now. She seemed so mature.

“Thank you for today, my daughter.”

“No, dad, I should thank you for being so patient. You always love me for everything I do.”

“You are the only successor of this kingdom. Although I have always been sad because of your attitude, I believe that one day you will be ready to become the ruler of the Bright River Kingdom.”

“This Kingdom belongs to us. I will never let it go. Never! until my soul separately from my body!” Queenie said the sentence in an emphatic tone. She stared intensely at King Darian’s aging eyes.

If only she were a reliable daughter, maybe her father’s burden wouldn’t be so heavy. Queenie was twenty-five years old. She should have been ready to take the throne. However, her attitude had always been her father’s weakness.

Queenie turned to her stepmother, who was on the edge of the dance floor. The woman looked enviously and sarcastically at Queenie and the Darian King. Two people she would destroy soon. After they both disappeared from the Earth, Prince Fabian ascended the throne. Queen Obelia would be the one who played Fabian like a doll. She would rule.

The next day, the kingdom was busy preparing for Queenie and the Prince’s wedding party. Queenie was in her room. She pretended to be happy when Queen Obelia returned with jewelry and beautiful clothes.

“A bride should always be beautiful and happy. I give it all to you, Honey.”

Queenie looked at Queen Obelia with an inexplicable look of cynical eyes. But Queen Obelia was utterly unsuspecting of Queenie. Everything went exactly as Queenie’s memories before she died.

“I’ll ask the maid to tidy up everything in its place. Enjoy your days before the wedding. You’ll be the luckiest girl to get Prince Fabian.”

“Why am I lucky? That Prince isn’t even a future king. I don’t know who gave the proposal and made the King agree to choose Fabian as my husband.”

Queen Obelia was busy looking at some jewelry and suddenly stunned silence. She felt that was not Queenie’s usual attitude. Usually, the girl would be happy to accept the praise and kindness of the Queen.

“Bright River is a great kingdom. We no longer need to be greedy for territory and consolidation of power. By marrying Prince Fabian, you will gain double their power. Remember, although Nicundhra is not a great kingdom, they are the controllers of the Dragons. It would be the best defense for Bright River when dealing with the enemy someday,” Queen Obelia said.

“Bright River, ruled by my father wisely. We have always avoided war. There is no reason for a war.”

“Come on, Baby. In the world, nothing is impossible. A person becomes a friend, but tomorrow they turn into an enemy. We never know, Right?”

Queenie’s face turned as cold as snow. Her smile was cynical, and her eyes flashed, ready to kill. Her heart turned hot because she heard Queen Obelia’s words.

“You are right, Queen. People who are close to us. Someone who we believe can stab us in the back one day. Isn’t that right?”

She heard Queenie’s words. Queen Obelia gulped. Her neck felt blocked, and her face paled. She quickly smiled to cover her nervousness.

“That’s Right, Honey. Never mind, there is no need to think about too big things. Focus on your wedding ceremony. The biggest wedding of this century.”

Then hurried Queen Obelia out of Queenie’s room. The girl sat in silence and thought about the Queen’s words. Could it be that Nicundhra was as strong as she heard? If so, how could Queenie prevent this marriage from happening?

She pondered while seeing the maids tidy up Queen Obelia’s gifts. It was jewelry and clothes in her closet. A maid took out a red box from the cabinet. She lay on the red box on the floor. She gave space for the jewelry box to be placed inside. Queenie looked at the box. Didn’t she know when there was such a box in her closet? She never noticed the existence of the box there.

Precisely as she never opened her closet. All the time, the maids did everything for Queenie. In her previous life, Queenie was too lazy even to check her belongings. She only knew how to have fun. Looking at the box made Queenie’s eyebrows frown.

“Bring the box here!” she ordered.

A maid immediately picked up the box on the floor and brought it to Queenie.

“Clean up!”

The waiter cleaned the top of the box. That was a little dusty. Then she lay on the box on the table in front of Queenie.

“What is this box?” Queenie asked the maid.

“I do not know, Princess. This box was already there before I came to work in the palace.”

“Well, let the box be there. Get back to work.”

The maid left Queenie, and she came busy with her work again. While Queenie held the box, she rubbed the top of the box. Miraculously, the black mark on Queenie’s arm lit up. The black round mark shimmered and turned blue.

A black circle on top of the box was emitting the same rays. Queenie felt surprised and immediately moved her hand away from the red box. She glanced at all the maids who were working in her room. She made sure that none of them saw the moment that had just happened.

These maids were Queen Obelia’s choice. Everything they did was under the command of the Queen. Queenie didn’t want them to know that something had happened to her. That she was now Queenie, who had lived in the past.

God threw her into the past two years. Queenie thought that was the Chance of The Creator. He had given her the to change destiny and improve the future of the Bright River Kingdom.