Afraid

"Hey, did you hear the rumor"

"yeah, I heard that the cursed lazuli has finally woken up"

"I heard that she will be attending this ball"

a huge palace, it was called as the rose request by the nobles, the palace was solely made for ball which was surrounded by different types of rose, it was an honor to the nobles to get an invitation to that palace, although it was easily gotten because of the lazuli awakening

'sighh'

lapiz let out a deep sigh

"what's wrong"

Khalid asked, both of them were travelling to the palace in the carriage of Viola, a carriage used by higher nobles

"I am still thinking why the heck I am wearing a veil again"

lapiz was leaning against the window with a dissatisfied face

"I finally got a beautiful face, and now I have to hide it with this damned thing"

Khalid chuckled at her statement

"don't worry, the veil will be taken off by his majesty"

he said with a calm voice, lapiz jumped at his word and looked at him

"WHY"?!

She was extremely curious

"well the veil represent something in this country, and it is very important, but it can be taken off by the emperor, since he holds the most power"

she looked at lapiz who was processing the information in her head and smiled a bit

'this feels like a dream'

he thought to himself

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"OMFG"

Aries arrived at the banquet hall with a shocked face

'the heck is this'

she looked around only to see the banquet filled with people and the shinning lights

'this is nothing compared to the balls I have attended'

she walked down the way with her red trumpet gown and a transparent cape on the back, her dress was covered with many rare gems, her dark brown hair was tied up like tousled chignon with vermilion flowers for decoration

As she arrived, everyone's attention went to her

"who is that beautiful looking lady"

"oh, you don't know, that's the eldest child of count"

"Oho! So that's where her beauty came from"

Aries walked down the hall and stood alone in a corner, some of the ladies hesitated to approach her but gradually did it

"greetings my lady"

all of them greeted, there was at least four of them waiting for her to reply

"ah y-yes greeting"

Aries hesitated but then again she remembered that she was Aries frendro and not shin yuna

'who are these girls, in my 1-year experience I never saw them anywhere'

she was trying to figure out who they were when one of the ladies brought up her name up

"my name is Caroline, the daughter of baron Alvaro"

she bowed, her bright blonde was shinning in the light along with her blue shaded eyes

'I see, It's because these girls come from a baron's family that I never met them anywhere'

Aries too bowed and started talking to them slowly

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"Get down"

Khalid raised his hand

"ah-, y-yeah"

lapiz blushed a little, but grabbed his hand and got down the carriage

"so, this is the place"?

She asked while tilting her head

"yeah"

Khalid nodded while fixing his dress

's-so big'

'it's bigger than my own palace'

'I never thought I see these kinds of building in my whole life'

'well, I need to see what's inside to judge this thing to my mansion'

lapiz took step inside along with Khalid, the announcer flinched when he saw Khalid walking alongside a girl, he suddenly bowed

"G-GREETINGS LORD ALODIA"

"A-and"?

he stopped and glanced upside to see lapiz who was wearing a veil

"LADY LAZULI"

he sweated nonstopply for not realizing who it was next to Khalid

"announce our arrival"

khalid said coldly

"a-ah y-yes"

"HIS HIGHNESS LORD KHALID DE VERTOS ALODIA AND HER HIGHNESS LAPIZ LAZULI SHALL BE ENTERING"

the crowd's attention went to the big door, all their gaze were waiting for those two to enter the hall

"remember, don't leave me for a sec"

lapiz nodded and entered the huge ball

'wahhhhh'

she screamed inside her head

'Why are they all looking at us'?!

"Lapiz stay next to me"

Khalid was looking at the crowd coldly, lapiz looked at him and could tell that he was concerned for her

"yeah I know"

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"butler, do you think that my lady is going to be okay"

lily looked out of the window while walking on the hallway

"I do, after all, my lord is with her"

Sebastian, who was next to her, replied

"what are you both doing"

a sudden voice came from back,

"ah maria"

Sebastian looked at her who was holding a basket

"don't walk in the hallway like a slow tortoise"

maria was the wife of Sebastian, she had short curly hair with white shade, as the head maid her uniform was slightly different from other, she was the one that taught lapiz the stuff about this world and the rules she had to follow

"head maid, aren't you afraid about how the madam will end up"

lily asked with a gloomed face

"no"

she bluntly replied, lily was astonished at her statement while Sebastian smirked

"the lady is strong, stronger than ever. She has a will that is harder than anything, i don't know what made her that way, but i do know that she is strong enough to deal with this kind of thing"

she said with a straight face, lily bit her teeth and looked angry

"EVEN IF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THERE ARE GOING FOR HER"

lily shouted

"yes, lily the lady is strong, she is strong enough to survive here. she will not lay on her bed and sleep forever"

maria consulted lily, who was stubborn

"you don't know"

"YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO SEE HER SLEEP THINKING SHE WILL NEVER WAKE UP"

"I AM SACRED, IF SOMEONE HURT HER IN THERE AND-"

she suddenly stopped

"i am afraid"

lily was afraid the whole time, believing that lapiz will go away again

"lily, don't worry, that fear you are having now will soon fade away"

"like a leaf falling out of a tree, so don't be afraid everything's alright, she is just here"

lily had no choice but to cry, maria patted her back while Sebastian comforted her

TO BE CONTINUED....