♛ INTERMISSION: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND HIS HIGHNESS THE KING
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(FIRST OMAKE/EXTRA CHAPTER) Translated by Eunie Edited/Proofread by Para “Hey...Albert.” Tiara's birthday banquet has ended peacefully, and the children have returned to their respective rooms. The tired Queen, Rosa, who was busy until a while ago, returned to her room and called out to her husband, Albert Royale Ivy, who went to check up on her. “Pryde…seems to have changed a lot after not seeing her for a long time…” she said with a sigh as she looked at me through the mirror of her vanity table. It really has been quite a long time since my wife saw Pryde. “She always acts like the perfect, good daughter in front of me, but I always knew that the real her was different from what she usually lets me see.” In front of my wife and me, Pryde doesn’t act selfish or arrogant. But we both know the truth. We even know what the people from the palace think of her and everything.** (**Para: Honestly, this part confuses me, maybe they mean Pryde doesn't act selfishly only in front of her parents?) “That’s what I’ve been telling you, right? I’ve been saying it since the day her ability awakened.” After hearing my words, my wife looked conflicted, and then in a small voice, Rosa said, “Pryde can never become Queen. It will be Tiara who will succeed the throne....That’s how it should have been.” Read only on eunietl.weebly.com “So we’re back to this again….Is it because of your precognition ability? Or perhaps…” “Of course. As the Queen, and as her mother, it's because of my own beliefs that I didn’t meet Pryde. It's because the Second Princess, Tiara, the person given to us by the heavens, is the real queen-to-be.” As I gently stroked her soft locks, she continued. “Needless to say, I love Pryde, who is also my daughter. It’s just that… because I know she is not fit to be the next Queen, it makes it a lot more painful whenever we meet. Because as the Queen, I have to be the one to tell her that she cannot inherit the throne.” She didn't meet Pryde much because she was afraid her emotions would intervene with her duties as the Queen. That’s why she wouldn’t meet her and will never do so. I turned a blind eye to this whenever she kept telling me about it. This is why I always try to take some time between my duties to visit Pryde and love her twice as much to make up for Rosa’s share and then tell her how Pryde is faring. "I won’t meet her—I cannot meet her." As her mother, Rosa's eyes were always filled with loneliness every time she saw it**. When Tiara was born, she already foresaw that Tiara would succeed the throne; she even foresaw that Pryde would awaken her precognition ability. (**Para: not sure if it refers to Pryde or a vision Rosa gets of the future) Even though I kept telling her that Pryde already knows about Tiara’s existence and that it's thanks to Pryde that I am alive right now, she still doesn’t believe me. She told me that she might have heard it from someone or that it was just a coincidence, that she couldn’t have possibly known there was something wrong with the carriage. It's unbelievable that, at times like this, she would say such things. You can’t help but doubt if such words really came out of the person who is Pryde’s mother. But no, I guess it’s better to say that she’s just averting her eyes from her. As I continued to caress her tresses from behind, I placed one hand on her shoulder, and with her thin fingers, she clasped my hand. “I was six when I awakened my precognition ability.” It was around that time when she met me. Whispering that in her ear, she smiled a little. Precognition Ability. With that power, Rosa was able to foresee many things. When she was pregnant with Pryde and Tiara, she had already seen it. Read only on eunietl.weebly.com Her power of foresight wasn’t something that she could use freely or control. According to her, the visions suddenly appear inside her head without warning, showing her the future. At times, she knew where or how this country would unfold, or there were instances where she knew if it would rain tomorrow. It varies greatly. Historically, it has been said that only a few people could use their precognition ability out of their own free will. Few could also choose when or to whom they use it. They say that only a few will have the same level of ability as Rosa in a couple of years. She can use her ability a few times a week, compared to those who can only use it once every ten years. “Since then, I have predicted all sorts of things, but only that child is a lost cause in the future…” She didn’t know if Pryde would become Queen in the future. The only thing she hasn’t told her beloved Albert was that Pryde will definitely become someone who will hurt and condemn those who are less fortunate and weaker than her. She’ll become that kind of child. Rosa already accepted that no matter how much she loves or scolds her, the future will never change. Because no matter how many times she foresaw the future, it was always the same thing. “But suddenly...when you told me that she awakened her precognition ability...I could not foresee her future…” It’s not like a person who has a precognition ability cannot foresee the future of someone who has the same power, and it’s not like Rosa’s ability was weakening. But despite that, she was suddenly unable to see Pryde’s future. Like a sign telling her that, right now, the future is in the middle of changing, so there’s nothing for her to see. Furthermore, the rumours she heard within the palace have changed, like how Pryde’s attitude suddenly shifted. She even started hearing some people say that Pryde is a kind hearted Princess, just like Her Majesty, the Queen, and His Highness, the Prince Consort. And what happened during today’s banquet. At first, Rosa thought Pryde was only acting like a warmhearted First Princess in front of them as usual. She immediately noticed that it was not like that at all. It became apparent when she saw Stayle, who recently became Pryde’s foster brother. The truth was that three months ago, she foresaw the appearance of Stayle. But back then, she was still puzzled about his identity. The only thing that appeared in her head was the image of an expressionless Stayle, who seemed to have lost everything in his life as his hand held Tiara’s. Read only on eunietl.weebly.com Yes. When Stayle and Tiara were greeting each other for the first time, everything was to a tee...except for the sudden change in Stayle. In what she foresaw, Stayle only did the customary greetings and immediately ended it, but in reality, it was different. On top of that, Stayle confidently introduced himself. “Stayle…. It hasn’t even been a month since he arrived here, but for him to go that far for Pryde….” This means that Pryde was worthy enough for him to do so…and more than anything else, the vision that I saw changed. I wonder if this change was why I suddenly could not see Pryde’s future or foresee anything about her. “The future...changed….That child seems like she’ll become a befitting vessel as the future queen...but why?” “Is something troubling you?” “Haaa…” Rosa heaved a big sigh at Albert’s question as she unconsciously smiled bitterly. “Yes, that's right. I always thought that Tiara would become the next queen...that it would be impossible for Pryde. I’ve been interacting with them based on that belief. Especially Pryde...for that child I…” ‘I have never been a mother to her.’ As if something was clogging up her throat, Rosa, unable to continue her words, dejectedly rested her head on her hand.
“Which means it’s just like I said, right?” Rosa could not help but glare a little upon seeing her husband’s smug, satisfied smile. She said through gritted teeth, "Yeah, you were right!" If anyone from the palace saw her current appearance right now, no one would ever believe that it was the same queen they usually knew. “It’s just like you said. Pryde is still young. The future isn’t set in stone, and she still can grow up and become the good queen we want her to be.” Right now, she couldn’t help but find the gentle, smiling eyes of her husband hateful. “I am a… … ...failure as a mother… and as the Queen….” Due to her sudden movements, the mirror on top of the table stirred a little. Without a second of delay, Albert grabbed her shoulders with both hands and sweetly whispered in her ears, “Whenever it’s about our family, you are always easily shaken up.” Even in front of others and the citizens, she’s always been a splendid queen. After saying that, Rosa turned away from her husband. “Your attitude to Pryde all this time has been…. Well, as that child’s father, let me at least say that I can’t tell you not to worry about it. But as the Prince Consort and as your husband... all you have to do from here on is to love her properly.” Read only on eunietl.weebly.com Hearing her husband’s words, the Queen heaved a huge sigh. “But… after all this time, I’ve treated her not as a mother but as a queen…. I can’t suddenly act close to her like I do with Tiara…. It’s just too embarrassing.” After hearing what the Queen said, the Prince Consort sighed and said, "Geez." “Do you have any idea how hard it was for me to act coldly to that extremely adorable child? ...in the first place, just the fact that her eyes actually look like mine was enough for my feelings of love towards my daughter to overflow that I couldn’t help it. She also has your beautiful crimson-coloured hair!! She just looks so lovely…. Even today—did you see her when she stood together with Tiara? Doesn’t my daughter look more and more like you and me? And then she was together with the extremely loveable Tiara. Oh, she’s just so lovely and adorable. Because of her loveliness, it has become harder for me to get close to Pryde and meet her. I'll definitely spoil her more than before. This is also why I mostly left Tiara under the care of her wet nurse. I got close to her slowly—but only around a reasonable degree of closeness. “Since, as the queen, I must act strictly with her and make sure that she will become a proper queen. All because I thought that the reason Pryde became like that was because we spoiled her a lot and were way too soft on her since she was young. But to think that Pryde suddenly became such a kindhearted and sensible child! And to think that our lovely child, who looks so much like us, would grow up to become someone who will hurt others. I always believed that it was my fault that she could never succeed as the queen, but to think that an adorable foster brother and little sister would get this attached to her…. It’s against the rules! “Even when you told me how she requested permission to allow Stayle’s mother to send him a letter. For a moment, I thought, 'what a good child.' And I, as the queen, was moved for a moment and had a hard time deciding whether it would be a good or bad thing to allow it! It was such a difficult decision to make at the time!! But despite everything, to suddenly tell me, who’s been holding back a lot, that it’s okay to love her without holding back anymore, I’m just scared that if I spoil her again, she’ll become a hopeless child once more. I-I…” ** “Rosa, your voice is too loud. What will you do if the guards hear you?” I couldn’t help but point it out to Rosa, who unconsciously reverted to her former self. Read only on eunietl.weebly.com In the first place, compared to me, it was Rosa who stuck closely to the young Pryde and spoiled her to the high heavens. It’s because she rarely interacted with the former queen and king, her father and mother, unless it was about her formal duties. She was mainly raised by the people in the castle. It might be because of that reason why she declared, "I cannot leave her under the care of a wet nurse. I will raise her myself." Since she found her first precious child extremely loveable, she spoiled her rotten. She never scolded her no matter what she did or how much she ordered the people around her. She just single-mindedly praised her while saying, "Adorable, adorable." This probably led to Pryde running amok and growing up to become a selfish and spoiled daughter. That sort of spoiling continued until she foresaw Pryde’s future and Tiara's birth. The moment she ‘saw’ that Pryde was not fit to become the next queen, for three days and three nights, Rosa cried. She cried to the point where she was unable to perform any of her official duties. “I’m sure this time it will be alright. Aren’t I here with you? Don’t shoulder everything by yourself.” After saying that, Rosa’s shoulders trembled, and in a small voice, she called out my name, "Albert." She slumped down on top of the table and then fell on her knees. My hands reached out towards her so that she wouldn't crumble, and I held her in my arms, tightly embracing her. “I love you Albert-sama….If you aren't around, I can’t do anything...I can't live a life without you…” “Haven’t I told you back then, when you were officially crowned as the next queen, to not call me that? And besides, it's me who loves you more.” After hearing her husband’s words, Rosa’s face became hot and flushed. While in that state, Albert princess-carried her. She was unable to breathe steadily, using both hands to cover her blushing face. ‘...This gap between her behaviour at work and in private, it’s one of the reasons why she’s lovely.’ While thinking that in the corner of his mind, His Highness, the Prince Consort, let out a sigh as he adoringly looked at his wife. _____________ A/N (Author's Note): She's a good queen but since the day her husband died she really couldn't live on anymore. In the game, her husband died and was not able to get over her grief even if her beloved daughter Pryde is there and be there for Tiara, the protagonist and in the end she died. That's just how much they are madly in love with each other. But right now, Her Majesty, the Queen and His Highness the King is living happily. *DEAD* EUNIE IS DYING. OOFFFF. I PLAN ON POSTING THIS CHAPTER TOMORROW. CAUSE MY WRIST WAS HURTING BUT MID-WAY I'M LIKE WOW, BEST PARENT AND HUBBY EVER, ALBERT. (WELL, COMPARED TO THE QUEEN)* IT WAS SO HARD TO TL-THIS PART --> **, THE QUEEN'S RANT. MY EYES WERE BLURRY AND I'M LIKE, WHAT YOU SAID ALL THAT WITHOUT TAKING A BREAK? DAYUMN. WELL, I REALLY APPLAUD ALBERT HERE AND SINCE IT'S FATHER'S DAY. I DID MY BEST.
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