There was a grand ceremony going on at the palace with not even a single soul less busy, including the queen mother herself.
Ofcourse, this was the ceremony which the whole people gather at a space, that place they offer sacrifice to their god. Pinky always love this type of festivals because of the fun activities that is always done, maybe she'd make it as a stepping stone to stand out because she knew too well that Manda was doing the same.
Planning something huge that'd take her down but pinky wouldn't allow it, probably why Manda isn't Crowned despite all her effort was the fact that she doesn't try her best to make herself stand out among her peers, instead she wastes all her time trying to bring down pinky who was determined to never go down.
For the past five days, pinky spent all her days in the library, learning few things that is really very important in a Queen's life. She learnt sword fighting with the help of Aziz, the chief commander of war or sometimes, she'd spend her whole day, locked up in her room, thinking and trying to understand the dream which had plagued her sleep and up till now, she only understood tiny!
The obsessive look he had given her was the interpretation that says, "when a person poisoned with a love philter potion isn't cured In time, the love philter potion inside his or her body would graduate from a normal innocent desire to one much stronger and can not be stopped"
The words which her master has told pinky in her previous life echoed around her ears and pinky let out a sigh, closing the book she held when Nina walked in and some other maid.
"Good day miss ayria, we are here to serve you"Nina said with a slight bow as they walked in.
Pinky had just finished taking her bath so what actually remained was to put on her clothes which she was about to do till the maids walked in.
Letting out a tired sigh, pinky raised up her hand and made lots of body movement obediently so it wouldn't be too hard for the maids who wanted her to look perfect.
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Manda smirked as she climbed down the stairs, the hall was already filled with a huge amount of people despite the fact that the ceremony hasn't been fully opened for the day. Such a social rich circle was damn worthy of her.
Immediately Manda's eyes met king Derrick's, she quickly ran towards him, grabbing his arm, “king Derrick, you’re here,” she said, “King Derrick, do you know? As long as I be with you and sit next to you, I’ll be very happy.”
“As long as you’re happy,” King Derrick replied coolly with his hands tucked in his pocket pants.
She followed king Derrick into the garden as a tall, seven-layered cake was pushed out. The cake was beautiful beyond compare, and on top of it were the figures of the god's image couple. The crowd surrounded them as king Derrick's sister and the queen mother gave him a push. “Derrick, Manda has been waiting for you to propose for so long. Shouldn’t you finally make a move?”
“mum Is right eldest brother, it’s the festival of lights today. Why don’t you make use of this happy occasion to propose so that we could make her the queen, looking at her, she is more qualified than that petty little wife or yours?”
“Propose! Propose!” the crowd started to chant as well.
Manda stared at king Derrick with an embarrassed face but a blush crept into her cheeks.
“King Derrick…”
Right as she spoke, a melodious and graceful female voice could be heard in the distance.
“How come no one told me that, not only the celebration of lights but There’s even a proposal going on? It looks like I didn’t come here tonight for jokes.”
Manda's smile froze on her face as she clenched her teeth in dissatisfaction. She said, “She supposed to not be here?!”
King Derrick immediately turned around when he heard the voice, and the face he had been dreaming of every night entered his sight. Following that, everyone else looked toward the direction where the voice had come from as well. A graceful and beautiful woman entered their sights, but once they took a clear look at her face, everyone felt baffled and they widened their eyes in shock.
*Isn't this the disgraceful wife of the king!?*
*What is she doing here!"
*I thought she was reduced to a mistress*
Manda had thought that she would definitely be the center of attention that day, but with the sudden appearance of pinky, she suddenly felt like she had been sidelined as people praised Pinky's beauty. But she was a little happy that they were all on her side.
Manda raised her hand, about to pull at king Derrick's sleeve, but she saw that Derrick had already started walking toward pinky.
“king Derrick…” Manda called out to him with a wounded look, but he did not stop.
Pinky had a gown on, and her elegant figure was complemented with the refined smile on her face. Her exceptional looks were also accompanied by a graceful demeanor. Looking at pinky, thoughts of what happened last night filled king Derrick's head.
Who could have thought that she could have the guts to press her naked frame on his body, he even felt her soft luscious breasts against him, he even hard a damned hard on all through the night.
King Derrick felt like she was more beautiful when she was naked on top of him. She was also beautiful now and when he never care about her beauty It was just that he had never paid her any attention back then and never really appreciated her beauty…
“King Derrick.” Pinky greeted. “It looks like it was right for me to come here today even though I didn't want to though. I’ve always wished to see you guys proposal and marriage. Who could have thought that I’ll get to experience this today.”
Looking at her beautiful face, king Derrick said, “Nothing is happening, we came to celebrate the festival of lights and nothing else.”
“Oh?” pinky raised her eyebrow.
“sister ayria, why did you come to the festival of lights so suddenly?, I thought you hated things like this,” Manda put on a smile as she faked a curious face.
Pinky smiled back. “I heard that there would be an engagement today , so I came here to give you a gift, we are sister's aren't we?.”
In her mind, she could not help but think back to amyra's marriage with king Derrick some years ago. Manda had also appeared similarly, claiming to have come bearing gifts. In the end, she ended up embarrassing amyra by making her feel like a slut. Pinky was sure that Manda certainly did not want her engagement to be ruined in the same way.
"There is actually going to be an engagement, how did you know that?" Manda asked.
Pinky looked at king Derrick and smiled. “I know because because I heard it from the maids Who couldn't stop saying king Derrick loves you”
Hearing that, manda glanced at king Derrick, thinking that he was the one who told her. Even if she was not happy that king Derrick was close to amyra these days, those words still made her feel quite happy.