faes sat calmly in a private room with eli and gray eating the delicious food of the restaurant. the man who tried to hurt alex was tied on the side glaring at them but he couldnt do anything thanks to the mana blocking ropes gray used to tie him up.
in front of faes were the manager of the restaurant and the waiter who she saved.
as for alex, when she released her aura and ordered the royal guards they took alex away scared. she wondered how alex would react once he wakes up.
"milady, not only did you save a staff member from false charge but also saved our restaurant from the crown prince wrath. we dont have much to thank you but we can give you a vip membership card that you can use to dine here for free for the rest of your life. all the meals of your friends who hold this card if given by you would be free too." the manager passed her a purple card which had the restaurant's logo printed on it in gold.
faes eyes lit up as she nodded accepting the card that eli took from the manager on her behalf.
"then i wont be curteous. i should also thank you for providing us with this card and the delicious food." faes smiled
"its our pleasure to serve you your highness" the manager replied.
"i also have some questions that i am hoping you would answer truthfully." faes spoke making the manager suprised
"we would be honest with our answers"
"then i would like to know more about the royal family and their reputations in the citizen's eyes"
...
faes was sitting in the car on her way back to the estate. she had gotten all the information regarding the royal family that she needed.
the situation of royal family was grim but it wasn't irreversible. she simply needed to show everyone that the royal family was strong too. but the problem lay in her brother. ever since she, the original owner of this body ran away~ her brother alexander who was also the crown prince began to take out his anger on the citizens. they were unable to fight back due to his title of crown prince but this merely promoted his irresponsible behavior.
as for the others in royal family their only fault was being weak, their cultivation was not high enough as compared to the other nobility. and also her.
the second princess was deemed to be unable to cultivate and use magic. this made her a wastrel so everyone though the royal famliy wasnt fit to sit on the throne any longer.
she simply needed to show eveyone that she was strong and also help her family grow stronger. it was simple, she merely needed to refine a few pills and potions along with share some cultivation techniques from mystic fog castle with them.
the main problem now was not this but rather the popularity she gained. when she was dealing with alex in the restaurant, some reporters captured a video and now she was all over the news again.
"your highness, why dont you stay at the mansion for the time being?" eli suggested amused yet worried as he saw her flustered.
"no, its inevitable. brother blake is a bad influence on me! 'sigh' no matter where i hide i would be on the news sooner or later, also as a princess and also commander shiva's disciple i have a celebrity status now." faes sighed again as she glanced out the window.
"then what do we do now?" eli asked curiously
"lets confront the royal family and deal with those who deserve the punishments" faes spoke as she grinned slightly.
and the man they caught was already dealt with so they were free now.
"its time for the second princess of kingdom altai to return no? but first let them wonder who i was while i prepare some gifts for everyone"
....
at the royal palace of kingdom altai.
alex woke up with slight pain in his neck. he looked around his room in confusion for a while before remembering the incident at the restaurant.
he felt humiliated and guilty at the same time.
a random man had attacked him today and framed an innocent. even he fell in that trap, ever since his sister ran away he had been trying to take out his frustruation in everything and anyone.
but today he realized that it might be affecting his reputation badly, yet he couldn't bring himself to apologize due to his ego.
'knock, knock'
a knock came from the door bringing alex out of his thoughts.
the door opened and his butler entered without waiting for his concent, clearly thinking he was still unconscious.
"your highness you are awake!" the butler exclaimed and hurried to his side looking concerned.
"are you feeling pain anywhere? is your neck hurting? do you feel dizzy? do-"
alex sighed as he raised his hand to stop the questions otherwise his butler would continue buzzing around.
"I'm fine. what happened to that man?" alex asked more curious about that lady and that traitor.
the butler hesitated but under his glare quickly narrated the entire ordeal.
alex fell silent suprising the butler, but then he asked a question
"who was she?"
alex had felt humiliated and wanted to take revenge but that feeling was overshadowed by the feeling of righteousness. the truth finally settled in and he suprisingly felt free.
sure his sister ran away but that doesnt mean that she didn't love him, he had been trying to find out why she ran away but now remembering how he behaved with everyone, alex realised that he might have hurt her too. in a similar fashion as he had hurt others and his own family reputation.
alex wanted to meet the lady who stopped him today and thank her for bringing him back to reality.
but the butler's answer dissapointed him.
"your highness, we dont know who the lady was. but there are rumors that it was lady aster"
alex remembered going to lady aster's debut ball, but he hadn't bothered about her at that time. sure she saved his sister and became good friends with her but doesn't she also want to take over the throne?
seeing it now, it indeed seem to be the case. afterall his reputation was indeed ruined. but alex also began to get confused about how to confront lady aster now. should he thank her for saving his sister and himself or should he stay cold to her just like others because she was their rival?
"find out who she really is and bring her to me" alex ordered.
no matter what he had to meet the lady now, as for how to deal with her~ it was a question for later.