Chapter 2 - (Prologue)

Blinking his eyes a few times, the carriage had finally arrived by the Palace' gates. But Damen was quite shocked when he fixed his eyes on the figure before him.

Damen: "SISTA MIA! For god's love what are you doing here? (Low and behold, my nightmare! T.T).

Mia. Mia Milayre, Damen's faithful Holy Maiden that served the mass and had raised him as her own.

"Your grace, how was your journey? Look at you. Such a beauty you've become... You are a sin! Please find yourself a wife..." Sister Mia greets. Her breath heightened at each word she gave.

Here she was again. She always wanted Damen to find himself a wife. He was too handsome for the Dukedoms' maidens and servants. And his innocence had further provoked their lustful cries for him. He is after all, the most handsome man in the Era.

"Sista Mia, my wife won't be happy if I marry her for such reasons! It will only burden her..." Damen dramatically poses, enchanting his knights who were at a brim of gender crisis.

"Well, who is this girl? " Mia added abruptly.

"W-well, there's ....ah..hehe..." Damen had been always slow when it came to romance, He never really was interested in the first place. But just for their sake, to not further frustrate his loving nanny and even the burdens of the virgin maidens and servants who would lay eyes on him in the future. He slowly drifted to the only girl he had been acquainted in the Eastern empire.

Damen: "Ta-talia..hmm, Talia Chloros...yea." He dozes off and regrets his words later on.

"Oh my! Really?? Where did you meet her? Is she pretty? Of course she should be! Is she an Eastern Noble?" Mia who had felt the rush of joy from Damen's pure mouth had to ask him thousands of questions about the young lady that had smitten him.

"Yes, Sista...She is all that your eyes would die to see, a heart that's made of gold. Nothing as pure as her, but she..hhng.." Damen starts to muffle and his voice quiver as if he had been through something heartbreaking.

"My child, please do speak. Did something happen to the young lady?" Mia's eyes turn sad for the heartbreaking sight of her young lord.

"She is actually a Southern Princess...and she had died through a catastrophe!..Those silver hair that reflected the clouds and her innocent ocean eyes~ it is my utter lost, please comfort me Sista Mia...hnngh.." Damen continues to weep like a wimp at his act.

"My, what a terrible thing to happen! Are you sure she didn't survive at all?" Mia's heart broke for Damen.

"Sista,..hngg...Talia, she~"Damen began again with sloppy tears in his eyes.

"Yes? What about me?" A sudden feminine voice cut through the dramatic aura that Damen had set.

(Damen: who is this lunatic? wait, that voice sounds familiar) Damen carefully turned his back, praying in his head that he might be mistaken for the voice' owner. It better not be-

"T-t-talia?!" He yelled surprise.

Talia: "Yes, what is it you need? You've been calling my name twice now, I can actually hear you quite well in this distance." (I'm not deaf ,y'know!), She replies in a ladylike manner as she always have.

"My! Heavens, this must be the arms of god! Goodness! Are you alright my lady!?" Mia's heart ache had been washed over a gigantic wave as hope flashed in her eyes at the sight of the girl who was called Talia.

Damen: "T-talia! If it isn't you! my precious jewel, it must have been fake news! Curse it all!" Damen hurriedly goes after Talia not letting Mia get close to her. (Damn! Why now Talia?)

"Damen, what is wrong with your head. Have you finally lost it my lord?" (Wtf?) Talia lowered her voice as Damen came close enough.

"Cough, cough...please help me out." Damen whispers at her his breath brushing her feverish ears that had turned red from his careless whisper.

Talia: "Why should I, my lord? You do know I don't do things for free. I'm expensive." She smirks at him ambiguously as if she had earned herself a trophy. (F*ck! He is so handsome, I wanna touch his hair..ugh get away freak! Ew.)

Talia felt dizzy at their close distance. As much as she hated admitting it, Damen is a godly being gifted with his beauty, and what she hated the most was his raw innocence that made him dumb and slow and utterly maddening.

Damen: "urgh, are you really going to be this way? It's just a small favor from a friend..pleaasee" Damen's voice pleaded with his ruby enticing eyes. What a sore sight it was for Talia. (Come on Talia! Help me)

Talia: "Fine....but we need to have a deal." Talia adds quickly. (How could he stare at me so closely, it makes me want to ~no! get lost f*k face! Shoo)

"..Sigh. Alright..It's a deal then!" Damen brushes off the burden and quickly turns toward Mia's direction who looked blooming with excited eyes. He grabs Talia's delicate wrist to continue with his act.

"Hey! Where are you taking me?" Talia, surprised at his sudden touch, had her mind murdered. (Ergh! I knew I shouldn't have come here myself!)

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Finally inside the Mansion's halls, Damen and Mia led her to the banquet hall. A small feast had been prepared by the primary nobles for Damen's return.

Damen: "Right, Talia...what led you here?" He asks Talia still figuring out how to solve his major problem with Mia. The holy sister could have already sparked some lies about his relationship with Talia. (Rumors couldn't have spread already? Right?)

-"Eh? I almost forgot..Here, a formal invitation of their wedding." Talia offers the paper to Damen.

-"Ahh, can you put it...on my mouth...please." Damen stated, his hands were holding two plates that contained a full platter of the food displayed. (So hungry~)

"Damen! Are you f*cking kidding me?" Talia blurted out, horrified at the thought. Oh, those lips had looked so full and tempting to her, how dare he mess with her patience? (You're killing my pride!)

-"Shh..Don't cuss in front of the food darling..It might spoil the god's blessing...come on put it in..." He leans closer to Talia, lowering his head and his mouth open wide. (Faster, I'm starving here)

"~my how sweet!!You two are a sight to watch. Just imagining you doing things like (beep*) and (beep*) ~ah." Sister Mia beams at their closeness and has a heart drawn on her eyes. Other nobles had noticed this and even nodded their head in agreement to Mia.

At this, Talia walks out in frustration, after putting the letter on Damen's mouth -her pride tainted and abused. (IS THAT MIA REALLY A SISTER? How could her words be vulgar? Why can't Damen take after her?)

Talia felt frustrated as she soon realized she had to stay in the mansion with the annoying Duke's heir apparent for a straight 3 days before the wedding.