Princess Amelia Rosa White

Both Elizabeth and I sat awkwardly together in our rather small and cramped room. It seems the King thought that if we slept in a cramped room together, we would end up sleeping together after staying so close to each other. I, however, refuse to let his plan work. Relationships only brought me problems in my past life.

As the time slowly passed with us both sitting in silence next to each other, I could hear footsteps slowly, but quite angrily, approaching the door. Who could it be?

After the mystery person reached the door, they practically kicked it down.

"What are you doing in this castle?"

An Elf who seemed to be a little older than Elizabeth stormed into the room, angry and reckless, yelling loudly and annoyingly. Who is she?

"Ah, step-sister. How lovely to see you."

Despite how rude the Elf had acted towards Elizabeth, she remained calm and respectful. Honestly, if I had to deal with this wherever I went, it would drive me crazy. How does Elizabeth do that?

"Don't step-sister me! I am the next in line for the throne! You should call me by my proper title you filthy rat!"

Ok, I might just punch this chick like I did the guard if she doesn't stop being rude to Elizabeth. Who does she think she is?

"My apologies, Princess Amelia Rosa White. I assure you I meant no disrespect."

"Hmph."

Amelia only crossed her arms while turning her face upwards to look down on us. Why does everyone hate Elizabeth? It doesn't seem like she's done anything wrong!

"You better not have meant any disrespect. If you did, I will send the head of the guards after you!"

"Yes mam."

"Good. Now answer my question! What are you doing in this castle?"

"I came to father's castle because I had urgent matters to discuss with him."

"Who do you think you are calling him your father!? You are just an illegitimate child he had on accident! You have no right calling him your father!"

"Of course, Princess Amelia Rosa White. I came to the castle to discuss important matters with the King."

"Yeah, I know. You just said that."

This girl is pissing me off. If she doesn't stop being rude, I might do something I shouldn't.

As I was thinking this quietly to myself, Amelia happened to notice my presence in the room as well. After that, she noticed I was human.

"Why is there a human in here!?"

This time, Amelia was legitimately afraid for her life. Man, I really need to find out what humans did to make them so feared and hated by Elves.

"What are you doing here?"

As she spoke, I felt a feeling I had only felt once before, though it was much weaker in comparison. Amelia was using dark magic on me to get answers to her question by making me feel attracted. Thankfully, I know how to escape this feeling.

I used a small amount of light magic in my body to release myself from the grips of her dark magic, and just like before, she was totally surprised.

"How did this human escape the grasp of my love magic?"

Why do they call dark magic love magic?

"She escaped the clutches of my magic as well, Princess Amelia Rosa White."

Do you really plan to speak out her entire name every single time you talk to her?

"Well of course she escaped your magic. You are an illegitimate child after all. Your magic must be much weaker than mine!"

No, Elizabeth's is definitely stronger than yours. Five times stronger in fact. Also, what is with this girl and her superiority complex? Does she see Elizabeth as some sort of threat, or does she just bully her for fun? Either way I still hate her.

"By the way, you still haven't answered my question filthy human. What are you doing here?"

"Why should I answer to you?"

This girl is really pissing me off. I gave a rude reply to her rude question, not even bothering to look her in the eye. Obviously, she was extremely offended by that.

"Excuse me? Did you just refuse to do as I say? You do know that I'm a princess, right? I should have you killed right here and right now, but because I'm so generous, I will consider letting you off the hook if you get on the ground and beg me."

An evil little smile appeared on Amelia's face. She clearly seems to think she has won after having announced that she was a princess. How she was sorely mistaken.

"Oh yeah? Kill me then! There is no way I would beg to someone like you."

I got right up in her face as I spoke, being sure to look as intimidating as possible. When I jumped up right in front of her, she took a step back, then another, and then she tripped and fell backwards and landed on her butt.

"W-what did you just say? Guards!"

In an instant, all of the guards that had been standing down the further halls came rushing forth to see what the problem was.

"Arrest this sow at once!"

They all looked awkwardly from the Princess to me and back again before finally speaking.

"Princess, we have been given orders to protect the human, not arrest her. They were given to us by the King."

"What did you just say? Guards, arrest him!"

Again, they all looked dumfounded at her.

"He is only doing his job, Princess."

"URGH!"

Princess Amelia made an unsightly growl before storming off.

"JUST WAIT UNITLL FATHER HEARS ABOUT THIS!"

With that, she turned the corner and left. Once the excitement had died down, the guards went back to their posts while Elizabeth and I went back to sitting awkwardly together in the small room.

After a while, we both moved to the single slightly cramped bed in the corner of the room and laid down together. As much as I would like to sleep on a chair or something, the furniture in this room seems to be designed to be uncomfortable, except for the bed of course.

I wonder why.

After laying there for a few minutes, a quiet sound could be heard coming from Elizabeth. She was crying softly to herself. Tears slowly slid down her face as she sobbed to herself. I guess all of the constant torment does get to her.

I should comfort her. No one should have to go through something like this alone.

I reached my arms around her and pulled her in close, letting her sob into me. She hugged me back in response and began to sob even harder.

I guess she doesn't get comforted often considering how desperately she is making sure I don't try to leave. How could the Elves do something so cruel to her? She is such a sweet girl too.

Some time passed as I quietly soothed Elizabeth and she sobbed into me, and after a while, she fell asleep. I, however, kept soothing and caressing her even as she slept. No one should have to go through what she's going to.

I'll try my best to protect her even though most Elves won't. After all, that's just what hero's do, right?

Even if that's true, why do I have this strange feeling in my chest? Why do I feel the need to protect her? Surely I'm not... No, it can't be. I'm just doing what anyone would do. Yeah, that's it. What anyone else would do.