Rogue

Button 5

I sat in the bath as my skin soaked in the water. Giving a hearty sigh, I recalled the words Hakim had informed me of.

"After reading the letter the vizier informed all the palace staff and guards to prepare. Apparently King Sinbad will be arriving in a few days time to discuss the matter of your engagement to him."

I sighed again. "I don't want to marry anyone." Be it against my will or with someone who won't even give me the time of day, I will never marry. If I don't marry then when my father let's me take over the throne I will be in control. I can finally put an end to the slums in Akita and try to spread that influence with my power as Queen. "I can't marry."

"You can't or won't?"

Startled, I slipped and my head went under. I believed in and got bubbly water in my mouth. Bursting to the surface, I began coughing and gasping for breath.

"Almas! Please stop coming in without hearing my reply!"

Almas, in all her busty and curvy glory stood before me. When Almas had first joined the palace staff, I had just lost my mother, the late Queen of Akita. My mother always took baths with me so when she died I stopped taking baths. The staff tried so hard to just get me NEAR water. I always refused. But when Almas joined, the staff didn't like her at all.

Compared to now, the palace staff treat her like the head maid. Even quiet Hakim starts sweating bullets when she's near.

In anycase the palace staff had enough with me and had given up on getting me cleaned. So they had a deal that they would stop bothering her if she managed to get me cleaned. She accepted. She just came into my room with two of everything that you need for bathing and asked me if she wanted to take a bath with her.

I had accepted.

What can I say, my mother always said that when she was about to take a bath and I always joined her. So for 6 years, Almas always joined me in the bath after my mother's death.

...At least I think.

"Sorry, I heard you mumbling, so I assumed you had answered.

........wait, she actually knocked?

I sighed before answering. "It's fine. It's my fault for not being on guard in the first place."

After that, Almas washed my hair, while I washed her back. Then as Almas was soaking up, I got out and began to dry myself.

"So? What are your thoughts on the current marriage proposal?"

I paused, then resumed drying myself off as best as I could. "The Womanizer of the Seven Seas, King Sinbad of Sindria. In his lifetime he has created a country that flourishes and is considered a powerhouse. Something of that magnitude is suppose to be impossible. At least within a hundred years anyway. Moreover he has managed to create an alliance with many countries that normally would have nothing to do with each other. He is a man to be wary of."

It was silent for a moment as I went back into my thoughts. We really should be careful when he arrives in a few days.

"So in other words, "a lying, manipulative jacka** that will do anything for his country and his ideals. And to top it all off he's a womanizer, the worst kind of guy to exist in this world.""

I felt tears come to my eyes as I turned my head to Almas. "You know me so well, Almas~"

~Somewhere B/W Sindria and Akita!~

Sinbad's P.O.V.

"ACHOO!"

Catching Ja'far's attention, he walked up to me. "Are you catching a cold my Lord?"