Inside the Grace's mansion, at the balcony on the 3rd floor where Marysville is currently located.
Marysville was leaning on the handrails, pondering with her face emotionless.
I wanna stroll outside, but guards are everywhere, and the mansion is currently full of knights and soldiers from the world government.
She suddenly looks down checking at how high she's currently in.
well I guess… I can just jump off here…
After checking, she stood looking straight without thoughts before attempting to jump off the balcony, but before she could jump after getting up in the handrails, a stranger suddenly grabs her by the wrist and pulls her over, accidentally bumping the stranger's body.
"Are you trying to die at a young age, Lady Marysville?" A voice with a deep, warm tone that conveys confidence and charisma, came out from the stranger's mouth.
Marysville was angered by the sudden pull, stopping her from jumping. That's why Marysville's iris turned golden yellow. With a small frown in the face. Marysville turns her body in order to see the stranger on her back.
There appears a strikingly tall young man, with a youthful energy that radiates through his every movement. His chiseled features were complemented by a confident smile and piercing eyes, making him undeniably handsome. His presence commanded attention, blending charm and elegance seamlessly.
The young man has fair skin, a handsome face, golden iris with a crimson red pupil. He has smooth, wavy light grayish-blue, shoulder-length hair, a center split bangs almost covering his eyes.
Wearing a long, dark, elaborately decorated coat with red lining and intricate gold embroidery. The coat features a high collar and is adorned with chains. He is also wearing dark trousers and black shoes.
Seeing the man widens Marysville's eyes. And without realizing, Marysville's eyebrows suddenly meet each other looking at the man with anger.
That golden eyes, crimson red pupil and grayish-blue hair. I'm not mistaking him from just someone. I'm very sure that this man is my fiance, Anastasius Fei Light, the king of the Night Kingdom.
Anastasious Fei Light, an 19-year-old emperor, has an insanely annoying face card—if only he didn't have such a nasty personality.
In the game Marysville once played. Golden eyes are a striking and rare eye color, characterized by a warm, rich hue that can range from a light amber to a deep, burnished gold. Golden eyes can give a person an exotic and enchanting look, often standing out in contrast to their skin and hair color. They are often described as mesmerizing, with a depth and radiance that draw people in.
Having these eye colors are considered very rare in this world, as only those who were blessed by the "Goddess of Blessings" can have this beautiful color.
Of all seven continents and nine nations of this world, only about sixteen or fifteen families, that includes Grace. They were blessed by the god of luck, Mal, but she is more known by the name Goddess of Blessings inside this world, Fantasia. Of course that includes the family of Grace.
The descendants of all those families that were blessed by Mal, have the same eye color, which is gold, but only those with pure blood like Anastasious have a crimson red pupil.
This is the reason why Marysville has an ability that changes her iris color, as for Anastasious. His eye color is a permanent one, since the day they were born, they're irises and pupils have been like that.
That may be the reason why Marysville was confident that the man right in front of her was the person that she hated the most back when she was playing the game. His personality is one of the reasons why he hates him, but what she hates about this man the most is the fact that his boss's domain was the most difficult to deal with.
His boss's domain was the reason why in her previous life, she almost slammed her laptop to the wall due to frustration of fighting him.
Marysville didn't have any skill issues, it was the boss himself that's just hard to kill, and the boss that she finds annoying is right in front of her very own eyes, standing confidently, looking at her directly in the eyes.
Anastasious gently let go of Marysville's hand, showing courtesy, standing himself ready to introduce his name.
"It is nice finally meeting you, Lady Marysville. I'm sure your father-... The Grand Duke must have already told you about our engagement, right?"
"Then let me introduce myself to you. I am Anastasious Fei Light. In this continent named Land of Dreams where two countries coexist. The county of Rone, led by your father the Grand Duke. And I, the king of the Night Kingdom, the one who leads one of the countries of this continent.
"It is true that I am a king of this nation, but even with a title so great, I am nothing but an 18 year old young man seeking for the love of my beloved deceased parents."
Marysville simply looks at him emotionless. To think that he would start manipulating me as soon as we meet.
Inside the game lore, Anastasious manipulates Marysville into thinking he is someone that should be pitied and loved. That's why Marysville in the game would do anything that Anastasious asked her to do, and even used Marysville as a sacrifice to his plan that will happen seven years from now, where the lore of the game would start.
Now… should I just follow the flow and pretend like the real Marysville?
"I see… so even a mighty king like you wants to feel the warmth your parents once gave you." Marysville mumble.
Marysville tried to act like she's pitying Anastasious, having her head tilt down trying to hide the golden shade of her eyes. Just after Marysville successfully has Anastasious guard down, she immediately runs through the handrails jumping off as planned.
THUD!
Marysville was fine after falling in that height, she landed perfectly crouching down. But the noise Marysville made alerted the noble ladies that were chatting near the window.
They immediately came closer to the window seeing only Marysville's shadow who just successfully got out of the mansion.
Anastasious who couldn't react right away, runs at the balcony leaning his hand on the handrails, looking down to see if Marysville was fine, and there he saw Marysville walking nonchalantly, she was looking around for a much quite place to stay until the ceremony for today ends.
Anastasious merely looks at Marysville, subconsciously making a surprised and pleading face, brushing his hair up with his own hands.
"What an interesting girl you are, Marysville Everleigh Grace. Let's see…how much of a help will you give me to achieve my plans for the future."
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Hours later, about 10 pm at night, on Marysville's location, somewhere deep in the forest, a land also owned by Grace.
Marysville was on a limb of tree. She sat there having her back leaned on the trunk with her eyes resting. Her thoughts remained at the balcony, thinking about Anastasious' sudden appearance.
I'm sure I didn't see him this morning… Did he appear here without consent?
Leonard-...father told me that I won't see him until the third day of the ceremony-... Or is this 'his' sudden change of plan?
I just don't get how that brain of 'his' works.
A shadow of a young man slowly approaches Marysville. Jumping at the limb of the tree where Marysville's at, slowly reaching his arms attempting to carry her. But before he could do that. Marysville opened her eyes, suddenly grabbing his hand, slowly crouching down and kicking the man aiming for the right side of his torso.
The man manages to block Marysville's kick, but because of Marysville's position, she suddenly slips at the side part of the limb, resulting in her falling onto the ground.
But before she hits on the ground. Maryville moved midair attempting to lessen the damage she could take after the fall, and she successfully did it.
THUD!
"Argh!" Marysville groans.
The man immediately came down off the branch which alerted Marysville.
"Young lady! Are you alright?"
It was a familiar voice coming from the man's mouth, and Marysville immediately recognized it.
"Reo!...What the hell, so it was just you. Why the hell did you approach me like that?" Marysville shouts in relief.
"I thought you were sleeping, so I wanted to silently carry you back to your room."
"Well I'm sorry to say this but, I'm merely resting my eyes."
Reo hesitated before finally uttering a word. "I'm very sorry, Lady Marysville."
Marysville stared at Reo piercely. "First that jerk, and now even you."
Reo became awkward because of Marysville's stare. jerk?
Slowly standing up from the fall, Marysville felt a pain in her back.
"Aww. Aww… my butt."
Marysville's eyebrows were frowned with her iris colored in gold once again!
'WHAT A STRESSFUL DAY!!!'
"I'm really sorry, Young Lady. Shall I help you back to the mansion?" Said Reo.
"For now…give me a piggyback."
"No-... I shall give the young lady a princess carry." Said Reo making a smiley face.
Marysville, who's pretty much tired by today's event, didn't bother to argue with Reo anymore, and just rubbed her forehead out of stress letting out a small sigh.
"Just do what you want…"