[Throne Room]
"..." The bastard is looking at me in his usual condescending manner.
"..."
I see you are still unsociable as ever, I doubt you're going to survive in my world with that kind of attitude. Sorry for you but I don't have much time for a staring contest so I'll break this silence..
"Your Maje–"
"I heard Alexander proposed marriage to you."
There it is!! Here comes my execution!! I hope I can be reincarnated again, I'm not asking for much, but please don't give me a parent like this bastard..
"Y-Yes, that seems to be so, your Majesty."
"And you refused his proposal?"
"Y-Yes, your Majesty."
"..."
Don't stay quiet you piece of shit! If you're going to kill me now, just make it quick and snappy, I don't want my last moments to be thinking how much it hurts.. Ahh, I should've flirted more with Bea and Cassie.
After a few moments of silence, he asks me, "What is it that you want?"
"..Yes?" I ask in confusion.
"No matter how much I think about it, I can't seem to figure out what you're after. What would someone like you, want more than becoming the fiance of the crown prince?"
"Please forgive my impudence, your Majesty, but I can only see Alex as my younger brother, and not as a romantic interest."
And for your information, although you treat me as something, I'm still living quite a life as a princess, if only you could magically disappear, my life will be perfect.
"Hm.. Just as I thought."
Ha? Just as you thought? Then what's with the 'no matter how much I think about it'? The bastard is acting like he's so smart hahaha, I guess his brain is as rotten as his personality.
"..." He glared at me.
"?!" I flinched.
What?! Did I say that out loud? I don't think I did though.
"I-Is there something wrong, your Majesty?"
".. No, it just felt like someone was making fun of me."
This bastard have good instincts. Gotta be careful on what to think of in the future when I'm with him.. Come to think of it, I'm probably the person who speaks the most with his Majesty (except for Duke Braymont and Duke Creutscher), since he is always on high alert and becomes sensitive as fuck when the topic is about me.. or women in general, I guess?
"..." I wait for his verdict.
"Anyway, good job on refusing his proposal, it saves me the job of getting rid of you. You may go now." he says while shooing me away like some kind of dog.
..Eh? That's all? Ignoring the last part of his statement, I'm still alive? He even complimented me! .. Looks like the heavens have yet to abandon me.
"Why are you just standing there? Don't tell me you were expecting some kind of reward?"
Oh shit, I forgot about that because I'm still surprised that he didn't do anything to me.
"N–"
He sighs, "You've got a lot of nerve asking for a reward directly from me, the king of this empire.. but I can't say that I hate that honesty. I hate dishonest people the most, always sneaking around, waiting for the right moment to execute their plan, and women are the exact embodiment of that, although there are some exceptions. If it wasn't for your mother being so innocent, I would've killed her as well."
That's called being sexist you retard! Oops, not good, he might pick up on that thought as well.. I wasn't expecting for him to speak that much but, anyway, it looks like I'll stay alive as long as I behave and be honest as much as possible, and what did he mean by he would've killed my mother 'as well' ? Looks like I'll have to ask mother about that sometime.
"Going back to what we were talking about, what do you want?"
I never asked for anything from him but.. I might as well try.
"Um.. Your Majesty, there seems to be a young maid in the palace, and she looks about the same age as me.. I was wondering if I could have her as my lady-in-waiting?"
".. I forgot that the House of Clarence sent one of their daughters here to the palace in order to train her as your future lady-in-waiting. They are probably hoping to gain my favor by doing so, not that I particularly care. I'll send word to the head maid about your request later. Now if you don't have anything else to ask for, get out of my sight."
Wow, his mood swings are worse than a girl's, I should've just outright asked him to go fuck himself with the risk of.. no, with a certainty of getting myself killed.
"..." I bow and leave the room.
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The next day.
[Arabella's Bedroom]
I wake up and sighed in relief, "Yesterday was a lot more exhausting than everything I experienced altogether. I really thought he was going to kill me."
I wonder why he didn't mention anything about my relationship with Bea and Cassie? Perhaps he also regards it as just some childish proclamation, something along the lines of 'when I grow up, I want to marry papa!' .. Ugh! Just the thought of it makes me shiver.
Also, he mentioned something about the House of Clarence? It seems like the young maid I saw before was a child from that house, I can't believe the bastard agreed to my request, especially since she seems to be of higher rank, at least on par with the House of Creutscher.
*knocks on door*
Hm? .. Oh right, I forgot to check up on Alex after my meeting with the bastard since I went to bed almost immediately, did he come to check if I am still alive?
"Come in."
As the door opens, I see a thin, fair-skinned young girl in a maid outfit who is shorter than me, her thick, pink hair being as puffy as it can be, making it look like some fluff of a cotton candy. Her unemotional, but somehow sad eyes with the same color, and even though she seems to be expressionless, I can more or less tell that she has already given up on life.
"Greetings, your Highness. I am Vivian Clarence, please forgive me but I will be troubling Milady with my appearance from now on." she said so in a monotonous tone, which sounded like it has been practiced over and over again.