Under the gaze of the stars, Violetta lies in bed that night with her side window open, pondering about the conflict from this day.
The culprit … huh...
She had to admit, this was a well thought out plan. She'd need to applaud this schemer if they made this plan while living in this sort of day and age.
She had already talked to most people such as the Emperor and that eunuch, including the townspeople, and truthfully they probably don't have the brain cells to think of these sophisticated plans.
"Waaahh~" the young girl resting in bed yawns.
She reaches her hand out and shuts the window before turning in for the night.
…
"Your highness! Your highness! Please get up! Ah- I mean Violetta!"
Kate rushes into Violetta's room frantically.
She hurriedly opens the window panels, letting in the dim light of dawn and cold dewy air.
"Urgh…" the girl in bed groans.
Although she's not really one who hates getting up in the morning, she still needs her beauty sleep!
Somewhere in her mind, she seems to remember that there was a meeting she had to attend.
'Ugh, whatever.'
Kate watches nervously, as the princess turns her body and shoves the blanket over her head.
"Princess!"
Violetta shifts to the side of her bed before putting one foot down.
From the blanket, only her face was revealed- she looked somewhat like a nun.
With her drowsy stumbling steps, she inches towards the bathroom.
Her eyes were half closed, half opened.
Suddenly, she mingles on a step for a second.
Bam!
"Princess!" Kate shrieks.
'Oh my lord her highness has collapsed what do we do? What do I do?!'
She collapses on the ground beside her, bursting in tears.
She needs to tell the princess that those palace people came to disturb her in the morning saying she should arrive an hour earlier than intended!
Now what should she do!
She sniffles quietly and slowly comes to a realization.
The room starts to fill with the princess's snores….
"Ughh…"
A black haired maiden with bed hair rubs her eyes drowsily.
The maid looks at her master with tired dull green eyes. It took her an hour… an entire hour! Finally, she woke up!
"Princess! What happened to waking up early and being a light sleeper?" Kate weeps.
This was too much! Was she even getting paid enough? If she had to do this every morning… Kate shudders at the thought.
Violetta drags her feet to the side and slowly puts on her clothes. She yawns in fatigue.
"Ahh~ Kate, you can head down to deal with breakfast and all. I'll be fine up here."
Kate wails, "Princess! It's already half past seven! We're so late!"
The unconcerned girl sighs. Indeed the emperor may not be concerned while the eunuch was worried to death.
Violetta stretches her arms, "It'll be fine. Haven't you heard of procrastination?"
"That's a bad habit, milady!"
The poor maid rushes worriedly, while Violetta leisurely takes her time.
Delta and Chris wake up not long after. They soothe the poor maid.
"Don't you remember Violetta is so amazing? She definitely won't let anything happen."
"Also don't forget Big Sis's backing!"
In a certain council room, the air is stagnant. No one had entered since last night. Bits of sunlight shine through the windows.
With a crack, the grand doors opened. A black haired lady gracefully strolls in, her hands together elegantly.
She furrows her brows at the sight of the empty room.
"As I expected…"
Her escort this time is a calm woman with cold emerald eyes.
"Servants, light the room."
The grand room is illuminated with the magic lamps.
The chairs and table show their intricate designs, along with the high chair at the end of the table.
Violetta peruses around while examining the chairs too. She stops at the left hand seat of the high chair.
"This... should be mine."
Delta moves behind Violetta's seat and they wait.
They didn't wait long before they heard a snort.
"Har har, look who's here. What a dignity-less person! They actually came so early just to kiss someone's *ss."
A fat, no, pleasantly plump man walks in leisurely.
He looks at the two people on the side of the room.
The lady sitting down was leaning her head on one hand while picking her nails with the other. She seems to not hear him. The lady behind her looked straight ahead with a straight face. Delta also seems to not hear him.
Kissing *ss? No dignity?
Looking at the stone cold faces that said, "You're-not-worthy," if they didn't have dignity, who does?
"Indeed it's not dignified to talk with such vulgar people…" Violetta murmurs quietly.
However, since the room was originally silent, everyone could hear her clearly.
"You! You!" The man heaves and huffs in anger. A large vein bulges on his head.
Violetta smirks in response, "I what?"
"Now, now," a mellow voice comes from behind the pleasantly plump man.
A long thin man walks in with a fan. He had a devious smile on his face.
"The Emperor is coming."
His smirk seems to widen by the second, as if saying that the emperor would deal with Violetta and hand them a satisfying answer.
To his disappointment, he was ignored.
A couple of other officials file in quietly.
A loud voice announces, "The emperor is here!"
All the citizens in the room kneel down, facing the doorway.
One could only see two figures not following… since they were not 'citizens' anyways…
Tap, tap, tap, tap. The sound of haughty footsteps echo in the room.
"Your majesty!" the subjects cry.
"Rise…" the deep voice booms.
The officials stand up and head to their designated seats.
Emperor Damien slowly walks over to his throne. He glances at the woman who never raised her head to look at him the entire time and frowns.
She was still picking her nails…
Nevertheless, he couldn't say anything about it, as it was known all over the world how much the king of Beria dotes on his daughter… so much so to keep her shut in for fifteen years…
If he did something, though there might not be immediate effects, it would cause a large rift between the two countries for years.
'Sigh, it's not worth it.'
"Ahem!" he loudly clears his throat.
"My subjects, please report…"
"Yes!" a man stands up, holding his documents in front of his face.
"We have received word from the other kingdoms, and they have agreed to the negotiation meeting…."
A couple of men report, followed by a "Okay, next," from the emperor.
As the meeting goes on, everyone seems to forget about the two additional women in the room. However, like everyone else, they were listening intently.
"... okay, next…" the emperor says again, waving his hand to gesture to the presently reporting official to sit down.
A moment of silence fills the room.
"... nothing else?" Damien asks.
One of Emperor Damien's attending eunuchs steps forward.
"... your majesty, there's one more thing," he mumbles in a low voice.
He seemed hesitant, as he looked around before finally bursting out.
"There's been many complaints by the great families about the Empress. Furthermore, the public also seems to have a negative opinion. This is affecting the palace, your majesty."