Behind The Castle's

**ALBANY DIAMOND**

From the front of the mirror, Victoria looked at her perfectly polished face by Diana's masterful hand

"What does your hair want Vic to be like?"

"Take my gray jewelry box in"

Diana immediately headed for the cabinet and picked up a fairly large box there, she did not know what the box contained and never held it either because Victoria never asked her to check or clean the contents of the jewelry inside.

Diana placed the box on the dresser, Diana watched Victoria open the box, Victoria took out 3 sets of jewelry and placed them on the table. Diana noticed the details and models of the jewelry that looks complicated, all the details look full and complicated but magnificent and elegant, Diana was sure it was not an ordinary diamond because her entire life had been a noble, and she was not a diamond, he had never seen any type of diamond with such luster

"Please put this on"

Diana picks up a set of Victorian diamond jewelry, a white and green diamond with a model that looks elegant, with her hands carefully pairing the earrings and the last of the necklace.

"Wahh this is very nice Vic"

Victoria felt a necklace that had hung pretty around her neck, a jewelry that kept a lot of stories for her.

"It's a white diamond and an Albany emerald"

Diana rounded her eyes, it turns out like this diamond that is reportedly always discussed among tons, even already from 100 years ago many people who investigate where the location of the Albany diamond mine but, but, until now the place is still a secret, because curious Diana glanced at the two sets of jewelry that are still on the table.

Victoria who noticed Diana's eye glare took out three more sets of necklaces and earrings.

Diana's eyes were sparkling, very pretty and definitely very expensive, it felt like she wanted to feel all the jewels but, she quickly shook her head and quickly turned her eyes away from the table

"So, what kind of hair do you want Vic?"

Victoria ignored Diana's question and glanced at Diana's face from the mirror

"Try Di, the blue one is the color of your eyes"

"We need to hurry Vic, they'll be here soon"

Victoria squeals

"You sure? there will be no more chance"

Diana nodded steadily and looked at Victoria's face with confidence.

"Of course"

Victoria chuckles

"Lift my hair, make a complicated pattern and don't wear your poniku"

Diana nodded and immediately Diana's hands worked her work.

Upon completion Victoria stared at the full look of herself in front of the mirror.

TOK TOK TOK

Grey immediately barked at the sound of the door knocking

"Aahh. That must be them Vic"

"Take two little boxes of embellishment that I put in the drawer of Di"

Diana immediately walked towards the dresser and opened the drawer. Victoria immediately walked over to open the door.

By the time Victoria opened the door, there was already a Jeremmy in her party clothes, a long coat and vest of almost matching color, a white shirt with a high collar tied in a gray cravat, and the black pantaloon pants attached to his long legs, seeing the clothes Jeremmy was wearing made Victoria think, maybe Jeremmy was a nobleman. Jeremmy looked down with respect that Victoria's eyes couldn't ignore, not because of her appearance or her face or her sturdy body but her stunning gray hair in Victoria's eyes.

"Echidhem... Ready already?"

The heavy voice that Victoria had recently begun to recognize made her immediately look at someone who was next to Jeremmy, there Fredrick with his fancy formal clothes was very indulgent eyes especially his handsome face which somehow became more sparkling tonight but, still still could not beat the shine of Jeremmy's gray hair in Victoria's eyes.

"Well, wait a minute"

Fredrick stared fixedly at Victoria, a dress with a low shoulder cut in white, intricate blue and gold embroidery along her waist and creeping into the low cut of her chest, which she had, her sweet face is polished perfectly which makes her very sweet but also looks mature moreover, her red lipstick that looks very challenging to be damaged by other lips.

Frederick gulped his saliva as his mind grew wild, his turbulent taste getting harder and harder to hold as Victoria approached him after receiving a box from Diana. The closer Victoria gets to the stronger the scent of azela and vanilla flowers that now, Fredrick's nose is well known.

Fredrick could only go silent without being able to open his mouth especially when Victoria's hand touched his left chest, he paired a bross with a colored diamond, he said, after seeing the diamond, Fredrick realized that Victoria was also wearing diamond jewelry from the same place of origin, Albany. The legendary diamond that steps but, cannot make Fredrick take his eyes off Victoria's face.

Victoria's voice made Fredrick's consciousness return, Fredrick stared at Victoria's stunning and increasingly flat face tonight.

"I like, is this a gift?"

Victoria shakes

"Advance for horseback riding"

Fredrick immediately smiled handsomely and immediately wrapped his arms, he was impatient to be in contact with Victoria's hand even more, wanting immediately to inhale more of the scent of Azela and Vanilla

Victoria immediately wrapped her hands around Fredrick's arms, Fredrick immediately followed him into the corridor, with Victoria's chin raised and gracefully following Fredrick's steps. Before moving away from the door, Victoria could still hear Diana saying goodbye to Grey and the footsteps that followed her began to sound from behind her.

"Thank you, this brooch is very pretty and. step"

Victoria's thin smile did not turn her face the slightest, her gaze continued to look forward even though she knew Fredrick always turned her head or glanced at her, I don't know what part was caught in his two gray eyeballs, his shoulder? the chest? or the jewelry of the steps?. Victoria did not care because her heart was too pounding to meet her family in the main hall of the palace.

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"HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE FREDRICK AND LADY VICTORIA ARATHORN ARRIVE!!!"

Fredrick and Victoria stepped into the door of the main hall, all heads turned, all eyes looking and judging their appearance especially the women and the girls, I don't know who they're really looking at with their fans starting to open as their heads approach each other.

Victoria ignored all eyes on him or Fredrick? With his chin raised high and his face flat, his steps advanced forward where King George immediately greeted them with a big smile and so wide, that Victoria was worried that the lips would be torn.

As he drew near to King George, Fredrick immediately gave his formal address.

"Welcome to know Your Majesty, may you always be healthy and happy"

"Thank you son"

Victoria immediately removed her hand from Fredrick's hand and gave her graceful greetings

"Happy Birthday Your Majesty, may you always be healthy and happy"

King George nodded

Victoria again wrapped her hands around Fredrick's arms, Victoria's eyes immediately glanced at Diana who gave her speech and the small box she had prepared as a gift.

"Is this Lady Victoria?"

"Your Majesty's Gift"

King George finally glanced at the ornament Victoria wore and immediately glanced at the brooch attached to Fredrick's left chest. His eyes sparkled with a smile that did not fade

"Thank you Lady Victoria and you....."

King George paused his gray eyeballs staring at Fredrick and Victoria in turn. "You guys look so much like you"

Fredrick smiled and looked at Victoria, with her flat face Victoria's lips smiling awkwardly.

After greeting and greeting King George, the invited guests immediately greeted Fredrick and Victoria, awkwardly and half-heartedly, Victoria returned their greeting and short chat. There are things they always talk about like how beautiful Victoria is and her dress, or the embellishment, how beautiful Fredrick's brooch is and how loving they are, all the stale bases and constantly rehashed conversations from different nobles fed Victoria up. Victoria knew that if they were trying to get close to her especially when looking at her and Fredrick's diamond, the impression of the legendary diamond they wore showed that their relationship looked good but, that would spark even more simmering criticism when Fredrick does just a little more stupid stuff.

Victoria's slanted smile rises.

"The Duke and Duchess of Ross are here!!"

Victoria's head immediately turned around to hear the guard muttering the name, her heart racing and getting louder when another name was mentioned

"Marquess and the Marchioness of Lorne arrive!!"

Not yet improved, the jangung Victoria that has been pounding and getting louder until it feels like it wants to explode when another name is mentioned

"Earl and the Countess of Bedford arrive!!"

The three pairs of married couples immediately entered the door with another title embedded among the tons of 'Powerful Family'

Victoria smiled broadly as the six pairs of eyes immediately caught her figure sparkling. Family arrived.

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