The Crook & her Prince-ss?

"Your Highness… " Easing my quill onto the jar of ink, I raised my gaze at my servant. "Perhaps I should fetch the Royal Physician to check your pulse, your Highness. "

Opening my mouth slightly, I felt the air leave my chest yet, not a sound came of it. Resting my eyes and sitting up firm, a powerful rush of wind surged past me and my servant while inside a room with no windows. Shivering from the cold draft, my servant raised his head as I held an unsure smile.

As if the cold wind was proven to become either day or another beautiful night, my heart ached to see the moonlight and bask in its glow. With a sigh, the weight of my breath carried much more power as my servant was being pulled down under the immense gravity. Gasping to release him, I unknowingly used my powers before him. 

Raising hand, my servant excused himself as I was left alone in a candlelit room. Tilting my head, I could only help but wonder what the world beyond this palace room was like. All the while, deep in thought as I made a wish every night at the stars beyond my ceiling.   

Having been born into this life as I was, my father gave birth to seven heirs and three princesses, put of which, I was the oldest. Though, my prowess was stronger than that of my sibling, I was the product of an unlawful night between my father and his sister, my mother. 

Ever since my birth, my father was forced to lock me away at the heart of the Royal palace as he feared for his position as King. As great fortune and wealth followed wherever I was somewhere or somehow indirectly, I had never seen the outside world besides an ever changing servants face every so often. I have been sealed away as I often heard distant laughs from above the thick, wooden ceiling. 

Resting my head over my arm, I close my eyes as they grew heavy with my tears. As my purely white hair slid across my nose, I never questioned why I was. I only lived as a promise to my mother who passed when I was seven years old. She, along with myself, were locked away here together until one day, she fell I'll and never woke again. 

My solitude grew as my chest ached for three days when she passed. It was said that during my trial, the land of Hena and beyond the seas collapsed to apocalyptic proportions. Plague, floods, brutal murders and cases where even animals were viciously losing their minds. All the while, my father and his kingdom produced and thrived during the three day trial out of the cotastophy. 

Ever since then, I have been kept a secret as the stainless steel chain on my leg acted as an anchor, as well as a trap for anyone who attempted to kidnap me. My life was proven to have been one of a long trial. As my father proclaimed when he visited after my mother's passing, I was to remain obedient and the world was as I desired. Resisting, it was around that time I lost my ability to speak as punishment for disobeying father. 

Inhaling a soft breath, I looked at my soft hands as I wondered if they resembled anything at all like my mothers. Holding them to my chest, I smiled as I knew they weren't even close, yet, the thought of her smile raised my spirits. Cold, distant and alone, I spent my entire life locked away like some treasure… waiting to be taken away by a strong and courageous criminal.  

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Genja. 

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"Look! Don't touch but play and don't mind the fact that if you lose this hand, I would have all your wares my friend?! " Swaying the dice and throwing them into the cup, I shook and shuffled the cup on the table as I clapped the table and stopped. "What's it going to be… A purely white wimp or a bleak defeat? Huh?! "

The crowd was fixed on the game as we had thrown all our lives into a single roll of the dice. Intently glaring at the cup below my hand, I smiled as he inhaled and spoke. 

"Seven! "Lifting the cup slowly, I lowered my gaze the moment everyone gasped. 

"Snake Eyes! I win! " The crowd cheered and the defeated and poor man rushed through the crowd in utter shame. "Ha-ha! Any new takers! Eh! "

A man then came rushing into the shop, he shouted as the guards were making their rounds. Packing up and sliding along with everyone else, I dove through a window and got up as I raced across the road. 

Turning as the guards spotted me, I ran and slid under a pair of slender legs. Bracing as I slid down the river bank beside the village, I continued running with my prize money in tow. Looking back, I dodged a pair of arms as a single guard snatched my cloak. 

Stopping to stare at him, he was taken back as what he saw didn't match the picture. 

"A-A woman?! " Smiling, I rushed off as he regrouped with the others while I got away. 

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Resting behind a large stone wall, I caught my breath as I did not know my way around this village as I was simply passing through when I stopped to make some extra pocket money. Sitting upright, I looked at my bag while looking around the ends of the wall and out onto the large firm lands that went on for miles. 

"Way to go, Genja! You've really outdone yourself! " Shifting through the large bag of gold coin, I had pulled enough to have swindled those crooks with some fixed dice. "Okay… "

Standing up, I pushed against the wall and slipped as the ground near the edge of the wall gave way. Up to my chest, I felt uneasy as I attempted to reach for my bag. Scratching the dirt, I touched the string and grabbed hold as I fell completely in. 

For several seconds, I slid down and crashed through a thick wall of dirt. 

"O-ouch! Ah… What a mess… Huh? " Raising my head, I squinted as the dust settled and I found myself in what looked like a luxurious dungeon. 

Coughing, I quickly threw a thin dagger towards the wall behind me and spotted someone under all the dust. Turning my head, I waited for my eyes to clear when I was taken aback by a beautiful woman with hair as pure white as snow and skin a fair as silk. 

"Um… who are you? "Her initial reaction to my response caught me off-guard as crawled upright in a seductive manner. "U-uh-"

Suddenly approaching me, I fell backwards as she put her hand between my legs and adamantly stared at my dark red and wild hair. Her lips then drew close as I inhaled her sweet scent. Her skin was soft to the touch as her bare legs touched mine. Gasping lightly, I opened my eyes as her lips were close to my forehead. All the while, I looked at her long legs and noticed she was chained to the floor. 

"A prisoner…? " Almost abruptly, I turned as the sound of footsteps and large heavy chains fell from beyond the heavy steel doors. "Don't worry… I'll get you out of here. "

Standing up, she fell on her back as I reached into my sleeve and snapped the chain with a katana blade. As she remained in such a seductive pose, I slid my arms under her as the room began to shake. Taking in a breath,  I flung her onto my arms. Walking to the massive hole in the wall made, I lifted my waist and shot a steel rod onto the surface. Having paid a hefty price for the foreign device, we glided up rapidly as I looked down and watched as the ceiling collapsed with the room.  

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"Don't worry, I'll keep us safe. " Lifting my gaze, we reached the top where I wasted no time in getting my things in order. "Ouch! Hot-hot! Damn… guess it was a one shot rip-off. "

Unlatching my belt, I raised the bag of coin over my shoulder and turned to the woman as her beauty intently took my breath away. Blushing as her soft skin radiated in the sunlight, I was awe-struck as she held her hand over her eyes with such elegance and grace. The clouded patchy skies soon opened a ray of light directly overhead as all sorts of animals and birds surrounded the area. 

She then drew a deep breath while lifting her head and exhaled lightly as a rolling breeze sent her sweet scent into the air. Snapping out of my trance, I quickly grabbed hold of her fragile wrist and began running as the guards weren't too far behind. 

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The sun had gone down and we hid in an unknown official's residence, unused shed. I exhaled as I looked out through a hole at the sudden increase of guards in the roads behind the wooden wall. Shaking my head, I collapsed onto my back while resting my head on the wall. Exhaling a short breath, a soft shuffling sound caught my attention as I lowered my gaze to find myself touching the woman's soft nose with my own. 

"Geh! " Standing, I gulped as her golden kimono slid down her slender shoulders. "U-u-uh… "

Suddenly, she began rubbing her eyes and yawned gently behind her hand as she stretched her arms and nodded repeatedly. Sitting back down, she then took the opportunity and rested her head onto my lap. Lightly gasping, she closed her eyes and fell sound asleep. Gulping, I looked at her resting and peaceful face as I wondered what a beautiful woman was doing locked away in such a place. 

Shrugging at the thought, I lowered my gaze and noticed the woman's chest as I felt it with my entire hand. Waking up and remembering earlier when I carried her up, I didn't feel her breasts. Sitting firm, I glanced down her sleeping face and gulped while I opened her kimono to find she had absolutely no breasts. 

Suddenly shocked with pain, I then tilted my head as I went further down to her waist and incidentally felt something that wasn't supposed to be there…  

It then came together as this wasn't a beautiful woman at all… but rather a beautiful man. 

"Aghhhh! " Abruptly pushing the man off of me, I closed my chest as I lowered my gaze at the man

"Y-Your a man! H-huh?! "

Sitting upright while rubbing his eyes, I flinched as he came closer to use my lap again while half asleep. Shaking my head and flapping my hands, he then abruptly passed out as I picked and held him as I noticed the rough mark on his knee as well as his wrist from when I grabbed him earlier. Gulping more slowly, I raised my head and lowered him onto my legs as I realized he had a weak body. It then reminded me of what it was like to be on the verge of starvation.  

I then suddenly found myself stroking his soft and luscious hair as his skin was a soft and cherry red. It would not be that hard to convince others that he was a woman… let alone make them fall in love with him be it man or woman. Slightly blushing, I woke myself up as I still needed to think of a plan for the morning. 

Looking up at the open window, I gazed at the moon as its light illuminated my body. Falling weary, I slowly began to drift until ultimately, I faded into a blissful nights sleep. 

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