Chapter 28 – Friends
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Elena Gretchen was a woman who was lazy by nature and was bad at socializing. When she received an invitation to a banquet or tea party, she often made various excuses to not attend, and as such happened repeatedly, the people who wanted to hang out with her naturally disappeared one by one.
It was not that her personality was timid. She was just the kind of person who was extremely bothered by her outside activities of her.
Considering that she was a member of the Duke of Gretchen, one of the most prestigious families in the Empire, it was quite ironic.
It was difficult for an aristocrat who had been instilled with various education and etiquette since childhood to have such low social skills. This is especially true for women who value socializing. In many ways, it can be evaluated as the owner of a unique temperament.
She also recently had someone who could be called her friend her. It was surprising that she was even the 3rd princess of the empire.
Although she has recently been absent from public appearances and her political influence her has declined, Violetta was a heroine who until recently competed for the crown prince position with her second prince her, Liam.
It was literally a miracle that she was able to build a friendship with such a great man. She probably would n’t have had this opportunity in her life if she had n’t attended the zodiacal birthday banquet, pushed by her family’s annoyance her. When she heard a letter from Violetta asking her to have a brief conversation, she was dumbfounded even herself.
“…… Why don’t we just go?”
Even as she prepared her way out, Elena was overcome with such an urge.
I’m glad to have a friend. But she doesn’t like going out. For her, her social life was a huge drain on her energy. She’s not afraid to meet people. However, maintaining her relationship is a bit cumbersome and overpowering.
“Miss! What nonsense are you talking about?!”
Her maid her, who was braiding Elena’s hair her, yelled at her.
Elena closed her eyes tightly and plugged her ears.
“How about Her Highness the Princess?! And if you throw away her promise her, you really don’t know what will happen this time …… ! There is a limit to how much the head of the household can train you every time!!”
“Oh, I know. I just did it.”
“It’s not just that. She’s saying that girls should also have a really proper social life now. It’s been several years since her social debut her, and she still does n’t have any decent connections! In this case, I really can’t even get married. Who the hell will accept a person who can’t even help me properly? That’s why she’s in a position to hang on even if Her Highness her, the princess, says no…… !”
“…….”
Elena shut her mouth. Each word of the sharp blows became a dagger and pierced her heart. When she quarreled with her maid, she would always lose even more. In my experience, it’s best to just keep her mouth shut at times like this.
Her exclusive lady-in-waiting her, who had been with her since childhood, would pour out her sermons on her whenever she had a chance. All of them were just the right arguments, so they had a knack for making things hard to refute.
She seemed to regard it as a friend and servant, but to Elena, she felt like she just had another nagging mother.
“It’s all done. Look at this, the lady is also this beautiful because she dresses up, right? The original version is pretty, so if you work hard from now on, you’ll be able to make an outstanding network in no time The princess is the bridgehead!”
“Yes…… Okay.”
Elena nodded her head with her tired expression.
Having finished her preparations, Elena got into her carriage.
It was burdensome to see the gazes of his retainers staring at him with thrilling eyes. Elena drew the curtains over her window and quietly turned her face away.
After running for a while, Elena was able to reach her imperial palace.
Violetta came out to meet her.
“…… Majesty? Why didn’t you make a servant?”
“It’s about welcoming friends, but you can’t treat them carelessly. I’m doing this because I want to, so don’t worry too much about it.”
“Ah, is that so…… ?”
Violetta awkwardly rolls her eyes.
Although she was a little puzzled, Elena managed to convince her.
“But I’m worried that it might be a nuisance for me to suddenly come to the imperial palace like this. It’s also a place where no one can enter…….”
“…… Lady Gretchen is enough to qualify. I’ve spoken to people, so you don’t have to worry about such trivial things.”
“Undetermined…… You mean?”
‘Is that why there are no people like this?’
The interior of the imperial palace was strangely quiet. The whole time she walked down the hallway, Elena didn’t see a single person.
If the name was the imperial palace, he would appoint and use a large number of servants. It was very strange.
‘They must have warned the servants not to walk this road in advance……. Maybe.’
Although she had convinced herself that way, she still couldn’t get rid of her puzzlement of her. Did she really need to give such an order?
To her, who had always lived in a place where she was troubled by her sense of life her, this kind of stillness was so foreign to her. All her life she has believed that she likes quiet surroundings, but it seems she doesn’t.
Elena felt more awkward herself, so she actively talked to Violetta. If anyone who knew her had seen this sight of her, she would have been greatly astonished.
“The hallway is very quiet. Somehow, even a little bit of air…… It seems cool.”
“It must be because of the mood. The servants had an event to prepare, so everyone was mobilized there. That’s why the hallways are quiet.”
“Aha…….”
Violetta took off as a no-brainer, but Elena began to feel more and more strange. She’s sticky and insecure. Her disembodied intuition her kept giving her red flags. It seemed to her that she was walking into ant hell.
“Arrived.”
Violetta’s footsteps stopped. Her Elena’s footsteps her also stopped following her.
Perhaps it was because her intuition had sounded an alarm from earlier, it felt like the door in front of her was somehow harboring a very ominous aura.
‘Your Highness is right. It must be just my mood.’
Elena dismissed her intuition as a mere illusion.
She flung her door open.
Her room her was very ornate.
From the lighting to the interior, nothing was designed carelessly. At first glance, it looked like a place to welcome important guests. No matter how you look at it, it is an excessive space to use for simple friendship purposes.
Elena tilted her head.
“Your Highness, this is…… ?”
“Sit down. She told me to bring refreshments and tea, so she’ll be there soon. Until then, let’s chat for a while.”
“…… ?”
Violetta ignored Elena’s question and offered her a seat. She looked suspiciously nervous. Elena’s doubts deepened.
She sat across from Violetta, still feeling an unknown uneasiness.
Refreshments and tea soon arrived. At Violetta’s urging, Elena took a bite of the cookie from the bowl.
“This…… It’s delicious. Is it the skill of the court chef I’ve only heard of?”
“Someone has extraordinary baking skills. He is also very good at baking cookies, so since I was young, I used to secretly ask for snacks. Is it delicious?”
“Yes. Really. It’s hard to say in return, but the chef from my hometown is also familiar with desserts. I also want to treat you to something delicious, so please visit us sometime.”
“That… That’s nice.”
Violetta smiled a bit bitterly and nodded her head. Elena was so busy savoring her cookies and tea that she couldn’t quite see her expression.
The chatter continued, and her unknown anxiety gradually faded.
It was then.
Suddenly the door burst open and a man strode into the room.
Elena frowned.
“Who are you?”
“…….”
The man shrugged his shoulders without answering.
Elena turned her head to Violetta and asked if she knew her her, but she just kept her mouth shut.
“Then who the hell…… Kyaaak?!”
Her thick, large hands her hugged her body her tightly.
Elena, held against her hard chest her, screamed as she did not know what to do. At that moment, through her fabric, she felt something hard and long against her belly her. Elena’s body froze her as she guessed the true identity of her.
“Hey, what is this…… !”
Elena was in a hurry to get her man out of her own body her.
Although she was not taught systematic martial arts, she had self-defense techniques taught by her family. Since she is a woman’s body, she knew a lot of techniques that were premised on being attacked by someone. There was also a countermeasure that assumed a situation in which each other’s bodies were in close contact.
She did not dare to think of subduing or defeating her opponent. In the first place, that is impossible. Because her skills weren’t that great.
First of all, she was going to shake off the man and run away by grabbing Violetta’s arm her, which was stiff in a state of panic.
Assessing the situation was the next thing.
However, a change occurred.
‘Mo, I can’t move…… ?’
As if her body had completely hardened, she was unable to move.
It wasn’t that he was frozen in fear or anything.
She was shocked by the unexpected situation, but her mind was clearer than ever. It is obviously unreasonable to say that she was hardened by fear.
It was impossible to move her hands and feet of her, or even her body of her. The only thing she could move on her own was her eyes, nose and mouth her.
Finally, little by little, her reason she began to break. Even the clear thinking turned into a mess. As her body stiffened unnaturally, she took her fear.
‘Move… !’
She tried with all her strength to free herself from the man’s arms her, but in vain. It was as if she had ceased to be her own body. It was as if someone else had completely taken over the initiative of the body of her.
“Is your body not moving? It will be the same no matter how hard you try, so don’t work in vain and relax.”
Her man taunted her. Her voice was creepy as she whispered her lips right next to her earlobes.
He asked, holding her own face in front of Elena’s eyes in her.
“I saw it once at our banquet hall, don’t you remember?”
“I don’t know, a guy like you…… !”
Everything that happened at the banquet hall was fabricated. Elena didn’t recognize the man, and she did n’t even remember that she had taken his cock into hers.
It was a fact that men were well aware of.
I know it’s a pointless question, but since he met Violetta, he’s been going through the process of asking people to see if his abilities are working properly.
The more he checked, the more he realized that Violetta was the only one in the world.
Elena couldn’t understand the man’s question. But she knew for sure that he was going to harm her.
Her body was stiff and unable to move, so Elena asked Violetta for help.
“Majesty! My body doesn’t move! Help……!”
“…….”
Violetta was silent.
“Majesty……?”
A questionable voice escaped Elena’s lips from her.
Violetta covered her ears completely, as if she didn’t want to hear the voice any more. She then bites her lip in a servile, resentful look, and she turns her head away completely.
Thud.
I heard the sound of her heart her beating. Elena was dazed and called out to Violetta.
“Majesty. Majesty……?”
Still no answer came back.
Why.
When even the person she believed to be her friend her turned away from herself, Elena could not keep her sanity her any longer. Her hair turned white. A feeling of despair overtook her.
Her large hands slowly begin to feel her body her.
Her big breasts, skinny waist, and even the bitch who should never hold the hand of an outsider.
“Oh, no……! Please……!”
A helpless scream escaped Elena’s mouth from her.
