Chapter 10 Part3 (1/2)

In the first place, why a princess like Alicia was raised in the countryside, the reason dated back to ten something years ago, when Mary and Alicia weren't born yet.

At that time, fortune telling was popular among the n.o.bility. And the n.o.blewomen would have fun at tea party by inviting famous fortune-teller.

However, it was only to the extent of making a dress with color for love luck or decorating the mansion with animal stucco of good compatibility. That's the amount of money spent in it. Being a fortune-teller sometimes meant collaborating with a designer behind the scenes to make a trend.

Simply put, it was a child`s play. Of course everyone involved understand it, but the point was to make a topic at tea party and for the base of creating luxurious party. The credibility of the fortune-telling itself was secondary.

But, some people got deeply engrossed with it, to the point of calling the fortune-teller as teacher and chasing after them despite being n.o.bility. There was even people who confided all their house`s information and based their judgement on the fortune-telling.

At that time, the young Queen, Alicia`s real mother, was also into fortune-telling. However, she kept a moderate distance with the fortune-teller.

To invite fortune-teller to perform in a tea party, and reward them if the fortune was correct. The topic was also inconsequential matter like romance, health or the weather forecast for the next tea party. There was no information of the royal family at all.

Despite being a Queen at young age, she had good sense.

But the fortune-teller she invited was not.

I am the Royal Family`s favorite fortune-teller, the peaceful dynasty is because of the fortune I told, without any shame, he bragged around about it.

Selling their name by doing those, all the n.o.ble came to them saying “Please tell our fortune too” and gave them a lot of money. There was nothing more amusing than n.o.bles who purposely come to greet and lower their head to a fortune-teller they meet once.

And that fortune-teller was the one who announced “I just met with the Queen.”

“From today, for three days and three nights, receive the King's love. By doing so, you will be blessed by a splendid son.”

However, it was common sense that it was possible to have children if a healthy men and women of of those age sleep together for three days and three nights. Without fortune-telling, everyone knows that.

But the Queen was overjoyed when she heard that. And even before the fortune was proven true, she gave a generous reward to the fortune-teller.

This was also promoting the fortune-teller status, but she didn't realize the effect on her surrounding.

Because she was still young, and she loved her husband from the bottom of her heart despite it being a political marriage. It was a chance to monopolize the husband who she couldn't meet because he was busy with diplomatic matter. And if a child was born from that chance, there would be no more happiness than that.

The retainers, who know the Queen's feeling and the King who deal with diplomatic matter without a single protest for the sake of the country, despite the fact that both of them always want to be close to each other, left them to be a normal couple for three days and three nights.  If a male heir was born as a result, there was nothing more desirable than that.

And with that, for three days, both of them moved to the King's villa. As the fortune told, they were blessed with a child.

However, the child was a female, Alicia.

Nevertheless, no one was disappointed. The King and the Queen were rejoicing over the birth of the princess. The retainer who wished for male heir were satisfied with the fact that the Queen's body is suitable for giving birth, also celebrated the birth of the princess who looked like her mother.

Everyone in the country rejoiced over the princess's birth, and celebratory gifts came from inside and outside the country.

Only one person, the one who foretold the fortune.

Despite not being accused nor blamed over the incorrect fortune. While it was true that the foretold male heir was not born, because of the fortune, the Queen was able to conceive. Both the King and Queen also gave their grat.i.tude.

But only the fortune-teller couldn't come to term with this result.

Why is my result wrong when I'm the royal fortune-teller, is there something interfering with me, only one thing comes to mind…

The conceited fortune-teller thought of Alicia as the source of their wrong result with resentment, and toward the sleeping baby…

“They kidnap her, is that it?”

“Yes. They brought the kidnapped princess into a faraway orphanage and until now she is still deemed missing… This is the truth of the missing princess.”

At Mary's explanation, Addie nodded in understanding.

Currently they were in Albert's house kitchen. A place where the maid and attendant cooked and had their meal, the so-called employee cafeteria.

To have Mary, the daughter of their employer, sat there was weird but being comfortable with the hustle and bustle of the place, Mary was often found in the kitchen.

What's more, with the general hectic and indifference, this place make it perfect to talk about stories you don't want other to hear.

…nevertheless, when it was too busy, “Mary-sama, please peel this! ” she was often stuck with vegetables as well.

“But, why Alicia have the seal?” “

“There were people who find the fortune-teller's movement suspicious and snuck the seal into Alicia's baby clothes. What an achievement. Even in the game they have one still image for the scene…but…”

“My Lady, what's wrong?” “

Addie peered curiously at Mary who stopped speaking.

In DoraGaku, the scene about Alicia's past were drawn in sepia tone for the atmosphere.

The young Queen who is the spitting image of present-Alicia, the lamentably-uncapturable-target handsome King, and the fortune-teller who was drawn in silhouettes to avoid suspicion.

And then, after a few interactions, the screen switches to a still picture of the incident's night.

Under the sepia tone, a baby with unknown hair and eye color and who was thought to be Alicia, was being embraced by a lone woman. In the woman's hand was the Royal seal, before she hid it in Alicia's baby clothes.

And in the next scene, another new person appeared. Under the sepia tone and unknown face because the game only show the person's back, the person with magnificent drill-like vertical roll took the baby from the woman and then disappear…

It was the outline of Princess kidnapping-case, which was drawn in several stages of painting.

Addie who heard the story twitched.

”A magnificent drill-like vertical roll…”

”Yes, that, that was a drill-like vertical roll.”

”…With silver color? “

”With sepia color. I don't know that much.”