Hai, I'm Annie, a maid.
My twin sister and I had been maids in Lily Palace for half a year. It's a nice place. We both served Lady Ellaine Fang, second wife of His Highness Crown Prince.
My mistress is a beautiful woman with black hair and black eyes. Her skin is smooth and white, free from freckles. More importantly, she's so friendly. I heard Xia Kingdom is full of pretty women, so that's not a rumor only.
"Anna..., can you help me? I need the petals for Crown Princess's bath." A fellow maid put a basket full of roses on the table. Hana Brown, if I was not wrong.
"Annie," I corrected her.
"Oh, sorry. My partner is sick, just going home. You're free, right? Please help me, Annie."
I put on gloves. No comment.
"I heard about little Prince's full moon party. Well, of course! Crown Princess was the chosen child, it's no strange that her son to be the chosen one too." Hana said excitedly.
Yes, that was one of many tales in the world about Drakis Kingdom's little Prince mother and son.
Chosen ones were people that had something extraordinary, like looks, super high magic power, or even luck. In short, gods love them like their own child.
Lady Ersa Noir was not the first chosen one. But, she's definitely the most perfect in a thousand years. In short, she is a goddess in human form. So... people said. Well, I didn't care then. And I don't care even now. I just heard about here and there. Her beauty, double wind and water magic, her kind heart, etc... etc. Who knows? As a daughter of a Duke, who'd dare to say she's not good?
And her son? Well, you dare to say ugly to the king's grandson?
Let's back to topic.
We have a common tradition in all kingdoms in the world. When a child was born, she/he must not see the outside world until her/his first full moon. It's been believed, 'Heaven looks upon us everyday, but gods only show up during full moon.' So, first full moon is a tradition that let gods see the newborn babies.
Every full moon, there would be two to five minutes, moon shined brightly like a big star. Those twinkling and glittering were from gods' clothes. So... my mother told me. It's an old tale that every children know.
"I was at home, unfortunately. They said, all palaces were bright like day time. It must had been beautiful. His Majesty really loves little Prince. He invited many famous priest and priestess all over the world to bless little Prince. Were you here that night?"
"Mm. It was beautiful," I answered softly.
That night in the humble Lily Palace, the most beautiful was not the sky, but a baby girl in a pink little dress.
Anna always excited about this baby princess. Said she's cute, smart, etc... etc. What baby wasn't cute, right? I never like children, so I didn't really care. One thing I couldn't hate about this Princess, she never cries. Like... if we didn't hear her voice when she's born, I would suspect that she's a mute.
When she pulled the black cloth and saw the full moon, I was right beside Lady Ellie. Wide-eye, baby Princess looked at the moon so intently, like a grown up. That shining eyes captivated me more than the sky.
Soft laughter filled our palace little park. I wondered, what did gods say to make her so happy? Just a moment, those eyes became white blue-violet. Before I came from the shock, its change back to black. No, no, no. Must be my imagination. Even she's a royal blood, it's impossible. Awakening magic in just a month old, was it really possible?
That night, full moon shone for 15 minutes. It disappeared right after baby Princess fell asleep.