Rules

"My princess, I am not upset with you" said Nora as she sighed.

"I dare not" said Nora as she shook her head, it was also a taboo for her to even think of being upset with the princess at all, she was only a maid after all, and her duty was to please her princess.

"Oh Thank you Nora" said Wura as she smiled.

"But you see, I feel bad when I see you do all the cleaning alone" said Wura.

"Then I can ask for more maids to assist me my princess" said Nora as she nodded her head.

"No Nora, I do not want more maids, I only want you" said Wura as she smiled.

Nora did not know why, but she felt warm and honoured when she heard Wura say that she only wanted her to be her maid, it made Nora feel so happy, and she smiled slightly before she realized that she was still in the presence of the Princes and she stopped smiling as she raised her head to look at Wura.

"Well then my princess, I am sorry but if word gets out that you cleaned your room by yourself then I would be accused of being incompetent" said Nora.

"Says who?" asked Wura as she looked very upset.

"Says the royal rules my princess, they have been and always will be that way" said Nora as she shook her head.

"Well those are stupid rules then" said Wura as she scoffed and she shook her head, how could it be a crime for her to do something by herself??? She was used to doing such back home, and there was nothing wrong with her doing that now.

"I am sorry my princess, but that is just how they are" said Nora as she bowed her head in apology.

"No stop that Nora, you did not do anything wrong" said Wura as she shook her head.

"It is not your fault at all, so stop apologizing" said Wura as she smiled.

"Thank you my princess" said Nora as she smiled as she looked at Wura.

"But seeing as I am the princess, should I not be allowed to do whatever I want?" asked Wura as she had realized that she had not fully grasped the title of Princess, she was now the only princess of the Kingdom, and that meant that she was allowed to do whatever please her, and what pleased her was that she would be allowed to do menial things for herself, such as cleaning her room and so on.

"Ahh well my Princess, you are… but…" said Nora as she paused.

"But what??" asked Wura.

"But there are restrictions to the things you are allowed to do and not to do" said Nora as she explained.

"You say I can do whatever I want, and yet there are still some restrictions?" asked Wura.

"Yes my princess" said Nora as she nodded her head.

"I find that nonsense" said Wura as this just sounded nonsense to her, so she had power, but at the same time she did not have any power at all??

"My princess, as the great princess you are, there are some rules that you need to follow" said Nora as she looked at Nora, seeing as Wura was now the Princess, there were some rules on how she was expected to act and behave that she was supposed to be taught, but Lady Marli had pushed it off seeing as Wura was a noble woman, and the daughter of the Duke.

"And kindly tell me what those rules are" said Wura as she smiled, she wanted to know if there were any other annoying, stupid rules that made no sense at all, that she had to follow.

"Well my princess, there are many, may rules" said Nora as she nodded her head, she would have to say that there were more than one hundred rules.

"Just how many rules are there??" asked Wura as she was suspicious.

"Well my princess, I would say that there are quite more than one hundred rules" said Nora as she nodded her head.

"One hundred rules???" asked Wura in disbelief, it was only her first day as a Princess, and she had to found out that there were over one hundred rules that she had to follow, just what exactly were all those rules about??

"Yes my princess" said Nora as she nodded her head, she could understand Wura, those rules were way too many.

"Well then, just break the rules down to the most important three" said Wura as she did not have time to sit down and listen to what it is that she can and cannot do.

"Alright my princess" said Nora as she nodded her head and she tried to break down all the rules she was forced to memorize as a castle maid, into just only three.

"Well my princess, the first most important rule is that as princess you cannot go into his highness until he has called for you, seeing as he may be busy" said Nora.

"Ah I see… but I have already broken that one" said Wura as she nodded her head, she went to see Liam early this morning without him calling for her, but she found that rule stupid and unnecessary.

"The Second most important rule my princess is that you may not never wear dresses, as long as you are on the Castle grounds, you may not wear anything other than a dress" said Nora.

"That is stupid" said Wura as she shook her head she could not believe this.

"Oh my princess, if you think that Is stupid then the other rules would annoy you even more" said Nora to herself, there were many other rules on how Wura should dress, the kind of accessory she should use, and along with the different shoes she was required to wear with every outfit.

"Yes my princess, and the third most important rule is that you may not do any sort of manual labour, it is considered a taboo for you to work" said Nora.

"Well I do not think so, I am not just some sort of lazy woman that does nothing at all than just sitting in bed all day and eating" said Wura as she shook her head and she frowned, she found this very insulative, she was not some sort of delicate flower, she was much more, and she was more than capable of taking care of herself and doing things for herself.

"Yes, I know my princess, but the rules are the rules" said Nora.

"Hmm" said Wura as she seemed to be thinking, she was not going to take this, she had already broken two out of those three rules, and she was sure that if she was to actually sit and listen to all the actual rules, she was sure that she had broken almost all of them.

"Who do I speak to regarding these rules?" asked Wura as she looked at Nora.

"Well that would be lady Marli my princess, she is the keeper of the women" said Nora.

"Although that title is no longer relevant since the reign of his Majesty King Alaric, but the title is still kept regardless, that tittle has been passed down from her entire generation" said Nora.

"But anything regarding the rules and proper attitudes and the maids of the Castle would have to be discussed with lady Marli" said Nora as she explained.

"I see" said Wura as she seemed to be thinking.

"Yes my princess" said Nora.

"Can I see her now?" asked Wura.

"I am afraid not my princess, she is currently on her daily check of the Castle staff, and she dislikes it when anyone dares interrupts her" said Nora as she shook her head.

"Then when will I be able to see her?" asked Wura.

"That would be tomorrow at noon my princess" said Nora.

"Alright then" said Wura.

"My princess, if I would please be allowed to make a suggestion" said Nora.

"Of course you may go on" said Wura as she smiled.

"Well my princess, lady Marli rather loves tea, and she loved things to be done properly" said Nora.

"So I believe that she will find it more inviting, if you invite her to an afternoon tea with you at noon" said Nora.

"Oh that sounds like a great idea Nora" said Wura as she smiled.

"Really my princess??" asked Nora.

"Of course, thank you very much Nora, you really have many good ideas" said Wura as she smiled.

"It is my duty to serve you well my princess" said Nora as she bowed her head and she smiled a bit.

"And you really do, so I will invite lady Marli for tea at noon tomorrow" said Wura as she smiled, she had some very important things to discuss with lady Marli.

"Alright my princess" said Nora as she nodded her head and Wura smiled brightly.