I was sitting on my chair in the imperial court's office. Piles of papers and scrolls were scattered across my table. As I loved to organise them first and then start working, I was organising.

The office chamber was large and the head of it was uncle Kenji and another man named, Lord Kishimoto. Both of them were excellent in their work and they were the ones who divided the work among us.

I was given a small chair and a wooden table at the furthest corner of the office where there was no window and the wind wouldn't reach me. Because like me, there were five to six men were there with their own tables and chairs in the room.

But I knew I couldn't complain. I knew they didn't want me there and they still opposed the fact that a woman can do this.

So, whenever anything happened they never let me join them. In a chatting or in any meeting.

Uncle Kenji opposed this but Lord Kishimoto was good at convincing everyone.

A caretaker came and gave all of them herb tea for refreshment but he ignored me and went away.

Well, I knew he was ordered not to give me anything and more than that they all were told to ignore my existence.

Because I was Arashi's wife.

They hated Arashi and they hated me more because they thought I had the privilege of being their prince's wife. Well, I had but I wasn't planning to use them here.

I wouldn't waste those powers in this regard especially where I only needed my brain.

Kairo and Hans were with me always, standing both sides of me all the time. Even when I told them to sit.

I kept opposing their protection since people around me would always be wary of talking to me. One, because they knew they were Arashi's men and whatever they hear would reach Arashi and two, because they looked always scary.

It was a trait they had acquired from Arashi. Whenever anyone glanced at me or tried to badmouth me, both Kairo and Hans would glare at them until they started to shake. If they had a choice they would just glare at them until the persons die out by their glares alone.

As of now, both of them glared at Lord Kishimoto and the others as they all stiffened. They weren't even looking at us but we all could feel the dark miasma coming out of Kairo and Hans. While they all tried to ignore, cold sweat formed on their foreheads.

And I glared back at them.

Both of them immediately stopped and smiled at me as if they were innocent.

I whisper-yelled at them, "Cut it off! You are making them uneasy..."

Kairo suddenly had a wicked grin as he was about to say, "They deserve i—"

But Hans punched in his gut as he started to cough while Hans said, "They are just delusional..."

I narrowed my eyes down at them.

Hans asked, "But Princess Bianka, if you don't mind me asking, why have you forbade us to speak about it with Prince Rian?"

Kairo nodded as he finally stopped coughing, "Yes. If we told him, no one would dare to be disrespectful toward you."

He glared at the man who sat across me, Mr Garo and that poor man immediately looked away. Kairo said as he cracked his knuckles, "Lately, they have been too much disrespectful. I feel like breaking some bones."

I shook my head toward them. They certainly had no patience. Arashi needed to teach them that.

I said as I started to organise my table again, "No. We are not going to tell him anything about it."

"But why not?" Kairo was a bit frustrated but Hans only watched me as if he wanted to understand why I didn't want them to tell Arashi. They must be thinking I didn't trust Arashi or didn't want to rely on him anymore.

But both of them are wrong...

I said, "I just want them to acknowledge me by my own worth. It is not like I didn't like the privilege I get because of Arashi but I wanted everyone to know that I can do it with or without Arashi's shadow. And also, to become close to people and have more people to rely on me, I needed to give them a reason to trust me."

Kairo was still irritated but Hans understood as he nodded and said to Kairo, "Kairo, just be patience."

"How!? They are just avoiding Princess and it is making my stomach boil in anger." He said, fisting his fists.

Hans let out a sigh and hit his head as Kairo let out an 'ouu'. Hans said, "If we don't have patience that means we have no faith on Princess Bianka."

And it made him calm as he looked at me and then to Hans. He understood it now.

They were still standing and after that they didn't really glared at the others. But Kairo was still agitated.

It was lunch time when everyone was leaving their work for a break and I was still working.

Hans said, "Princess Bianka, shall I come with your lunch?"

I nodded and said, "First, you two go and have your lunch."

He nodded and said, "We will but after you done your eating."

I shook my head and suggested, "Just go and have lunch then while coming back, take my meal with you, alright?"

They had been having their meals later after I ate and then one of them would go first and then the other. I had been noticing, most of the time, Hans was the one to eat at the end and it was almost evening. I didn't want him to ruin his health because of duty so I wanted them to have their lunch first.

"B—but Princess Bianka, how could we eat before you!?" Kairo asked and Hans nodded.

"It is not a big issue. Just go and eat and while talking here and arguing about it, we are wasting time, aren't we?" I asked as they realised if they they went now, I could have my meals in time.

After a lot argument, they finally went as I kept doing my work.

And then I heard Lord Kishimoto giving a remark, "Hmph. Of course, she would do good since she has servants to look after her all the time."

I halted as my ears perked as I heard him. He was talking with his subordinates and badmouthing me again. I chuckled in myself as I started to work while my ears were still at him.

Now that Kairo and Hans weren't there, they could at least badmouth me without fearing them. And also the fact that uncle Kenji wasn't there to scold them anymore, it was a perfect opportunity for them.

"Mr Kishimoto, I think, they are the ones who does the work and she takes the credit." Another one said as he agreed immediately.

"Yes, and that accuracy in counting, there is no way it is a work of a woman." Lord Kishimoto said.

I still chuckled. All these time, I was working before them and they were still in denial.

"Hmph... I bet she is too happy to become Prince Rian's wife. The prince of Wansai. Heh, my foot."

And my smile stiffened and my fingers and head stopped.

"And what will she be called now? The princess of Wansai?" Mr Kishimoto said and they all laughed.

"That prince thinks himself too much. Just because he got a few men doesn't make him strong." The other guy, Mr Garo said. "He just won only one war and that was with the help of the crown prince and the emperor's men."

"I heard Prince Daichi and other prince's helped him too..." Mr Kishimoto said.

Mr Garo added, "And that bastard took all the credits and thinks his beautiful wife could take all the credits here as well."

My palms got fisted as they kept their conversation continue, "Yes. I agree. I bet he is faking his powers."

"I doubt he has any powers. It's all just a fluke. All the time, he is inside his own wings and we only see some of his weird men with him and his wife. Such a show off."

"I don't know what is so good about wearing black clothes. All of them look like clowns in them." Mr Garo said as my belly started to boil in anger.

"Yes. And they even look at us with glares as if they are in power in this palace."

"Heh! They don't know the Wansai soldiers yet. They are some nukes with no—"

And they all were cut off as an ink pen just flew past Mr Garo's cheeks. It barely missed by an inch but it could have gotten a hole on his cheek. They all froze and moved their heads toward the source.

Toward me.

They got pale as they looked at me standing between my chair and the table as I glared at them and my hand still hung in the air.

I said with a cold voice that I hadn't known I had, "Next time, if I hear one more bad word about my husband and my men from any of your mouths, that pen won't miss it's target."

They got cold sweat as I added, "Belittle me all you want. Talk nonsense about my husband and my soldiers, I wouldn't hesitate to use my 'fake' powers."

And I sat again on my chair as my head throbbed with anger. Now I knew what Kairo and Hans were feeling. I had to say they were suddenly praiseworthy for standing and hearing them talking bad about me all these weeks.

I didn't know I would throw that pen at them. The good thing was I was bad at aiming and I unfortunately had targeted Mr Garo's cheeks but it missed. If I were good at aiming, it could have been worse...

I froze... Was I that angry to the point to aim for their lives!!!

As I was trying to calm my nerves I saw uncle Kenji was standing near the entrance with a large gape in his mouth.

He looked at me and then to the others and then looked at me again. He was surprised and more than that he was impressed as he gave me a proud nod and I gave him a nervous smile.

Ah... Well... I needed to make sure I could control my anger... I didn't know I had that much anger in me to burst on someone.

It seems Arashi certainly had taught his men to be patience which I needed to learn as well...

Especially if I was going to work here...

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10th December, 22
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