The debutante ball was held in the Tulipe Palace, the largest ballroom on the imperial palace ground, which boasted its luxury, which is located not far from Istana Melati. Fuschia escorted by Hayden passed a labyrinth of splendid rooms, and already she could hear the muffled revelry of the party.
“You did great by coming this far, my Fuschia. When we get back, we have to ride the carriage, okay?”
“Yes, Your Highness. Thank you for complying with my will to walk."
“My pleasure, my wife.” Hayden places his hand on Fuschia's waist tenderly, while Fuschia wriggles.
‘It’s torture!’
Another door guard was posted at the entrance of the special door which is on the right side of the hall. It was a special door for the core members of the Royal Family. Fuschia smile at the guard kindly, and as he spot Fuschia's smile, his eyes grew wider. The guard was unable to take off his eyes from Fuschia as he pulled ope
"Ahem." Fuschia cough then brushed Dylan's hand from massaging her calf. "You can stop now.""Why? Your legs are tired, right? That's why you came here. I can massage your feet a little longer,” Dylan said in a spoiled manner, which burst Fuschia's heart even more!It's funny how Fuschia was desperately trying to straighten her expression which she had a hard time doing so. Previously she had never been this conscious of her relationship with Dylan as she believes that they're merely friends with benefits. Friends with the same terrible fate.Maybe now Dylan is paying attention to her like a lover would do, but that's only because Dylan feels responsible for Fuschia, also because she is the only woman in his life.Later, when they managed to escape, Dylan would meet another woman who might be more beautiful and charming than her. 'Huh, maybe finding a woman who exceeds my beauty will be difficult, so maybe he will find another woman who fits his hea
“Count Lanchaster and his foster-daughter, Lady Sarah Lanchaster has arrived.” The guard announced loudly.The large and majestic door of the hall opened. It was almost magical as the two people glided inside the hall, and the chatter ceased. Even the music stopped, and everyone looked at them mesmerizing. Their gazes were mostly on the young lady with long red hair tied in a ponytail, who places her hand on the Count's arm and put on a shy smile.The lady is wearing a white dress."Who is that lady?"“Has Count Lanchaster recently adopted a daughter? Have you heard anything about this before?”“Woah, see that red necklace? The necklace has yet been put on the market by The Count's company, but the Lady has already been wearing it. Oh my~”Although Sarah's dress was simple white, one could not help but admire the quality of the work. From her dress to the jewelry gracing her body, everything was finely cur
In a dark and lonely corridor overlooking a garden with a small fountain outside the ballroom, a man was smoking his cigar. Even though he was far from the ballroom area, he could still hear the muffled revelry of the party.Clack. Clack. Then there was the sound of footsteps echoing down the deserted corridor where only there he was. The clacking voice is getting thicker as he feels that the sound was coming near him. But he didn't bother to turn around as he was already familiar with that step sound.clack.Someone was standing behind him. The man blew smoke from his cigar into the air. "You're here?""...Father,"The man was Count Lanchaster, while the owner of the footsteps was Laura, his only daughter. Oops, now she is no longer his only daughter as she got a sister tonight.“What have you done, Father? What does all this mean?”"You... are you allowed to leave your post as the Crown Princess' lady-in-waiting?"
Fuschia knew the reason why Hayden hesitated to accept Sarah's invitation. That's because if he accepted Sarah's invitation with open arms, it would be contrary to the image he had built all this time – which was supposedly head over heels for his wife. In fact, in a debutante ball event like this, nothing forbids women and men from pairing up for the sake of dancing even though they are already had a spouse.Ballroom dances were fully enjoyed even by married people. Moreover, no ethics is forbidding to invite a Crown Prince or Crown Princess. Fuschia believes that there are plenty of ladies who want to dance with the Crown Prince even if it's only half a song on her debut day. But most of them are afraid to invite the Crown Prince because of his 'only seeing' Fuschia image.Of course, everything happened until the female protagonist appeared and wanted to claim what was hers.Fuschia glance at Hayden which then let out a sigh. "I'm sorry, but-"&ld
Indeed, the royal palace was well decorated, even though it was outdoors. Fine fabrics and ribbons are decorated to further enhance the beauty of the flowers and garden. The colorful lights on the wall of a tall bush secretly surround the garden so that you can't peek inside.As many people had already arrived, the servants were busy wandering between round tables prepared for each family.“His Highness Crown Prince and Crown Princess are entering!”Upon my and Hayden's arrival at the podium located in the middle of the vast garden, everyone rose from their seats and saluted.“This year's hunting festival is different from previous years. This year, I am going to host this hunt in accordance with His Majesty's mandate." Hayden's voice echoed in the distance.I stood beside Hayden who was giving his speech. Then Hayden turned to me softly to ask me to sit down instead. Since I didn't intend to stand all the time, I gladly accepted
Its appearance is like a thunderstorm in the daytime at the peak of summer, and a nightmare at the beginning of the evening. A loud, deafening roar shook my heart. It wouldn't be surprising if someone said that it was the growling sound of a monster that had just chewed the head of a guard.“AAAAH!!!” The screams of the humans were mixed with the cries of the monsters that drew closer to where I was.Two large and tall monsters, with several human heads attached to their bodies, as if showing off their victim. As the name implies, this is a hunting festival, but for monsters who find human prey scattering here and there in front of their eyes. Once swoop, they can kill one or two humans.What a grotesque view.Some of the guards were seen fleeing from the scene in horror. The remaining guards are willing to trade their lives to protect the humans behind them – mostly consist of the aristocratic ladies who are not used to running in their
Life is full of choices, except the place you were born, and what kind of parents you came from.Sarah was born into a noble family that was poorer than a commoner family in the Sulli region, near the kingdom's southern border. Her mother was the breadwinner of the family by working as a servant for a wealthy family in the area. While his father is an alcoholic and gambler who does not hesitate to make his daughter as collateral.At the age of eight, her mother left home with her five-year-old younger brother.“It would be better for me to bring a boy than a girl, Sarah. You'll understand my choices when you grow up."Those were the last words of her mother who then left her with a smile.Her mother has made a choice."Sarah, look at your mother who left you. In her life, girls have no value so you are dumped. While in my life, you have a precious value so I will not dump you. So, are you going to whine all the time to be with your mot
Sarah's sharp gaze was directed outside the window.The carriage running at full speed rattled roughly against the pavement, but the tension seeing in through was as calm as a vacuum.They have traveled far and wide. The distance from her hometown, Sulli, to the Capital, Illest, took almost half a day by horse carriage. Of course, that could only be done with the assumption that they didn't stop to rest in the middle of the trip, while they stopped quite often at Hayden's request, which was worried about Sarah's condition.During the trip, Hayden squeezed his finger in between Sarah's fingers. Sarah gently traced the callouses on his palm with her fingertips. His hand is not as rough as Sarah's hand even though both of them wielded a sword.'Hmm, even his hands aren't as rough as mine even though he should be a knight. He sure grew up in an environment that pampered him. I envy.'Actually, there was still a speck of doubt in Sarah's heart regarding
Tuyul is nowhere to be found.No matter how hard Mbayul and I searched for him, we could only conclude that Tuyul had left us. It's hard to accept that reality, especially when we don't say goodbye to each other.Mbayul and the other wandering fairies are still with us. They worked for me as a royal CCTV. They were the right creatures for the job because few could see them, even though many wizards had appeared now.Then, when Pasha was three years old, I learned Tuyul's last story."Mom, do you still remember Uncle Tuyul?"One night, Pasha asked about it.Pasha has excellent verbal skills at an early age, and he can already form complex sentences well, making it easier for us to converse. He also remembered some things about his childhood, when he was one year old.He even remembered the house in the middle of the forest that we once lived in in the Haddad Kingdom, and he also remembered our battle with the monsters. Therefore, it is not surprising that later those memories returned
It had not been six months since Dylan had served as the new king of Drachentia Kingdom, and he already held the title of 'Drachentia's golden wolf.' In that short time, he was feared by the kingdoms around Drachentia. Mainly because of his achievements in eradicating all the monsters and the remaining alchemist in Drachentia.Not only that, but he also paralyzed the illegal trade that occurred in Drachentia's sea. Without mercy. And it turns out that his actions have spread to shake the economic stability of other kingdoms in the vicinity, which have outsmarted Drachentia in terms of trade at sea.Then today was a big meeting with the diplomacy of the allied kingdoms, who were present for fear that Dylan would prey on their kingdom. As many people know that Drachentia is an archipelago kingdom, I think they are afraid that their kingdom will become one of Dylan's new islands.'But he's not that ruthless tho.' I smiled proudly at Dylan sitting beside me with a sinister expression.As
My second marriage ceremony.As Dylan requested, before the king's coronation ceremony, we had a wedding ceremony.Of course, a lot needs to be prepared for a royal family wedding, but since we want it to be done as soon as possible, the preparations are quite simple. After all, we want to be crowned husband and wife soon. So we don't think much about banquets and so on.I'm wearing a white wedding dress that looks as divine as the diamond sprinkles on top of it. When the sun's rays fall on me, my dress will twinkle.Why can there be such a beautiful wedding dress ready in such a short time? The answer is because of the enthusiasm of Laura and Mr. Andre, who had prepared the dress long ago, even when they didn't know when I could wear it. Likewise, with Dylan's wedding tuxedo.“Milady-oops, your majesty, you look so beautiful. You are like a goddess!”"Isn't she more like an angel because of her white dress?""Well, our lady can do both. Hohohoho~” Merri and the others had fun dressin
The day of Crown Prince Hayden's trial has finally arrived. The sky was a dull gray, and people flocked to the High Court to witness the historic trial in an uneasy mood. Their minds were in turmoil.Dylan and I sat on the witness stand. I could feel all eyes on us. I heard the whispers of the people behind us as they were the seats of the nobles."I'm here. Don't be nervous." Dylan whispered. Pulling up the nervousness I didn't realize ate up my consciousness.Even though I heard that Madame Luxor and Laura were trying to get a lot of news written in the newspapers in our favor, that doesn't mean everyone would necessarily believe all that. Especially the nobles who might be aiming for royal power through the royal family.More so when they heard their next king was a formerly enslaved person and a victim of alchemist experiments—not forgetting that I would also be their queen."Phew."The supreme judges entered the courtroom. I know one of the high judges who sit in the highest seat
After that great battle, I slept like the dead for two days. I pushed myself too much, so that's how it turned out.Meanwhile, Laura and Madame Luxor mobilized a lot of news media in the form of newspapers to write down everything that had happened overnight—starting from the reason for the rebellion led by the Luxor Family with the help of the Mountravven Family troops to my surprising appearance.Madame Luxor quickly prepared everything related to the news as she owned information guilds. So she has planted several reporters on the scene to capture everything that happened since the beginning of the battle.And as professional reporters they are, reporters get a lot of 'astonishing' pictures, which are then pasted in their newspaper headlines.From the picture of Hayden leading the monster army, then the picture of me using water magic, and the picture of the dragon in the sky that blessed Dylan and me. Of course, the last picture was the one that seemed the most implausible, except
I don't know what just happened. What I do know is that Dylan suddenly had Hayden's sword in his hand, and from that sword came a superpower(?) of a giant rolling circle that sliced through the monsters with a single numbness. Then because of that power, Dylan's energy seemed to be sucked in and made him fall limply into my arms.I panicked because I thought Dylan was about to die, but he was only limp for a moment. Because after that, we and some of the 'healthy' soldiers explored the temple.Of course, at the time, I also didn't know why people looked at us with amazement as they said that we received blessings from the dragon that stroked our heads with its feet.I don't even know anything about the dragon in the sky. But I think it might be Lord Drachen.Anyway, I met someone I almost forgot on the way to the temple."I'LL KILL YOU!" Sarah was about to jump at me with a vengeance, but her body was already being held back by the soldiers who followed us."It's all over, Sarah," I
"Where are you going, sir bastard?"Without hesitation, Merri engulfed Raymon's body with her smoldering blue flames.“AAAAAAHHHHH!” Raymon writhed in pain while screaming hysterically; then, his body was kicked by the grande monster.Merri smirked as she looked down at Raymon, who was flipping like a dying fish.Merri thought, 'Look, how easy it is to crush that bastard. If I were stronger since long ago, then Milady and my life wouldn't be this messed up.'"Merri?! What are you doing here?" Fuschia approached Merri, looking happy at the top of a tree.“Milady! I did it! I burn that bastard!”“Gre- great job, girl. But don't push yourself as you're still recovering, Merri."“Of course! Hahahaha, this is fun. What about you, milady? Uh? Your head is bleeding!” Merri almost jumped from her position to get closer to the flying Fuschia.That made Fuschia flustered. But then Fuschia calmed Merri down. “Calm down. I already drank that potion.”"Ah! The magic medicine, of course!”Fuschia s
Fuschia stared at the man in front of Madame Luxor warily. "Commander Hugh?"She recognized the man before as The Knight Commander of Drachentia, Hugh Connor of the Count Connor Family.Dylan frowned wryly then spoke in a low voice, "I should have made sure you died in my hands."The knight commander Hugh bowed his head as he faced Fuschia. He didn't raise his head as he spoke.“I… had time to come to the Crestine Hall. There I met Lady Laura and the survivors. Then I… learned the truth from her. So please, allow me to atone for my sin of stupidity, Your Highness.”Fuschia knew Hugh Connor as a knight loyal to the kingdom. His loyalty is shown by a devotion to the leader. He is known as the 'hunting dog' of the late king who has bitten many nobles or rebels who threaten the power of the late king.Like Hayden and Raymon, he was trained by the late king and the late general commander in swordsmanship. That was why the sword styles of the three were almost the same. So he has a good rel
“FUCHIA!”It was Dylan's voice. He emerged from behind the soldiers."Dylan!" Fuschia immediately raised her legs to shorten the distance between the two.The two of them ran at each other with their arms wide open.Amid a battle between monsters and humans that seemed like it would never end, Dylan and Fuschia hugged each other tightly.The whirlwind of their minds and the erratic beating of their heart were relieved by the familiar scent they breathed in on each other. The tight hug they shared at that time seemed to convey all the tiredness in their hearts and minds.Then, along with a brief kiss they shared, each of them killed the charging monster. Fuschia separates the head of the monster charging at Dylan with her ice saw, while Dylan rips the neck of the monster charging at Fuschia with his sword.Never before seen a romantic and horror moment happen in one frame. So many soldiers thought so and accidentally witnessed the scene.“What's wrong with your sword? Why are they so d