(From Blue''s Perspective)


    Even after six days passed, there was no trace of Berry, Dem''s spy. It was truly worrying. Dem was not worried about what happened to her. He was more interested in knowing why she reported to me and gave me that piece of paper.


    "Your Highness, the bird...," Ruby mumbled, looking at the window.


    "Ah, the bird," I said as I hurriedly went near the window. The bird sat on my shoulder and the nails dug into my flesh. But I did not care about that. I was more curious to see Evan''s reply.


    "Your Highness, your shoulder!" Ruby eximed worriedly.


    "It''s alright. This bird sits wherever it wants, so..."


    I opened the seal hurriedly. The letter was very short, but it contained the words I wanted to hear the most.


    Dear Blue,


    Thank you for reaching out to me. I thought the King of Querencia would not believe me enough to reach out. Of course, I am not doing this for no reason. It will help me and that''s why I am doing it.


    Let''s get to the main point now. The paper that you sent me contains a secret message. You surely know this by far. But I suppose you cannot read the letter and no other mage can.


    It''s because it''s written by a dark mage and thenguage the dark mage used is hard to understand even for dark mages. But it''s not impossible.


    As you can understand from my words, I can read the message. But it won''t be appropriate to write that in the letter. I would like to meet you and the King of Querencia since he will mind if I meet you secretly. It''s not appropriate to ask for something like that as well. So, do let me know when we can meet. Send your reply with a trustworthy mage.


    Along with the letter, send me an official letter about something. It won''t seem suspicious in that way. There is nothing to send for now, but just make something up.


    I hope to get your reply as soon as possible.


    Yours, Evan


    "Thank God that he can read that. I was worried that I will never be able to know what''s written in there," I said as I sighed in relief.


    "Ruby, can you get Flint for me? Right now?"


    "Yes, I will go get him, Your Highness," she said and left.


    Luc and Ruby fixed the date after this week. I told Ruby that she did not need to be my maid anymore. But she refused and said that she wanted to work for me as long as possible.


    I contacted the wedding nner who designed my wedding and introduced him to Luc. Luc was clumsy at this, so I told the wedding nner beforehand that he needed to exin every little thing to Luc and make sure that the wedding was perfect. The wedding theme was white and red. Red was Ruby''s favorite color and she always wanted to wear a beautiful white dress at her wedding.


    Only the bride could wear a white dress. Others were to wear something red.


    My personal tailor was in charge of Ruby''s wedding dress. Ruby gave her a full description of how she wanted her dress. She was holding back, but I told her that she should use all of Luc''s money as it''s a loveless marriage and if she can''t get love, she should get the money. I did not mean anything by this, but I achieved what I needed. She was fired up and told all about her dream dress.


    "Your Highness, what do I have to do now?" Flint asked, standing in front of the door.


    "Come in first. Do I have to shout now?"


    "Yikes! That bird?! What is it doing here?"


    "Don''t shout, jeez," I said. "The bird is not hurting you, is it? Dem said if you shout, it will bite you."


    "If it bites, I will get killed."


    "Anyway, you have to do something for me."


    "I always do everything for Your Highness."


    "You have to go to Trouvaille."


    "Why? It''s not the time to send any kind of official letter, right?"


    "It''s not. I just need to send the King of Trouvaille a personal letter. Don''t look at me like that. We are on the same team about something, that''s why. I will send something official as well, so it won''t be suspicious. There are eyes everywhere.


    So, someone will surely find out about it. That''s why it''s important to make sure that everyone knows about the official letter, not the one inside it," I said.


    "I will have to give it to the King then?"


    "Yes, to the King, only to him. You gotta make sure no one else knows," I said. "You can do that, right? I will give you a bonus if you do it perfectly."


    "Your Highness knows that I do everything perfectly. Just make sure that I get the bonus."


    "You will," I said. "That said, did your wife like the horse?"


    "Yes, she told me to thank Your Highness on behalf of her."


    "Why didn''t you do so then?"


    "I forgot," he shrugged.


    ''This brat!''


    "You will go right after lunch. I will prepare everything by then," I said.


    "It''s almost lunchtime," he said, looking at the clock.


    "I know. You can take your lunch break now. Come back within an hour. I will prepare everything," I said.


    It did not take long to prepare something. Making fake documents was easy since Dem made sure that we had plenty of different types of fake documents to use. No one would know that they were not real unless they opened the envelopes. I was not in a hurry to find out about what was written in that letter, so I did not use them. Besides, we were a bit busy as well.


    But now, it would be better to use those fake documents.


    I worked until Flint came back. After describing everything to him, I went to my husband''s study. I knocked on the door and he said the same thing again.


    "You don''t have to knock."


    "It''s a habit," I said. It was funny how I developed this kind of habit even after living with a family where anyone would barge in my room anytime they wanted and raise their hands on me just for fun or because they were angry.


    "It''s time for lunch already?"


    "Yes, you have been working for a long time," he said. "I guess I have to... What the? What happened to your shoulder?"


    "Ah, I forgot to put on some ointment... The bird came back and sat on my shoulder... Ow! Dem!"


    Before I could finish, he had alreadye towards me and held me tightly. He unzipped the dress and freed my shoulder and pressed his mouth on the wound. He could heal my wounds by licking them. But sometimes if the wound was too serious, ointments were needed.


    "Hnn..."


    "Are you getting turned on when I am healing your wound?"


    "It''s not that..."


    "You are not on your period anymore, are you? It''s been more than seven days. Your periods stay for six days at most. But you feel ufortable if seven days do not pass. So, it''s fine now, right?"


    "Wow, you know quite a lot about my period," I chuckled.


    "Tell me it''s fine."


    "It is... Wait!"


    He started kissing my neck harshly. "Ah! Dem... Wait a moment..."


    "Why do I have to wait more?"


    "After lunch... I want to talk to you about something and we need to have our lunch," I said. "Just wait a bit more, please."


    "I am not hungry though. Are you hungry?"


    "Hmm," I nodded.


    He sighed and let go of me. "I can''t keep you hungry," he said. "Let''s go then. And don''t let that damned bird sit on your arm or shoulder or anywhere. Its ws are sharp as fuck. You will get hurt."


    "It''s not too much..."


    "Don''t do it," he said sharply.


    "Y-Yes..."


    He walked quicker than usual on the way to the dining room. It was just the two of us again at the huge dining table. Though I liked it when it was the two of us, the room made the atmosphere a bit lonely.


    "What did you want to talk about?" he asked. "It''s about that king, right?"


    "Yeah, he sent me his reply. He wants to meet us," I said.


    "Us? Not just you?"


    "No. Why would he want that? He said that he can read the message on that piece of paper," I said.


    "And it''s not okay to write it in the letter. Rather, he wants to tell everything in person. I have sent Flint with a fake document and that letter so it would not look suspicious. I wrote him that tonight is a good time to meet up. And you said you don''t have to go out tonight as well."