All This Food Is Yours, Milady

Matthew giggled and sat back down in his chair. "You look cute when you are chewing your food. I don't mind if you want me to keep feeding you."

Ruby's head dropped even more profoundly. She was so embarrassed that she didn't dare look at Matthew's face.

[Stupid! How can I act embarrassingly in front of him?! Forget about my lousy etiquette. Even my usual behavior is embarrassing enough!]

"Don't think too much about unimportant things. After all, as your husband, I must ensure you eat well and live comfortably in this palace."

Matthew placed the sweet and sour prawn onto Ruby's plate. "As long as it's just the two of us, then you can forget all noble etiquette. I don't even care if you don't hold the knife properly."

The man smiled warmly. "So, Milady, eat a lot, so you have the energy to accommodate our future child."

Ruby blushed. Her entire face was as red as a rose that had just bloomed. She clearly understood the meaning of Matthew's words.

Her husband wants Ruby to have a lot of energy so they can make babies more often.

Because Ruby was too shy to reply to Matthew's words, she ended up sinking her thoughts into the food that had entered her mouth.

The taste of luxury food couldn't be compared to the taste of the food Ruby used to eat with the servants.

It tastes like heaven! Ruby couldn't even stop putting much food into her mouth, even though her stomach was full.

Across the table, Matthew was more interested in watching Ruby than eating his food. The man couldn't stop putting food on Ruby's plate because he felt happy every time he saw Ruby's cheeks bulge while chewing food.

"Eat slowly. I don't want you to choke. Don't worry. All this food is yours, Milady."

• • •

After Ruby finished her meal, she finally felt that her body had regained strength. However, Ruby's stomach felt full because she overate, making her uncomfortable.

Matthew then took his wife for a walk in the garden to prevent the accumulation of excess fat.

"Look at here, Milady. The color of the roses is similar to the color of your eyes." Matthew plucked a rose in the garden, then tugged the thorns before giving the rose to Ruby.

The wind blew Ruby's hair as she received a rose from Matthew. Instantly Ruby's expression turned gloomy, her gaze was sad, and her lips curved downwards.

There was a pain in her heart every time she looked at the roses up close.

Because roses reminded her of Oscar, her long-dead brother.

"What's wrong, Milady? Don't you like this flower?" Matthew asked in surprise.

Ruby shook her head. She forced herself to smile and wrote, "When I was little, my brother also used to give me roses."

Like Matthew, Oscar often said red roses matched Ruby's eyes.

Both are equally beautiful as well as the most prominent among other colors.

"Your brother named Oscar?" Matthew added, "I heard from the healers that your mother used to say his name a lot."

Ruby smiled wryly. "Yes, his name is Oscar. My mother's mind has gone haywire since Oscar died, and she went insane."

Marquess Barnette always told outsiders that Oscar died in an accident. However, it was not an accident but intentional.

Just like Ruby, Oscar is also unable to turn into a werewolf. Moreover, Oscar has no magic power, thus placing him in the lowest position in the Barnette family hierarchy.

Because Oscar was born as a boy, he was under more pressure than Ruby. He is required to be strong so that he doesn't tarnish the reputation of the Barnette family in the future.

Marquess Barnette would ask her sons to fight each other and show their abilities every month. From the eldest son to the youngest, they were all forced to compete with each other.

Usually, Oscar would end up badly injured, but the boy always tried to smile at Ruby and said he was fine.

He had no strength but always tried hard to be strong to protect Ruby and his mother in the Barnette family.

However, hard work will not be able to compete with someone who has had talent since birth. One time, when Oscar was 12 years old, he was forced to fight Taylor, the eldest son of Marquess Barnette.

In that fight, Oscar always tried to get up even though he was already battered. That behavior irritated Taylor, so he wanted to teach Oscar a lesson by attacking him mercilessly.

"My brother was dead because he was too persistent to fight. He was dead because he didn't want to give up," Ruby wrote with shaking hands.

Taylor had killed Oscar, but Marquess Barnette ignored it and cleared Taylor's black record by spreading the word that Oscar's death was purely an accident.

"He was like sunshine. He always smiled and promised me that he would bring me lots of jewelry and beautiful dresses when he had a lot of money."

However, that promise ended up in dust. Oscar couldn't keep his promise because he had left Ruby for a long time.

"He may not be able to keep his promise to you. But he has gone to great lengths to protect you until the very end. Thanks to him, you grew into a great woman and have survived to this day," Matthew spoke softly.

Ruby raised her head, then looked into her husband's eyes.

"This time, I will carry on his promise to give you lots of luxury items and ensure your safety." Matthew took Ruby's hand. "Next week, you will be crowned the Queen of the Veritas Kingdom."

"With such a high position, your family will no longer be able to harm you and your mother."

Ruby held the rose in her hand tightly, then nodded her head.

[Yeah, those trash families will no longer be able to touch me carelessly]

"Your Majesty, I want to see my mother right now," Ruby wrote. After remembering her memories with Oscar, Ruby suddenly wanted to meet Helena.

"All right, I will ask Dena to accompany you to your mother's room." Matthew lifted Ruby's chin and stroked her cheek gently. "However, unfortunately, I can't come with you. I still have other things to do."

Ruby nodded. She didn't expect a busy person like Matthew to keep her company all day. "It's okay. I know you're busy, Your Majesty. "

A few moments later, Dena finally came to the garden. The woman smiled brightly when she saw Ruby standing next to Matthew. According to her, both of them match when standing side by side.

"Your Majesty, I will accompany Milady today. You don't have to worry," said Dena.

"I entrust her to you, Dena. Immediately ask the soldiers to call me if something bad happens," Matthew ordered.

Dena nodded obediently. "I understand, Your Majesty."

When Ruby was about to leave with Dena, Matthew spoke again. "Oh, I forgot to tell you about this. Tomorrow afternoon, make sure you don't have anything to do. I want you to choose one of the royal knights to be your personal knight."

"Besides that, I'm sorry, I can't sleep in our bedroom tonight. I have to do a lot of work right now." Matthew kissed Ruby's cheek lightly and whispered, "See you tomorrow, Milady."

After saying that, Matthew immediately left the garden with some soldiers. On the other side, Ruby covered her face and didn't have a gut to look at Dena. She felt embarrassed because she didn't expect Matthew to kiss her in public.

"Milady, you are quite adorable when you blush. No wonder His Majesty liked to tease you." Dena laughed and convinced her, "There, there, Milady. You don't have to be shy. After all, His Majesty is your husband."

Ah, Dena was right.

Matthew was indeed her husband; in other words, he had the right to show his affection toward Ruby publicly.

No, wait. This is not the time to talk about that.

"Don't talk about it anymore. I have a question," Ruby wrote, "Why do I need a personal knight? I mean, isn't that too much?"

Dena asked Ruby to walk while explaining, "Milady, it's not exaggerating. Your coronation will be held next week, so your status as the Queen of Veritas will also be settled."

"His Majesty ruled this kingdom for ten years without a Queen. Therefore, your presence as queen will cause great havoc in the Raeludin Empire."

Ruby had heard that the Veritas Kingdom's reign system differed from other kingdoms. If rulers in other kingdoms are determined by lineage and blood, then the Veritas Kingdom applies the law of the jungle.

Where the strongest will get the position as the ruler.

Therefore, the average reign of the king in veritas was never more than two years because there would always be an alpha challenging the king every year.

However, the barbarian system changed when Matthew became the king of Veritas. Bravely, he abolished the law of the jungle with the excuse of wanting to stabilize the politic in Veritas.

Matthew's efforts did pay off. Gradually, Veritas grew into a kingdom that occupied a high position in the Raeludin Empire for ten years.

His power even made other kings feel threatened. They secretly hoped Matthew's reign would soon collapse, considering he had no descendants.

However, those hopes were instantly crushed once they heard Matthew would enthrone a queen and tried to get an heir.

"It is not impossible that many people in the Raeludin Empire want to get rid of you, Milady. In addition, the case of the berserker who had infiltrated the palace has not yet been resolved."

"Besides your room, there's no room in this palace where the fireplace is off, so it doesn't make sense that so many berserkers have infiltrated the palace. Moreover, they broke into your room."

Ruby suddenly stopped her steps when Dena mentioned a creature called a berserker. Because Ruby was sick and busy making a 'baby' with Matthew for two days, she forgot about the bad incident that had happened to her one week ago.

In fact, there was something odd about that night.

"Dena, that night, you said there would be a maid to add firewood to my fireplace. However, why, when I woke up, the fireplace was dead?" wrote ruby.