The queen of Shovalon, Queen Valeria, had various hobbies when she was still alive. The people of Shovalon knew that she loved gardening so much. That was why the palace of Shovalon used to be the most beautiful in the world.
Not only that, but she was also the one who planned the layout of the gardens outside the palace, making her earn the title of "The Shovalon's Architect."
But, aside from her hobby related to flowers and other plants, she was also known for her painting skill.
Queen Valeria would paint anything she saw, whether it was people or her favorite flowers. And among the people who often became the object for her hobby, the beautiful princess of Shovalon was her favorite.
That was why the silver-haired princess dominated the paintings she made fourteen years ago. Feeling satisfied with her masterpieces, she used her paintings to decorate the palace.
Queen Valeria looked like she was having an art exhibition back then. Every wall in the palace couldn't escape from her paintings, including the walls in the princess' bedchamber.
The chamber that belonged to the princess was full of the paintings of the princess back then.
However, fourteen years had passed, and Princess Ievna knew that things had changed. The Wemor witches conquered Shovalon fourteen years ago, and they may have burned all the paintings to ashes.
If only one of her paintings remained in the chamber now, then it would be easy for her to prove that she was indeed the princess of Shovalon.
Princess Ievna knew that it would not be easy for her to prove that she was the real princess, but she was still confident when she answered Prince Reigen's question.
Unfortunately, Princess Ievna wasn't the only one who could be confident this time. Prince Reigen, who was still standing two feet in front of her, also wore a confident expression on his face.
"I heard a famous story about the royal family of Shovalon who had beautiful silver hair. Even the queens who married the kings also had silver hair. I don't know what kind of magic the Shovalon royal family had, but I just saw that you don't have that legendary silver hair. On the contrary, your hair is a dull red that cannot be compared to the silver hair."
Princess Ievna looked taken aback by Prince Reigen's statement. It could be said that she had almost forgotten that she no longer had her precious silver hair. Because of the curse, her hair turned red like red rose petals.
When she brought her silver eyes to catch a glimpse of the hair covering her shoulders, she knew that she couldn't use her hair to prove her true identity.
She also had a pair of beautiful silver eyes as the legend said, but that would not be enough to prove her identity as the princess of Shovalon without the presence of her silver hair.
Legend had it that all of the Shovalon royal family had silver hair and a pair of silver eyes, and if one of them was not present, then that person was not of the Shovalon royal family.
Now the princess of Shovalon had complicated thoughts again, 'I won't be able to prove my identity without revealing the story about the curse. My silver hair turned red because of the curse, so I have to tell the prince the truth to prove my identity.'
Even if she couldn't guarantee that the prince would be willing to help her even after he found out about the curse, she had no other choice.
"I was cursed," the princess began to tell the truth. "Sharass, Wemor's strongest witch, cursed me to become a red rose. That's why my silver hair turned red."
It seemed that in Prince Reigen's eyes, what the princess had just said was a funny joke, and he ended up laughing at the words. "Cursed by the strongest witch of Wemor and your silver hair turned red? Your imagination is too high. Do you think I will believe you?"
Princess Ievna clenched her fists. She couldn't turn into her human form as she wished, and neither could she transform into the red rose form as she wished.
When the sun rose, she would automatically transform into her human form, and when the sun left the Earth, she would go back to her red rose form.
That happened in a circle during Spring, and she didn't have the power to control the transformation at all.
Princess Ievna knew that she couldn't prove her words by turning herself into a red rose, but she still had an idea in her mind.
Glancing over the prince's broad shoulders, she could see the empty vase on the nightstand. It was just an ordinary vase, and even if the red rose had left the vase, the glass vase would always remain the same.
"You found a red rose in the tower last night, right? Now the red rose is not in the vase because the red rose has turned into me," Princess Ievna spoke again as she looked at the black-haired prince again.
Now it was the prince's turn to be surprised. He and Connad were the only ones who knew about the red rose last night, but the unknown girl in front of him suddenly mentioned the discovery of the flower.
The prince turned to the nightstand and immediately gasped in surprise. What the girl had just said was true as he could only see a vase without the red rose in it.
Not believing what he saw, Prince Reigen then turned around and charged towards the nightstand. He then took the empty vase and studied it. He was sure the red rose was still in the vase last night before he went to sleep, but now it was nowhere to be seen.
The prince turned to the red-haired girl again and glared at her dangerously. "You stole my red rose, didn't you? Now give me back my red rose or I'll cut off your head!"