(From Blue''s Perspective)


    "So, you are friends with the duchess as well. You have a lot of friends. Even your subordinates are like your friend," Evan said after Iris left in the evening and I was returning to my room.


    "Are you jealous because you don''t have any friends?" I asked.


    "Kind of. Do you take pity on me? Want to be my friend?"


    "I did not know you are like this," I said. "Everyone says King Ford is very cruel and cold. He doesn''t talk to many people. But you don''t seem that way now."


    "I guess I can be free when I don''t have to use those honorifics and I don''t have to behave like a King. I am very strange, ain''t I?" he chuckled. But the sound did not seem fun at all. It was more like he was in pain.


    "Well, it''s not like I mind if you are like that, so it''s fine. Perhaps we can''t be friends, but we can be almost friends. That''s enough, isn''t it? We don''t have to address each other formally in that way as well," I said.


    "Yeah, that''s enough," heughed.


    "Ah, it''s reallyte. I hung out with her for too long," I said as I took a peek at my wristwatch.


    "You only walked around the garden andughed a lot," he said. "Why don''t you go out? There are a lot of ces to go..."


    "... It''s fun inside."


    "But it will be more fun outside. You can see and do a lot of things..."


    "I said it''s fine the way it is!" I said firmly, cutting him off.


    "Ah, ok... I was just suggesting. But if you like it inside, that''s okay too," he said quickly and observed my face.


    "I will go to my room. Evan can do whatever he wants," I said. "The servants will call you when it''s time for dinner."


    "Alright," he said. "Make sure the dinner is good. Or you won''t be served good food when you visit my kingdom."


    "We always serve good food," I said.


    He grinned and walked away. "Yeah, yeah..."


    "Hey, don''t just walk away after saying something like that!" I yelled, but he was out of sight already. "Really? What''s his problem?"


    I sighed and returned to my room. I had already left the documents I needed to take care of here so I would need to go to my office again.


    "Haa, the room is dark. Where is Ruby? Why didn''t she light up the room?" I muttered to myself. "... Well, it''s fine. She needs a break too."


    I let out a sigh again and sat on the floor. For some reason, I started crying. The inside of my chest was burning up.


    I had no idea what was happening to me all of a sudden. I was fine even just a while ago. But now, I felt like something was wrong, even among these happy moments and I had no idea what it was.


    "Hic... I am sorry... I am sorry, Dem... I said I will be happy... But something is wrong. Something really is wrong..."


    I had no idea how long it had been. I was brought out of my thoughts when I heard a noise right in front of me.


    "Wha...?"


    I looked ahead of me and almost immediately got stabbed in the eye with a knife. I had the practice to bring out my dagger defensively, so I got lucky. If I was less than a secondte, I would have lost my left eye.


    "You bitch! Suddenly bing our Queen, what did you think? Did you think we will ept you just like that? Because of you, I lost my family!"


    The one who attacked me was a teenager. He was perhaps one or two years younger than me. But he was taller than me and was very strong. I would not be able to hold him back much longer.


    He hit my hand hard with his leg and the dagger fell from my hand.


    "Move!" I yelled.


    "So, you are ordering me now? Huh? What? Who will save you now?" he grinned creepily. "Even if someonees inside, they will be toote. Their beloved Queen will be gone already."


    I knew I was going to die. I yelled loudly and could hear the sound of others running towards my room. But it was going to be toote, just like he said. All the swordsmanship training was for nothing. I did not even have a sword right now. the dagger was of no help either.


    Our position was just not right and he was at an advantage there. Besides, he was physically stronger than me.


    ''Haa, so it''s the end,'' Iughed in my head.


    "Yeah? So, why don''t you kill me? I don''t care. Just kill me already," I grinned. "It''s fine. You will be a killer.


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    But you havee prepared, haven''t you?"


    He gritted his teeth and pulled his hands up, holding that knight tightly. I wondered where he would stab me. If I had to die, I would die in a less painful way. I wished he would stab me in my heart so I would die just like that. In that way, I would not have to suffer too much.


    Suddenly, right in front of my eyes, a sword pierced through him from behind and he fell to his knees.


    "Haa," I panted and crouched back. "He is dead..."


    My savior climbed through the window with an anxious and angry look on his face. He roughly pulled the sword and it came out of that boy''s body easily, making a disgusting sound.


    The door of my room was opened by force and the knights came running. All of them were shocked to see what happened.


    "What were you all doing?" Dem asked calmly. "Where were all of you when there was an intruder inside the King''s and Queen''s bed-chamber?"


    "There... was a fire, Your Highness," the beta said.


    "So, all of the knights went to extinguish the fire? Every single knight? So, the Imperial knight force is now a bunch of beggars?" he yelled.


    "The fire was pretty big... so..."


    "So? So, the life of the Queen is less important?"


    "No, Your Highness. Her Highness, the Queen is the mother of our kingdom. Her life is very important."


    "You know that much, yet the Queen almost died in the hands of this fucking brat!"


    I could not say a word the whole time. I wanted to die, but the moment I saw my husband''s anxious face, that desire went away immediately. Now, I was confused and my hands were shaking. I needed to hold onto my something. The weight of my heart was bringing me down.


    "We are sorry, Your Highness..."


    "Sorry?" Dem chuckled bitterly. "All of you, go to the ground. We will have a pleasant talk, hmm?"


    "Yes, Your Highness..."


    After they left, there was a long silence. There was not just Dem and me in the room. I did not bother to take a look at them.


    "Take this body away," Dem said.


    Two knights took the body away and servants came to clean the ce up. I felt sick. Dem was fascinated looking at blood, but I felt disgusted. I needed to calm down.


    A strong hand pulled me up gently by my arm. I did not have to look to know who it was. I did not resist. I went with him, without caring where he would take me.


    He took me to a room and made me sit on the couch. Ruby handed him a bowl of water and a towel. He dampened the towel and started patting it gently against my left cheek. It was painful.


    "It might sting a bit, but bear with it," he said.


    "Yes..."


    "I am sorry, Your Highness. I should have been in the room...," Ruby said. "I... I thought Your Highness would be backte, so I went to give Lord Luc some tea... I am sorry, Your Highness. I really am..."


    "..."


    I could not say anything. No, I did not even try to say anything. I was tired. I needed a break from everything. With all this mental stress, I needed to take a break from them.


    I finally looked up and saw the faces of the people who were in the room. It was Ruby, Evan, and Perita. Perita looked guilty and Ruby looked guiltier. But it was not their fault. I was the one who told Perita to take a rest since I reached my room. And Ruby deserved to take a break.


    It was not like she needed to be in my room all the time.


    Evan looked shocked. It was like he was still processing. It should be amon incident that a King or a Queen was tried to be murdered. Then why did he have that look on his face?


    "You were almost toote..."