Zeianna leave the office to go to her room to sleep, but when she touched the doorknob of her bedroom, she stared at the moon again, as red as blood.
'The moon wasn't like this in the past few days' she think, worriedly. 'How could the moon be like that? This never happened unless a war is now near.'
'Just... Did the crown prince provoked the emperor of Hamelia until both parties decided war?'
She sighed, and stared at the window, suddenly, a stinky stench smells nearby in the mansion.
It smells like blood, she walked through it, and suddenly, she was caught, by the same guard of the same empire.
"Good heavens, I thought she will never wake up" ended nervousness of the maid's presence filled the bedroom. She woke up, touching her forehead.
"Greetings my lady" the maid lowered her head. She nodded. Another maid offered her tea that she gladly accepted. She drank it and asked, "what happened?"
"We saw you lying on the ground" the maid started. "but when we tried to wake you up, you're screaming at us to stop" she said. She felt sorry for those maids who doesn't have bad intentions on her.
But she was dreaming that time... How can she believe that she's in a garden that now she was brought in a bedroom?
"I'm sorry for my actions earlier" she said, fingers clicking on the teacup. She bit her lower lip and looked at the window. It's already morning.
"My lady, I already draw you a bath" another maid announced. Zeianna came to the bathroom and take a bath.
"What happened?" Zeianna asked while the maid is scrubbing her arms with brush that is filled with soap.
"I don't know, I was asleep at that time" she said, still scrubbing her arm. "if I am dreaming, then why am I in the garden according to them?" she asked.
"Maybe you were sleepwalking? Or astral projection?" she answered. Zeianna doesn't know what to do and how to prevent those.
But one thing is for sure, a knight from the kingdom wants to take her away.
But what is their motive and why do they want her so badly?
She needs to find out.
"Strolling in the garden will help you to release stress" her nanny said while combing her long, black hair that extends back her shoulders. She braid it as usual, a hairstyle that she like so much.
"But the garden... Maybe I should add security more, right?" she said. Her nanny nodded, a sign that she agreed to her suggestion. "but whenever I add security there, next day they will be dead. I don't want the security and the knights of Emery fall down"
"I'm afraid to take risks"
"Then train them" she said, now she looks flawless with the outfit she chose.
She looks at herself through the mirror.
"Maybe training them would be great. Thanks nanny"
A few weeks later...
"Welcome to the Emery knights dear fellows, today, our training will take place depending on the group you are in!" she announced. Zeianna's red brooch that is attached on her black cape is shining from the sun's brightness. The wind is so better that the cape and her hair is swaying in its dance.
The people, who successfully accepted into the participation of the Emery knights and Emery guards of rhinestones, are here in the training grounds. They were grouped into two, and each one will be the member of either a knight or a guard.
"I, Zeianna Yves Emery, will assure your safety until the end!" her high voice assures the people in their stead. The people's hearts are filled with encouragement to fight for the Emery family.
The people are now divided into two groups, and the two groups has each function.
The Emery guards of rhinestones' job is to be the guard of the dukedom and carry task that is all within the family. The Emery knights are trained to be the soldiers of the dukedom, as well as to protect the empire from enemies.
The new recruits are busy with their training, while Zeianna is staring at them, together with her trusted knight on their wing, Michael.
"The trainees are seemed to be energetic, perhaps they really desired to protect this aristocratic family" he said, looking at her staring at the trainees whilst writing a journal.
"I should not disturb your privacy my lady, I'm sorry about that"
"It's alright, I'm writing about the actions of the new recruits" she said, closing the journal.
Evening passed, and they are on a wine bar near the capital. The recruits, nearly on one hundred members, rented the whole bar.
"Greetings your ladyship" one of the recruits said. The male bartender put a drink in her cup.
"Try it, it's delicious!" another recruit named Jadon said and put the glass of wine in front of her table.
A wine that is made by grapes, extracted with berry juices. It may be mistaken by a juice at first but it's a wine based on the ingredient that is alcohol.
She like this drink but when she discovered it was wine, she stopped drinking it.
She looked at the wine. She asked the recruit. "is this grapes? Or wine?"
"It's grapes mixed with wine, don't worry my ladyship, it will never make you drunk due that it has lower alcohol percentage"
She raised her left eyebrow, she chuckled and hold the glass of wine. "make sure that it has lower alcohol percentage, or I'll get drunk, which I don't want to"
She drank the wine, the taste of grapes dominates more than wine, two, three, and so on, she never get drunk.
'He's right, I never get drunk and the grapes dominates the drink'
The recruits enjoyed their first night in the bar together with their ladyship, and ended up drunk due to wine's strong dominance.
The bartender opened the store, only to saw many people sleeping.
He saw a noble woman who's also sleeping, he tapped her shoulders, which she respond so fast.
"What time is it? Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were my maid" Zeianna said in her sleepy voice.
"Oh. I'll pay you" she said, putting bags of money in the table, the bartender accepted the payment.
Zeianna woke up, seeing the recruits sleeping, she smiled.
'At last, they finally made a friend like what I said to make them feel at ease'