"Daisy~~ Is it wrong that I asked his majesty to take an empress?" I said as soon as I opened the door and everyone who heard me turned silent and have a slump.
Daisy was in a state of shock that he dropped the vase she was holding.
"You shouldn't pressure your father on marrying, your majesty" she said as she ran towards me.
"Why? He was telling me to be a ruler in the future and I despise the idea of it" I said while I was grumbling.
"You are rejecting the most sought position in the empire? But why?" she asked while she was studying my face.
"You know Daisy~ I just want to live the most of my life" I replied and now her eyes are filled with water, she was just nodding continuously.
By the way I remembered that Theo was waiting for me, I just don't know if he is still here though but it is worth to try right?
I went to the sparing hall and he really is here focusing on his training.
"Please~ have mercy Theo… If you practice even harder then how can I defeat you?" I said with a pout as I was approaching him.
"Ha! Greetings your highness! You're very humble when you are the person who already at her sixth mana star in the age of fourteen not to mention that I can sense your aura is getting far more unreachable" he said while he was smiling at me.
"I heard you're an aura master. Am I wrong?" I asked while I was focused one his expression.
"I am still on the verge of making it to be an aura master your highness. I guess they call you as a talent of the century" he grinned.
"Oh really? Then it is an honor for you to be sparring with someone of my caliber" I grinned and his face was in a state of shock but then he laughed.
"You know why I leveled up so fast?" I told him while I swing the sword around.
"Hmmm… Are you sharing it to a humble servant like me?" he asked.
"It's simple… Every night, since I was seven I think when His Majesty is showing his affection publicly. I don't even know if that is so called affection tho. I was exposed to assassination attempts every night at my chamber. They know when to attack because it was a time where Carl will take a rest for a while and at first it was only one person per day then it eventually increased to two, three and until now we are having a clash in my room in the middle of the night with 10 assassins. Well, I always cleanup for the mess I created and incinerated those bodies far from the castle where they are nothing but ash" I said with a very weird smile present in my face but instead of running away from me or looking at me with a terrifying emotion. He hugged me tightly as he continuously caress my hair to calm me down.
"It is okay your highness. You don't have a choice" he said and I didn't even notice that I was trembling.
Well I guess, I did promise myself not to kill anyone in this life but even though I wanted to die. I am still striving to keep my life at all cost. Those memories always come to chase me even in my dreams.
"Your Highness… It is time for your daily dose" Lucian said with his eyebrows almost meeting each other as he was so focused on him. It is as if he will shoot a bullet on Theo's head.
"Already? But can we eat dinner first with Theo and Igna--" Lucian cut my words by immediately covering my mouth. I bite his hand so that he will move it away but he tightens his grip and I felt his other hand wrapped around my waist as if he was going to kidnap me.
"Is it alright to treat a princess harshly?" Theo said and I can feel his sharp gaze to Lucian.
"Well… We are close enough to do such things. She owes me something and I also owe her something." He shrugged his shoulders.
"She owes you nothing. She is the only child of the Emperor and you are treating her as your equal." Theo said
I understand why he is feeling this way because it is true that I as a princess must maintain my conduct to my subjects but I let Lucian treat me as an equal which is not supposed to be.
I was about to flip him up but he was anchored to the ground and he gave me a mischievous grin.
"Ha! Let us see if you can flip me" he said with a very devilish smile.
I smiled back at him then "Do you think I have only one weapon hidden in my sleeves?" I told him then in a second, he was sent flying and slammed to the ground.
"Oww" he said and was then he was looking up in an awe
"I can't feel my body. You used your force, didn't you?" he said as he was sharply looking at me.
"I don't know what you are talking about" I said as I look anywhere but him. I was whistling and pretending not to care but then I smiled purely and offered my hand to help him up.
"Need some help?" I said and he covered his face with his arm but then I saw him smile underneath his arm.
"Absolutely" Lucian replied as he eventually reach my hand. I pulled him up but we almost forgot about Theo.
"Ahem" he cleared his voice and we look at his direction.
"Theo~ Let's go eat? Join us in our supper" I offered and leaned forward to him as I was smiling widely at him.
His face is turning red "Can I really join?" he asked as he was acting cute again.
"You should keep your decorum as a princess" Lucian said and I immediately gave him a sharp glare.
"I always do this to you and not to mention that I was actually doing this to you very often." I said and he just turned me around and push me forward.
"Let's go… Do you really want his majesty to wait?" Lucian asked
"Tsk! Ignatius can wait. Don't you know that he never gets angry to me even when I am late every meal" I replied.
As soon as we arrived in the hall, I was getting ready to strike and Theo was confused about what I'm doing but Lucian just kept his mouth shut and was at ease.
I stole the guard's sword and immediately coat it with mana as I immediately ran to Ignatius' neck but he blocked it with just a table knife without even using a bit of his mana or force.
"Nice try daughter" he said as he takes a sip of his tea and I was just grumbling out of anger.
"Ha!" I just said and pulled a dagger on my leg and tried to strike another blow but he immediately deflected it.
I tried another way but every time I strike, he was blocking every one of my strikes.
"Can we just eat quietly?" Lucian interrupted and I just gave him a glare.