(From Blue''s Perspective)


    Dem strongly opposed the idea of wearing that dress. I understood well why he did that. The blouse and the skirt, both disyed a very seductive look. It would be too inappropriate to wear them, especially when I had a husband and I was not even going with him.


    "Let''s just wear somethingfortable," I finally said after a long time of discussion about what to wear.


    Luc did not know much about clothing style, so it was just Dem and me who talked the most.


    "I am not from Lacuna. You will say I am from your kingdom,"  I said. "I am notfortable wearing their clothes which is fair since I am not used to that kind of style. I will just wear a normal gown or something like that."


    "Yes, that will be the final answer. She is not going to wear that dress," Dem said. "People will vite her with their eyes more than they usually do."


    "What kind of saying is that?" I grumbled. "Anyway, I have normal gowns which might be perfect."


    "You have normal gowns? That''s pretty weird to hear," Luc chuckled.


    "Don''t mock me," I said.


    ''It''s not my fault that people want their Queen to wear too expensive things. They have this view that a Queen must look like she owns all the expensive things of this goddamn world...''


    Actually, it was very hard to find a gown that was not fancy in my clothing storage room. If a gown looked pretty simple, the fabric was too expensive and it was just clear. Atst, I found one gown that looked like the simplest gown among all my clothes. Dem tried to help too, but the dress he always found simple was the least simple to me.


    Luc did not leave the bedroom since the word of hising back to the pce should not get exposed.


    "Will you stopughing, Luc? It''s not even funny," I sighed. Luc had beenughing seeing how hard it was for us to find a gown that would not look fancy. At this point, I looked pretty pathetic. "By the way, when will we be leaving? Right now?"


    "Of course," Luc replied. "Just get ready quickly and get a bag for yourself or whatever."


    I took a little bag to carry the things I needed. After that, I left before seven in the morning. Dem would handle everything in the pce.


    Dem made sure I wore the bracelet and reminded me at least twenty times to not take it off no matter what.


    "Why is the room so dark?" I asked.


    "Well, it''s nighttime," Luc said.


    "Where is the fly by the way? Is it working? How do we know it''s working?"


    "You don''t have to know that. I know it''s working. I made this. My creations never disappoint,"  he said proudly. "Your husband perhaps is watching everything right now."


    "Can he hear us?"


    "Yeah," he nodded. "That''s the advantage of using this. But you must not take the bracelet off in any case."


    "I know. Not you too now. Dem reminded me again and again," I chuckled.


    I brought a blonde wig to wear. I would also cover my face with a piece of fabric and my name was Freya.


    "Blonde hair looks weird on me," I muttered as I stood in front of the mirror, wearing the wig.


    "Yes, it''s true. But you don''t look bad, just weird. It''s because we are used to seeing you in ck hair with some brown strands."


    "That''s called brte."


    "Geez, I don''t understand all of the things about color. That day, Ruby asked which shade of lip paint looked better. I mean, both of them were red. What was I supposed to say? I said both of them looked good, but she wanted to know which looked better. When I could not figure the difference out, she got mad.


    She did not yell at me, but she did not talk to me for an hour."


    "Well, I heard boys usually are not that good at discriminating colors. Dem is a different breed, I suppose. He knows all about different colors and can discriminate them just fine. But usually, men can''t," I said.


    "I don''t know how he can do that, but good for him. That said, want to y chess? I brought one of my sets," he said.


    "Sure," I nodded. "I am not that good at it, so don''t make fun of me if I lose."


    "What kind of person do you think I am?"


    Luc was a chess maniac. He liked ying chess a lot. He did not have just one set, but rather countless. He would even buy rare chess sets from auctions at a very high price. Dem said he spent a great part of his money just buying chess sets of different kinds and designs.


    Perhaps every person liked to spend their money more than other things. Dem liked to buy different kinds of wine even though he was not much of a wine lover.


    And I liked to buy different things for my cat, my lovely Sapphire, and gift others little things. I also enjoyed buying toys for Athena and Ava. I gifted Abel too, the duke, and the duchess''s adopted son. Abel did not like toys. He acted somewhat older than his age, which was understandable since he lived on the streets. He had to grow up early.


    Abel liked to read books, especially about deep matters like politics, finance, current pressing matters, etc. So, I always bought him books and he seemed to like them. I had a feeling he would be a political figure in the future.


    Luc and I yed chess for a long time while eating the food I brought from the pce. I did not have breakfast, so I brought a lot of food with me. I wondered if Dem was watching us. Would he not get bored?


    Knowing Dem, he definitely was watching us.


    Luc was too good at it. I managed to draw the match once but lost all the other matches. And we yed nine times.


    "You suck at chess, Blue," he chuckled.


    "Yeah, yeah," I muttered. "You are just really good at it."


    "Ruby and I match quite well in this regard. She is quite good at chess and even managed to beat me a few times. Usually, our matches end in draws."


    "That''s good. But I never knew about it. I guess she has a lot of hidden talents."


    "She can cook well. She also can make different types of cookies," he said.


    "Oh, really?"


    "Yeah," he nodded. "She can make red velvet cookies the best. I like them a lot. You see, if you go to the magic tower now, you will never see any shortage of cookies or other food items. She is managing everything rather well. Except for my research room, everything is usually very neat and organized.


    I don''t let her in my research room when she is alone since there are a lot of dangerous items there. Even if she is careful, any ident can take ce. But she goes there sometimes when I am present and forces me to clean the room. She stands there the whole time and won''t leave until I clean the whole ce. It''s pretty tiring, but I don''t really mind it, for some reason."


    "Oh? But you don''t like cleaning," I said.


    "It''s pretty shocking, isn''t it?" he chuckled. "I don''t get mad when she asks me to clean or stand there the whole time or keeps nagging me. I thought it would be extra baggage if I got married, but it''s the case at all. I feel rather good these days. When I am tired, she makes me tea and massages my shoulders. I thought it would be annoying if someone was near me, but really, I am shocked again."


    "It was a good choice then, right, to get married?" I asked.


    "Yeah. I don''t know if I am making her happy, but I am trying. I sometimes help her with the cooking. I can''t cook, but she shows me what to do and how to do it. It''s fun too. See?


    I don''t evene to chat with you when I am bored anymore. Though she nags a lot, it is still very pleasant to be at the same ce with her."


    "You guys are doing really well," I smiled. "I am happy for you two."


    "Yeah, I guess we are friends now," he said.


    "... Are you for real?"


    "What? Did I say something wrong? Isn''t it a good thing we are friends now?"


    ''Why is this guy so dumb about this thing? Do I have to point out that he is falling in love? It''s not friendship, for god''s sake! You don''t talk about a friend like that!''


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