"Congratulations on yesterday's win, Lady Silverton"
I turn to look and saw Queen Lilith at my back, with a huge smile in her face, "Ah! your Majesty" I greeted her as she only smiled at me
"Though it was a shame that the prize that you've been given is not as valuable as your performance yesterday"she told me, as she sat down Infront of me,
I could feel everyone's eyes are on us, I hope that they're not thinking something so absurd,
"If we talk about valuable your majesty, I believed that my life is much more valuable than the necklace that Imperial Emperor had given me"I honestly said, not caring whether The Emperor's subordinates had heard what I said about him
He's probably scared of me though, or still in a confuse state, "Hmm... I see... You deemed yourself valuable maybe because that you're real? Not a fake?" She stated, whispering her words so other nobles won't hear
I looked at her, seeing her smirk,
Queen Lilith, knew something...
"By the way Lady Silverton, I've noticed that you have such exquisite Anklet, I've taken a glimpse of it yesterday you see" she added, as she looked down, as if she x-rayed my dress to see the anklet
She knew that the Necklace was fake...
She knew that's not the real Amulet...
"Really? I must say that you had quite an eye, your majesty"I flattered her, as she then chuckled elegantly,
"But I'm curious where you had it made? I, too, want an Anklet as exquisite as yours" she told me, giving me a sly smirk,
She's not backing down?
Did she suspect that this is the real one?
"Hmm, Well, my grandfather gave it to me a few weeks back, as an early Christmas gift, he had it custom made by the best craftsman in Moonlight" I explained, emphasizing Moonlight
"I see, too bad...if it is the best craftsman in Moonlight, I believe I can't get hold of it, they won't service me you know, no matter how high I'm willing to pay them for" she sadly said as I continued to listen, knowing I don't have time to associate with King Frederick's Mother
Because people will have a bad idea about the situation,
"Queen Lilith, A wonderful morning ey?"
Both of our- well...all of our heads turn to look and saw Archduchess Rowena Priestly, who isn't present yesterday because of some personal reason
"Archduchess! It is a delight to see you here, though it's a shame that we haven't met yesterday when I arrived, I'm looking forward to meet you" Queen Lilith exclaimed, as the two shake hands
"Alyssa, I've heard from Arlendo about you're win yesterday, congratulations" Archduchess Rowena told me as I smiled lightly as she then took the empty seat beside us
"May I join your chat? If you don't mind Your Majesty?"Archduchess told Queen Lilith as I saw Queen Lilith's displeased facial expression, hated the fact that Archduchess came and interrupted us
Which I find it lucky, I don't want to suffer from meeting her alone when I felt like all of my insanity had been sucked off
Something felt off about this Queen, surely her being young is suspicious enough, well, not entirely suspicious because The Empress, Mother, and Archduchess is as young as her
But...she gave off some ominous feeling, something felt weird from her,
"Yes I don't mind at all Archduchess" Queen Lilith said burying her displeasure, knowing that the Archduchess hold much more power than her
She may be royalty, but Archduchess too is royalty, and she became Archduchess while Queen Lilith became a Dowager Queen, when in the future she'll be kick out from her position when her son will get married and have his Queen next to him,
I decided not to talk anymore, and just listen to them, so I took a cup of tea in the table and started drinking
"But Lady Silverton, don't you have any plans of accepting my dear son's proposal?"Queen Lilith suddenly asked as I immediately spit the tea, almost choking me, I immediately wipe off the liquid in my mouth using a napkin
"Pardon?"
"I was just curious when will you be added to the family of course, as everyone had known that my son has been declaring his intentions for your hand throughout his stay here" she clarified to me, wanting to tie me up in her family?
Is she after the Anklet?
Is she after the Amulet's powers?
Or perhaps... she's after something else...
I thought as I looked at her, smiling brightly while looking at me weirdly, as always
"A proposal? From what I heard or seen Queen Lilith, they only went on a date together, as an apology from our Prince's impudent behavior, and as far as everyone had known, it's clear that The King wants Alyssa to be his Queen, but never he had onced propose to her" Archduchess explained to the Queen who seemed remained in her poker face
"Archduchess, you seemed quite overprotective of Lady Silverton, as if she is gonna be your daughter-in-law?" Queen Lilith stated, putting salt to where it hurts...
It will be a lie if Queen Lilith doesn't know the infamous rumours regarding of the Archduchess' son who's been killed by his own uncle
I could hear that people started whispering, but the Archduchess remained calm "Hmm...even if I don't have a son to have Alyssa be wed off, but I treated her as my daughter... Is that enough for a reason?" Archduchess fought back as Queen Lilith remained silent
It felt like Two Predators are fighting.... And it felt super scary in my part since I'm near them, witnessing them
"If you want your son, to marry Alyssa, you must ask permission to me! Since Grandduchess Joanna won't mind" She stated taken a glimpse at my mother who's socializing
And with this attack, Queen Lilith are on edge, she decided to suppress her feeling of defeat and let out a small smile and stood up
"I have plans and I must go now, thanks for the time Lady Silverton, and Archduchess Priestly"she excused herself as she walked away from us
"Thanks for your help Archduchess"I thanked her as she smiled softly and patted my head "It's a pleasure, I've seen how uncomfortable you are from her presence" she responded
"But, it's best for you to never associate with the Queen, Alyssa... She's dangerous" she warned me as I looked at her confusely
"Did something happened?"
"She may be innocent in the outside, but she killed the Late King's fiancee so she can secure herself to the throne and became Queen" she whispered as my brows furrowed at the sudden news
"It's still a mystery whether the story of her and the Late King fell in love, but it's a fact that she killed the Fiancee of the Late King" she told me
"So be Careful Alyssa"
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Extra-Changing Fate
Fantasy"I want our engagement to be annulled,your highness" I'm just a simple girl in the modern world who died and was reincarnated in the world of the fantasy romance novel that I once loved to read..... I'm not a Villainess nor the heroine, I'm just an...
