"Honey, good morning… are you doing well?" Mother asked, and the way she was speaking made it seem like she was unaware of the current situation, so I decided to just relax and talk to my mother.

I couldn't help but smile as I heard her voice since it was so comforting and soothing to hear.

"I'm doing good. Just getting ready to go visit the prince. Is there something you need, or did you just want to check up on me?"

"I just wanted to check up on you. Also, make sure to wear a beautiful dress! Okay! Love you! Gotta go!" She exclaimed, and before I could refute it, she hung up the phone.

"Urghhhhh… FUCK!"

…

"Young Miss, your mother won't be happy. This is your last chance," My maid announced, and as she held the long and beautiful dress towards me, I just rolled my eyes.

My hand turned inward, slamming the car door in her face, and as she looked at me with a disappointed frown, I just turned towards the driver and said, "Let's get going."

He looked at me in the mirror hanging just above him and nodded, and as my maid waved me goodbye, my phone immediately went off.

It was my mother, and judging from the stream of angry texts she sent me, I knew to not answer it and just silenced it instantly.

"Young Miss, you will have guards during the entire visit, so please do not worry about your safety."

"Whatever… if he tries to kill me, I'll just fight back. I doubt he's that much stronger than me that I really need somebody like you all to guard me…."

"Just understand he is strong, so do not blame us for interfering with whatever scuffle you get into… of course, only if such a thing happens,"

"Such a thing won't happen. I'm not going there just to pick a fight… just because I'm not wearing a dress means I can't become friends with the dude…."

I tapped on the bottom of my seat once before grabbing and pulling out the dispensed tablet, which allowed me to review the stats and information on this guy.

Sure, he's a bit good looking, but his personality is horrible. In fact, the only appealing part of him is his decent looks and cash… his stats and fighting style are practically on par with mine.

"I should be fine…." I sighed, relaxing back in the reclining chair and taking a short power nap before this interaction.

…

When I woke up, I found myself at the massive castle where the emperor and his son stayed at… his wife was nowhere to be seen.

From my knowledge, she isn't dead, but besides that, there isn't really anything else to know about her.

"Young Miss," The driver bowed before reaching out his arm, allowing me to take his hand to get out of the car, a flood of paparazzi immediately swarming the area around me. "Please take this."

The driver handed me a stick of gum which I happily chewed on, and as he walked me to the front gate, a few of the assassins hiding in my shadows came out to block me from the flashing photographers and tons of videos being filmed of me.

"Young Miss, that smile of yours is troubling…."

"Hey, don't blame me that I'm so popular…." I chuckled, jokingly waving my face with my hand as if to calm my excitement down.

My driver sighed heavily before watching the gates in front of us open up, a single guardian covered from head to toe in a white cloak coming to receive me.

"You may bring only four bodyguards with you," The man said, but as I calmed my excited eyes, I stared at the man, who eventually looked back at me.

My driver stepped away, returning to his car while my shadows hopped back into my figure of darkness with only a snap of my fingers.

"I can bring as many as I like, as long as they're in my shadow, right?"

"No, that is not-"

"I don't care. Let's get going," I glared, immediately storming past him and letting out a long and agitated sigh.

I wasn't about to let them walk all over me, and I definitely wasn't going to allow them to dictate what I could and couldn't do. I was the prince's fiance as of now, meaning I was almost on the same level of authority as him.

Soon, I walked into the castle, where a few maids greeted me, bowing politely and then gesturing for me to follow.

They were gorgeous, and I could hardly take my eyes off of them as we walked down the long hall, eventually reaching a room that was double the size of the one I had back home.

"Oh, wow…" I stared up at the starry ceiling with a massive chandelier hanging down like a literal star brightening up the room around me.

"Please stay here for a few minutes as the prince prepares himself. You will be having a nice brunch on the balcony as today is beautiful. You may choose from a selection of wine that are handpicked from wineries all across Japan."

"Thank you… ummm… I'm not really of age to drink wine-"

The maids looked at each other and then at me as if making fun of me already, so I immediately regained my composure and said, "S-Sure, do you have a list of them?"

One came up to me with a tablet with every single wine practically known to man on it, and since I was absolutely clueless as to what was good, I just picked the recommended one at the very top.

"We will come get you as soon as everything is prepared. For now, we have a complementary soda for you to drink," Another maid smiled, bringing over a glass of soda that was bubbling as expected.

They all soon left with yet another polite bow, but as I looked down at the soda, my nose caught a whiff of something sour and bitter.

"Is this your way of testing me?" I smirked before downing the entire thing.

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