(From Blue''s Perspective)


    "Lady Perita. What are you doing here?" Ruby asked as she came back.


    "From today onwards, I am Her Highness''s personal knight," Perita said. "And just Perita is fine."


    Ruby looked at me with questioning eyes and I nodded in agreement. "That''s good," Ruby said. "It''s good that it''s a woman this time."


    Ruby was just like Demetrius when it came to things like that. She was as naggy as him and of course, as protective.


    "Will you take a look at the dress now?" Ruby asked.


    "Yes," I said. "I am kind of excited..."


    "Pleasee with me, Your Highness."


    Ruby led us out of the bedroom. Right beside the bedroom, there was a room where all my dresses and essories were stored. It was very big, almost like a ballroom. Our bedroom was no less than that as well.


    "What dress?" Perita asked.


    "The one I am wearing at the banquet," I replied.


    "Your Highness hasn''t seen it yet?" she asked, surprised.


    "His Highness chose it for Her Highness," Ruby said.


    "I see. But why?"


    I had no answer for that. I did not know why he liked to choose dresses for me. And I never gave it a thought since it did not matter much what I was wearing as long as it was something wearable.


    Ruby closed the door of the room behind us and led us in front of a dress that was covered with a ck cloth.


    "Are you ready, Your Highness?" Ruby asked.


    "The way you''re saying it is making me n-nervous," I said.


    "I think the dress will take Your Highness''s breath away...," she muttered.


    With a quick move, she removed the cover from over the dress. And indeed, it was magnificent.


    It was a ck satin mermaid dress. The train was not too long, perhaps two feet from my feet. The bottom line of the train along with the long flowy sleeves was made of ck thick fur. The chest part of the dress was made of hard gold that would cover the breast areapletely and it was attached to a gold ne. There were gold strings attached from the waist side to the downer part as well.


    "Beautiful, isn''t it?" Ruby asked excitedly.


    "Yeah, really beautiful...," I mumbled. I had to admit that Demetrius''s choices of fashion were really amazing.


    "Your Highness would look good in it," Perita said. "Though I don''t know what''s so good about wearing a dress, even I have to admit that it''s a good choice."


    "Do you want to see the other dresses as well, Your Highness?" Ruby asked.


    "Now that I havee here, let''s see them," I said.


    The second dress was a ck chiffon dress with a sweetheart neckline. It was split from the side with a flowy downer part. There was a golden thick belt with little chains on the waistline. The border of the dress was made of ck silk. There was a golden royal cloak that was supposed to be worn over it.


    The third one was a ck silk A-line dress with a Queen Anne neckline. It had flowy long sleeves and on the shoulders, there were designs made with real gold. Around the waist, there was a simple golden belt without any design.


    The fourth dress was a ck taffeta dress. The front part waspletely covered and it had long ck tight sleeves. The downer part was split into four parts. The back part had an almost three feet long train. The front of the dress, the tip of the sleeves, and the split parts in the bottom had golden embroidery on them.


    The fifth dress was a ck ball gown with heavy designs on it. The downer part was split into two horizontal parts. It had ace straight neckline that had little golden pearls on it.


    I was afraid of wearing the fifth dress since it looked too heavy. I was worried that I would fall down if I wore it.


    "They really... are something," I muttered. "But I like the first and second dress."


    "All of them are beautiful! I can''t choose..."


    "Now that I see it, Your Highness''s dresses are all ck," Perita said.


    I noticed it too. Almost all the time, I wore ck dresses. Dem always wore ck as well and sometimes, they had a golden design on them.


    "It''s because our kingdom''s royal color is ck and golden," Ruby said.


    "Just because a kingdom''s royal color is ck and golden doesn''t mean that the king and queen have to wear ck only. The previous king and queen did not wear ck or golden only," Perita protested. "There must be other reasons..."


    I never asked that as well. Now I was wondering why he liked to wear ck so much that he even made me wear ck almost all the time.


    "Just what do you do with these many dresses, Your Highness?" Perita asked.


    "Her Highness is the queen. Of course, she needs many dresses," Ruby said.


    "There are more dresses than a person can ever wear in a lifetime," Perita muttered.


    "Well, if you think like that, then I... don''t need t-that many dresses, but... ording to other people''s vision, a queen... is supposed to wear new dresses... every single day a-along with various essories," I said.


    "Isn''t it tiring? Wearing thatplicated dresses? I would rather go around naked..."


    "Haha, well, it is...," I chuckled. "But what can I do?"


    "Let''s go out now," I said. "I don''t feel alright being here..."


    "Yes, Your Highness," Ruby nodded.


    Ruby locked the door as we went out. I looked around the ce. It had been more than two months, yet I still had not gotten used to how big the pce was. Each room was so big that it was hard to look around.


    "Your Highness, do you want to go for a walk?" Perita asked. "If you''re well, of course..."


    "But I am wearing my nightgown...," I said.


    "It''s alright. It looks like a dress anyway," she said.


    "No, it is not appropriate. Her Highness needs to change into something else," Ruby said, shaking her head.


    I agreed with Perita. This nightgown literally looked like a dress. Every single thing that Demetrius bought for me was costly. Even the nightgown would cost a fortune, I was sure.


    "What are you doing here?"


    "Ah, I greet His Majesty, the King," Perita bowed.


    "You don''t have a fever, do you? You moved as well. Are you feeling alright? What about your head? Does it hurt anymore? It''s better if you don''t move much," Dem said as he pressed his palm over my forehead.


    Perita had a funny look on her face. It looked like she could not believe what she was saying. But then again, she had gotten the answer to why I did not go out much.


    "I went... to see the d-dresses," I said.


    "Is that so? Do you like them?" he asked.


    "Hmm... I like the one that... you chose for me to wear a-at the banquet most," I said.


    "That''s my favorite too," he said. "As long as you like them, it''s alright... And by the way, the ball gown might look heavy, but it actually is not. Since you''re weak, I cannot make you wear something heavy."


    "I was going to... ask the same...," I said. "Well, aren''t... you busy?"


    "No. Why? You want me to be busy?"


    "N-No, it''s not... like that. Perita suggested that we should t-take a walk, so..."


    He sharpened his eyes and looked down at me as if observing my face. "No," he said. "You can''t go."


    "Why?"


    He did not say anything, rather held my hand and pulled me closer to him. "You can all go now," he said, looking at Perita and Ruby.


    They both bowed and left, but I saw Perita ncing at me as if to know what was going on.


    "You aren''t l-letting me... do anything," I said.


    "Isn''t it because I don''t know if you will run away or not the moment you get the chance?"


    "I won''t," I said. "And besides, how c-can I? I am... sick and can''t move much..."


    "I can''t afford to take the risk," he said.


    He picked me up from the ground all of a sudden and started walking. I thought he would take me to the bedroom, but to my surprise, he went the opposite way.


    "Where..."


    "Keep quiet."


    "Why would I? W-Where are you... taking me?" I asked.


    "Really? Can''t you trust me even for a moment? If you can''t trust your husband, who will you trust?"


    "You and I... b-both know why I can''t... trust you..."


    By the time I looked ahead of me, I saw that he was opening the library door. I had no idea why he brought me here.


    "Why are we here?" I asked.


    "I just want to spend some private time with my wife here, that''s why."