Chroma and Achromos

Chapter 3: A Bride To Be

Chroma stared at the large-sized room—which she thought made no sense to one person—it was with a bit of amazement. He had often entered the palaces of various kingdoms, but he had never been placed in a room like this. Sure oes. This room is a special room for the queen in the Kingdom of Chraz, of course the size and decoration is much more luxurious. And Chroma will stay here from now on.

Chroma threw her body on the bed. He felt tired. During her time near Achromos she had to pretend to be a graceful and elegant princess. His facial muscles were tired of forcing a smile.

"Hey,"

A sound made Chroma rush up and look towards the open door. Achromos was already there and looked at Chroma with a flat gaze.

"W-What's the matter, Your Majesty?" Chroma asked a little surprised.

Achromos approached Chroma and stared fixedly at her face. Chroma gulps. I don't know why the feeling is bad. Achromos seemed to be doing something to him, so he tried to smile as sweetly as he could.

Achromos looked at the girl in front of him suspiciously. He seemed to be forcing his smile a little since the first time they met. At least that's how he feels. He then looked at Chroma's sparkling eyeballs.

Like a gold marble, he thought.

Slowly, as if sucked in by the beauty of Chroma's eyeball, Achromos approached. Chroma took one step back and was immediately restrained by the bed.

"W-What's up, Your Majesty? Did I make a mistake?" Tanya Chroma who was starting to feel her bad premonition was getting worse.

Achromos is not grinding and getting closer. Suddenly, he hugged Chroma tightly. Chroma bulging. The relationship with Achromos is not bad, but their relationship is not good either. As far as Chroma is concerned, there was a noble man who suddenly embraced a girl like Achromos! This is the first time Chroma has been hugged by a man she doesn't know very well! Really don't know manners! With reflexes, Chroma immediately pushed Achromos firmly and slapped his cheek.

"BASIC IMPUDENCE!!" Chroma.

The girl felt her feelings so overflowing, making her unable to think clearly. He then attacked Achromos with agility, making Achromos surprised and dodging with difficulty.

Achromos could hardly believe it when he saw Chroma in the fog just because of a hug. After all, which royal princess screamed in a rant, slapped, then attacked her own future husband with a martial technique—who was somehow martial what— was like an olympic winner? If Achromos did not master martial arts as well, he would definitely not be able to dodge and was already lying on the floor.

Chroma stopped her attack while panting. Then he started to think clearly. At once his face turned pale. His heart is beating fast.

Holy hooch! What have I done?? Thought panicked.

He stared at the floor, not daring to see Achromos in his eyes. He could hear the footsteps of Achromos approaching, and in an instant Achromos was holding his hand firmly.

"Daughter Jane," she said slowly. "can you explain what this all means?"

Chroma gulps. His mind is not confused. This time he made a fatal mistake while working. He usually does his job calmly and confidently. But what power, Chroma is also a human. And that hug was his first hug with an unknown person—ia was not that bad until he was hugged by someone, and this time an exception because he was forced to be off guard.

"Yes-Your Majesty! I-i'm sorry! I'm actually a princess who loves sports. I also forced my father to study martial arts since childhood. I'm not trying to fool you, Your Majesty. Please forgive me." Chroma said in a pitiful tone.

Achromos was unsure of Chroma's answer, but he still let go of her grasp.

"Daughter Jane, you're going to be my wife tomorrow, so you have to get used to things like that." Said flat.

Chroma simply nodded without looking at him. Achromos raised Chroma's face, upset that Chroma was unwilling to look at her.

"If I'm talking, you should look me in the eye." His orders are upset.

"Okay, Your Majesty." Chroma pasrah.

"And you don't have to pretend to be graceful in front of me. Doesn't match your grim face like this brat." Tymphal Achromos.

HUH UH?? IT'S NOT POLITE FOR THIS GUY!! Chroma in the heart.

"Ehm.. I'm not pretending, Your Majesty. I just prefer martial arts over dancing." Chroma replied restraint.

Achromos was silent with a flat gaze.

"OKAY. It's up to you." He said as he left the room.

Chroma let out a long breath. He made a pretty fatal mistake. He could be fired or sentenced to death if his disguise was exposed.

I better not report this to the bodyguard. Can runyam later, Inner Chroma.

"Eh." A sound made Chroma look at the corner of the room.

A person in blue uniform is seen leaning against the wall while folding both hands— looks at Chroma with a gaze asking for an explanation.

Oh, dearGod. Inner Chroma.

Back then he really wanted to run away from there, no matter how his mission continued and how great the rewards were. For him, this will be very troublesome.

•••

A girl with blue sea eyes and choppy light brown hair stared out the window of her room with a sigh. In his mind appeared various kinds of complicated things, making his head dizzy.

As a royal princess, her life was not as easy as most people. She must be a graceful ideal princess and must be able to take care of royal affairs. He could barely get out of the palace, making it like a bird in a cage.

His monotonous days were suddenly startled by the request of the Chraz Kingdom, a very cruel and powerful kingdom. The request was a proposal from King Chraz to marry the princess of the Kingdom of Hecca. Yep. Married to himself.

This instantly made a stir in the entire palace, especially his father who was very protective. He was worried about Jane's fate if Jane married Achromos, but he also feared that his kingdom would be wiped out by the Dark Lord.

Because of this, his father decided to call Chroma. The silver-haired fox always finished his work flawlessly—fast and efficient—but his work this time required more time and ability. She must pretend to be Jane and marry Achromos.

Jane feels her father's idea is crazy, because if Achromos knew the truth, the Kingdom of Hecca would be destroyed to the ground. I don't know what Achromos will do to him and his father. Just thinking about it made Jane shiver.

"Achromos..why are you so cruel?" His whisper.

Recently Jane also heard that Vhor was going to Chraz Kingdom. He was ordered by his father to supervise Chroma's work. Jane was getting more worried. What would Achromos have in mind if Vhor was caught infiltrating his palace?

All of this has given Jane a headache since yesterday. After all, he was getting scared because Chroma's mission was about to end. But, will Chroma succeed?

"God the Great, protect the people I love.." Mumbled slowly.

•••

Chroma fell silent in front of Vhor who was still standing while folding his hands together. He felt ordinary—after being surprised by the presence of Vhor. Being fired or being a death row prisoner was the last option he could get. Of course he is ready with all the bad possibilities that can happen. And he never fails to run away from it all, even once.

"Miss Chroma, no, Princess Jane," said Vhor as he approached. "please give me an explanation."

"Nothing." Answer Chroma. "As you can see, my disguise is not uncovered, just barely."

"Then?" Ask Vhor.

"none. I will continue this mission until it is completed. Or do you want to report to King Hecca? Go ahead, I don't care." Answer Chroma.

"You sure?" Ask Vhor.

"certain." Answer Chroma casually.

Vhor was silent to see Chroma—which had looked shocked—now looks so calm and confident. Sure do. His nickname as a fox was suitable for him because he always managed to run away and escape from the chaos. Vhor breathed. He could not casually make this mission fall apart, because Princess Jane and King Hecca and the kingdom would be the stakes.

"All right, I'm not gonna report you." Vhor.

Chroma was a little surprised to hear Vhor's reply. In his heart he felt a little happy because he managed to convince him.

"Ehm. Okay." Okay." His word.

They both remained silent for a moment. The silence felt so awkward. Chroma then went back to thinking how Vhor could get in. Eve her existence was completely unfeelable by her. Chroma was very sure that Vhor was not an ordinary king's bodyguard. The proof is that Vhor can be in the room and see everything that happened without him or Achromos being aware.

Wait for.

See all?

Suddenly Chroma realized that Vhor saw everything that happened with Achromos from the beginning—including the hug of course.

"Geez!" Exclaims. "Basic stalker!!! Peepers!!"

Vhor was shocked to hear Chroma suddenly exclaim and pushed her body towards the door.

"Hey, hey! What the fuck??" Ask.

"The men are not polite!! Is there not a normal man in my life???" Chroma exclaimed as she pushed Vhor out of his room.

"Go you pervert!!" Chroma slammed the door of her room right in front of Vhor's bewildered face.

"Mystery.." Vhor says slowly. "Are all women like this?"

———