duke noctems palace.
louic POV
" until when are you going to stay like that ? I kind of need you to do your work" I said sitting in my office and looking at keiji who was in the corner sitting on a chair completely lifeless.
"..."
" are you still dead because of the news?"
" ..news..news ..news....NEWS!! AHHHH YOU OF ALL PEAPLE !!YOU OF ALL PEOPLE!-" I throw a chair right at his face
" stop yelling ."
" I mean..how can you expect me to act normal!?!? you just come from the palace and the first thing you tell me is that you're going to marry princess jennete ?!"
" no I said that we will evaluate her and if she is good enough she will become the duchess of this place ." I said calmly
he get up and walk to me
" are you hearing yourself? you always refuse every single woman that want to marry you and you had countless fights with your mother about this but now you want to marry someone and she is from those royals that you hate so much?!"
" I never said I hate the royals ."
" I doubt after what his majesty did to you"
I looked up at him ,my face was neutral but I was a bit annoyed
" look,I dont hate the royals the only one responsible here is my father ."
" even so the empror shouldn't have donne that"
" ...."
I went silent.
of course no one really know the story behind the noctem family
keiji thinks he does but it's not true
I sigh
" anyways let's not talk too much about this just tell mother but I doubt lady jennete will be my fiancé .
there is nothing much to learn in 3 weeks." I said
" hein?"
" why are you still here go back to your work"
" yeah.yeah." he didn't say more and left
end of louic POV
athanasia POV
work...work...and work .
I sigh.
it never ends.
claude went to his meeting but I didn't follow him I had other work to do.
" princess ,we need to begin the preparations for the festival" a nobel man who was following me to help me told me
the festival.
it is a day that happend every 3 years.
the royals of the three contrys will be reunited in the same room
obelia ,arlanta and sieodona.
it's is a day to show the people that we are in peace and that we are in good terms.
this day was create because we used to not have a good relation between us
it's is a way of saying " we are in peace"
this year ,the festival will be held in obelia so we need to prepare it very well.
he will be held in a few months.
" yes ,you're right .send me the documents to the ruby palace I will start right away" I order him and start heading back
humm for some reason I have a bad feeling .
theses days it's too calm.
there is still a danger out there .
the people who are assosiate with carax are still out there .
and until now everything was ....too...calm.
...hope it's not the calm before the storm
the ruby palace come to view
well..until the documents arrived I have some time
some time that I will spend by .....
..reading the books that seth gave me.
it's the perfect time to read about relationship
I thought as I had a determinate look on my face.
I enter my room and sat down on my desk opening the first book a bit nervous.
okay .lets do this.
An hour later~
ahhhhh I'm tired and I didnt find what I want too.
most of the books are not about relationship but more about marriage and how a nobel lady can take control of her husbands house
what did I expect? most of those books were writing by nobels so of course to them there is no such thing as love or a pure relationship. there is only marriage of benefits .
I'm not even married how is that going to help me??
hummm ah.
this book.
I notice a book who was quite diffrent from the others . he looked less ..fancy?
I took him.
humm the book was writing by a commoner .
maybe that will help me!
I thought happily
I opened the book and start reading
" how to maintain a good relationship " I read the introduction
the book has just a few pages ,each page full of rules.
" rule number one: you need to always be beautiful around him no matter what!
mans care a lot about their girlfriends apparance ,it's something really important to them!" I read the sentence
....really? lucas doesn't seem to care much about this though..Mmm maybe he cares but doesnt show me?
well I dont want to sound arrogant but I'm quite good looking no? and the maids always compliment me about how beautiful I am.
but it's true that sometimes I'm messy when I train with the kinghts for exemple
humm well then I need to be careful! I need to always be in my best apparence just in cause lucas would be around!
" rule number two: you need to always agree with whatever your boyfriend is saying because mans hate it when they are wrong and prefer to be right"
........really? I...need....to...always ....agree with lucas?
but...how can I do this!?!. ...I'm afraid if I agree with everything he says a lot of people might die!!! and the first ones would be claude and ijekiel .
of course I don't care about those two but still!!!
" rule number 3 : you musn"t get close to other mans. because boyfriends don't like when they saw their girlfriends with other mans and they might broke up because of this"
........how am I supposed to do this!?!?
as the crown princess I talk to nobel mans a lot! and even if I wasn't the crown princess it's not like I can live without ever talking to them?!
..well it's true that lucas get jealous but...is he going to leave me because of this?
" rule number 4 : dont be too clingy otherwise he will get annoyed"
" rule number 5 : don't be bossy,there is nothing mans hate more than their girlfriend being overbearing"
" number 6: mans like to be strong and be the protector so you need to be fragil and cute and let him protect you"
..........I'am screwed am I not?
I'm the exacly opposite of this.
and well I need to be the opposite otherwise how can I rule a contry?
does that mean a crown princess can't have a relationship?
I pout .
morever , this book titel is" how to maintain a good relasionship " so why does it only talk about how a woman should act?
..I dont have any experience in love so maybe I'm the one not normal?
" rule number 7: you musn't put your guard down ,you need to be always perfect because if not, he will go see somewhere else and go with other womans "
...alright that book is trash!!💢💢💢
I slapped the book to the wall
just imagining lucas with another woman is making me angry .
and now I'm angry with lucas even if he didn't do anything.
how is this helping me?!! I'm not capable of doing half of the rules.
is my relationship not going good?
...I sigh .
even if I'm angry I dont have any better idea so let's keep reading
I pick up the book
at the half of it .
" how to make things better if it's going bad between you two." I read the titel of the page.
humm maybe this will help
I don't have time to read them all so let's just read one
" the best way to make things better is to prepare his favorite snackes he will be touched because there is nothing better than a homemade from your girlfriend "
maybe this will help .
lucas does like cookies that lily make maybe he will be touched if I do it myself but......
I have no idea how to cook💦
mmm I slapped myself .
c'mon athanasia its just some cookis you can do it!!
I sigh.
its really a headacke
" princess?" I turn to the voice it was lily
" yes lily?"
" I saw you thinking deeply so..hum? are you reading those books?"
" this? ahh...heuu..yes I-I am "
she sigh
" when I'm happy you're putting so much effort in this ...keep in mind that those kind of things cant be learn in some books"
" then where do I learn them?"
" life will teach you"
" lily like to speak in riddles" I joke
lily laughed
" life is not a book princess ,these kind of things will be learned by time"
" maybe you're right then can lily help me?"
" I never had been in a relationship so I can't really help you"
" I see..." I sigh
" I think the princess should also worry about having friends "
" friends?"
" yeah ,youre always working it would be good for you to have at least a friend to pass time and talk about your worries like those ones "
" well lucas is my friend"
" I was talking about girl friends and you don't gave any"
" thats not true I have a lot of friends!!!"
" reaaallyy??" she said with a bit of sarcasm
" y-yes!"
" like ?"
" w-well heuu humm" I sttuter
c'mon Im sure I have a friend
" humm well j-jennete!'
" princess jennete is your sister " she correct me
" the one invited at the tea partys?"
" they are not real friends"
" hummm ..well ....heuu....alright I give up I dont have friends you're right" I give up
she smiled
" I'm sure you will have one in the future ,someone you can talk about all those girly things and never forget that having friends is not a competition ,having one true friend is better than a lot fake"
" ..thanks lily"
" I'm telling you this because I want you to feel what it means to have a friend since you only keep on working"
I hugged lily
" by the way ,can you help me ?"
" yes with what?"
" I want to cook some cookis for lucas"
I said a bit shy
lily laughed
" you trying very hard ,okay I will help you "
" thank you "
I went to the kitchen right after finishing some of my documents .
" here princess , I prepare you all of the ingrediants you need and I wrote the recipe" anna inform me
lily had another work so she asked anna to prepare everything for me.
I'm nervous really nervous.
" then princess I will go so that you can be comfortable ..you know not having someone watching you "
" are you saying this because the chef always keep an eye on you when you guys are working?" I asked smirking
she laugh nervously
" m-maybe?"
I laugh
" okay then I will go " she bow down and left
I turn to the table .
so.
hum what to do first?
I think I need to read the recipe first
so I need
sugar , flew ,eggs ,cacao ,choclate ...
anna prepare evrything for me so why am I nervous?!
humm let's see first step break the eggs and put sugar and yeast?
technically it's easy but....which one of these is the yeast?
I look at the ingrediants
and how do I break eggs?
is there a special tool or I use my hands ?
I sigh Im screwed .
and above all that I need to be careful not to end up as a mess.
after a few hours
*BOOM*
an explosion was heared from the kitchen
all the maids pannicked and come running
" what was that?!"
" princess are you okay?!"
no I am not
what did I do this time?
lily come running to me
my hair was ruined , my face is cover with dirt and my dress become black because of the explosion
" princess you're not hurt are you?"
" no lily I am fine really but...well I kind of messed up my cookies"
" what exacly did you do?"
" I dont know ...maybe I mistake some ingrediants or something like that"
lily sigh
" anyways just go back to your room I will clean up and......" she looked at the kitchen
" and ask the magicians to do something about this." she said refering to the nearly destroyed kitchen
I feel like an idiot
not wanting to cause any other problem and embarasse myself more I went to my room .
I throw myself at the couch
I'm supposed to change my cloths and look pretty again but I don't have energy lucas is not here so it's okay right? to rest a bit.
" wow ! what in god hell happend ? I just come to the palace and I saw the kitchen destroyed"
speak of the devil...
ahhh I give up .Im not a girlfriend material
end of athanasia POV
lucas enter the room and saw athanasia on the couch burying her face in the pillow
'what happend here?' lucas thought
" athanasia ? you're still alive?" lucas went near her
" lucas I give up I'm not fit to be a girlfriend sorry" athanasia said tiredly
' something clearly happend'
" since when being a girlfriend is a job? there is no such thing as ' fit to be a girlfriend' you know" lucas said
" really?" she said weakly
" what exacly happend ? something is telling me that you have something to do with the destruction of the kitchen"
"....."
" athanasia?"
" well actually..."
athanasia told him all the story begining by what she read on books and all...
lucas listened carefully.
after she finished there was a long silence until
" pfffffhahahahhahaha" lucas burst of laughing
" dont laugh!!!" athy warn blushing
" hahahah I-...cant.....belive all ofhahah this hahahh oh my god hahah..you're so cute hahhah"
" fine you know what ?if it's really funny then just leave because I dont find it funny"
" alright alright don't be mad " he said with tears in his eyes showing just how much he laughed.
" jerk "
" then ..how about we try this together?"
" ??" athy titled her head
" let's cook together after all ,couples help each other right?"
" we are still together ?" athy asked
" of course we are "
" but...I'm quite ridicule right now and not really perfect and-"
" you are ridiculously cute " lucas said laughing
" but.."
lucas took her hand to help her stand up
" in my eyes no matter what is the state you are in you will always be the most beautiful " he said smiling
athy froze a bit at his smile feeling touched and like an idiot
" I can also be bossy you know"
" yeah and? I like you because you are you"
" thanks.." she said weakly but smiling with a blush on her face.
" so lets go ? " lucas asked smirk
" yeah yeah"
they went to the kitchen .
lucas used magic to change athys cloths and rebuilt the kitchen
" heu princess are you sure you want to try again I dont want to sound rude but I dont want to see my kitchen destroyed again" the chef said his full of worrys.
" it's fine I can rebuilt it as many times as I want " lucas said
athy stay silent because she is the cause of this
" alright leave everyone" lucas order them.
after everyone left lucas wore an apron
and he tie his hair into a ponytail .
athy stare at him
' ahh he is too beautiful for my eyes !! how can someone be this pretty!!?? its a crime!! I can't even look the other way!!!'
lucas notice her
" like my handsome face?" he said smriking
" if only it was just the face." she said without her knowing with sparkles in her eyes
lucas was taken back
" ahhh...yeah.." he didnt really know what to say after seeing those sparkling eyes.
" lest start shall we " he clear his throat
" yeah let's start " athy smile brightly .
lucas smile unknowenly after seeing this
they start cooking lucas was teaching athanasia how to cook without burning the kitchen
athanasia start mixing the ingrediants but she start to mix it really really really fast
" wooow stop ! you're not fighting with the bol you know" lucas come and stop her hand .
he put his hands on hers and start mixing slowly
" like this"
athanasia blushed because of the closeness.
"h-how come you're good at cooking?"
" what is it that I'm not good at?" he smile proudly
" I take it back"
" pff well I told you that my master tied up my magic in the tower so I couldn't use magic to cook. left with no other choice than learning by myself "
" what about your master ?didn't he cook for you"
" sometimes he would go out so.."
" I see "
athanasia felt something warm on her neck
her eyes widden
lucas just kissed her neck.
" y-you"
" it's the first time someone wanted to cook something for me so thank you ." he wispeared near her ears
" y-your welcome"
he chuckled
after an hour
" humm ~it smells good " athanasia said
" yeah"
" I'm really happy that I did this with your help" athanasia looked at him and smiled
he stare at her for a second and smile
" queen."
" yeah?" athanasia titled her head
" there is two reasons why I call you queen" lucas said while removing his apron
" really ? "
" yeah,the first one is because I'm the only one who can call you like that and no one else"
she looked at him with 'what did I expect look'
" and the second is because you look like one"
"..."
" caring and gentel yet strong and proud at the same time . even if you are sometimes clumsy you try your best and do everything to protect the ones you love .
beautiful yet cute when you do things like today ."
"..."
".what I mean is that you're someone I love but also someone I respect a lot and no one will ever change that .
that's why you shouldnt listen to what those books says . just be you.. because I love every good and every bad of you"
" it is quite poetic no?" athanasia said
" you dont like it?"
athanasia smiled
" I love it .thank you lucas .I love you"
" I love you too"
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.time flies like an arrow and so 3 weeks have past .
let's go back to another princess who have an important test to pass that might change her life .
just like she might change his life.
jennete arrive to the notcem palace.
talk about fancy the palace was soo elegent and luxurious.
it was unique and beautiful
actually all the palace looked like a big saphire because of the color of the walls which was blue and white and the numbrous saphires that was built with.
and it doesn't end here . the garden looked stuning too.
it was a garden of blue roses .
" the duke must fancy the blue color" jennete muttered .
even if she come here with the idea of working she can't hide that she want to explor the palace more .
" you must be princess jennete .welcome princess" a guy with red hair and blue eyes greeted jennete with some servents behind him
" ohh y-yes ,hum nice to meet you I come here because of...well" she didnt know how to say 'I come here to pass a test to marry the duke'
" I know princess , I will let him know but first how about you rest a bit?Im sure you want to explore the palace"
he asked smiling but it was quite fake
jennete was able to distinct the fake and the real thanks to her last experience with the nobels but she didn't pay too much attention to it
" as tempting as it is ,I come here for a reason .time is precious but thanks for your offer " jennete refused politely
keiji was taken back.
" ohh.I see then please follow me"
he smile
" wait a minut keiji .I need to see her first"
a voice of a kind of old lady around her 40 was heared
" madam." keiji bow down.
'oh it's the dukes mother' jennete thought
jennete greeted her
" I'm happy to meet you madam" jennete said calmly with a smile
" me too princess ." she said with a fan in her hand .
she come closer and grap jennete's chin
" i-is there a problem" jennete asked confused
" humm yeah you're good looking .I don't have to worry about the apparence of your children" she nodded and remove her hand
" madam please do not treat people like object
'duke did says that his mother only cared about having grandchildren but it wouldnt hurt to be on good terms with her ' jennete thought
" madam .I know I'm not perfect compared to the others but I will do my best not to dispoint you" jennete said with a small smile
" oh don't worry my dear ,with a son like mine the last thing I can afford is being picky .no matter who I bring him he would always say no .
thats why Im not going to lose this chance"
" ohh..yes" jennete said a bit confused
" there is a lot of people who talk about you right ? if you become my daughter in law I will grap all of them and torture them ,you will see they will never talk about you" she said with a creppy smile
" w-what!? ahh n-no n-no there is no need to-"
" madam you will scare her "
" what? I'm just trying to tell her the good points of being my son's wife so that she will be more motivated to win this test "
"what a strange person.' jennete thought
" anyways please follow me princess" keiji turn to jennete who nodded
" see you again madam" jennete said to the mother
" hopefully as my daughter-in-law".
jennete and keiji was walking to louic's office
" how come the palace is decorate with so much saphire?"she asked
"because the madam loves saphire "
" I see, lord noctem must cherich his mother"
" not so sure . they always fight no matter what ..for everything" kieji sigh
" hum? lord noctem didn't look like someone who would fight over trivial things " jennete said
'he hardly even talk' she thought
" yeah generally it's the madam who would always start ."
" I see...maybe she is lonly" she said dazing off
" really? " keiji was surprised of her thinking
" ahh we arrived "he said while arriving at the door of the office
keiji opened the door reveling a dark hair man in dark cloths standing beside his desk
" you are here ." he said with his cold yet gentel voice
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hiiii Im soo happy to see you guyes again!!
I finnaly finish the chapter .
Im sure you are figuring the reason why I took so long
wmmp ending .no lucathy.dispointed .
Im sad because if she only confirmed that athy choosed lucas then the ending would have been great.
but those 3 last chapters I felt we could have do all the 3chapters in a single one .
well there is still side storys and spoon didnt mentioned lucathy ot lucas's story😭😭
I want to cry.
hum but you know to begin with the characters doesnt belong to spoon they belong to plutus the one who right the light novel so, the original story is the light lovel not the manhuwa .
I'm saying this to chear myself up.
anyway there is side storys and spoon said we will see athy adult so maybe we will see the kissing scene
I just want to see a kissing scene yet it feels like Im asking for the moon😑
but well ! I m feeling better and finished the chapter so tell me what did you think of it??
I quite enjoyed writing the part of athanasia with her books😂😂
it feels good to write funny scenes😂
I hope you still like the story and thank you for your comments it cheer me up and its always putting me in a good mood so really thank you.🥰
I will meet you in the next chapter hope you have enjoyed this one~