14 Chapter 14: Playing The Hero

"Sorry, Luna but this has to happen," I responded before making my way over towards her. I straightened up my posture and walked over to them with confidence on my face. As I got closer, I can hear the cruel words being thrown at her as she laid helplessly on the floor.

The mistress then raised her hand in an attempt to slap her once again. Swiftly I rushed over to her and shouted. "Stop! Leave her alone!" I then went behind the maid who was dirty on the floor to block the lady.

Everyone looked at me in shock as the lady's face contorted into a scowl. "What are you doing? Get the hell out of my way and mind your own business." The mistress asked me to leave, looking quite annoyed.

"You need to stop treating her like that. That's very inhumane of you." I spoke straightforwardly, making her laugh out loud along with the crowd behind her. "And what's so funny exactly? I'm telling you to stop treating this young lady like trash and here you are laughing."

"But she's a slave dear." The lady answered. "It's normal to treat them like mere cattle, after all. I bought that girl from the slave market. She was very expensive as well, so the least she could do is carry my things well." They all laughed but hearing all of this just made me tightened my grip on my knuckles.

All these words I'm hearing from this woman were cruel and lack some sort of empathy. It just makes me want to punch her for saying all of those things in front of my face. "So what? If she's a slave. She still a person, a person with feelings, needs, and desires. Clearly, you can see that she's weak because she hasn't been fed well. So why are you complaining about her not being able to do her job well if she wasn't even given food to do it. Kinda like how horses won't run if they are hungry or thirsty." I made an analogy though it's a bit demoralizing since I just compared the maid to a horse.

"Ugh. Why are you getting worked up over some throwaway maid? Honestly, I couldn't care less if that maid gets her arm chopped off or die of starvation for all I-" Suddenly my body moved on its own to prepare a powerful punch directly at her face! I can't stand what she's saying!

As my fist was about to hit her in the face really hard, the voice of a guard was heard, making me stop from my track. "What's all the commotion here!? What's happening?" The guard asked the two of us.

"Oh, nothing. This lady over here just tried to cause some chaos by objecting to me. The nerve of this girl. I want her to be sent to prison immediately for disrespecting the heir to the throne of the Roseberry! It is I! Princess Charlotte Roseberry herself and I don't appreciate this mere commoner telling me what to do." The lady attempted to snitch on me to the guard. I just hope he isn't dumb enough.

"Oh most certainly!" The guard nodded like a puppet and grabbed me by the arm. "We will now be escorting you out of the premises. You have just disrespected one of the royal families and that is unacceptable!" The guard tightly grips on me as he forces me out.

"What the heck!" Luna shouted in shock as she sees me getting dragged away by the guard.

"Ah! Let go of me! I'll go out myself! Alright! So just let me go!" I attempted to plead with the guard since his metal glove was just gripping onto me tightly.

"Let go of my best friend!" Luna commanded the guard but the guard ignored both of our requests and grabbed onto her instead. "Hey! Let me go! What are you doing!" He grabs the two of us with full force and it was child's play to him due to his muscular physique.

We attempted to struggle and get out of his tight grip but he was just so strong. Everyone laughed as they saw us getting pulled out of the castle doors with his hand on our collars. As we reached the door, he then throws the two of us down to the ground.

"Both of you are hereby banned from the castle grounds! So leave and never return again or we'll send you to prison the next time around!" He then closes the door, leaving the two of us outside dumbfounded at what just happened.

Luna then glared at me. "See! I told you! Didn't I tell you not to play the hero! See what this got us into. Now we won't be able to court the prince! I really wanted that money, you know!" She pouted, scolding me harshly.

"Wow... the nerve of this spoiled rich girl.. if I had the chance I would have punched her so much to just knock some sense to her but how narcissistic can you be to say a monologue about yourself.. who knew she had that type of power..." I scratched my head at the confusion.

"I mean you clearly saw her being high class. Literally, she was high class enough to have the guts to bully her slave in front of a crowd. Of course, that girl has some sort of ego!" Luna bonks me on the head.

"Alright.. alright. I'm sorry okay. Honestly, Luna, you didn't need to come along with me when I was getting dragged out. You should have just pretended to know me so the guard would have let you stayed, you know." I suggested to her.

"None sense. I don't leave my bestie. No bitch left behind as I said it. Besides, it's so boring there anyway. Spending time with fake royals ain't exactly how I want to spend my time. Let's just go to a nearby cafe or something!" Luna suggested, just like a true friend, it's natural for her not to leave me alone.