The sun rises on the horizon, shining brightly at the kingdom. The birds are chirping, Aya and Lun Re are now with their hairs more shiny, silky and healthy due to the hair product of Amethyst. Nothing too new.
Amethyst is taking care of the prince's simple injury that happened when he was training, starting from the shoulder and finishing in the arm.
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"Aaand done. This is a very light injury, your highness." I finish the bandage.
"In less than 3 days, the injury will be completely healed. Remember, No scratching."
The prince nodded, adjusting his clothes.
"Honestly, I'm very impressed to know that you are an expert physician and scientist at such a young age. You must have studied very very hard to have such knowledge." Commented Aya, while taking a bite of the fried shrimp I did for us and the prince.
Lun Re looks at her, dead in the eye before approaching me. With a simple "if you may.", he shows my clan marks in my neck to her. I let him do his thing, it's harmless anyways.
"Oh." Came out from Aya's mouth, forgetting that fact about my origins and clan.
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I rub my OwlHeart mark discreetly for a very brief moment, remembering how these two were squishing me last night.
Aya was literally snuggling her face on my breast, and I could feel Junzhi's teeth scratching my neck, as if I was some type of hugging pillow.
"Anyways. Lady Amethyst, this is the most crispy spicy fried shrimp I ever ate!! Who taught you?" Enthusiastically Aya asked, with her big round eyes.
"It is a snack that my father loves to do when he wants to eat something spicy." I responded, with a sincere smile. Ha, it was always fun to see him coming with a bowl full of Shrimp to me, my siblings and my mother eat together.
"For an external selling handler, he certainly has a good taste in snacks." Commented Junzhi, Chioko and Tulipa agree with him.
"Not only being good with business, sir Satoshi is also good with science and machines. Let alone his wife, Dionisia Najo, being the 5 principal sanctuary residents of Madam of Magic's Sanctuary, was the top 3 best doctors of the kingdom, and a very pretty lady. They both aged like wine." The prince yaps, before noticing my judgmental look straight to him.
"They are happily married, your highness." I cut him dryly, which makes him become embarrassed by his sudden fangirling over my parents.
"Yes... My apologies..."
***
As Nayoto was explaining why it is dangerous to have a person from the medical and scientific fields as an enemy, the door suddenly opens, entering none other than the third princess, princess Daia, and two of her Ladies-in-waiting next to her. Wow, how great.
She scans the room, locating me, Tulipa and Aya, before going directly to the prince.
"I came here to get them to accompany me to the tea party. Free them NOW!!!" She commanded, not leaving room for argument.
The prince sighs in frustration, before looking at us with an apologetic gaze.
"Okay, as you wish." He sighs cynically. "Who do you want to bring with you?"
"The suprisingly menacing eyes over there, the white skin like a ghost, and the short chubby one."
"You don't have to talk like that about them, you know? They might be my assistants but they're still rational living beings, and have feelings." The prince scolds the princess.
"I don't care!!! They are mere servants and that's all." She refutes. "Now you three come, you will change clothes to look more like MY ladies-in-waiting and we will go."
Us three look at each other, before going. This will be a loooong day.
***
In the carriage, we were sitting still, with the same type of hairstyle and makeup. We were quiet, already knowing what type of brat we are dealing with. The fourth princess was also there, sitting next to her sister, and lady Wuxunle was sitting next to Aya.
"You better behave in the way I explained, you have to mirror my unique and perfect personality, but just a bit, I don't want to have people like you three having the same only-mine energy as I."
The audacity of this girl...
"Oh, quit it!!"
Suddenly, princess Dunishia says rudely to her sister.
"No one wants to have a ludicrous personality of yours."
"How can you—" princess Daia is incredibly offended.
"Stop, I don't wanna hear it." Princess Dunishia cuts her with a wave of her hand. "You're saying the same thing since we entered the carriage as if they didn't understand what you meant!"
Princess Daia was speechless, I could sense a vein popping out of her, but hey, that's my girl princess Dunishia starting to be aware of her privileges and own power. Results of what I advised her in the healing times until now.
After that, they didn't pass anymore words until arriving at the point of the tea party.
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We arrive at the point and... Wait... It's in the Big White House...?
I looked at the building, very confused and without understating anything, the girls seemed like they noticed my confusion.
Tulipa places a hand in my hand.
"Lady Amethyst, did something happened here?" Aya holds my shoulder, giving me any support if wanted.
I only shake my head in denial, not ready to tell her, yet.
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"Look, Is princess Dunishia!!!"
"Wow, she looks healthier than before!!!"
"I can't believe she's actually here."
...
"Is that...?"
"No way..."
"She actually arrived... With new ladies-in-waiting even..."
Princess Daia opens her fan while, her arrogance being eminent in each step.
It's a party for noble teenagers and princesses of the four states. I remember in my 13s going to accompany my older sister when she was 16 in parties like these.
Everyone bows at the royal princesses, since they're practically daughters of the Emperor, showing respect for their presence.
A woman, resident of the house, and with a pendant of the Big White House approaches the princesses, greeting them.
"Royal princesses Daia and Dunishia, what a great and very big honour to be blessed by your presence in our humble party. You may sit here, we reserved a seat just for you two."
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The princesses were sitting at the big table with the other teenagers, while the accompanies like assistants and ladies-in-waiting standing behind them. They were chatting, laughing, eating the sweet, while we were there, miserable, hungry, with nothing more than... Oh, wait, they dismissed us to eat something.
Some of the ladies-in-waiting of the guests were approaching us for a little chat, well, me, Tulipa and Aya didn't see anything wrong with chatting, so we would chat with them as well. It was all peaceful until I hear a certain comment.
"Your grace, remember prince Tsukedu? Well he's my boyfriend now."
The owner of the tea party, Masha, says loudly and clearly, in a way of trying to embarrass the princess.
"So what? I'm sure that you put something on him to fall in love with you, because he loved me first." Princess Daia retaliates. "Besides, you never were able to control your own envy, I bet that this relationship will not last long."
Teen drama!!!!
Me, Tulipa and Aya look at each other with a 'are you seeing the same me?' Face, nodding at each other in agreement. We kept watching because... Well, what if?
The discussion was heating up, with princess Masha increasing more and more her voice while princess Daia was maintaining her composure, not letting her insults affect her. Some guests (her group of friends) were trying their best to calm down the girl, but no avail. At this moment, I'm sure a plate or two will fly on the table.
And I was right.
Masha, out of anger, throws a plate full of food towards the princess. The plate was about to touch her face when I summon my wings to use them as a shield, maing sure the food or the plate doesn't reach the princess.
The guest gasps in shock at such action.
"Attacking a royal member is a very disrespectful act of going against the emperor. Severe circumstances will be taken if this happens again." Aya holds and warns Masha, who huffs in anger before leaving the table.
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Not too far, the woman who greeted the royal princesses was staring at Amethyst's wings, with the help of her friends, Tulipa and Aya, cleaning the dirt of the white feathers with black patterns, her eyes had widen when she instantly recognized the patterns in it.
"No... Is not possible... Is she who I think it is...?" The woman ponders for a moment.
"Thinking about me, lady?"
The woman backs a bit as Amethyst suddenly appears right in front of her, with a big smirk in her face.
"What, how did you—"
"I can tell just by looking." Amethyst responds. "Remember me? The 'human' young woman that arrived here by the kidnappers and you sold as a servant of the Emperor's palace?"
"Oh... I... I remember, but how did you have wings now? I didn't felt any animalistic nature in you before and even now. It's your familiar or..."
"You truly seem to forget me. Let's restart the conversation again." Amethyst smirks. "How are you doing? Enoko Kikyou."
Her eyes widen in shock as she finally realizes who she is, the words vanishing from her mouth.
"What? Surprised to see the girl who always surpassed you in every discipline of the witch academy, becomes one of the top 3 best students quicker than you, is now being face-to-face in your workplace?" Amethyst coldly joked and bragged, knowing very well that she touch a hurtful topic for Enoko.
She leans close to her ear, whispering coldly.
"See? the fact that I could still trick people and contain my animalistic nature in my essence tells that you still have things to learn."
With a blown kiss, Amethyst leaves Enoko be and goes away, giggling.
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Princess Daia and princess Dunishia gave their last words before deciding to leave the tea party early, since princess Daia didn't want to be in that place anymore after literally being thrown a plate full of food. I understand her, I wouldn't want to be here either if it was me in her place.
When they stand up, very suddenly...
"Oh, you will leave right now? Right in the time the biscuits arrived."
Two pirates appears sit on the table, one woman, one man... Both of them have the rose Coat of Arms in their clothes.
"Do not fret, yet, we just here for a reunion." Says the guy with a playful smirk.
"Enoko, please lead us the way." Murmurs the woman, which Enoko just complies.
Enoko opens a portal, leading them to enter. Before she enter, she glares at me with hate, and I, of course, wink at her.
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Now, going back to the palace, I sit there, pondering for a moment.
If they have the same Coat of Arms that I found out in that rose monster, and the same that Nurse Rose uses, then it means... that must exist an certain organization...
The girls of that night, by they words, were sent by nurse Rose to kill the eighth concubine and disguise as a suicide. Nurse Rose probably was involved in the sudden infants death months ago provoked by the baby porridge, yet when I reported about it, surprisingly, she wasn't arrested but the other nurse that works with her was...
Hm, this is a big discovery, but let's not talk to the prince yet, I just need one confirmation of something first...
And that's what would be, the culmination of something bigger than I thought.