The Sudden Royal Visit

First… my big brother made an unexpected appearance and caused us a lot of trouble, especially to my mentors. And now, I received another unexpected visit from the royalties from the country of Malcedonia.

Should I expect a lot of unexpected visits from the days to come?

I reluctantly went out of the prince's office to greet these two visitors that Lucas has mentioned earlier.

Once I revealed my appearance to them…

"Prince Arthur!"

A girl about my age, has flaming red waist-length curly hair, and I guess has the same height as that of the prince's fiancee' suddenly stood from her seat in the lobby and stormed her way towards me.

I almost lost my balance when the girl decided to jump mid-way towards me then encircled me in a tight hug, but good thing Lancelot has caught me just in time.

"Prince Arthur! It's good to see you!" the girl beamed. Her scarlet eyes were somewhat sparkling the moment she pulled away from the hug and stared at me.

This must be Lady Catherine that Lucas mentioned earlier… and I guess she is also close with the prince huh.

I never knew that the prince is famous around girls. If that's the case, then I'm doomed.

"L-Lady Catherine, please calm down and watch your manners."

My eyes quickly shifted to a tall-looking woman who has short chestnut-colored hair and stormy grey eyes that can pierce right through the person whom she is looking at. She wears the armor like that of a knight, letting me know that this must be General Rosa of Malcedonia.

"It's good to see you, Rosa." I heard Lancelot spoke, but his tone says the exact opposite.

"After all these years that you\ve been gone, who would have thought I'd be seeing you in a knight's uniform?"

"It's General Rosa, you idiot." The woman said sharply to the archbishop which surprised us all.

"And you made me realize that magic is not my thing, remember? I am surprised as well that a demon like you was made archbishop."

Wait… they knew each other?

"You knew each other?" Lucas curiously asked.

"Didn't I tell you? Rosa and I were classmates in Gilead Academy for a year only." Lancelot replied.

"Yes, that is true." General Rosa agreed. "And this idiot told me something about quitting magic school since it is obviously not my thing considering I have repeatedly flunked my magic skills test again and again."

"Well, I was just saying the truth! I'm surprised you still remembered that." Lancelot tried to defend himself but General Rosa continued with her story.

"And so after I left Gilead Academy, I decided to train as part of Malcedonia's royal army, thus earning me this title that I have now."

Lancelot smiled at her. "See? I knew you would excel in other things."

Alex, Lucas, and I looked at each other, as if we all are thinking the same thing… and that is not wanting to be involved in these two's unfinished business or whatever you call it. Someone must do something to change the topic.

"Anyway," Alex was the one who volunteered to do the job. "What makes you visit here?"

"Oh! I want to see my prince!" Lady Catherine beamed once again.

She was about to hug me once again when someone from the background shouted out of nowhere.

"AND WHAT ARE YOU EXACTLY DOING HERE, YOU UGLY PRINCESS?"

All heads turned to see who it was. And I almost cursed under my breath to see it was the annoying fiancee' of Prince Arthur!

Why, of all times, did she pick this day to visit me?!

Lady Catherine shot daggers at the newly-arrived Princess Marionette with her entourage behind her…and the latter did the same thing.

"Lady Catherine and Princess Marionette in one room would cause a great catastrophe ahead." I heard Alex mumbled.

"Indeed." Lucas agreed.

Princess Marionette was able to go near me and suddenly pulled me away from Lady Catherine to be on her side.

"It looks like you are forgetting that the prince is engaged to me?" The prince's fiancee said.

"I know. But we all know that is just some arranged marriage made by your father for his spoiled brat child." Lady Catherine retorted.

Then she also did the same thing and pulled me away from Princess Marionette to be on her side.

Waahh, someone… please save me from the prince's fangirls!

"The prince and I are a much more suited couple to look at than him being with a much uglier princess as yourself."

I guess, that sentence triggered something in Princess Marionette, for she suddenly forgot her status in life for a while and charged towards Lady Catherine before grabbing her hair.

Lady Catherine did the same thing.

"You're the ugliest princess I have ever seen!" Princess Marionette shouted.

"No, you are!" Lady Catherine countered.

I was just here, standing between them and not knowing what to do. I turned to look at the remaining sane people behind me and gave them a pleading look to stop these two from fighting.

But they only gave me a good luck hand gesture. Some mentors I have.

Heaving out a sigh, I went towards them and rested both of my hands above their shoulders. That immediately calmed them down and stopped pulling each other's hairs.

"Stop fighting you two. You are both lovely princesses in your own ways. Every person in this world has their own beauty and flaws." I said then flashed my most genuine smile that I could do.

Both of them looked stunned after that.

"Wow. Such a natural playboy." I heard Alex mutter from behind. I want to whack his head right now for not helping me here.

Thanks to that, the princesses from the two ally countries have settled down for some nice cup of tea deliciously prepared for us by Lancelot. I was then excused after a few minutes and let me go back to the prince's office for some 'important things to accomplish' for the day

When I got to the office, I immediately rested my head above it and made a long, pronounced sigh. It's a good thing that I also convinced our royal visitors for the day that I am the real prince.

However, being dragged by two of the prince's fangirls is a huge pain in my head. What more if he has a lot of girls who admire him?!

Then I'm truly finished.

Just then, I heard a loud knock on the door that immediately made me sit straight as quickly as I could.

"Come in," I formally said while pretending to look busy.

Once the door opened, it revealed the tall figure of General Rosa whom I was just talking to earlier.

"I'm sorry for my intrusion, your majesty." she apologized. I pretended as if it didn't bother me at all.

"No, it's fine! What can I do for you?"

She looked hesitant to speak first, but then she already made up her mind and opened her mouth once again to speak.

"May I… speak to you in private?"