5 Princes and I(Preview Only)

Chapter 4 Queen Elizabeth from Another World

"Rise." she commanded. As she had ordered, the princes had risen to their feet. "I see you've met my niece. Princess Rose."

Ew. Cringe.

"Who are you calling your-" Before I could finish my sentence, her foot collided with mine. Since she was wearing heels, it made the pain twice as painful.

I gritted my teeth together to prevent myself from screaming as I jumped on one foot while clutching my injured one. "What the fu-!" She stomped on my other foot, which made me switch to the other one. What is her problem?!

"Oh, what was that, my DEAR niece??" The girl faced me again, but this time with an annoyed face that meant 'just-play-along'.

I swallowed. "Nothing, aunt-"

"Elizabeth." she whispered to me

"-Elizabeth" I mumbled.

"Good." She once again faced the princes, who were standing there patiently. "Gentlemen, my niece here will be staying with us and I want you boys to be kind to her. Teach her how to act like a proper lady-"

"Hey!"

"-and teach her some manners. If you impress her, she might pick you to be the next king of my kingdom."

"What do you mean?" I asked. I was really confused. They were in a conversation where I wasn't in. Pick a king? What's this all about? "Sorry but I am not into cosplay/roleplay so please count me out."

"You see, my dear niece. Since it had been 20 years and my husband and I still haven't conceived a child-"

"Wait, 20 years!? Your role is an old hag? But you don't look like one."

The corner of her mouth twitched "I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear that comment about an old hag, but thank you. You see, I'm a Fae. As in a fairy. Two human years mean 1 year for us. I'm 60 yrs old in human years. In other words, I'm only 30." She whispered in my ear.

A fairy? Is she crazy or something?

"Y-you're a....."

"Fairy? Yep"

I backed away. "Get out of here."

"Nothing is impossible in this world, my dear."

In this world? I looked around me. We were on a vacant landscape. Tall trees stood behind us. Judging from its height, I can tell that I'm not in my city anymore. But how could this happen? I mean, novels about people being transported into another world is common these days, but that's not what happened to me, right?

I mean, I haven't been hit by a truck. And I am sure that I haven't been reincarnated either.

She let out a sigh. "Look. I can tell that you are...a bit confused so I will explain everything later, okay?" She turned to the boys who were laughing, but stopped when they saw her highness glaring at them. "She doesn't go out much. She's ignorant so please take care of her." The queen said to them.

"Yes, your highness." they said in unison.

"Good," she turned her attention back to me "As I was saying. Since we don't have an heir to our Kingdom, my husband and I decided to pick one of the princes from other kingdoms. As for the candidates, we have chosen the youngest sons of each kingdom and would give them a test to see who is fit to be king."

"And where do I fit in?" I crossed my arm over my chest. My mind is a mess right now. As of the moment I believe that I am either kidnapped or in a weird dream.

"You, my dear, will be going to help us to decide that. You will pick a king."

"Say what now?"

"I'm not going to repeat it since I know that you have heard me."