Today Rowena decided to meet Yvonna at the palace. At a time like this anyone who visited the palace wore black as a tribute to the mourning Edelle royal family. But that doesn't apply to Rowena. The woman visited the palace wearing a very luxurious dress in bright red.
Rowena went into the guest room occupied by Yvonna. Inside, she saw Yvonna who was still crying and Arabella who was hugging and comforting her mother. Hearing the sound of footsteps, the eyes of the two women turned towards the bedroom door, where Rowena was still standing looking at the two of them.
"It seems that because of being from the common people, the Grand Duchess doesn't know the manners of the nobility," criticized Princess Arabella while glancing sharply at Rowena.
"Shouldn't you be happy that the highest-ranking woman in the empire after Her Majesty the Empress came to visit you especially in her luxurious clothes?" replied Rowena casually.
"At least as a woman, you have to feel empathy for the death that happened to my newborn brother," said Princess Arabella.
Rowena laughed loudly at the sarcasm. "Have you ever heard of the murders I committed in the Valeccio Kingdom, Princess Arabella? I think you must have heard the rumors of how brutally I slaughtered them all. Do you think this woman who has massacred hundreds of thousands to millions of people has any sympathy or empathy?"
Rowena walked into the room and sat on the sofa without being asked by Princess Arabella or Yvonna to sit. Rowena relaxed on the sofa and put her feet on the table. "Because today I have a lot of free time and leisure. I will be happy to tell a story that started me being a woman who has no sympathy and empathy."
"My mother is the legal wife of a king, but unfortunately she is not treated with respect by the people in the kingdom. Even the concubine in the kingdom acts like she is a queen. How ignorant! Until one day the concubine tortured my mother cruelly. You know what she did? She whipped my legs so I couldn't walk near my mother. Then she ordered the guards to cut off my mother's legs, kick my mother's pregnant belly, and take a very dangerous poison on my mother. Then after my mother finished drinking poison, she cut her tongue and skinned her face alive," said Rowena who looks nostalgic with her past.
"Even the concubine and her children watched the torture procession from start to finish. Then she locked my mother and me in a small room for two weeks. After that my mother died from the poison she was taking at that time. As a result, I was locked up again for another two Weeks with my mother's corpse which had begun to decompose. When it had been a month that the concubine had locked us in, she finally opened the door. She ordered the guards to drag my mother's body and throw it into the forest. Isn't that damn woman very cruel? But only because of her child who just born dead, she was already crying hysterically like that," added Rowena.
Yvonna who heard the story immediately stood up and shouted. "SO YOU'RE THE PERSON WHO KILLED MY CHILDREN!"
Rowena laughed loudly again. "Shouldn't you say it's nice to meet you instead of accusing me of that, Your Majesty."
"Damn it! It turned out that you were the culprit. You killed my son. What a vile woman! You're just like your mother who-"
Before Yvonna finished speaking, Rowena immediately got up and pointed the small dagger she had intentionally tucked under her leg towards Yvonna's neck. "STOP FUCKING MY MOTHER WITH YOUR FUCKING MOUTH! I COULD KILL YOU HERE NOW, YOU BITCH!"
"Grand Duchess, how can you threaten a guest like that," said Princess Arabella, feeling confused.
"Shut up! You guys should have kept your mouths tighter. Just imagine what if I tell you the truth that my mother died because of you? Do you think they will keep the engagement?" Rowena walked away from the room because her emotions could no longer be controlled.
The woman immediately returned to her residence with a broken feeling. But before she managed to get out of the palace, she met His Majesty the Emperor, Prince Helios, and King Edelle, who incidentally was her biological father was talking to a man who he could not see his face clearly but the shape of his back was very familiar to him.
"Rowena, what need did you stop by the palace for?" asked the Emperor.
Rowena smiled a little. "I just met with concubine Yvonna and Princess Arabella."
"By the way, I will introduce you to King Edelle's nephew," said His Majesty the Emperor while pointing at the man whose back was familiar to Rowena.
The man turned and looked at Rowena's face intensely. Rowena, who finally saw the man's face, covered her mouth in surprise. "Ash?"
"It seems you already know Duke Ash Wright de Vinette, Rowena," said His Majesty the Emperor.
"We both met when we were in Scarka," Rowena replied.
Ash also smiled. "Yes, the Grand Duchess is right. We met once in Scarka. I was so fascinated by her courage and beauty, without thinking I immediately proposed to her to be my wife even though it ended in refusal."
"You're too hasty when chasing a woman, Ash," said King Edelle.
Rowena kept staring at Ash so anyone who saw her would think Rowena had fallen in love with him.
"King Edelle, can you grant me this little wish of mine?" said Rowena.
"Of course, Your Majesty the Grand Duchess. Just granting your request is with my pride," King Edelle replied.
"I want Ash to be brought to my residence even when you return to your kingdom, he will still be with me," said Rowena.
King Edelle laughed wryly. "If I may ask, why are you detaining my niece, Your Highness the Grand Duchess?"
"Of course to satisfy my lust," answered Rowena with a wink.
Both King Edelle, His Majesty the Emperor, to Prince Helios were wide-eyed when they heard Rowena's words.
"Of course you can. But in any case we still have to hear Ash's opinion," replied King Edelle which melted the atmosphere that had just frozen just now.
Ash smiled cheerfully and replied, "Of course I am very willing."
"Okay then. Let's go home together to my residence. Since my business here is finished, I'll allow myself to resign first, Your Majesty. See you later." Rowena grabbed Ash's hand and walked away from the palace.