(From Blue''s Perspective)


    "An excuse?" he repeated.


    "Yes," I said, nodding. "Oh, silly me! What am I even saying? Why would Crown Prince Carey make an excuse to meet the Queen of Querencia? Perhaps because I am sick, I am assuming unnecessary things."


    I had a feeling that he wanted to meet me for some reason. But I could not figure out why. I needed to be careful dealing with him.


    "Ah, is that so?" he chuckled. "But what if I say it actually was an excuse?"


    ''Pardon?''


    "Ah, it appears the queen is taken aback," he chuckled. "Haha, please do not make that face. I was merely joking."


    ''It did not seem that way though...''


    "Crown prince, in case you might not know this, but I am not interested in any jokes right now," I said. "So, I suggest you tell me what you truly want."


    "Please do not get angry, Your Highness. I merely wanted to meet the queen of Querencia," he said. "It is to greet Your Highness because I was unable to do so earlier."


    "I see..."


    Ruby had brought us tea and some snacks. I had intended to kick him out after he finished his tea. I did not like spending time with him, mostly because of the way he looked at me.


    "So, how is Your Highness feeling right now? Is your health alright?"


    "Yes, I am better than before now. Thank you for your concern," I said.


    "Since Your Highness is very secretive, I would rather not ask about your illness," he said. "But it''s not like I am not curious."


    "Of course. Living beings are curious, indeed," I said. "And the crown prince is right. I like to be secretive. What can I do? I can''t be the prey of snakes, can I?"


    "Yes, that''s true. Snakes are dangerous," heughed. "However, a wolf, in my opinion, is more dangerous. Isn''t Your Highness, Queen of Querencia, of the same mind?"


    "Not really," I said as I sipped my tea. "I''m afraid I''ll side with the poisonous one. And, as you can see, being a snake does not imply having a snake''s body. If their thoughts and actions are venomous enough, any living being can be a snake."


    "... Your Highness appears to be quite ambitious."


    This remark might seem too random, but it was not. ''Snakes are selfish. They will go to any length for their own benefit. And they won''t bother biting the neck of their owner or the person who has been caring for them for years. A snake''s other distinguishing feature is that it is ambitious. Snakes are all self-centered and ambitious individuals.


    And they rarely lose anything because they are extremely cunning and maniptive.''


    When he said I was ambitious, he meant I was like a snake. He might think so because I appeared sharp and a little evasive with my words. But it was not who I was. A snake was not something I could never be.


    I was not as astute as to be the possessor of this trait. It was a negative trait, but it was a very powerful one for sess. If I were a snake, I would have done something different with my life by now.


    And I would not have bothered to keep my unborn child alive, so I could live.


    "Yes, perhaps ording to the crown prince, I am," I smiled. "However, I would not refer to myself as such. If I had to call myself something, I would call myself a hummingbird."


    "A hummingbird?"


    "Yes."


    "But why?"


    ''Because my husband told me that I am like a hummingbird...''


    "Because, well, why not?"


    I went to give Sapphire a bath after the crown prince had left. She did not like anyone else giving her baths, so I had to do it. Though most cats did not like taking baths, Sapphire did not mind it as long as I was the one giving her the baths.


    "Crown Prince Carey squandered a lot of Your Highness''s time," Rubyined. "I can''t bear the sight of him. Did Your Highness notice his tenacity? He also showed up uninvited. He has no right to do so, regardless of who he is. It''s tant disrespect for Your Highness. He may have assumed that because Your Highness is a human, you would be very gentle with him.


    It''s a good thing Your Highness showed him his ce. And I also don''t like the way he was looking at Your Highness. It''s the gaze of a sly person, Your Highness."


    I also did not like the way he was looking at me. It made me uneasy, and I always felt like there was something on my body that was causing him to look at me in that way.


    "I don''t think I like him either," I admitted. "Anyway, I was wary of him. So, it''s alright."


    "Was the second prince like this as well, Your Highness?"


    "Prince Caius? Well, he was not like him, but none of them can be considered someone to be on good terms with. Prince Caius is a maniptive person in training. He is not good at it, but not particrly bad as well. If he tries harder, he will get better at it. It''s a negative trait, though.


    And Prince Carey is different. While Prince Caius tries to attack secretly, Prince Carey is upfront with his attacks. He is too direct."


    But if I thought carefully, I was kind of sure that Prince Carey was better at deceiving others than Prince Caius. He had his way and if I was not careful, I might end up deceived as well.


    "I''m sure His Highness has no idea that Crown Prince Carey hase to meet Your Highness," Ruby said.


    "Of course. Or he would havee back running," I muttered. Dem was the type of person who would drop everything he was doing to make sure I was not talking to another man. And I knew exactly what his reaction would be when I would tell him about it.


    "Your Highness, can I say something?"


    "Yes?"


    "Your Highness and His Highness have a one-of-a-kind rtionship. I don''t mean it in any disrespectful way, Your Highness, and I''m not trying to be impolite either," she stated. "But it always seems pretty different than normal to me."


    Of course, our rtionship was different. Our marriage was not loveless like most political marriages. Ours was not a political marriage either. We were both in love with each other. So, our lives were filled with love and care for each other.


    But our rtionship was not simr to a rtionship where the couple was in love with each other. We were different than them as well. It was because of the two of us.


    I had an unusual background. And it was the kind of past that would never leave me alone. I had to suffer my entire life just because I ended up in that family. Because of my past, I had faced some issues and I still was. All my life, I would face a lot of difficulties because of my past as well. Those scars left in my heart hurt after all.


    And Dem had an unusual way of thinking. He loved me, but his love knew no bounds. It was genuine, but too much.


    Since neither of our situations was typical, neither was our rtionship. Because of his nature, there were times when I was afraid of him. But I was attempting to adapt to it as quickly as possible.


    "Yes, it is unique," I agreed, "but we love each other. That''s all matters."


    Getting married to someone who adored me was something I never imagined happening to me. So, for the time being, I was content with what I had.


    "That is true. No one canpete with His Highness''s love for Your Highness," Ruby chuckled. "It is like a fairy tale love story."


    To Ruby, who did not know our situation well, our love story was like a fairy tale. But we knew- it was a fairy tale with many twists and turns, more so than a thriller at this point.


    I wiped Sapphire down, and Ruby brought her some food. I watched her eat while lying on my stomach on the bed. I wanted to keep kissing her because she was so small and adorable. Dem would make an odd expression whenever he caught me kissing her. I wondered why he did not feel that way towards Sapphire. Sapphire was very cute, but whenever I said that to Dem, he would say, "I prefer my wife.


    You are cuter."


    And I had given up arguing about it now. ''Haa, it seems my husband can only see me with his eyes.''