Minerva was horrified. Extremely horrified. What was that?! And why was it cringe?
Her face was contorted as if she wanted to puke. The worse was the black-caped man was also as horrified as she was. His face was full of disgust and his deep purple eyes had a tinge of confusion. Well, even she was confused!
Wait, don't tell her he also saw the same bullshit?
If that was true, then wasn't it too shameful?
Minerva's face contorted into different expressions that her father couldn't help but notice.
"…fuck." The black-caped man muttered.
Santi, on the other hand, cocked his head to the side as his left brow was arched.
"I told you to bless my daughter, not curse her." He blankly said. However, the black-caped man noticed that there was something hidden in his blue jeweled eyes.
Santi didn't wait as he placed down his daughter.
"What would you like, Little Miss?" Cassie asked as she followed Minerva. Minerva stood in front of the buffet table to look at the foods that were served. When she saw that it was all hors d'oeuvre, she pouted her lips and just raised her hand to hold Cassie."I didn't know that Lady Cassidy Santcliment was this good to handle kids."Minerva turned her head when she heard someone talk. And what she saw was a young lady that had blonde hair and green eyes. The fan that she held covered half of her face but it didn't cover the mockery on her voice and eyes.The young lady wasn't alone. She had three young ladies that were the same age as hers and the one beside her had the same red hair and looked a little like Cassie. The red-haired girl's chin was a bit raised as she looked at Cassie with a hint of haughtiness."What do you think, Lady Cassandra?" The blonde young lady asked as she looked at the red-
Despite a bit of the commotion that happened, Minerva chose to ignore it as she didn't want to make it a big deal. Besides, Cassie handled it without a sweat.If there would be someone who should worry, it'd be them. After all, her Aunt Adira was there and there was a possibility that her father might catch on to what happened."Were you tired?" Her father asked as he caressed her back. Her head rested on his shoulders as her half-lidded eyes were about to close. She was about to shook her head in denial when she unintentionally released a yawn."Wait, Little Minnie was about to rest now? But I still haven't carried you again yet!" Her Uncle Lorenzo suddenly said and went into her father's back to face her. Minerva remained in her position as she tried to resist her drowsiness."She's already tired." The purple-haired and grey jeweled eye wielder Aunt Allanis said as she smacked her Uncle Lorenzo's ar
As the celebration reached its end, Minerva bid her goodbye to her Aunts and Uncles together with their sons and daughters. She rubbed her eyes as she was carried by her father towards his chamber to sleep.But who knew that the moment her father opened the door to his chamber, the black-cloaked man was already inside like it was waiting for them. Furthermore, Harika was beside him as they silently stared at each other."I thought you already left." Her father said when he saw the black-cloaked man."Well, I was late, wasn't I? So I figured that I should wait until you return out of courtesy." The black-cloaked man nonchalantly said as he inclined on the backrest of the seat."Who would've thought that the Great Sebastian knew courtesy?" Her father mockingly said as he placed her down on the bed.Minerva curiously stared at him. Right, he was there all along. But she wondered why she
"Little Miss…" Cassie was lost for words. "Little Miss, where did you hear those?" She worriedly asked. Minerva glanced at Harika whose head was tilted to the side as it stared at her. "Wash my mommy dead?" She asked again. Minerva didn't want to ask about her mother despite her curiosity. But since she already slipped her tongue, she might as well ask it further. She already had a hunch that her mother was dead. But she refused to accept it unless they were confirmed by them–especially her father. Now, she wanted to know the truth. "Why did you say that your mother was dead?" Minerva stiffened and slowly turned her head from behind her. She didn't know that her father heard her words! "Leave us." Her father said. Cassie bowed her head and left the room. Now that it was only her, her father, and Ha
"Woah, mommy wash weally pwetty."Minerva said as both of her hands were on her cheeks. Her elbows lied on the edge of where her mother was laid as she knelt on the chair to level herself with her mother."Wight, Hawika?"Harika, who laid under the chair that she knelt in just grunted but didn't say anything. Minerva didn't mind his nonchalance as she was kind of used to it now.Today, they were in the forbidden place inside the estate. This was where her father chose to hide her mother as this place's protection spell was both strengthened by her father and Harika.Furthermore, she found out that the reason why it took them almost a year to retrieve her mother was because of her. As she still hadn't been blessed, she was vulnerable to any type of curse. Thus, they waited for her first birthday before they retrieved her mother.And per her father's words, it seemed
"Have you heard? It seemed that His Majesty was disappointed with the Second Prince.""I also heard that the Second Prince left the throne room yesterday with rage and His Majesty was angered.""That's not the worse, I also heard that His Majesty had rested to the First Empress's palace for weeks now. The Second Empress wreaked havoc when she found out.""It looked like the Second Prince's faction situation wasn't looking good.""Who would have thought that the Crown Prince would suddenly have thought to compete for the throne? For the past years, his presence was barely recognized as he would rather stand on the side and let the Second Prince take the limelight. But when he decided to fight against the battle for the throne, his morale was extremely high that his every move made the Second Prince shook from the intensity.""Well, he was, after all, the brother of the late First Prin
"The power of the Crown Prince grew as the day passed by. And as the Crown Prince rose, the Second Prince was slowly declining in power. Even the favor that he got from His Majesty was slowly fading. I guess, His Majesty would give the throne to the Crown Prince.""Ah, a pity. The Second Prince had been a lead candidate for the throne for ten years. Who knew that the Crown Prince would suddenly strike back? He even got support from the powerful nobles!"Minerva pretended to glance at the roses but the truth was that she listened to their conversation.She wanted to go to the butterfly garden but her father said that it was under renovation. Therefore she just decided to hang around in the Rose Garden with Shirley and Elise. And when they arrived, they started to gossip about the latest news in the empire."It was a good thing that my father was a viscount. If not, we would certainly be included in the
"Preposterous!" The Empress said as she shook. Santi just cocked his head to the side and sneered."Hey, calm down! Didn't we already talk about this? We were supposed to discuss this in a refined manner!" An ash grey-haired woman with pink jeweled eyes said as she patted Santi on his shoulder."Yeah, Constance was right. Besides, the emperor was at this age already. Weren't you afraid that he might have an episode by your brashness?" The man with black hair and brown jeweled eyes seconded."Only you, Juan Miguel, would care about that worthless things. Besides, Santi did the right thing. If we continued this stupid 'refined manner', it would take a long time for us to settle this. I didn't want to stay here any longer since I'm allergic to pathetic people." The man with black hair and red jeweled eye said and yawned lazily."Stop bitching around, Kristofer." The woman with red hair and black jeweled