(From Blue's Perspective)
Perita helped get into the carriage. We were going to stop at the duchy residence and Iris would join us. The duchy was on the way to the boutique.
The dress was made with rare and delicate fabrics. The designer suggested that it was best not to move it much, so we were going to the boutique so Ruby could try it on. I was very excited, even more than Ruby.
Iris and I had been eting at the palace frequently. She hung out with and sotis she would talk to while I would work. We had gotten very close. Dem did not mind since I was in the palace.
Aside from Perita, Abel was coming with us to guard . He was the sa knight who went with us when I went to et Ruby's family. It was expected that Dem would send soone from his knights' squad.
"Your Highness, if you see anyone suspicious or looking at you suspiciously, notify ," Abel said, standing in front of the carriage.
"What am I for then? Decoration?" Perita snapped.
"He doesn't an that, Perita," I said. "Yes, I will notify you, Abel. Are you sure you don't want to sit with us in the carriage?"
"No, I will sit with the coachman," he said. "I need to keep an eye around..."
"Alright," I nodded.
"He is a man of less facial expressions," Perita said.
"Perita shows too many facial expressions. That's why it seems less," Ruby said.
"It's natural to show facial expressions," Perita said.
Though it was hard to believe Perita's judgnt about so things, she was right about Abel's expressions. I had never seen Abel make any facial expressions.
"Cut it out. Don't make too much noise. Sapphire will wake up," I said.
"Why did Your Highness bring her with us?" Perita asked.
"She gets bored alone. She was angry with because I don't spend too much ti with her. I don't my Sapphire to be angry with , so I have decided to take her with wherever I go," I replied. "Look, how peacefully she is sleeping now. She was making a fuss when I was about to leave."
I rubbed Sapphire's fur gently as she slept on my lap. When Sapphire was around, I could remain calm for so reason. She was like ntal support for .
"Your Highness doesn't treat her like a cat at all. It's more like she is Your Highness's daughter," Perita said and Ruby hit her on the elbow. "What?"
"Do you want to eat so cookies, Your Highness? I have brought so juice as well, in case you want to have so," Ruby said, trying to change the conversation.
"I will have so juice," I said, pretending to be oblivious.
I saw Iris as soon as we reached the duchy entrance. She was already ready and was waiting for .
"Blue! Look, I have brought so chocolate for you. They are handmade by our cook," she said, shoving a piece of chocolate in my mouth. "You have so too, Perita and Ruby."
She sat beside while having chocolate herself. "Wow, our little Sapphire is here as well! She is sleeping... She is getting cuter day by day. Or is it just ?"
"No, she really is," I said. "I have never seen a cat as pretty as Sapphire."
"Yeah, too. She really is a gem, just like her na," Iris said. "That said, I am very excited today. It's Ruby's fitting, but I feel like a bride today. Ruby is beautiful. She will suit any dress she wears.
I am really excited to see you in your wedding dress."
"Yeah, Ruby will look like a goddess," I said. "She already is. Look at her, she really looks like a goddess, doesn't she?"
"You both are being too much," Ruby said, turning red.
"Nope, we are telling the truth," I said.
"Yeah, definitely," Iris nodded.
Ruby and Perita t Iris when she ca to the palace and Iris got close to them very quickly, thanks to her cheerful personality. She had t Sapphire as well, but still could not get close to her much. Sapphire still refused to sit on her lap though she let Iris pat her on the head.
"Lord Luc hasn't seen the dress, right? That would ruin all the fun," Iris asked.
"No, he hasn't, right, Ruby?"
"Yeah, he has not. He is not interested anyway," Ruby said.
"Interested or not, we are not going to let him see it before the wedding. The wedding is only three days away. Don't you think the ti is too short, Blue? What if the dress doesn't fit?"
"The designer said it can be fixed," I said. "I hope the dress will fit since the asures have been taken three tis so no mistakes happen. But even if it happens sohow, it can be fixed within two days."
"That's good. The wedding has to be perfect," Iris said.
"Your Highness and Your Grace have been working too hard for my wedding. I cannot thank you enough," Ruby said.
"Don't worry, it's nothing. You are our friend, after all," I said.
"Yeah, that's right. We are friends," Ruby said. "I am happy to have so girlfriends you know. I was close with boys since my personality is like this. It's the first ti I am close with girls."
"I have never really had friends either. I think after coming to this world, Ruby beca my first friend."
"Your Highness will be the only Queen to consider a maid her friend," Ruby said, smiling.
"Who cares about the maid thing? Friendship doesn't an we need to have the sa status. It's all about the bond," Iris said.
I was wondering why Perita was not saying anything, then I found out that she was sleeping, leaning on Ruby's shoulder. She liked to sleep even though she might not seem so.
"It's a weird story how I beca Her Highness's personal maid. Well, thanks to that incident, I could get close to Her Highness," Ruby chuckled.
"What happened? I want to know too," Iris exclaid enthusiastically.
"When Her Highness was brought to this world, she was nervous and did not know what to do. Everything was a mystery to her since she knew nothing about this world. We were three maids assigned to serve her. Before the Royal wedding, Her Highness asked about the wedding rituals. But His Highness ordered us not to tell her anything since she might freak out.
His Highness had a reason, but looking at Her Highness, I could not refuse and ended up telling her about it. Then His Highness sent to the dungeon as part of the punishnt. Her Highness talked to His Highness about it after she found out and then His Highness made Her Highness's personal maid. I think it's because I dared to disobey His Highness for Her Highness's sake," Ruby said.
"Well, that's a weird way...," Iris said. "And I and Blue t because of a mission, haha. It was a good thing Blue decided to co. I wanted to get close to Blue even before that and sent her letters. But we actually got close after we t. We beca friends pretty fast."
"That's because you are very bubbly. I could never make a friend that quick. Trust , you put a lot of effort and I am glad you did," I said.
"Yeah. By the way, I have always wondered why we always et at the palace. Can't we go out sotis?"
"... The palace is the best place since intruders can rarely go inside. It's the safest place," I said.
"Hm? Is that so? We can just take Perita and so other knights. They can wear normal clothes so they won't get noticed," Iris said.
Ruby was not saying anything. She did not know fully, but she still had an idea why I did not go out of the palace grounds. After all, she had seen Dem and the whole six months we had been married.
"Yeah, I will think about it," I muttered.
'Should I try asking Dem? If I take a few knights with , he might not refuse... I also want to visit a lot of places with my friends. It's the first ti I have friends in my whole eighteen years of life, after all.'
"Oh, we are here already. They know that soone important is here today," Iris said. "Thank god, you made the other knight and Perita wear a normal knight's outfit, not the Imperial knight's uniform."
"Of course. It would be a bad thing if they know that I am here," I said.
Abel opened the door of the carriage and helped us get down. Everyone's eyes were on us, but it was fine since I had my face covered with a hooded cloak. They would not be able to see much. Besides, they did not know the Queen's face.
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