10 Chapter 10: For My Parents (1/2)

I spy the same guard as yesterday. Her majesty, the Queen is also here today. The moment she steps in, she spots TianYu's dress.

”Oh my, that's beautiful, girl. You are that girl, TianYu from the first day right?”

”Yes, your majesty.”

Prince Fu glances our way and smiles. Wow, catching his attention. If I were supposed to make him like me, then I would care, but he's going to have to die, so I could care less.

\tI stare as each woman goes up, giving sweet words about their dish. I head up with my dish and the Prince takes a bite.

”Wow, amazing!” he exclaims.

Huh? XiaoLong? Where? … haha I guess I'm too tired since I stressed over cleaning up that mess SanXing did on TianYu.

\tThe Queen asks, ”May I also try the tarte?”

”Of course, your majesty.”

I head over to my kitchen. Originally I was going to have one tarte for the prince, one for TianYu, and one for me. Welp…

\tI serve my tarte to the Queen.

”My, this is amazing!”

She smiles in approval. I curtsy and thank her majesty. I head back and TianYu goes up.

”These are my madeleines, your majesty.”

\t”Mmmm, these are amazing as well!”

TianYu smiles sheepishly, but doesn't cut in out of respect. I smile at her, as if I'm saying it's okay. She smiles back.

\tI glance over at SanXing. Her angry face was so satisfying… I snicker quietly in the corner, as she literally bit her handkerchief, glaring at Tianyu.

\tAt night, I meet up with XiaoLong on the roof.

”Hey, XiaoLong, I'm sorry about the troubles I made you do,” I say, thoughtfully.

\t”Where's this coming from?”

”N-nothing… thanks for teaching me…”

\t”No problem, you're an amazing student.”

I glance at his face, just like the first night. He wore a mask that covered half of it, but you could see the glimmering dark eyes that complemented his flowing black hair. His lips were a faint pink color and the background of beautiful stars; it was like a fairytale.

\tI turn away quickly, before he realizes that I was staring. M-maybe if this was another life, I would have married XiaoLong. He's so different from those snobbish nobles, yet still wealthy enough to be a high tier knight.