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I AM NOT A NOBODY💯
When she went back into the library, hurriedly, both of them turned to each other and squealed in delight. Was that their mistress? Oh no! They didn't think that she was -but she was. Xiera dragged Vura to the couch outside the library that they had been lounging on before their lady had come out. She sat and made Xiera to also do so. Then, she looked towards the library, as if to make sure that her lady wasn't there, before she turned back to Vura and began talking.
'I think our Lady has fallen for the Emperor Vura,' she said candidly in a low whisper.
'What do you mean by that? She has always loved the Emperor!' she refuted her claim loudly. Xiera's hands flew quickly to cover her extra loud mouth.
'Can't you be any quieter? We are gossiping you know?' she told her. 'Talk in whispers, undecipherable whispers,' she advised her. 'Will you?' she asked. Vura nodded her a yes as she took her palms off her mouth.
'My Lady has always loved the Emperor Xiera, always. Their love is so warm and wonderful,' she said in a dreamy voice with equally dreamy eyes. 'Oh how I wish that I could experience such.'
'You mean that you love the Emperor also? You mean that you would most likely come between them when you want to do that? Do you even believe so? That's deranged!'
'Would you be any quieter? We are gossiping you know?' she mimed Xiera's panicky voice from earlier. 'Now look who is shouting,' she said with a sneer.
'Oh I didn't mean to, you just took me by surprise,' she apologized.
'Well, of course I love the Emperor. He is a good and lovable man. But not in the way you think I do. He is not the man for me. I am wishing to experience the type of their love with the right man for me,' she elaborated on the subject.
'Oh, I see.'
'Sometimes you are just so dumb and frustrating Xiera.'
'And sometimes you are just so loud and annoying,' Xiera retorted.
'Oh whatever,' was Vura's mocking reply to her. Xiera huffed at the playful gesture. They began to laugh once again when the noise from below came to them once again, disturbing them.
'You do not think that she will be Empress right? She will never be Empress,' Vura said with so much venom in her voice.
'I wish so too, but the Emperor has yet to reject her and their formal engagement. So tell me, how is that not going to be possible?' she grumbled in reply.
'Oh, I just know that she will never be Empress,' Vura said with so much confidence and conviction that for a moment she thought that Mayhap Vura was planning on getting rid of the supercilious Princess. She stared at her pointedly.
'How sure are you about this information Vura?' she said.
'Well, I am as sure as you looking like this after a second,' she boasted. Now that was some assurance.
'Why on earth are you so sure?' she demanded again.
'That is not something for you to know,' she teased. 'It is a top class elite secret,' she added with a mischievous glint in her eyes. Xiera blinked at teasing her words.
'Seriously? You are not going to tell me? Even after I tattled on our Lady to you? Come on, I told you every single thing she had done from the day she awoke,' she whined to Vura who only shrugged.
'I still won't say what is it, even if you held your sword to my neck.' Xiera gave up then.
'Anyways, if she won't be Empress, then, who will?' she asked with Vura with spite in her voice.
'You will know that when the time comes,' Vura said. Xiera turned slowly towards the library door and then turned back to her with a known question in her curious eyes. Vura held back her smile. 'You will know when the time comes,' she repeated mischievously. 'Now stop making wild guesses warrior.'
'Stop giving me vague answers you bat,' she yelled frustratedly at her. Vura laughed hard and long.
'You are steaming like a kettle of boiling water. Oh I got you so good,' she said proudly.
'I would still prefer the Lady to that haughty buffalo,' Xiera sneered, transferring her aggression to the Princess.
'Xiera!' Vura said in a warning tone, her voice low. She was looking at her with unbelievable eyes.
'What?'
'Buffalo?' she asked her with an extremely hard face.
'Of course!' Xiera snapped at her.
'Wow! Is that all you can come up with? A buffalo?' Xiera stared at her quizzically. She had thought that the lady was scolding her, but not anymore. 'I personally think that a hedgehog would be more suitable for a disdainful, contemptuous and arrogant Lady!' she said, finishing with a pant. They had a long stare down and then burst into hearty laughter.
'On my word, that was quite heavy,' she said when she could.
'It suits her more, doesn't it?'
'Oh I can't think of any better names, I really can't,' she said still laughing, filled with so much mirth.
'Oh I can! I can!' Vura announced.
'And what will that be?' Xiera asked her curiously, drawing closer.
'Peacock!' Vura said. Xiera's eyes widened in mock surprise and another round of laughter ensued between the two.
'Oh stop being so hilarious, you are killing me!' she groused happily as the hiccups got to her. Vura patted her back gently.
'Well, I am sorry if I am doing that. But it is a fact,' she smirked.
'Oh bother.' Then, they laughed again, happily, enjoying it all.
About thirty minutes to the lunch hour, Xiera went in to check on their lady and also to remind her that lunch was going to be served soon. She found her lady sprawled across one of the desk in the library. She ran to her. She found out that her Lady had only fallen asleep peacefully on the royal volume that she had been reading. She sighed in relief and gently nudged her awake. She sat up slowly, stretching and looked up at her with sleepy eyes.
'My Lady,' she paid homage with a small bow as usual.
'Xiera,' she said.
'My lady?' she answered her. 'It is almost the lunch hour,' she continued when her lady said nothing else. 'Please come have lunch and then nap in your bed. I am sure that here isn't by any means comfy for you.'
'Now that you have woken me up, I do not think that I can go back to sleep,' she said stifling a yawn against her palm. 'I would prefer to have lunch and then go out for a horse ride.'
'Alright My Lady.' She offered her hand to her lady who took it. She helped her stand to her feet, then they walked out of the library. She stopped at once when they were outside.
'Where is Vura?' she asked turning to her. Xiera smiled. Their mistress really cared about them.
'She has gone to tell Hyeera to have the lunch table going My Lady. We shall meet her in your bedroom,' she informed her.
'Oh I see. Let's hurry along then. I am quite hungry even when I stuffed myself very full at the hour to noon when I had a late breakfast because I slept in,' she voiced out.
'Yes My Lady.' They arrived the bedroom in no time. True to Xiera's words, Vura was standing outside the bedroom with a quality smile on her face. She bowed slightly to her mistress with a smile.
'My Lady.'
'Vura,' she acknowledged her. She went into the bedroom alone and met just Hyeera, standing by the lunch table, apparently waiting for her.
'My Lady,' she also greeted her with a small bow. She nodded in acknowledgement, waving her off. She was hungry, moreso especially at the sight of fine food.
'Nice going Hyeera,' she said before slowly sitting at the lunch table digging into the food.
'No problem My Lady, only eat well,' she told her. She nodded at the lady's words because her mouth was filled with food. Then, the lady left her to her meal which she enjoyed.
When she was done, she stepped out of the bedroom and found Vura and Xiera who had just also finished having lunch. Vura was trying to stuff a bunch of grapes into her pocket. The sight was a funny one that she just could not help laughing. They turned to their mistress. Xiera had an embarrassed smile on her face.
'Oh Xiera, anytime you want grapes you can have them. Why try to stuff those into your pockets?'
'It's just that I might get hungry later. Xiera tells me that you want to go for a ride and riding makes me feel really hungry thereafter.'
'Oh!' she said to her at her explanation. 'Have at it then. I don't want anyone hungry.'
'That means you still wish to go for a ride My Lady?' Xiera said.
'Yes I do.Would you please guide me to my horse, Red Rose?' she asked Xiera who nodded.
'Yes My Lady.' She turned and began to do so, leaving her Lady and Vura to follow behind her.
'I would also like a spar with you warrior Xiera,' her lady suddenly said, startling her.
'Me?' she asked halting and turning to her mistress.
'Yes, you. I have yet to spar with you great warrior Xiera,' she said to her with a smile.
'You completely flatter me My Lady,' she said with a slight bow.
'Great?' Vura murmured. 'Great indeed,' she said with jealousy. Xiera pushed her playfully.
'Are you jealous?'
'I, jealous? Of what? Of you?' she scoffed. 'Do you know how ridiculous that sounds?'
'Oh bother!' Xiera said and resumed leading her Lady to the stables. The walk to the stables was an enjoyable one. The soft breeze and the fragrance of various fresh flowers in bloom spiced it all up.
'Wait here My Lady,' Xiera said, 'I shall get your horse for you.'
'You had better make it real quick!' Vura said after her leaving back. She turned to her.
'I shall soon have your mouth sewn together,' she warned. Their feminine giggles rented the air. Their mistress watched them, enjoying their playful banter. Xiera finally went into the stables to get them horses, leaving Vura to guard the Lady.
The sound of approaching horses made them look up expectantly. But, it wasn't Xiera who had arrived. It was Princess Zoë Xing and her escort, Jessica -on horseback. She sneered at the sight of Lady Rose.
'Whore,' she greeted her as usual, dismounting from her horse. She was ignored, totally. 'Ignoring me will not change the fact that you are still a shameless dirty little white,' she said with an evil chuckle.
'Do not insult My Lady!' Vura snapped at her with so much venom.
'Do not address My Lady that way you sleazy low life!' Jessica said in retort. 'Who on earth is your mistress?' she added instantly.
'Exactly!' Princess Zoë Xing seconded her aide, causing Vura to grit her teeth in anger.
'Draw your sword and we will find out who my mistress is and also who that sleazy low life is!' Vura retorted with boiling anger.
'You do not stand a chance against me!' Jessica said.
'Draw your sword and we will see about that mouthful! Draw it and let us find out you coward!' She insulted her candidly.
'Leave them be Vura,' Lady Rose said to her aide. 'Allow them to keep addressing themselves and their predecessors.'
'Yes My Lady,' Vura said, backing down reluctantly, soothed only by the insult her Lady had just thrown at the two miscreants.
'How dare you? How dare you?! Who do you think you are?!' Princess Zoë Xing snapped at her. 'You are a nobody you little dirty whore!'
'Tell me, why does that bother you so much?' she retorted. Her casual repartee hit its mark. 'If I am a nobody, you are supposed to be unbothered Princess,' she mocked her. 'But it's obvious that you are not. That only means one thing, I am not a nobody. Now if you will please excuse us, we have to ride now and you are a bother,' she dismissed them. Vura smiled broadly behind her lady. She was extremely good with words. She had taught her well.
'You are just a pet! The Emperor's pet! You are only to be fed till you get fat! You have no future in this empire! Leave now while you still can.'
'Why should I?'
'After the Empress choosing ceremony, a new Empress will be chosen. You will become a royal concubine, pushed into the harem, forgotten,' she warned.
'Harem?' she asked. The words of the lady got to her because it was true but she refused to show it.
'It shall come as a surprise to you when that happens despite the fact that you have heard it now.'
'Thank you for the information Princess. I shall continually remember that you told me so,' she said with a mocking bow that had Vura laughing like a maniac.
'My Lady,' Xiera's voice accompanied the sound of horses. She had returned. They looked in her direction. 'The horses are ready,' she announced reaching them with the three horses.
'Red Rose!' she squealed going to her horse as if it were more important than the Princess -which it was. She caressed it lovingly. 'You smell just like roses Red Rose, don't you?' The horse grunted happily as if in response. She mounted the animal in one sleek move. Vura and Xiera followed suit with their horses. 'Let's have our ride shall we?'
'Yes My Lady,' the both of them answered her simultaneously. Princess Zoë Xing fumed angrily at being ignored.
'Princess Hera-Mera shall soon teach you your place Lady Rose,' she warned her.
'I will desperately look forward to that Princess Zoë Xing,' she drawled. Then, she gently urged her horse into a canter, her escorts following suit behind her, all three of them leaving a blown out of proportion Zoë standing there, sufficiently alight with the flames of anger.
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...OmaPhinaPhire🔥