Third Arc (Fallen Heart) - 3. Her Curiosity, His Purpose
Instead of answering Rose's question, Angel asked something else.
"Do you like it?" he asked in a casual tone.
But Rose insisted on asking him as she tried to keep her calm.
"Please answer my question, Your Majesty. What does all this mean?" Even though it was clear from the dress that they were going to get married, Rose needed an explanation for why Angel suddenly wanted to marry her. Wasn't she just a political prisoner? Was this also one of her uncle's plans? Why did they make this decision without her consent?
"Everyone is very busy today. Try on the dress, I will answer all your questions after this," said Angel without turning to her. If there was something wrong with the dress or his suit, the royal tailor had to fix it immediately. And tomorrow was their wedding, so their time was narrow. Moreover, whether they liked it or not, their marriage was a political marriage that had been approved by King Eudon and him, as well as the plan to lure the rebel great leaders. So Rose had no choice but to do it.
Rose turned to him and gave him a glare.
"What if I refuse to try it?" Even though her calm tone, her challenge was clear from it.
Despite her challenge, Angel remained calm and turned to her.
"I don't think you can refuse it," he said with a smile.
Hearing his words, Rose was about to retort his words. Because in their agreement, he brought her as a guest or a political prisoner to be precise not to marry her. In other words, Angel was breaking his own agreement.
But before Rose could let out a sound, he brought his face to her ear and whispered.
"Your uncle already gave me 'Ghost'," he said calmly.
Rose stiffened. Her voice caught in her throat as soon as she heard her family's secret poison was already in Angel's hands. Her face turned pale. Even though his voice sounded calm, it was a great threat to her.
'Uncle ... Why are you making the same mistake?' Euphorion was the strongest kingdom now and that poison would make it even stronger. With that poison, he could kill his enemy from a distance just like Asteria did to Pearl Gate City. Still, it was weird if her uncle made the same mistake seeing his regret last time. So Rose guessed that Angel had done something or forced her uncle to do it.
Angel pulled his face away and looked at her.
"I know you're mad at me. Try on the dress, I'll explain everything to you after this," he said again, still in a low calm voice.
Feeling she had no other choice, Rose finally agreed.
"Fine. I hope you can keep your promise." She turned to the maids and returned to her usual expression.
"Help me to try on the dress," she ordered. She turned and walked into the smaller changing room on the side of the room.
The maids quickly took the dress from the mannequin and brought it carefully. While the servants also did the same to Angel's suit. The difference was they only gave it to him but didn't follow him to the changing room. Rose took a glance at Angel and realized it. She remembered that when she had tried to kill him in Scarlet Stone Castle, he also didn't let a single servant follow him into the room. At first, she thought it was normal since he was in the enemy castle since the servants could have tried to kill him. But now, he was in his own castle, it was strange for a king not to have personal servants in his room.
'Is he hiding something?' thought Rose as her gaze shifted forward and stepped into her changing room.
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A few minutes later, Angel was standing in front of the large mirror in the middle of the room. Several servants helped Angel to fix his suit. The royal tailor was also pacing back and forth to check on Angel from all directions. Even though Angel had said the suit fit perfectly on his body, the royal tailor wanted to make sure the suit looked perfect from all directions. This was a rare golden opportunity because this wedding party was also Angel's victory celebration, so he wanted to make sure Angel's outfit was perfect.
Shortly, Rose came out of her changing room and took calm steps to him. Some maids helped her to walk so that she wouldn't step on her dress. As soon as he saw it, Angel was stunned. He couldn't take his eyes off her as well as the others. He could feel his heart beating faster than usual. But of course, he kept his composure and his usual cold expression. While the royal tailor smiled in satisfaction to see that his masterpiece managed to amaze everyone.
"This is magnificent!" said the royal tailor happily.
Rose's footsteps stopped in front of him.
"What do you think, Your Majesty?" she asked. Different from the others, even though Rose admitted that this dress was very beautiful, her mind was more focused on the deal between her uncle and Angel, as well as the curiosity that bothered her.
His eyes looked Rose from her feet to her head.
"That dress suits you well," said Angel.
"I'm glad you like it, Your Majesty," said Rose. With this, she could change her clothes and get an explanation from him.
"But I think it's missing one thing," added Angel. His eyes were fixed on the beautiful flower wreath that adorned Rose's head.
Hearing his words, the royal tailor quickly walked around Rose. His eyes observed her, searching for what was wrong with the dress. While Rose was also unhappy about it. She wanted this to be done quickly.
"What is it, Your Majesty?" she said.
"A good hairpiece," he replied. Then he turned to Claire.
"Take all the tiaras from the treasury vault. We will try them all and see which one suits her."
Claire bowed.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Then she extended out her hand with her palm facing upwards. While Angel held out his hand to Claire as if he was giving her something. A bit of his Dark aura came out of his hand and swirled like a tiny orb in Claire's palm. That was the way the kingdom of Euphorion locked and unlocked its treasury vault. Just like the magic room, that door could only be opened with the king's magic power. After that, she left.
"I think this flower wreath is enough, Your Majesty," said Rose. Even though all kingdoms only have one official crown for the king and the queen, usually they had a lot of tiaras collection for the princess and decorative weapons collection for the prince. Trying them one by one would take a long time and she didn't want to wait that long.
"This is a royal marriage, not a commoner marriage, Princess Rose. I'm not interested in embarrassing myself at my own wedding." Even though that flower wreath was so pretty, he would become a laughing stock if Rose used it at their wedding.
Rose paused. What he said was true, but she couldn't wait any longer to find out so she looked for another way.
“Your Majesty, since we are getting married tomorrow, may I discuss a few things with you? But ---” She swept her gaze across the people around them with a shy expression.
"--- I'm a little embarrassed if I have to say it in front of a lot of people like this," she said, indirectly asking Angel to order them out.
The servants, maids and the royal tailor smiled and covered their giggles with their hands since they thought Rose already fell in love with their king but were too embarrassed to say so. That's why she wanted to have more personal space. But Angel quickly realized that Rose was impatient to find out about his agreement with King Eudon.
"Very well." Then he turned to them.
"Leave us," he ordered.
Everyone bowed and walked out with shy smiles as they guessed what the royal couple were going to talk about.
Please don't flub this, angel... Drop the mask.
It won't go down. Both of them just need time to erase their doubt in their heart. Remember they met as enemy. Although Angel know Rose has feeling for him, Rose can use him to her own benefits. While Rose still in hate and love feeling (well, the hate is far less now). We'll take it slow to get more soft fluff
@Nanakawaichan He knows rose has feelings for him, but rose doesn't know that he has feelings for her... Some indication would help her come down on the right side.
@Blizzisme I know. Just relax and wait for it.
@Nanakawaichan did u spoil it
