"Archmage, we have prepared the miss so that she may also attend as your partner."
"Great. Thank you, Peter." he stared intensely at the poor mage, he also appeared to be tortured in chapter 6, getting almost killed he averted his gaze from the archmage by bowing and taking his leave.
As he made his way out he still felt the archmage's gaze on him piercing daggers through his poor and lamentable soul, [lord please let this end now...] the mage thought as he walked out the room and headed to his duties.
[I wonder how pretty they dressed char up, well, if it's char of course she'll be pretty she's already got that beautiful white hair and-]
"The miss! She's out sir!" a maid said barging in, instead of reprimanding the maid as she nervously yelled, he winked at her and patted her on the shoulder saying, "you did a good job coming to tell me first. Your paycheck shall be doubled." he smiled as he ran out to greet charlotte. The maid still stood there blushing extremely happy because her day was going to get much better.
[I wonder if the dress is too short for this era. Wait- it's just a party, pfft! I'm getting ahead of myself.] Charlotte pondered and she looked up seeing as how Khaled had come down she flinched and tried not to meet his eyes but that was just wishful thinking.
[please don't look at me, please don't look at me, please don't look at me!] she yelled internally squinting her eyes, she only opened to find herself face to face with the young archmage.
"Hm...Fluffy check. Pretty Check. Mature. Double check. extremely nervous..." he looked up at her and looked at her well, she seemed to look so pretty in her dress he couldn't take his eyes off her, her ruby eyes caught his attention they looked alluring, until she averted her eyes somewhere else nervously, that was so unlike her.
[Right. She was a maid and she's probably not used to social events. I'm so stupid...]
"Don't be nervous Char! You can stick to me like glue at the party if you want!" He exclaimed she turned to look at him again and looked him up and down like she always did, it was a habit of hers. She then smiled brightly and nodded, "Handsome? Check. Prepared? Check." She said, his comforting words got through to her and she stopped shaking in place unlike the archmage who was now covering his face, it was flushed in a deep red color, he was smiling so widely, his heart skipped a beat.
"Hm? Khaled, we should start leaving."
"Ah! yes! off we go char!"
~ At The Banquet ~
"Um...Khaled, Can I-"
"You can punch me if that takes away the willies from you-"
"Okay. I think I can definitely hit you with all my might." She said annoyed, the veins on her neck popped out, and she smacked the back of his head as softly as she could, leaving a bruise on him. He started to whine and charlotte laughed in the carriage as they arrived.
She was glad that he even tried to cheer her up, but she just hadn't been a social butterfly back in her past life. It was so strange, it felt like she was suddenly reliving the life of cinderella. well not exactly, but it's close to her life.
"We're here, Char," Khaled said, I looked out the small window in the carriage and gaped in awe at the beautiful mansion before me, it looked more like a castle but, it was still a mansion.
[I think the castle is a lot more luxurious though, I wonder how Sebastian is holding up..? I'm worried..]
I walked in hand in hand with Khaled he smiled brightly and greeted the other guests in the party, I greeted a few other nobles and many other ladies snickered at how I was only an apprentice as to even be here.
[well, I guess this is a world of fantasy but there will always be those type of people wherever I go.]
I walked over to the table and grabbed some wine, I drank a little and felt oozy and started to tumble, the people behind me started to laugh and snicker and Khaled was the last person I saw running towards me yelling my name, "CHARLOTTE!!!"
[Sebastian...Where is he?]
"Your Highness, The guards loyal to the emperor have been eliminated completely,"
"Good, Elijah, head out to the treasury and make sure no one takes the remaining resources."
"Yes, Your Highness."
I walked towards the emperor sitting on his throne still stern and untrembling, he glared at the black-haired boy standing before him and sighed, "What is it that you want, Prince?"
"I wish for something you would never be able to give me, You bastard!" I yelled, I unsheathed my sword and the king smiled, "Well then, it seems you've proven yourself worthy, Crown Prince. Or shall I say-" He mouthed his final words as I slashed through his head, falling on the ground his eyes were closed and his face smiling? He never wondered why he was such a way and never will.
[I hope that I can finally see Charlotte after this again.] The prince thought as he smiled happily, he knew what he did was wrong but in doing so he would receive the one thing he desired inside this empty palace.
[ LOVE ]
"Your Highness, what should we do with these traitors?"
"Kill them. Kill them all." He glared, those were the people that embezzled from the royal treasury and father let it happen as if it were nothing, they ate away at the gold and weapons hidden in there. Sebastian, whom had heard that the imperial knights hated the Emperor's reign supported the prince, he was cursed but he would kill those who got in his way. He sheathed his sword and the imperial knights stabbed them with their swords and both counts died at the hands of the newly found Emperor the counts shook even at their last breaths.
If charlotte were to find out how much he changed, he would've probably been scolded, but of course.
He won't tell her that.