"It is a great privilege that Your Highness would care to know a humble lady like myself. I am really flattered." Regina smiled and Neriah held back a scoff.
"Well, the truth is, no matter what I do, I shall always be a foreigner on these lands." Neriah began her acting.
"Oh, no Your Highness, please do not think that way. You are the wife or Ba— His Highness, hence you are one of us now." Regina assured her and cringed her nose as though she smelt something.
"Please, you are just being modest. I know what everyone thinks of me. They think I am a crazy princess. And I do not blame them, my reputation precedes me." Neriah faked a sad sorrowful laugh and watched for a reaction from Regina. But all she saw was that cringe of her nose again.
"Your Highness that—"
