The Crown Prince Ceremony (1)

His Highness the Crown Prince handed away on the age of twenty-eight. He was nonetheless so younger.

As I watched Cermiane work day and night time, I assumed that the duties that come together with being the Crown Prince might have shortened His Highness’s lifespan. From then on, I saved a watch out for Cermiane’s well being. To begin, I slept whereas firmly embracing him in order that he wouldn’t be capable to slip out and work through the night time. Cermiane was somewhat troubled by this, however I didn’t care, his well being was extra vital.

His Majesty and Her Majesty’s grief was grand. They have been gifted with three princes, but they outlived all of them who had handed away to battle, sickness, and sickness, respectively. That was certainly heartbreaking. I consoled Her Majesty to the very best of my skills.  She saved telling me how glad and grateful she was that Cermiane and I have been right here. Since so long as we have been right here,  the imperial bloodline would proceed. Regardless that she should have wished her personal kids to proceed the bloodline, she suppressed her disappointment and saved saying this. I used to be awed by Her Majesty’s stance of making an attempt to be the Empress earlier than being a mom. If I had misplaced my very own little one, would I be capable to act this nobely?

His Highness the Crown Prince’s funeral was magnificent but solemn: there was a sure magnificence to the funeral procession. With Cermiane on the entrance, the imperial household and shut subordinates guarded the carriage that carried his coffin because it proceeded between the rows  black mourning flags and cavalry with the mourning sashes tied to their arms. However, a funeral was nonetheless a funeral. Everybody was grieving, and Cermiane, who had deeply admired his older brother, was particularly grief-stricken and his shoulders have been slumped all the time.

The funeral service was held on the Grand Temple contained in the imperial palace, and as soon as His Highness was blessed one final time by the excessive priest, he was put again into the carriage in order that they might bury him within the sanctum, which was situated within the innermost a part of the palace. This sanctum was apparently the place all imperial members of the family have been buried, ranging from the very first Emperor. It was probably the most sacred place within the Empire, and solely the Emperor was allowed to enter the innermost components of the sanctum. Since even the Empress was prohibited from getting into, that meant I might by no means be capable to go in. The considered sneaking in someday by no means crossed my thoughts. Belief me.

As soon as the funeral ended, there was a month-long grieving interval, and it was determined that Cermiane’s Crown Prince ceremony can be held after that. As such, although I used to be purported to be mourning His Highness, I used to be so busy with getting ready for the ceremony that I used to be in no scenario to try this correctly. Or slightly, since Cermiane’s Crown Prince duties didn’t reduce nor did my socializing obligations, it didn’t actually really feel like we have been in a grieving interval. It simply felt like we had a black ribbon hooked up someplace on our garments. Nonetheless, Her Majesty the Empress grew to become bed-ridden because of her grief, however she nonetheless tried to attend the social occasions with me since she was anxious about me, which I ended her from doing. I insisted that I used to be tremendous on my own.

In fact, there was no means I might be tremendous on my own, so I summoned Mom and my sisters and obtained their help. O Mom and pricey sisters, thanks very a lot! Honestly, I hadn’t actually given a lot thought to how I used to be born right into a marquis household, however now that I’m on this scenario, I grew to become extraordinarily grateful to my background. If I hadn’t been born into the Caliente household, it will have been troublesome to name Mom and my sisters to the imperial palace. Throughout these previous few months, I used to be lastly changing into used to noble etiquette and manners, so I used to be capable of not make main errors whereas attending social occasions in Her Majesty’s absence. Phew.

I continued to sneak out throughout daybreak. Along with the army uniform, I used to be efficiently capable of get my arms on a lower-ranked maid’s uniform, so I used to be capable of decrease the probabilities of getting caught much more. I might pay attention to the gossip spreading among the many palace staff whereas I combined in with the maids and helped clear, do laundry, and work within the backyard with a nonchalant face. Everybody was closely mourning His Highness, who was apparently a free-spirited and good particular person, they usually have been additionally worrying in regards to the Empire’s future as nicely. Nonetheless, since Cermiane was a hard-working and critical man, he had popularity among the many staff; I usually witnessed the maids debating and getting excited over whether or not His Highness, who had a masculine magnificence, or Cermiane, who had a extra female magnificence, have been extra their kind. On a facet notice, they considered me as a wonderful, delicate, and reserved princess, so it appears my cowl hadn’t been blown but. Nonetheless, the maids, who have been rumored to be strict about etiquette, appeared to seek out fault with my manners.  Darn. I suppose my present stage nonetheless wasn’t sufficient. Although, weren’t they somewhat too strict?

Anyway, at some point, I witnessed one thing unusual after I was out sneaking out.

Whereas I used to be wandering across the backyard pretending to be a maid, there was a maid who appeared like she was cleansing the backyard. Nonetheless, she wasn’t holding a brush or something. She flicked her wrist, a gust of wind arose, and it carried the leaves to the place she pointed.

I grew to become actually excited since I had by no means seen this occur earlier than. I ran as much as the maid.

“Hey! Excuse me!”

“Oh my?!”

When  startled maid rotated to face me, the wind disappeared and dropped its leaves haphazardly. It was obvious that the wind was being managed by her.

“Excuse me! What have been you doing simply now?!”

“I-I’m sorry! I couldn’t discover a broom, so I couldn’t assist myself!”

Hm? I didn’t actually perceive what she was making an attempt to say, however that didn’t actually matter. I grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her whereas excitedly yelling:

“What was that simply now?! How did you make that gust of wind?!”

She was a timid-looking lower-ranked maid with chestnut brown hair. She didn’t look acquainted. That meant that she wasn’t a maid who labored at Cermiane and I’s indifferent palace. In conclusion, I didn’t want to fret about my id being revealed.

“Huh…? Um, it’s magic? You didn’t know?”

Magic? In my whole life, I’ve by no means… Truly, I really feel like I’ve heard the time period someplace earlier than. But it surely was a time period that I didn’t usually hear to the extent that my reminiscence was hazy relating to it. What the heck is magic?

“So, um, utilizing magic, you possibly can create wind and in addition create hearth. Although, the usage of magic is prohibited inside palace grounds…”

In order that was why she was agitated after I referred to as out to her. However, that doesn’t matter in any respect. I bombarded her with questions proper up till I had to return.

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