What If?

23

"See, you made me this! You said that you embroidered it. Right here!" Felix points on his handkerchief. I examined the handkerchief closely taking it into my hands. I think I remember giving this to him.

"Y-Yeah! You chocked on lemon bars that day!" I say smiling at Felix hopefully I was correct. He turned red as he gently took his handkerchief from my hands. "That's is correct, Your Highness." Felix answers quietly. "You choked on lemon bars?" Claude asks, smirking. "I was startled that's why I chocked on them." Felix quickly defended himself.

Claude shook his head, chuckling ever so slightly as he took a sip of his tea.

It's been a couple of weeks since the first time Claude has been visiting me for some tea. He comes every morning and joined me for tea. As more memories came to me the more I resented him. I've been quite during our tea meetings only responding when talked to out of politeness. He treated me so terribly over the years. I was even having bad nightmares I'd wake up crying or screaming. Lily is very worried about me since I'm now barely sleeping at all at night. I don't like seeing his piecing cold eyes at me full of digust and hatred. She asks me what I was having nightmares about but I just kept silent. I don't think she really knows how Claude really treated me over the years. I didn't want her to be so upset she does something that could get her executed.

Felix has been talking to me a lot more then before doing his best to make me remember him. Which I am and it makes him really happy. Claude makes no effort in trying to get me to remember him. He must not want me to remember. But I have a lot of memories about him and none of them were good ones.

"I should leave now." Claude says swiftly finishing the rest of the tea in his cup before standing up. I stand up also, "Have a wonderful day, Your Majesty." I say. Claude gets annoyed with me bowing before him. "See you tomorrow, Princess." Felix smiles at me before Claude and him both leave.

"Are you feeling well, Princess?" Lily asks me as she comes into the room. "Yes, I'm feeling quite well." I nod at Lily, looking down a my fingers.

"I'm starting to remember His Majesty." I blurted out suddenly.

"Isn't that good?" Lily asks as she takes a seat next to me. I shake my head no. "I only remember all the bad times together. How he humiliated me time after time again. The hatred in his voice every time he spoke to me. The murderous aura that surrounded him when I was around him and how his eyes were as cold as ice anytime he looked at me." I tell Lily looking up at her.

Quickly Lily wrapped her arms around me in such a motherly way. "Yes you do have more bad memories with His Majesty than good ones." Lily says quitely. "But you two did have good ones, Princess. Before the accident you and His Majesty became quite close and he would give you a flower crown each time you guys met." Lily tells me brushing her hand through my hair.

"But how did I forgive him? For everything he did to me, how was I able to?" I ask Lily pulling away and looking at her. She sighed, sadly. "I don't think you ever did, Princess. Just you two began to spend some time together." Lily explains to me. I suppose that makes sense.

"I'm going to go for a walk. It will be good to get some fresh air." I tell Lily, standing up. I knew she was against it but she just nodded. "Be careful, Princess." Lily tells me.

The weather was a lot cooler now and I just walked around aimlessly. Maybe I should go see Lucas. I haven't been able to see him since he was busy cleaning up the huge mess he made.

"May the Blessings and Glory of The Obelian Empire always be with you." I turn around to see was speaking to me.

It wasn't just one but two people. A man with white hair and yellow eyes and a woman with long brown hair. She looks like Jennette from in my memories of her. But neither one these people were familiar and since they didn't introduce themselves they must be associated with Claude. Nobody should know that I am suffering from amnesia at the moment since such information of the Imperial Family is supposed to be classified.