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I wake up, what time is it though? I don’t know, I am not really a morning person, but judging from the sun, it must be time for me to drag myself to the field if I wish to have anything to put in my belly and not starve to death, well at least I hope so. I am a commoner in this wrecked kingdom, my only wish is after every harvest I can have a little left to eat so I can live on another day. What kind of king and queen take away 70% of what their so called “Loyal Subject” and leave them with barely enough to eat, and even when they did support, what they give us is just some random stuff that can’t last very long like a bag of potato.
“Loyal subject of this kingdom, at mid-day there will be an announcement from the princess, all of you are mandatory to attend” – said from a guard.
After he said so some neighbor approach me and ask whether I going to attend that announcement or not and I just said no. I don’t have a reason to go nor a reason to not to go but if I must choose then I not wanting to be there. Unable to explain very good about it but something about that princess just make me feels not wanting to be around her. Don’t get me wrong, she is a beautiful, well-mannered, attractive and famous. There is a reason why she kept getting all of those foreign country princes wanting to form a relationship with her, rumors said she has already rejected twenty-three princes and putting three on hold, those three are actually her fiancés or so, that is the only reason she can’t up right reject them.
Though back to what we supposed to talk about first, I can’t see her that way though, something feels fake about her, it is as if she is putting on an act and I can’t like it, feels like I am being lied to whenever I heard she said anything, hence why I never attend any announcement that she put out directly and asked every one of her “loyal” subject to be there.
I rather continue working on the field and go back home, have a somewhat “hot” soup and then go back to sleep and waiting for tomorrow to come and repeat this boring life. And as I said so, I continue working on the field until the work of the day is done, as soon as I finished, I checked my belongings, no that I even having that much to begins with just my hat and my hoe and a bag of some potato which I half eaten, the other half I will put in the soup and have some luxury meal tonight. I said soup but it is just water salt and boil it on hot wood fire and that is it. I can’t really cook so that will be what I having for the night.
Finally, home, after putting up some light and lighting the fire up, I put a pot up and some water in for my soup. I sat down and thinking to myself why is will my life continue going on being so lifeless, just a repeating cycle of farming, tending to the field, the farm and harvest, and back home, eating my salty soup that I sometime adding sugar on top of it so I can taste something better than just potato with salty water I called fancily “soup”.
As I were just sitting there waiting for the water to boil, I noticed something, a sound from the back of my house, but it is in the forest, is it some animal, rats perhaps? If it is truly rat than it is troublesome, these are all of the food I have, I can’t afford for some rat to take it away and I remain starving, it would be the worst-case scenario. I don’t want to die yet; this life is boring but I don’t want to die yet… I have to do something about it.
I walked out of the house and head to the back of my house and entering the nearby bushes, there is nothing there though, but I noticed, footprint… these are not foot print of any animals but footprint of a human being… Curiosity gotten into me as I went deeper into the forest investigating what is going on, hoping I not getting any trouble… well I already got into so much trouble already…? Well can’t go back anymore, too deep to back off now.
The deeper I walking into this forest, I notice I could hear some kind of voice going on, they are holding a conversation, something about “sister” and something about “love” as well as “marriage”. I couldn’t guess that much about with all of those little quiet word they are holding with each other. Can you all speaker louder but I do recognize a voice. Bane of my, well not so much hated but I do dislike that voice enough to recognize it anywhere, princess Sendai. Why a princess is doing here, in middle of the night, middle of a forest, holding a conversation, wait this is not a conversation really… this is a confession, is the princess meeting with someone? Who could it be?
I make little step closer to where they are talking, as I getting closer, I notice she is talking to some kind of knights or is it just the body guard? and the one she actually doing the trade with the merchant over there…? I continue to step closer as I finally in range to listen clearly to what they are saying.
“I am sorry, but the feeling you hold for me I can’t find the right emotion to reply to me, I can’t say it is love, I do like you but I have always view you as a sister.” – The princess reply to the other… wait that is a PRINCESS? Wait, this is breaking news to me, I never know two girls can hold romantic emotion for one another.
“But Sendai-onee-sama, you told me you love girls, isn’t that why you have always rejected all of those princes? So that you can find the perfect girl in your dream, I have done everything trying to be that girl, why can’t I be your partner? Did I do something wrong?” – The girl reply, demanding answer with teary eyes, she looks like she is on the verge of collapsing and wanting to cry a river.
The princess is still standing there, being very patient about it as she takes out her handkerchief and wipe away the other princess tear, and very gently give her reply.
“You know being my dream ideal person doesn’t mean I will love you; love has to comes naturally, you can’t force it, I just can’t force myself to love you just because you did everything to became my ideal partner doesn’t mean I will just magically love you; you need to give me times too…”- Princess Sendai give a reply, her voice filled with sorrow as she look down to the girl, patting her head and proceed to hug her to make sure she calm down.
“But but…” – The girl still wanting to say something but Sendai put a finger on her mouth, hinting that she understands and then shake her head, giving a signal that no matter her reason is, it is meaningless before her, she can’t love her back nor she can force herself to love anyone.
The other girls ran away to the direction of the castle with teary eyes, her eyes look like it filled with so much emotions, disappointment, sadness, sorrow, anger, despair and on top of it is hopelessness, the hopelessness of not able to be the “one” princess Sendai loves.
I don’t really get it anyways, why would anyone love Sendai, yeah, she is cute and beautiful and nice, but I am sure that is just her cover, I am sure her true self is something worse than what she shows outside. As I lost in my thought, I can feel a hands on my shoulder.
“Oh, I see we have a rat here huh” – Princess Sendai was behind me all that time…
“Um Since when did you notices me princess” – I asked, hoping I can avoid the axe of the executioner or jail…
“Since Onee-sama part, I have already noticed you ratting and eavesdropping on us, can’t believe you have the guts to stay here though out the entire thing though” – Princess said as she stares at me.
“Well, what you going to do princess, lock me in jail or execute me? I am not scared, do it and see how will the low class react on the effect of my death!” – I reply in a foolish way, hoping to get her to think I am actually important.
“Oh, I see” – She answered and give me a good look from top to bottom and then leaves the area only give me a smirk as my heartbeat stopped from thinking I finally survive this time.
I quickly return to my house and have a fast sleep, thinking everything is just a dream and thinking I shouldn’t have involved myself into this. What did I think anyways, I should have left as soon as I hear the princess voices.
I scream into the void of nothingness, releasing my inner stress and was scolded by my next-door neighbor for being too loud. I forgot I am not alone…
The next morning raise, I awake at the same time as the rooster and preparing to go to work on the field again but when I stepped outside two guard take me on their carriage and the next thing I know that I was escorted to the princess chamber with her sitting there, expected me being here because she wasn’t surprise at all that two guards throw me inside…
I look at her and I know I has to do something so I speak up:
“If you do anything to me, I will tell the entire castle that you are interested in girls!” – I speak loud enough to threaten her while make sure no one listen to ensure the heavy of the word I just spoken out
She said nothing and just put her finger on her chin, looking like she was thinking about something and then she walks around me, look like she is joking with me, thinking that I am some sort of toys and she gives me a reply
“I am so scared, please don’t tell anyone, I willing to do anything as long as you don’t tell anyone about it, my life will be ruined the moment you tell others about me loving girls” – She said as she cried.
Wait does this mean I won? Does this mean I have total control over the all-mighty princess Sendai!
That moment I was indulge in happiness; a wicked smile was formed on Sendai.