The empress was drinking a cup of tea in the park with her maids standing beside her, suddenly she heard a footstep coming closer, she glanced over to find a man with a huge and muscled body approaching her.
He kneeled to her and bow his head to the empress, "your majesty" he gives his salutation to her
The empress put her cup of tea on the table, she sighed deeply, "did you have it?" she asks
The guy with a muscle nodded as the answer
"I don't want another failure, whatever the method, you have to kill him on tonight party, I accept no more failure or it's you that will be dead tonight," Said the empress with a smirk on her face, she picked up her cup again from the table and start drinking the tea again.
Hearing that not only the guy trembled but the maids have gone pale too.
The guy trembled as he heard that, he gulped to answered the empress, "yes, your majesty"
The empress glanced at him, "leave"
"Long Live to the majesty of Ariandelle kingdom, May the God be with you" he standing up from the ground, he bowed to her before he leaves
Seeing him leave, the empress sighed, she glanced at the maid on her left side, she could see how terrified they're it makes her smirk, "Jessica!" she calls one of those maids, the one called Jessica come forward to the empress.
She bowed to her with a pale face, "yes, your majesty"
The empress smirked, "you're a diligent worker, aren't you? I hear there are no single mistake you make after you come work in the palace, that's good", she glanced over the maids called Jessica, "keep working hard" she said with a smile on her face
Jessica sighed in relief, she bowed to her again "thank you, your majesty" she said with a little smile on her face
"so then, because of that, I have a task for you," said the empress still with a smile, suddenly she took out a small bottle of white powder in it, she put it on the table, "I heard you will work as the cook helper tonight, yes?", Jessica noded in cofusion, the empress smiled at her she then handed the little bottle to her, "I want you to put this powder on the Prince food tonight, is it okay?" she asks
Jessica's face looks pale as she got the bottle from the empress, she looked at her with confusion, "may I ask, what is this, your majesty?"
The Empress glared at her, "why did you want to know?"
Jessica's face becomes paler as she got the empress glared at her, "I-I can't do that if the head chef were in the kitchen too!"
The empress sighed deeply, "I hear you come from a poor family, yes?"
Jessica nodded at her, she looks confused as the empress brought the topic suddenly
The empress smiled a little, she took her tea again and drink it, she then glanced to Jessica "if you want to see your family alive tomorrow, you have to find a way to put this on the prince's food" she said as she threatens her
Jessica's face has gone paler than ever as she heard that, "yes, your majesty!" she bowed to her in panic as she hears that
The empress smiled at her, "well, please work hard, I do not accept any failure, you hear it right?" said the empress, she suddenly standing up from her seat, she tapped on Jessica's shoulder, she come closer to Jessica's ear and whispered "I hope you can see your family again tomorrow"
The empress walks away with a smirk on her face leaving her maids that have gone pale and some of them have trembled.
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Callum stared intently at the invitation letter he had just received, the letter contained an invitation to Prince Pierre's bachelor party.
He sighed, "tonight, prince Pierre will be poisoned to death huh .." he mumbled
In the past, Callum came at Prince Pierre's bachelor party only to meet Edward, it was his first party of the royal family that he attended but unfortunately something bad happened to the main role of the party, Prince Pierre died of poison, instead of making a memory for a man, it becomes a big disgrace for the royal family.
Suddenly there's knocking sound from the door, it made him turn his gaze from the letter to his door that being knocked from outside.
He walks to the door, "who is it?" he asks
"it's me, Edward"
he holds the doorknob to open it but stops after hearing an answer from there
he frowned as he knows that is Edward who came, "what do you want?"
"can you open the door first? it's rude to talk to me like that" said Edward in annoyance
Callum sighed as he hears that, he opened his door and he saw Edward standing there, "what do you want from me, Prince Edward?" Callum asks with a frown on his forehead
"You got the invitation to the prince Pierre's bachelor party, right?" said Edward with his smile
"so what?"
"do you want to go with me? My horse carriages will arrive later at 6" he said to Callum still with his smile
"why do I have to go with you? I have my own carriages too" Callum looks at Edward curiously, his forehead still frowned as he heard that
Edward sighed as Callum keep asking "it's better to go together than alone since we come from the same place to the same place" said Edward to Callum
"Why are you ask me to come with you? it's not like you have no girls beside you to come with you"
Edward sighed again, Callum keeps asking and asking like there's no end of it, "just answer yes or yeah!?"
Callum looks weirdly at Edward, "Are you forcing me to go with you?"
"I have no girls, no one comes with me, and I want you to keep me on company tonight in the carriages, why you can't get it!?" Edward sighed as he shaking his head in surrender because of the guy in front of him
"I don't want to come with you," Said Callum
Edward glared at him when he said that, "the answer is just 'yes or yeah', there's no 'don't want to' or 'no' you understand?"
Callum sighed as he hears how stubborn the prince become, he looks at him flatly, "then don't ask in the first place if both the option is the same"
"then you will come with me?" Edward smiled at Callum
"no" Suddenly Callum close his door when the prince was still there
"How dare you close your door while I still talking to you!?" Edward shouts madly in front of the door at Callum that just rolled his eyes
"This is my door it is up to me to close or to open it!" Callum replied with a little smirk on his face
"how rude of you!"
"Well, how rude of you to force me to come with you to the party, I think you have no politeness left the more you grow, do you know human rights?"
Edward sighed deeply at how he was treated by Callum if Callum is not his knight maybe he will punish the guy right off the bat now, "you're my knight"
"unofficially" Callum replied as he rolled his eyes
Edward shook his head as he hears that, what a stubborn guy "I demand you to come with me tonight!" he said while he walking away from Callum's door
"How troublesome" Callum mumbled as he smirked, he then glanced at the invitation letter on his bed, "now then, how can I prevent today misfortune to happen, huh?"