The Prince's Beloved Servant

Yuri's carelessness

Prince Adrian was sad to see the dead elves before him. Even though they had evil intentions, they were basically his people. I don't know what makes them bad. If giving up the throne could make all the elves return to their nature as noble beings, Adrian would not hesitate to give up his throne later.

Some of the bodyguards who were with him were also victims. The guilt is even greater considering they are willing to die to maintain their safety.

"Your Majesty, can we continue on our way now?" ask Ezra.

"We rest for a while while waiting for the morning. Hercules also needs to rest" said the Prince.

"You guys, please collect their bodies and then we bury them properly" he continued.

"Okay, Your Majesty."

Ezra and his men immediately followed the prince's orders. Some dug holes and collected the corpses of elves, both from their side and from the other side.

After the bodies were laid to rest in his final resting place, Prince Adrian made a prayer and gave a glimmer of the aura from his body so that the souls of the elves who had died could rest in nirvana.

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All the servants and workers in the residence of the Nobles of Jansen were seen busy preparing for the event held tonight. Yurika and Remi join in the kitchen to make a banquet that will be served to the young men from among the elf nobility. The event is routinely held as a matchmaking event for noble children.

Yurika brought the cake she made into the event venue. The main hall of the Jansen family residence is so spacious and grand. Yurika was stunned to see the light of majesty emitted from the elves present. They really look like angels.

Their faces were glowing, beautiful and impeccably handsome. Even the charisma of a star in his world could not defeat them. As it turned out, there were many elves from the nobility who were as dazzling as them.

A beautiful elf was surrounded by many handsome elves. Her beauty was like a goddess capable of bewitching the gods. Yurika was also amazed to see the beauty of her face.

Her name is Hilda, the most beautiful elf depicted in Yurika's novel. The Elf who played the protagonist in the story. Candidate queen who will accompany the king Adrian.

While arranging the cakes he brought on the table, accidentally someone hit Yurika until both of them fell. The clothes that the woman who hit Yurika looked dirty. The woman whines and blames Yurika.

"Why Talisha?" ask Asteria. The woman turned out to be a good friend of Asteria.

'Gawat.' murmured Yurika. He already knew there would be a small commotion due to the matter. He felt stupid because he was not more careful that the incident really did not happen.

"Your servant is careless! I was walking and he was blocking my way. My clothes are so dirty like this" he lamented to Asteria.

Of course Asteria looked in annoyance at Yuri. The servant had dared to make his good friend fall.

"Can't you work well?" asked Asteria in an angry tone.

"I'm sorry, Miss. I was just putting out a cake there. I didn't know there was that Miss who was running and bumping into me." Yurika tried to tell the truth.

"You dare lie! It was clearly you who hit me!" Talisha is not to blame.

Plaque!

Asteria landed a hard slap on Yurika's face. He did not accept his guests to get disappointing service. "I'm sorry now!" his orders in high tones.

Yurika was speechless while holding onto her sore cheek. He felt innocent and did not apologize. It was enough yesterday Nonanya did him arbitrarily. This time, he did not want to admit wrong for something he did not do.

"Yuri!" snapped Asteria again.

"Yuri, do you want to be arrogant here? Who do you think you are? Not because of your beautiful hair that you consider yourself equal to us. You're just a mixtus and have been sold as a servant by your own parents."

Asteria reopened the wound Yuri had. He himself feels pain if what Asteria says is true. Where there is a father who can sell his own child.

"I'm sorry now!" asteria orders while pulling strong Yuri's hair.

The look of her sharp eyes was reciprocated with the same gaze by Yuri. He was not really afraid of that woman. Yuri removed Asteria's hand from her. He immediately walked away from the event.

"Well! Look ... I just saw this time the model of the servant who dared to oppose his employer" Talisha said.

Asteria clasped her hand tightly. His blood was boiling getting that kind of treatment from his servant. If only there had been no such event, he would have already given a punishment that would have made his servant regret having dared to behave like that to him.

Yurika returned to the kitchen area. He slammed the tray he was carrying to the ground as an outlet for his anger. It seems he will fight even if he has to die. Rather he continued to be trampled on and became the subject of elf banter that felt himself high.

"Yuri, are you crazy?" The worried Remi immediately approached Yuri. He saw the incident his friend experienced. Indeed, Yuri was innocent. However, their standing was also impossible to resist. They were only low-ranking elves who worked as servants to survive.

"When by apologizing the matter is over, why should you behave like that to Miss Asteria?"

Yurika already knows. In the novel, Yuri is a servant who chooses to give in to whatever Asteria does to her. Despite receiving daily banter, he remained silent.

Yurika's soul could not accept Yuri's old habits. The pain he should not have had to be replaced. He doesn't deserve to be hurt, Yuri is innocent.

Remi clasped Yuri's hands together. "I'm so worried about you. As much as possible, avoid conflict with the nobility. Unless you have the ability to fight. Because, once you fight back, you'll be even more caught."

What Remi said has a point. He was nobody in that story. In fact, if he died, there would be no one to seek or cry for him.

Yurika felt stupid. He has promised to change the course of Yuri's destiny. At least, Yurika wants Yuri's fate not to end up dying with a mistake she didn't make. But, what he had just done was to bring Yuri closer to his death.

"So, what should I do now, Remi ...." Now Yurika became worried for herself by her actions.

Remi sighed. "Why are you getting so careless now? I'm hanging out because of your behavior."

"I'm sorry. I don't know why it feels so bad to fight."

"It is not you who feel that way. All the oppressed lowly elves also wanted to fight back. But, can we fight back? We have our own to lose."

Yurika was silent contemplating every word of Remi. "Is there any way we can stop being a servant?" tanyakanya. Yurika believes, if she stops working at Asteria's house, surely Yuri will not be killed. Because, Yuri died while still a servant of Asteria.

"We have to pay some money to be released. Or, we should have a new employer willing to redeem us."

"But, I don't think there's anything better than sticking around. Our lives are so good enough to eat and get paid here. If we live alone, life is harder out there. We still need to work."

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