"Thank you for waiting" a girl said to a maid who's waiting for her a few hours already.
Grace hugged her lady, Zeianna is so glad seeing her in happiness. They walked until they reached the carriage and drove away from the port.
The blooming garden of the Emery mansion is the thing Zeianna saw first. It is full of red roses, jasmines, hydrangeas, and flowers that creates a great pattern of smells.
The duke is on the receiving room, hugging her which shocked her. 'So new, so warm' she said in her thoughts. Her hands automatically hugged him.
She doesn't know what would be next. But she wished that nothing will happen, or she will never do the things she desired in her first life— that ended in a miserable way.
"A letter from the imperial family" her butler gave her a letter sealed with a gold and blue wax.
The wax are as statuesque as the Imperial family's signature hair and eye color. As she opened the envelope, an elegant handwriting enchant her.
She focused on what does the letter content. And in her awe, she quickly accept the letter for princess Caliana's tea party.
"My lady" the maid come in, Zeianna let her speak as the room's presence became cold.
She wore a white dress, embroidered in white rose flower, adorned with a white fan, mixed with red charm, and white heels that shines in the radiating sun's presence.
She got down from the carriage and welcomed by a noble woman named Contessina. "what a wonderful afternoon for a wonderful lady" she said, hugged her like she's an angel, greeting another spirit from the heavenly realm as she acts.
"You too my lady Contessina" she said in her plastic voice. As fake as her happy expression, as fake as the two hugging like best friends.
In everyone's eyes, their friendship are infinite, enough to lost their thoughts, just Zeianna and Contessina.
But no one knew, the actions they're showing on each other, are two faced acts that needs to be shown, for the peace between two estates.
"Well, look at that guy, is he your personal knight your highness?" the lady of house of Jones, Melissa started.
She saw the young knight walking across the garden, back and forth. As Caliana called him, the knight came by, making Melissa blushed on his stance.
"Greetings your highness" the guard said, the princess looked at him with grace, as she spoke. "someone wants to meet you, in the gazebo at the west wing of the palace" she said. "later, six o'clock in the evening" she added.
"You don't have to say the—"
"Thank you for the information your highness. I will be seeing them later in the evening, and that person must be gifted with prosperity" he said, and left the garden. Melissa flustered in awkwardness.
Zeianna stared at them, shaking her head in annoyance. "seriously lady Melissa?" she said.
Melissa nodded while enjoying sipping the tea, the other ladies blushed and wished for a man like him, but only Zeianna was disappointed in the ladies fascination.
When the clock strikes at six o'clock, a person named Darius waited in a gazebo, where his highness told him to. A few minutes later, a woman whose hair are in her braids, a beige dress, came by.
Melissa smiled. "what a lovely night to be here outside" she started. Darius stunned while looking at the person the princess told him.
A noble lady from a house of Jones, lady Melissa Jones, who's betrothed to the son of another nobleman, who's looking for true love, met the person who works under the crown princess.
"It is lovely indeed, to be in a night's light with you, my lady" he said. He raise his head up and upon looking on her eyes, he asked. "are you that someone that the highness told me to meet?" Melissa nodded and to her shock, the knight gave her a white rose.
"What a lovely flower" Melissa said, smelling the rose.
"With a pure soul like you, you deserve a white rose" he said, she blushed of what the man said, and nodded.
"W-what a great word" she mumbled, a man smiled. No noble women said those words as he is in a lower class, he is a writer, but none of them appreciates it because he's a low class man that happens to be a Knight of the Rufino empire after his older brother passed away from the war.
As they got a little bit conversation, Melissa realized that time is ticking fast, so he bid goodbye to the man, hoping they would meet again.
Zeianna looked at the moon in her balcony. It was shining so bright, she remembered what Clara said before she departed in the Hamelia empire.
'"The moon's beautiful, it allures the people especially when it's the night of the thunder" she said while enjoying the sight of the moon, reading a book in a middle of the night.
The thunder strikes so bright, and when it fades, a young girl come out from the electricity of the lightning. As she fly from her balcony, she sat and spoke.
"The thunder is the significant power of the royal family of the Hamelia imperialist while the Rufino's female war soldier's significant power is blood" she said, staring at her oh so seriously.
She raised her left eyebrow. "why are you looking at me like that?" she asked. Suddenly, a rumble of a thunder strikes, replaced with a red moon, while the two people from different empire stare at each other.
"A Juvelino... A blood lady soldier of the Rufino empire, isn't that you?" she asked, not breaking the staring contest.
Not until she expect the unexpected. A glowing blue in her eyes and a thunder turned into blue, as blue like her eyes.
A hidden power, her eyes are black and blue is beneath it.
Zeianna chuckled. Her dark red eyes flared, and the whole atmosphere became red, as red as the blood.
Clara's eyes widen, and decided to back out. The peace was shown on the above. "I'm sorry for my wrongdoings, my lady" she apologized. Zeianna ended up smiling.
"It's okay" she said, Clara bid goodbye but before she got out of her room, she said something that will never be able to get out of her head again. "using a power against me will never bring you anywhere positive but only demise will be your friend if you dare lay your finger on me..."