Rebecca may not really hate the king because he doesn't deserve her hate and without the past events she may not have a true family now and grow up safely till now compared to staying within the palace,but that does not mean that she is going to forgive him for the injustices she suffered in the past because of him
Not only him,there is also the queen who asked people to give her the leftovers in the palace as her food,she only knew about this two months ago when she dressed as Mia to roam around the palace and overheard some servant talking to themselves on this matter,she didn't told Mia as she didn't wanted to make her angry and do something on impulse
And the crown prince,he made her polish his shoes for all day straight without having food
One thing is common that they never came near her but only sent someone or some people to humiliate her but that does not mean that she will spare them,she will recognise those people even if she turns into ashes,it does not matter whether they were forced to do so or they willingly humiliated her,the fact is that they did humiliated her
So she must make all of them pay
Rebecca thought all of this silently to herself as walked towards the bow of the ship
She held the handrail as she looked down at the water that is being cut by the speed of the ship and tilted her head up to look at the vast and sunny sky and at last she rested her elbows on the handrail before looking straight where the sky meets the water
Suddenly she frowned slightly as she recalled the moment she bid farewell to the king,well that wasn't exactly a farewell but still she realised that at that time she calmly faced them instead of crying and asking them why did they abandoned her,as she expected
Rebecca closed her eyes slowly,tilted her head slightly upwards as she relaxed her shoulders,feeling the wind on her face she has a genuine faint smile and her expression soften a bit
She has quite a peaceful face at this moment as she thought to herself in her heart,'it seems that the king does not have any influence on her emotions'
Mia looked at her master as she thought with a small smile on her face,'her highness's eyes contain hope unlike before which was devoid of any emotions,I pray that god has good plans for her future'
She also noticed that Rebecca looks stronger now in contrast to her previous timidity,she came to conclusion that to face the unknown future she forced herself to be strong overnight,Mia felt distress for Rebecca at this thought
*****
Evan crossed his arms as he leaned over the side of the ship and looked at Rebecca,lost in thought
as he recalled the conversation he had with the Archduke,the night before he set off from the empire
"Master did you say that you want to marry the golden eyed princess from the Azov kingdom"Evan said with disbelief written on his face
"Yes I want to marry my destined wife is there any problem"the Archduke who is standing in front of the window said with his back facing his right-hand person and also his best friend,in a deep cold voice
Evan screamed in his heart,'of course there is a problem,you who not want to get close to any woman wants to get married,are you sure that you not thinking about ways to torture her instead of marrying her'
"Get rid of your thoughts,Evan"the archduke who knows what Evan is thinking said coldly as he turned sideway to look at his knight
The man's chiseled features were partially illuminated by the moonlight in the dark room,he has neatly trimmed black hair with deep cold dark eyes
Evan couldn't help but be a little jealous looking at his lord's face
He opened his mouth slightly,he was hesitating whether to ask
Ian glanced at Evan before turning around to look down at the documents placed on the table,picking them up with his long fingers as he looked through them intently and said to Evan in a casual way,"Say what you want to say"
Evan glanced at the documents in Ian's hand,those are princess Rebecca's life experience,every single thing of her life is mentioned in it
"Master,you could have refused this marriage given how much the emperor loves you he won't forced you to do anything you don't want to,but you agreed,I don't really understand why"Evan said
Instead of answering Evan's question,Ian said indifferently,"When I was born the devinator said to my father that my destined soulmate is a princess with golden eyes who will be born in a small kingdom but he didn't said which kingdom,is the kingdom near the empire or far away.
As I was growing up my father saw me having little to no interest in any woman,he was worried that his son would would die in loneliness,he decided to bring forward his plan of conquering the nearby small kingdoms for the search of the princess"
Evan who was listening,frowned in doubt and confusion as he asked,"but master the empire could have conquered the Azov kingdom and then you will still be able to marry her highness,I don't really get the need for the agreement"
Ian said slowly in a deep voice,"Even though she hates her kingdom,I don't want her to marry me after the destruction of her kingdom,political marriage sounds better"
Evan nodded slightly in understanding
His highness is being considerate
Ian looked at the portrait of Rebecca before turning around to look at the moon through the window as he thought silently to himself,
'Rebecca Annabella Bardin,I am curious to know how I will feel when I first get to see you'
Will he love her like his father loves his mother or will he not feel anything for her just like those women around him
"Destined soulmate huh…"Evan muttered as he took his eyes off Rebecca
The Divinator of the empire has never been wrong about his divination,he just hope that the princess won't become his grace's weakness in the future
He called a maid before giving her some instructions and then he strode towards the control room of the ship
*****
While Rebecca was enjoying her time in silence a girl with braided hair walked towards them,wearing an unique maid uniform
"Your highness,would you like to go to your cabin"the maid questioned gently as she bowed respectfully to Rebecca
Rebecca is feeling a bit uncomfortable and nervous to be treated this way,even though Mia is her maid but she always spoke casually to her since she treated her like her sister,so she was never treated by a 'real maid'
Earlier Evan also bowed to her but she was too nervous to feel anything else
Rebecca coughed slightly as her eyes darted to Mia,she wants Mia to answer in her place as she does not know how a noble should speak,she is afraid that the maid will detest her
But Mia averted her eyes,pretending not to understand the look in Rebecca's eyes
In the future Rebecca has to face this treatment a lot so she needs to get used to this
Rebecca took a deep breath to brace herself up as she scolded herself in her heart in a frustrated tone,'be confident will you,calm yourself down,what does it matter whether they despise you or not,you've been through worse than this so stop acting hypocritical and answer in your own way anyway you cannot be blamed because you don't know a thing about how a noble should behave
and I don't believe that the big empire have not investigated you so why should you pretend'
Even though she had a pretty big conversation with herself in her head but in reality it only took a few seconds
After putting some sense inside her head,Rebecca's heart relaxed and she had a faint smile across her face,her whole body radiated with the word 'confidence'
"Yes"Rebecca answered with a gentle face
"Then I will lead you to your cabin,your highness"the maid spoke
After arriving,Rebecca's eyes went slightly wide as she looked at the small yet spacious cabin,which has a simple yet elegant decoration,she felt very comfortable in this cabin as soon as she stepped inside
Mia said to Rebecca,"Your highness,I will follow Jane to understand the rules of the mansion in advance"
Jane is the maid who brought them to the cabin,along the way the three talked with each other,she got to understand the gentle and kind hearted girl more
Jane is sixteen years old who has been working in the Archduke's mansion for the past three years After her parents passed away three years ago due to an accident,she had no choice but to be a maid since she knew some housework spells
That was the best decision she has ever made because after starting working in the mansion she got the opportunity to learn magic,there is this rule that all the employees below the age of 18 must learn magic from the older employees