­I woke up with a loud knock on my door. It must have been there for a while. It reciprocated like a bangs on my head in my dreams, until I realized there was someone actually on the door. It was 5 on my Q tab.

I had hardly slept for 1 hour after that little coffee date of mine.

The room was already lit brightly, which means that the sun was already there.

I reluctantly got up and dragged myself to the door rubbing my eyes to wake myself up. I opened the door to find the same maid from the day before standing there. Her attitude was the same as yesterday.

Her eyes fixated on the floor, her head down, standing there like a docile individual.

"yes ?" I asked her, standing at a distance scared that my stale breath would embarrass me.

Although I have been embarrassed enough in less than one day.

"you are called by the king downstairs to join everyone for the breakfast. Please get ready" she said and offered me a plate that had something covered in a cloth.

"the king wants you to wear this and come down." my face lit up at the first gift I received here, that too from the king himself.

"really? What did he say?" I was grateful at this gesture of his.

The maid hesitated and did not say anything.

"ha?" I asked again.

"he said, 'ask her wear proper clothes and come down.' " the servant finally spoke. My jaw dropped at his response.

He better did not say this.

But again what could I do, even if he did. Not like I could go and punch him. I chuckled at my own thoughts. I really did not need a company, I could keep myself entertained.

I took the plate from the servant's hand. "thank you." I bowed down to her.

I was adjusting well.

"uh- also." She said again as I was about to close the door back. "Your Majesty has asked me to be your personal attendant from now on." Oh a PA. I was enjoying the privilege of the royal life.

I did not dislike the woman, she appeared fine to me. So there was no reason I would deny it . "" I guess she understood it. She bowed down at me.

"so what's your name?" I asked her.

"Brinda" she spoke meekly.

" Brinda. I will address you as and you don't have to be very formal with me. You can atleast look at me while talking. Mm?" she looked down and nodded.

I laughed at this.

" I said and it immediately followed a confused glance from my new PA.

"nothing." I nodded and closed the door.

I managed to have bath with some other items that Brinda had got for me and some items that I managed to download from the Q cart in her absence.

I knew I had to keep it protected because even though it was a regular thing for me, it was like a gold mine for people over here. And I can't trust this thing of 'not getting robbed' here. I mean with all the servants and people around, who knows. Perhaps I have studied the history of this place.

I know no one is trustworthy here.

I called Brinda in my room to help me with the dress that she had gotten for me. it was a long red, 'completely covered' dress, with small intrinsic designs and a dupatta to top it all.

I struggled with most of it. The weight combined with the delicacy. The spread of the dress. EVERYTHING.

Somehow I managed in the heavy, rich, outfit. Paired with the lightest jewels I could find among the boxes of all the heavy jewelries. I went down to the main court where everyone were present.

It felt like the living room of a house.

All his courtiers were present there talking amongst themselves when I appeared. All the men stopped talking and stared my way, including the Queen mother who was sitting first, in the row of seats, to the left of the king.

I looked up to find the king's gaze. He looked at me, scanning me top to bottom like he normally does.

But this time I could find satisfaction rather than disgust and confusion written on his face.

I was contented all my hard work was a success. I was too shy to match the king eyes at his level so I quickly turned my gaze away.

I found Yug sitting at one of the seats. I waved, but immediately stopped and bowed to him. He flashed a smile in my direction, complimenting my outfit by raising one of his eyebrows.

I blushed in response looking back at the ground.

"How long are you going to stand there." The king sounded pissed in contrast to the way he looked when I just walked in.

Was he really pissed since the morning? Did my coffee do something bad to his intestines? Did he have an upset stomach?

I nodded with the frown on my face that I had, and looked around for an empty seat.

"Is she going to join us here?" the Queen Mother spoke just when I was about to sit, next to an empty spot across Yug.

"I am afraid, she shouldn't" the queen sounded mad too.

Definitely.

I haven't been very polite to her ever since our first encounter. All the faces turned to her.

The king looked at her and back at me. He seemed indecisive.

"it's okay" I said. "I needed to roam the palace anyway." I was set to leave the royal court without making it awkward.

"I am afraid. We shouldn't let a mental patient out so casually." The 'not so old' female spoke again.

I rolled my eyes at her, getting pissed at her now. I know it is not my place. But having known her intentions, I cannot pretend to be respectful.

I turned back to go straight to my room, when I heard someone say, "I'll show her around here." I turned to find Yug standing up taking permission from the King.

The king arched an eyebrow at him, and shot a glance at me.

"Don't you have anything better to do?" the queen mother said again.

"Enough Mother." The king uttered.

"If the minister is ready to take responsibility, so should he." He said turning to the court.

"be present here, before the royal court commences."

Yug bowed before the emperor and rushed towards me. I smiled at him leaving the court together.

"I am sorry about what happened earlier." He said referring to the unfriendly way the Queen mother had wished me 'good morning' on my first morning here.

We started walking down through the long corridor, that was brightly lit with the sunlight. The corridors gave a fantastic view of the nature outside.

"It's ok. I don't like her anyway." I rolled my eyes, trying to not get bothered with the murderer's words.

"you're the quickest among all of us to have judged her correct." He gave a dry laugh as we kept walking. I turned my head to him in surprise.

"what is that supposed to mean?" I asked, narrowing my eyes, anticipating his reply.

He shrugged his shoulder in response.

"just... we all know, she might not be like the way she pretends to." Although I wasn't even sure if she was even pretending to be good anymore now. She was now playing downright evil. I nodded in response.

"I just wish the king could understand it." I couldn't take my mind off the fact that the king will be killed by her, and I am here to witness that history.

"maybe the king is already aware." Yug said again. "who knows." He added.

I turned to him, stopping in my tracks.

"Neel already knows." I said out loud.

"sh sh sh" he kept his hand to cover my mouth. "be quiet" he whispered, taking his hands off.

"still he is dealing with the woman who can possibly kill him." I whispered back.

Yug changed from being panic to becoming neutral once again.

"I don't think that will happen. She is evil, but she cannot kill him." he defended the lady we were together bitching about.

I sighed at this. "oh you don't know shit." I said again.

He looked at me in confusion but decided to keep quiet.

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