27 Guest

Months had passed, and Ariana was still not pregnant. Spring has come.

'Barely a few months left until I turn 20 years old, when will I be pregnant? Is it possible that I am barren? It is not possible… since the original Ariana gave birth to a child…then what could be wrong?'

She was often worried about the passage of time, but she always reassured herself that all she knew was that the queen was 19 years old on her original wedding night happened.

'It could have been 1 week before my 20th birthday… I still have time, everything is gonna be alright.'

She had been living on the estate for more than a year and a half. The maids also had their own routines, and the queen had her own. The staff only went to the greenhouse, or the barn if it was requested by the Queen. The smaller forest after the garden with the lake was almost never visited. So whenever Ariana longed for solitude, she just lay down on the shore of the lake to rest a bit, as long as she got back to meals on time, the staff didn't look for her.

She also went there on a warm spring day. Her favorite place was at the base of a beautiful oak tree.

"How pleasant the water is."

She pulled up her thin, sleeveless white satin dress to her knees, and then took a few steps in the water. The temperature was hot like in summer, so she thought of dipping quickly and then going to bath in the sunlight. She loved the fact that the wet dress was slowly drying on her body.

As she strode walked in the water, tiny fish swam past her feet.

"Hey, it's tickling!"

She laughed and foolishly jumped away in the water.

Smiling, she looked at the fish, then caught her eye on something in the mirror of the water.

A figure sat between the branches of the oak tree. She was wearing a cloak.

"Ah?"

Based on her long pale green dress and face she thought she… had almost addressed her when…

'Golden blonde hair… azure eyes… angelic beauty… and slightly oriental dress? It can't be… this is Jürgen ?!'

'What is he doing here? Why…? This is not right… in the book they only met after the birth of the child… and even then he only visited the child… What should I do now? '

She turned away and walked toward the center of the lake, so the stranger couldn't see the fear on her face in the mirror of the water.

'What should I do? I wasn't prepared for this… In fact… I didn't expect Jürgen at any level… Why did he come here? How at all? Plus, Jerome isn't in the capital… even… not even the staff is within earshot… no one can help me… He just doesn't want to hurt me, right?… He doesn't ... he still needs me… they need the heir anyway!

Maybe… this is my chance! If I play the innocent little bird locked in a cage, he might feel sorry for me… and maybe he won't support my execution… Yes! It can work… I only need to give the naive little girl, who is in no way a threat to his position. '

She took a deep breath and headed for the shore. Suddenly she looked up in surprise.

"Oh… a guest!"

She smiled at the man, whose eyes widened incomprehensibly.