Royal Secret: I'm A Princess!

[The night before the Coronation Day…]

HMM?

Hanna was a bit surprised when she heard a soft knock on the balcony door a little earlier than her usual wake-up time.

She was surprised, but not scared.

After all, she immediately recognized the person behind the door based on their Mana.

All the windows in her bedroom were covered with her Shadow Veil to protect her from intruders. But even though she couldn't see the person on the other side of the door, she immediately recognized him.

"What are you doing here at this hour?" Hanna asked softly while opening the balcony door. "Lewis?"

Yes, Commander Lewis Crevan of the Moonrose Knights– Neoma's official Order of Knights– came to visit her at dawn.

"I'm leaving for an away mission, Lady Hanna."

Hanna waited for Lewis to say more, but he didn't– causing her to laugh softly. "Lewis, I need context. Unfortunately, no matter how awesome I am as the Quinzel Princess, I still don't have the ability to read minds. You have to speak more if you want me to understand you."

"Oh," Lewis said, and then he paused for a moment as if he was thinking really hard. After a few moments, he pulled out two glowing orbs from the pouch tied around his waist. "Here, Lady Hanna."

Before she knew it, she was already extending her hand to receive the two orbs from Lewis.

The orbs were beautiful and just the right size to fit in her hands.

One was emerald green, and the other jet-black.

Hmm?

[These colors…]

"Lewis, are you giving me these orbs because they have my hair and eye color?"

"Yes, but they are not simple orbs– those are my Marbles."

Hanna almost dropped them from shock. "Am I allowed to have these?"

"Ah, it's not the Fox Marble. The Fox Marble is the one made from my life force that could, apparently, bring the dead back to life. I'll die if I give anyone my Fox Marble."

Hanna was relieved to hear that.

[The Silver Fox Clan was hunted down for their Marbles, after all.]

"Those are just Marbles that contain my Mana," Lewis explained. "You can eat them like candies." He pointed at the green Marble. "If you eat the green one, your body would be as sturdy as mine." He then pointed at the black Marble. "If you eat the black one, your body will undergo a slight physical change.

Your fangs will grow, your nails will become longer and sharper, and you'll have the senses of a Silver Fox."

Hanna beamed. "Lewis, these are great for a fight."

"Yes, but you can only use them for five to ten minutes. The bigger the Marble is, the longer they will last," Lewis said, scratching his cheek as if he was embarrassed. "But I gave the biggest Marble I made to Princess Neoma. I'm sorry."

"Why would you apologize for doing the obvious?" she asked, laughing softly while shaking her head. "I'm already grateful for these, Lewis. Thank you."

Lewis just nodded politely. "Okay. Bye, Lady Hanna."

"Wait, what?" Hanna asked, confused. She knew that Lewis picked up a foreign word or two from Neoma, but it wasn't what surprised him. "You're already leaving? Did you just come here to give me these?"

"Yes."

"But why? I mean, I'm grateful. Even so, I don't understand…"

"Emperor Nero's coronation."

"Yes?"

Lewis didn't smile, but a glint of mischievousness sparkled in his beautiful golden eyes. "If you feel the urge to punch His Majesty, I recommend consuming the green Marble first."

Hmm?

Before Lewis's funny one-liner was processed in Hanna's mind, she already found herself laughing quite loudly.

It was unladylike of her to laugh that way, but she couldn't help it.

"It's rare for you to joke around, but you can be funny when you want to, Lewis."

"That wasn't a joke," Lewis said firmly. "His Majesty hurt you, Lady Hanna."

"I'm over it."

"You're not."

"I'm already getting over it."

"Good job," Lewis said, and then he broke into a rare, genuine smile. "I'm glad to see you doing fine now, Lady Hanna."

Oh.

That smile.

That pretty set of white teeth.

Those dimples rarely appeared because the owner rarely gave a full-blown smile.

Ah.

[Lewis is beautiful.]

"Take care, Lewis," Hanna said, her voice sounded like a whisper. "Come back safely– I'll be waiting for you."

Lewis bowed politely. "I'll be back, Lady Hanna."

***

"I'M ONLY doing this for my Moon Princess~"

Ruto was relieved that Trevor Kesser immediately agreed to take the away mission even though it meant getting separated from Neoma. "I'll inform Lewis then."

"Hey, damned commander."

"What?"

Trevor sneered, his dark purple eyes glowing in the dark menacingly. "You better not fail this time."

"I won't," Ruto assured Trevor. "I'll let Neoma run wild this time."

***

[NAUGHTY kids.]

Neoma smiled while shaking her head when she saw the letters and small gifts piled on the bedside table.

Those letters and gifts were from Lewis, Juri, Avery, Jeno, Xion, and Greko.

[My kids left the palace while I was sleeping.]

"Don't scold them when they return later," Ruto, who brought breakfast in Neoma's bedroom, said while pushing a food cart. "They didn't want to wake you up just to say their goodbyes. And Lewis said they'll return soon, so there's no need to say goodbye to avoid "raising the death flag.""

Pfft.

Ruto looked at Neoma helplessly while shaking his head. "Lewis had picked up some weird foreign words and phrases from you, Neoma."

"He's my son– it's only natural that he'll end up talking like me," Neoma said, picking up a pouch that seemed familiar. When she opened it, she wasn't surprised to see a beautiful pink Marble the size of a ping-pong ball. "Aww. Lewis really loves me."

"Not as much as I do."

Pfft.

Neoma looked at Ruto, and then she opened her arms. "Come here, babe," she said while getting up. "Let's kiss as much as possible before I switch souls with Nero. I brushed my teeth first thing in the morning for this."

Ruto blushed, but he walked towards her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Don't kiss me while Nero's soul is in my body, okay?"

"Why would I do that?"

"I'm just making sure, so don't frown. So, did Trevor go with the kids– mmf."

Neoma was pleasantly surprised when Ruto shut her up with a kiss.

Ah.

[My man doesn't want to hear me mention Trevor's name.]

LOL.

So red flag~

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