I can't deal with you anymore. You're like a bad cold that won't go away no matter what I do. I've had enough! Let me talk to your superior so that I can get permission to high five you with a chair, on your face.

"....Hey! Earth to Fake Lizzy." My knight in shining armour who turned out to be an asshole in an aluminium foil waved his hand in front of my face to bring me back to earth. Even though I was super reluctant to, Reuben's hard stare made it tough for me to defy him, not to mention the ogle of the mummy guy.

Yes, you guessed right. All the assholes and jerks are gathered up in the same place today to gawk at me to death. Don't even ask why.

And I was like a dead Tuna going with the flow. It was almost scary how it only took one action to start a ripple effect. My desire to survive changed my life forever. And I don't mean it in a good way.

"Yeah. I'm listening." I muttered with a sigh.

"Not only is she a traitor to the Duke, she is also rude I see." The fraud mummy king disguising himself as Reuben groused.

"And after all that tantrum about you not wanting to marry her, you ended up tying the knot with her anyway brother."

"Give me a brake would you Lexter, what else was I supposed to do, send her off to that dominatrix and get myself exposed?" Reuben huffed in vexation, "You know I had no other choice."

"Still, you should've just killed her and be done with it. You do know that she even vouched to help us overthrow her own lord, right? How can we trust such a disloyal servant?" The mummy guy, whose name I discovered to be Prince Alexteris Regalious, the younger brother of Reuben and the actual left retainer of Reveldron, grumbled while glaring daggers at me. This guy was as unpleasant as he looked.

"Please wait My prince; let us not be impulsive here. If it was that easy to get rid of Duke Ronales His Highness would've done it a long time ago. It's because it's hard to get rid of the duke is why we need the Lady's help." Lord Gilbert intervened the raging kid brother of Reuben.

"But tell me how can we trust her? What if she stabs us in the back like she did to her master." Alexteris carped like a starved goldfish.

'Excuse me!? Please don't act as if I am invisible here. The person you are plotting to kill is right here in front of you, you blood-thirsty fake mummy!' You would think where I got all my brave balls from, but rest assured. I might be a person who has been sleep-deprived and duped, sold and been attempted to be murdered twice, but I had endured much tougher ordeals than this little event. Basically I was just screaming in my head is what I mean. Pathetic, I know. But I shall kneel on the floor and kiss the ground the fake mummy walks on if it means I can live another day. That's how desperate of a person I had become.

I was tongue-tied, but that didn't mean I couldn't glare. So I glared. With every ounce of my body, I glared holes into that fake mummy brat's skull. And it seemed like he sensed my glare.

"You insolent servant, you dare to glare at a prince in such a manner!?" Alexteris roared like a goaded beast but at this moment I could care less. I was that irritated.

'Yes I dare you. What are you gonna do about it you spoilt brat!' I bellowed in my head but getting emotional was not the cue here. So I put on a flowery fake smile and muttered quite intimidated, "How dare I Your Highness. I am but a humble servant. I don't even dare to look you in the eye."

"Hmph! Be done with your fake flattery. I shall not be fooled. Brother, I say we should dispose off her as soon as possible." He eyed Reuben for his consent and I shuddered in consequence. I know we had a deal but that couldn't stop a king from beheading a mere nobody if he just felt like it. What was worse was that I happen to know of his big secrets, so I was much of a vulnerability to him alive than dead.

I knew all that, so I was obviously scared. I had played most of my cards and now it remained to be seen whether I was worth the risk or not.

Reuben had a straight face on and didn't speak for a while, don't know if he was trying to build up the suspense or was just lazy to speak but yeah, I think it took him more than a minute to speak out his decision. All the while, I had my heart on my throat as I felt like a convict waiting for the final verdict.