The Last Princess of the Kingdom of Verdant
30.
Tok
“Nona, I've brought his new servants.” Anne could hear Nanny talking from outside her room. He was relaxing in his room after dinner. Lucy brings him some warm tea and goes to prepare his bath water, when Nanny arrives.
“Please enter nanny.”
“Nah, now introduce yourself to miss.” Nanny orders them when they enter Anne's room.
“Goodnight miss, introduce my name Hilda. I've been working in this castle for five years.”
“Include my name Nana and have been working here for five years like Hilda.”
“Hmm, how old are you?”
“I am seventeen this year miss, while Nana this year is sixteen this year.”
‘Hmm good that they all have different hair colors, although I will probably be able to remember their voices in a few days.’ Since leaving Verdant, Anne actually had a little trouble with all the officers in both Porta Castle and Yunne.
He could not order them to dye their hair, after all he was getting used to remembering the characteristic sounds and appearances of people. He just needs to remember the important people.
“Alright, now help Lucy prepare a bath for me.”
“Lucy is younger and inexperienced than you. I also didn't teach him much. So please guide and teach him well.” Nanny tells Hilda and Nana before they go to help Lucy.
“Nona, the bathwater is ready.” Soon they returned.
“Alright, please help me. Nanny can come back to rest.”
“You sure miss? I better monitor their work first, moreover this will be their first day working.”
“They'll be fine. Tomorrow is an important day, I want nanny to also go accompany me to the ceremony.”
“Hahaha, fine then. It was an honor to be in the ceremony. I better get the clothes ready for tomorrow. If there is anything there will always be a guard in front of the room miss.”
“Iya, I know nanny.” Anne walks into the bathroom with her servant, and Nanny comes out of the room.
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“No need, do not remove this necklace.” Anne held her servant's hand when she was about to remove her necklace.
“Ah, good miss. I'm just worried that the necklace will be damaged when exposed to bath water.” Anne wasn't sure who would take her necklace off, but from her voice it didn't seem to be Lucy. He does not yet recognize the voices of Hilda and Nana.
“It's okay. This necklace is a magic item, so it will not be easily damaged.”
They then bathed Anne slowly and washed her hair. He could breathe the fragrant flowers.
“It's okay. You guys can come out, I want to soak alone.” After Anne got into the bathtub and soaked, she ordered them to come out. He wants to relax alone.
“... to the Empire of Terra.” Anne once again trained to read the script. He doesn't want any mistakes.
His heart has been beating so hard all day. When he closed his eyes, he could clearly hear his every heartbeat. ‘Ah, I'm not sure I can sleep tonight.’ Fortunately, the show will start during the day, so he does not need to wake up too early.
Anne thought while still holding her necklace. When holding his necklace, he could feel the energy present within, and it made him calmer. ‘Ah, I hold it again.’ He tried to fill the energy of his necklace, some days a lot of things happened so he kept forgetting to fill this necklace.
“Hihi” Anne laughed softly, imagining it happening.
Anne looked at her necklace which was getting dimmer and changed its color to transparent light blue.
‘Wah, beautiful. I have to give something to Brother Rein. This is a gift that is too fancy for me to receive.’
Anne closed her eyes and tried to relax. ‘Hmm, what can I give to a prince? It's a pity that only now I think about giving a gift, but I can give it tomorrow when I've prepared it from a few days ago. I'll set it up so I can give it to you at the dance.’
Anne's face again blushed at the upcoming dance. ‘Does this mean that I should choose Kak Rein as my partner?’ It had been a few days that he still had not replied to Kak Rein and Kak Parlo's invitation. It is not good to postpone it any longer, he should immediately write his reply now.
Thinking makes him sleepy. The aroma of therapy and bath water prepared by the servants turned out to be very helpful.
“Nona, is miss done?” Someone called him from the outside.
“Ah yes, please help me dress.” Anne almost fell asleep when her servant called.
They help Anne change into her nightgown and prepare her bed.
“What time is Nana?” If it is not too late he wants to write a reply, before he forgets. He can give it to them tomorrow if he meets them.
“Now eight o'clock miss.” He did feel that the night was still not too late, because the marchioness finished her lessons early so that Anne could get enough rest.
“Alright, please call Collin and prepare some letter papers.” Brother Chris had already accepted Hera's invitation, so he only needed to return the invitation from the two princes.
Anne did want to have someone special help her write letters, but it was very difficult to get a woman who could read and write. The average person must be a noble, and they do not need a job, moreover, the person must be trustworthy and will not leak the contents of the letter to anyone. So for a while all the letters Anne, Collin or nanny wrote them.
He doesn't want to disturb nanny's rest, so he prefers to call Collin. Nanny's gonna be teasing him about this anyway. While waiting for Lucy, Nana helps Anne dry her hair and comb it. Anne was always in pain when Vena combed her, she thought it was because of her tangled hair and curls. But Nana combed it very gently, it seemed like she was very skilled.
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“Excuse me, miss called me?” Collin called from outside the room.
“Iya Collin, come in. I need you to write a letter.”
“Good miss.” Collin went in and prepared the letter paper and pen that Hilda had given him. Anne was happy because Collin never asked or denied when he told her to. Only Collin treated him as a leader of the Voinn Family, and not a child who knew nothing.
“To whom this letter will be addressed miss?”
“I will send a reply letter to Prince Rein and Prince Parlo on the invitation they sent a few days ago.”
“Good.” Colin began writing the letter. She obviously had a special talent, Anne never dictated specifically word for word in her letter. It just needs to tell what message it wants to convey and Collin will string those words together beautifully and elegantly.
“I will accept Kak Rein's invitation, while for Kak Parlo please explain that I have received an invitation from Kak Rein first so I refused the invitation.” Collin was busy writing while Anne was still thinking.
‘Like this is enough, right? Do I need to give a reason why I accept or reject it? It doesn't seem necessary.’
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