60 Chapter 60: Bored Aria (I)
Aria leaned on the sofa, directly facing the beautiful view of the palace garden. She had a maid holding her cold drink as spring was about to end, and the summer heat started to get on her nerves.
She rested her legs on a maid’s back who kneeled on all fours, acting as the Royal Princess‘ leg rest. She should be in a good mood right now as she had no more royal tutoring for the time being, but her mood gradually worsened as she got bored.
She finally snapped when the maid who became her leg rest began to tremble. She kicked the maid in the face and yelled, “Stop shaking, you idiot! You’re breaking my
concentration!”
The maid whose face got kicked just now quickly resumed her position and apologized, “F–forgive me, Your Highness. I–I was a bit tired.”
“No stool can feel tired, you idiot!” Aria yelled again. She was annoyed seeing the pitiful look on the maid’s face because this woman wasn’t as bulliable as Swan. She usually ordered Swan to be her leg rest and kicked her face many times to have fun whenever
she was in a bad mood.
But this maid wasn’t as timid as Swan, who had been conditioned since she was young to be Aria’s punching bag, so Aria didn’t feel as good.
“Ah, I wonder if that cripple is still alive. Well, she’s probably dead by now, but I’m starting to miss her,” Aria muttered. She looked at the maid who was holding her drink and asked, “Have you done what I asked you to do?”
“Y–Your Highness, your request is a little-”
“So, have you done what I asked you to do?” Aria asked with a threatening grin. “I simply told all of you maids to find a young girl in the brothel, and then break her leg until she’s crippled, so I can use her as a replacement for that whore’s daughter since she’s already dead.” 5
The maid gulped. The request was so inhumane that she still didn’t believe their Royal Princess would ask that. Despite the cruelty, hobody dared to argue with her, because Queen Anastasia had risen in power, and she naturally spoiled her only daughter
rotten.
“I–I will tell the other servants to find one, Your Highness.”
Aria rolled her eyes, “Don’t be too slow or I can just break your leg as a replacement.”
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The maid paled and nodded quickly, “I–I’ll tell the servants immediately! Please excuse me, Your Highness!”
Aria watched the maid scurry out of her study room immediately. She was frowning the whole time, but that frown quickly disappeared when she saw a man wearing a fancy tunic with golden thread. It was the regular merchant who came in and out of the Holy Achate Palace with many unique jewelry and trinkets for her to choose from. 1
“Finally, you’re here!” Aria cheered as she kicked the maid who acted as her leg rest, and stood up to greet her favorite merchant.
The merchant smiled amicably before the Royal Princess and bowed, “Good morning, Your Highness. As always, I’m here with my new collection. I have a very special item that you may like today.”
“Then show it to me,” Aria urged. “It’s so boring around the Palace these days, maybe an interesting item will cheer me up.”
“Certainly, Your Highness.”
The merchant called his entourage, before arranging everything to be exhibited in front of the Royal Princess, from a row of beautiful flowing dresses of the east to mink shawl that the snow people of the far north wore. There was also jewelry of many kinds, but as expected, Aria wasn’t impressed by any of it.
“Mm, I already have everything in different colors. I’ll still buy everything you have, but this is quite disappointing,” Aria commented as she casually checked the mink shawl and then tossed it on the ground.
The merchant wasn’t surprised by how the Royal Princess treated his items. He didn’t mind as long as she bought everything.
But he already saved the best for the last, an item that Princess Aria could not refuse.
“I have a secret item for you, Your Highness. This is a new commodity and extremely rare,” the merchant said, which piqued Aria’s interest immediately.
“Show it to me then.”
The merchant left the room and returned with a medium–sized jewelry box. He kneeled in front of Aria and opened the box for her, showing a dozen perfect pearls that he just bought from the Kingdom of Beastmen.
“Wow…” Aria was instantly drawn by the perfect pearls. She picked one pearl and felt the smooth round pearl with no bump.
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As someone who had been collecting jewelry since she was a kid, she knew these perfect pearls were extremely rare and expensive. She walked towards the window and let the pearl reflect the light from the sun.
Again, the lustrous shine from the pearl was so mesmerizing that she was left in awe.
The merchant took this opportunity to explain, “I brought these perfect pearls from the Kingdom of Beastmen. The Beast King has the power to control the fishmen at the West Sea, so he orders them to collect the best quality pearls. You will not find anything like this elsewhere, Your Highness.”
Aria turned her head instantly the moment the merchant mentioned the Beast King.
It had been a month since she accidentally bumped into that savage when he was in the Palace to pick up Swan, and she had been thinking about him ever since.
She knew it was strange for a pure–blooded Royal Princess of Holy Achate like her- who had almost the same status as a Saintess–to be interested in a savage beast, but she strangely wanted to see him again, despite the high risk of getting kidnapped by the beast because he was enamored by her beauty. 5
Aria masked her excitement as she had to maintain her dignity, then commented, “I didn’t know a savage could have the tact to sell pearls.”
“I don’t think it’s his idea, Your Highness. There is this short and timid lady by his side who seems to be the one suggesting the idea to him. She is very knowledgeable about what is happening inside the Holy Achate Palace,” the merchant replied.
“Short and timid?” Aria’s smile slowly disappeared as her gut feeling told her she wouldn’t be happy knowing this woman’s identity. Regardless, she still asked, “Do you know her name?”
“The Beast King said her name is Princess Swan of Holy Achate, a Royal Princess from our country. But you are the only Royal Princess this kingdom has, right, Your Highness?”
