(From Blue's Perspective)
The banquet date was getting closer. And now, tonight was the banquet. Mother had arrived two days before along with my dresses. She was staying at the palace we were in.
The banquet was supposed to take place a few days ago, but it was postponed for unknown reasons. The main palace's servants were extrely busy. Dem was correct. It was a wise choice to stay in a different palace rather than the main one.
Luc was going to join the banquet as well, even though he did not want to. Dem said that Luc needed to be around for my safety.
"It won't be too boring, Luc," I said, patting his arm as he sat beside in my room, furious, while the maids combed my hair.
Dem was taking a shower after running around all day. It was unusual for the master of the magical tower to enter the king's and queen's bed chambers, but Luc was a friend of ours. So, it did not matter. But the maids did not know this and were very surprised.
"You don't know," he grumbled. "These kinds of gatherings are always dangerously boring."
"The food will be delicious. At least, you can try different kinds of food," I said. Luc liked food too much. So, only that could lure him into doing sothing.
"Well, perhaps...," he murmured.
Perita was not going to be with since she was not invited. Only the king, the queen and the master of the magic tower were invited. There were tis when knights escorted the king or queen, but only when they were not married. They could also go by themselves. It was their decision.
"Ugh, what are you doing in our room?" Dem asked, disgustedly, as he got out of the bathroom.
"You sure take a long ti to shower," Luc remarked bitterly.
"... Just leave. You are vexing. You're bothering my wife yet again, aren't you?"
"Wow, Luc, you also have so silver strands in your hair," I exclaid. "I'd never noticed them before. Were you born with those? Or did you dye?"
"I was born with those," he said.
'So, that's why Dem calls him silver punk. I thought it was for no reason...'
"They are kinda unique," I muttered and glanced at Ruby. She was blushing furiously, but oddly, no one noticed it.
'Oh my, is that how I look whenever I think of Dem or hear sothing about him?'
Luc was forced to return by Dem. Dem also went to get ready. After the maids of Ataraxia saw the dress that I was going to wear tonight, they were squeaking like little birds.
It was a black rmaid satin dress with a short train, a black furry bottom line, and sleeves with a gold chest part attached to a gold necklace. Gold strings were also attached from the waist to the lower part.
Dem chose it for along with the other dresses. The gown itself was stunning. But I was not sure how I would look in it. Perhaps it was because I was not too confident in my looks.
"Oh my goodness, Your Highness! You look stunning!" Ruby exclaid as they finally managed to put it on properly. It took a whole hour just to put it on, especially because the chest part was made of hard gold and it was attached to the necklace.
But more than beauty, I appreciated the comfort of wearing this dress the most. The fabric was not normal. At first glance, I thought it was just satin. But it was after wearing it that I realized it had a feature that cooled my body from within. No wonder Dem was smirking when I said I would get sweaty wearing it.
"Wow, so cool!" I muttered.
"Right? It's amazing! Your Highness looks stunning in it!" Ruby exclaid.
"I am not talking about that. It's really comfortable inside," I said. "By the way, my chest doesn't look bizarre, right? I an, it's literally gold..."
"Your Highness, the gold part is on top of the fabric. You don't have to be concerned about them peering," she said as if she knew what I was concerned about. "Your Highness, just look in the mirror. You look truly amazing."
As she said, I glanced into the mirror. Well, perhaps I looked a little different. They twisted my hair into a bun. I was wearing a hairpin made of gold and black feathers.
And finally, it was ti for the tiara.
"The tiara," Ruby muttered. "I should call His Highness."
"Why? Is there sothing wrong?" I asked worriedly.
"No, there is nothing wrong. Your Highness is ready. I think I should call His Highness now," she said. "Please wait here, Your Highness."
Ruby left hurriedly without saying anything else. I had no idea why she needed to call Detrius. I thought we were going to et downstairs.
"Your Highness is truly beautiful. It was an honor to serve you," one of the maids said and bowed.
Even though I heard this kind of thing quite a lot, I still had not gotten used to it. It still made slightly uncomfortable, but I had learned how to remain calm at least.
"Yes, I had seen Your Highness' portrait before, but Your Highness' beauty still astounded ..."
"What are you saying?" another maid yelled at her. "How can we see Your Highness's portrait before?"
They were most likely discussing my portrait, which had been stolen from the palace of Querencia a month before. Dem inford of it. He claid that it was stolen by a mber of the Ataraxia royal family. The maids, perhaps, knew that they were not supposed to talk about it. But it seed they did not know that the portrait was actually stolen.
And I could not let this opportunity slide.
"Ah, the portrait..." I said with a smile. "Wasn't that the one I sent a month ago?"
"Your Highness sent it?" the maid with golden hair asked, surprised.
"Oh, yes... I could not ignore his request, could I?"
'Dem also told it was undoubtedly a man. I can use it now.'
"So, it was Your Highness who sent the portrait to His Highness, the Crown Prince," she exclaid, relieved. "I, too, was wondering how His Highness would obtain Your Highness' portrait. I had the impression it had been sent by Your Highness or His Highness, King Detrius. It seems I was right."
'So it was the crown prince... Why the hell would he steal my portrait? It's kinda creepy...'
I heard a soft knock on the door. It was Detrius. But why was he knocking? It was unusual to see him do sothing like this when he usually just barged in.
"Ah, you all worked very hard today. You can leave now," I said and smiled at them.
They bowed and left. I was thinking why the crown prince would do that. He was intriguing in a negative way. And his actions were making worry a bit.
"..."
"Did you say sothing?" I asked, looking at him.
"... Stunning..."
"Hmm?"
"You look stunning," he said, glancing up and down at . "I knew this dress would be a perfect choice. But now, I think this dress did not enchant your beauty, rather you enchanted its beauty."
"... Where did you learn to talk like that?" I muttered, flushed.
"I am rely telling the truth. You look just perfect tonight, my love."
"You look great too," I said. "My perfect king."
"Well, it is pretty hard to receive a complint from my wife. I am glad you like my look."
"That's not true," I muttered. "You just complint way too much about every single thing. Even last week, you complinted just because I can touch my nose with the tip of my tongue. So, my number of complints seems so little to you."
"That's a rare thing to be able to do," he said. "I can't do that. And I haven't seen anyone who can do it either."
"I know it's rare, but it's not sothing to be complinted about."
"Why not? You looked so cute..."
"Ugh, really...? Anyway, I have sothing to tell you."
"I read their minds a little," he said, grabbing my arm and assisting in sitting on the stool in front of the mirror. "Does it have anything to do with the stolen portrait?"
"Yes, the crown prince of Ataraxia is the one who did it," I said.
"Hmm... I thought the second prince did it. I think it's because of the crown prince's appearance that I did not suspect him."
"I know, right? It's because of his glasses, right? Sotis when you suspect him, you feel like you are the stupid one for suspecting him, isn't that how you felt?"
"Yeah, those damn glasses...," he grumbled. "Anyway, let put the tiara on you."
'Now I know why Ruby called Dem...'
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