"Shia can you deliver this to Mrs. Peterson?" the baker said and give her 2 bags of bread
"Then I'll be going!!" she smiled and walks out of the bakery
She look at the sun that shines brightly
'Today is a good day' she thought to herself while wearing a smile and walking happily in the streets
"Hey!! Look the Imperial Sign!!" she look at the direction where people are pointing
They are pointing a white carriage that has a sign of the Empire
'Is this a public announcement?' she stop walking and wait for the people inside the carriage to get down
People starts to gather around the streets while waiting
"Is this a announcement of the birth of our prince!?" people starts whispering on their own, Duke Rian came out while holding a red scroll
"Is that!! The Duke!!!" Anastashia stare at the man while froze in her position
"I'm here to deliver the Emperor's words!!" he roll the scroll down
"My beloved citizens, I would like to invite you to the palace tomorrow as the sun sets" Rian look around while reading the message
"I want to celebrate with everyone because the birth of our first prince is near" the people starts whispering again
"I hope you all can come and have fun I wish to see you all tomorrow" she felt her throat get dry, very dry
"This is an invitation for everyone!!" then the knights start giving an envelope to each person
"That's all" Rian close the scroll and wait the knights to finish handling out the invitation
"Miss" she accept the invitation and smile weakly to the knight
As the sun shines brightly he notice that pink hair that's been glowing with the sunlight and her purple eyes was blinging as if it was the rarest pair of jewels
'Anastashia' he called her in his mind, he start walking towards her direction but she look at him telling not come any more closer
"Sir?" a knight called out
"Is everything okay?" he asked and look back at the knight
"Yes, his majesty is looking for you" the knight open the carriage door he immediately look around before riding the carriage again but he found no one
"Then let's go back" he sigh making the knight confused
"Mrs. Peterson!! Your breads are here" she called while knocking at the door
"Oh!! Shia!!! Perfect timing" Mrs. Peterson open the door happily
"I came to deliver your breads" shia smile sweetly as she give the bags of breads to her
"Come in first shia!!" Mrs. Peterson said as she open the door for her
"SHIA!!" the daughter of Mrs. Peterson jump and hug her tightly
"Calm down Lili!!" the son pulled lili away from her
"Hahaha good day Lili and Ren" Shia smile to them
"Ah... Good morning Shia" Ren shyly greet
"The 3 of you come here and have some breakfast" Mrs. Peterson said while preparing some extra plate for shia
Lili pull her to the table so she won't be able to say no to them
"Shia are you going to the party tomorrow!?" Lili excitedly ask making her flinch
"Let's go together!!" she hold her hands and smile brightly putting her in a tight position
"Don't be pushy Lili" Ren said and look at Shia
"If you don't want you come it's fine you know" he said and smile sweetly
"Ah" then it hits her
She cannot continue living like this, she cannot live with a broken heart forever if this continues, the people around her will be sad and will leave her sooner or later
"I'll go" she smile sweetly to the family
"Then!!! Let's dress up together" Lili said excitedly
"I need to dress up pretty so that nobles will notice me and when I did I'll get married to a rich and handsome noble" she starts to day-dream making shia sigh
"Now now... finish your breakfast and check some clothes at the store" Mrs. Peterson said and they start digging in
'Is not a bad thing to say goodbye one last time, after the banquet I should move to another empire'
The day passed so fast, they look around the stores to buy new clothes, jewelries, shoes but Anastasia didn't bought a single thing for herself
"She sure is late" a man enter her house making butterflies suddenly appear
"Calm down it's me" Rian remove his cape showing his face clearly to the butterflies
"Sorry for intruding" he politely bow to them making the butterflies disappear one by one
"Is she not coming home today?" he ask the only butterfly who left
The butterfly swing left right left right
"I see, is she busy now?" he ask once again and the butterfly fly up down up down
"Is she preparing for tomorrow?" the butterfly once again fly up down up down
"Then... I'll leave this here" he take out a black invitation with a purple imperial stamp seal
"I hope you can deliver this to her" the butterfly took the invitation and quickly place it at the table
Then suddenly another butterfly appeared carrying a green rose
"That..." Rian was shocked by the actions of the butterfly
The butterfly place it on top of the invitation and disappear instantly
"Thank you" He smiled
'We want our Master to be happy' he suddenly look at the butterfly who is flapping its wings right infront of him
'I hope you did this because she will be happy again' then the butterfly disappear
"I..." He clench his fist
"I don't think this will make Ana happy" he turn around and walk towards the door
"Forgive me"