Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Kidnapped?!

Chiara woke up in her room, she went back when she felt that her father is already asleep.

She got out of the room and got shocked on what she saw.

The servants are moving an enormous number of gifts unto her palace.

'Oh! I forgot the presents from the nobles.'

"Oh, you're already up, Princess."

"Good morning, your highness." The servants greeted her with a smile.

A thing caught her attention a piano!

"Please, place the piano on the music room."

"Yes, yes, your highness."

'I think I gained a height or two.'

Cara led the present keeping. The dresses that Chiara can't still wear, she stored it in the attic.

The dress that Prosaiah gifted her is for grownup ladies. She stored it and made sure that no one besides the Princess has access to it.

"Oh! It's almost finished." Martha said.

Martha is Chiara's etiquette teacher, the one who taught her the right way to stood up against someone, even though she already knows it.

"Good morning, Aunt Martha." She told Chiara to call her aunt.

She's the Marquess's mother but now, she's just living her life as an etiquette teacher. Earning for her own living.

"Did you already have a breakfast, Princess?"

"Oh, not yet."

Chiara went to the dining room to eat; she has a lot of food especially today. She struggled to get the meat and did her best, but she really can't.

'Cute.' Martha kept a poker face while staring at Chiara.

Chiara looked at her with puppy eyes and she stared back at her forcing herself not to smile.

'So cute!'

"Is this what you need, Princess?"

"Yes please..." Chiara said simply.

In Martha's point of view, she's nothing but a cute little brown bunny.

'If I can, I would have kidnapped her.'

Why is she thinking like that you say? Because none of her grandchildren were cute, their faces were all matured.

"Chiara! Chiara!" The Emperor barged in every room in the palace.

He was so sure that Chiara slept beside him last night, but she's missing when he woke up.

'What if someone kidnapped my Iara and sold her to some goons?'

He found his self, walking towards Lijep Soleil. The Knights were calling for him, but he didn't mind them.

There he found Chiara eating with the former Marchioness. There were tears in his eyes and he immediately hugged Chiara. He even pinched Chiara's cheek causing her to cough her food.

Needless to say, he was so happy to find his daughter. He gave her water and touched her back calmingly.

"Greetings to the Sun of this Empire, Emperor Arden Hordecai von Severina." Martha greeted him.

"Don't be so formal like that, Auntie..."

'Wait... What? Auntie?' This caused Chiara to spit her water right in her food.

"I'm sorry for the bad manners I have, but Auntie?"

Arden looked at Chiara innocently and said:

"Oh, I didn't tell you? Your mother's mom, the former Empress sister is her."

She faked a coughed and raised her left brow.

"Marina isn't really her biological mother, Arden."

He laughed and stated:

"Don't be like that, Auntie, Empress Marina treated my wife like one."

"You're right..." She also laughed.

"Oh, I heard the family of Wellington is coming home to the South."

Chiara stopped eating.

"Brother Krieg's family?" She asked.

"Yes, and also the family of Bailey and Atkinson."

'Woah yes! The potential lovers of my Iara will be gone! That's right! Shoo! Shoo!' Arden was rejoicing inside his head, even dancing with glee.

"Oh, Sir Gregory and Lord Prosaiah's family too?" She seemed sad.

'Wow! What a cute sad rabbit.'

"Guess, they can't help it."

The breakfast ended and Arden was dragged by Chaos, his personal Knight and right-hand man.

"Your Highness, I will take you now, you have lots of paper works to do."

"Nooooo!" But then Chaos, was the winner.

Chiara admired Chaos's appearance, from his gorgeous hair to his muscles, yummy!

Chiara's face burned red.

'I-is this what they call crush?!'

Chaos is really good-looking; I can't deny that. Wait-let's stop with the topic about Chaos, set aside your feelings! This protagonist, Chaos is mine.

'Yours, narrator.'

Aunt Martha went to the music room with Chiara, Chiara is tall for her age, but the piano seat is high here, so she struggled to sit.

'Cute!'

When she sat on that seat, she placed her hands on the middle c and played Henryck Gorecki: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.

"Why does it seem so sad?"

She sighed.

"Because it is, it's about the war, the souls that died and their families and lovers searching for them."

Aunt Martha asked Chiara a question:

"Why do you keep on playing such sad songs?"

She smiled and told her the unbelievable.

"It gives me happiness, the sadness that I'm hearing gives me joy. And the sorrow of these songs gives me energy."

'She may be cute, but her mindset is just like her mother, it's both twisted. There's really something wrong with this kid.'

"Princess, can you play a song for me?"

"Sure, why not. What is the title of the song that you want me to play?"

"The Marriage of Figaro."

'It is often played in banquets.'

She played it swiftly as Martha picked up the cello ang played it along with her.

'I remember, I once played it with...and...used violin.'

She smiled bitterly as she remembered the fragments of her past life memory.

'I miss you? I guess. I hope you miss me too.'

Martha smiled as she saw Chiara smiling.

'If Chandria could only see this, I know she will be overjoyed.'

A lot of people cried, a lot of people sacrificed their lives and titles for Chandria's labor.

Everything comes with a price, indeed.

'It's all worth it.' Martha thought.

When they finished playing the piece, Martha blurted out something:

"Princess, you are qualified to be a student of Krizantema Conservatoire, they sent you a letter."

"Oh, it already arrived?"

Martha's face shows that she's confused.

"What do you mean?"

"I took the entrance exam secretly, my father won't let me attend a school so I did it without his knowledge."

Chiara then laughed mischievously, Martha laughed with her.

'I like her guts.'

On the other hand, the gate of the Imperial Palace is filled with the mercenaries. Even Knights were frightened by them.

"Call the Princess, we have an appointment with her."

They gulped.

"No! The Princess is not here."

Joseph saw it and interfered:

"The Princess is here, I will call her right away."

The Knights looked at him with wide eyes and they're mad.

"Oh? Okay, thank you kid."

Joseph ran for his life, I mean he ran and went to Lijep Soleil.

"Princess, some mercenaries are finding you outside! I'm sorry for my rudeness!" He yelled.

Martha blocked Chiara's way.

"Aunt Martha I know them..."

"Even so..."

Chiara found a way to escape from her and pulled Joseph for a run. She ran like Usain Bolt.

Joseph has a full view of the Princess' back. The sunlight reflecting through her hair and her eyes full of naught and energy to make everyone's heartbeat stop.

'If I became a Knight, I would have the privilege to stare at her back all the time.'

"P-Princess! Why did you come out?"

She just stared at the wimpy Knights.

"Don't point your swords to them, they're my acquaintances."

"B-but-"

She glared at the man and smiled like a sweet little child.

"Open the gate! Now!"

They opened the gate and Chiara immediately climed to the shoulder of the shag haired man.

She's now sitting on his shoulder and the Knights is so shocked.

Chaos is standing at the back of the Emperor and suddenly butler Roberto, barged in.

"Your highness! Pardon my sudden interruption but, the Princess is being taken from the mercenaries! They're on the gate!"

Arden slapped his table and rushed to Chiara.

"Your highness!" Chaos said.

"Iara dear!" Arden was shocked when he saw Chiara on top of one of the mercenary's shoulder.

"Father!" Chiara waved and smiled happily.

"They're taking you away! Why are you happy?"

"Taking me away? I invited them here, they're my friends, by the way."

'I thought we're acquaintances now we're friends?' The bald man shrugged with a sigh.

"F-Friends?"

"Yes! See you later!" She said and told the mercenary to walk towards her palace.

Martha wasn't there when she arrived. They said she went to the north gate and went home.

"Do you accept my offer?"

"Yes." He replied.

Chiara's eyes glistened with happiness and jumped off from his shoulder and they were all shocked.

He's 6'2 but she jumped that high.

"As I expected. The Knights ceremony will be held next year so get ready for the munera. So they can see you guys are worth the position."

They thanked her as she snapped her finger once and a woman with all black clothes and face cover was revealed.

"Lead them to the House of Voyenachal'nik."

And there they saw what's happening in Chiara's house. They saw it in the crystal ball.

"She's terrifying, but I love it."

It's the Revolutionary Knights watching her.