‘I think that’s prince Chance’

As I watched him awkwardly try and hide himself I smiled.

‘What a sweet boy’

“It’s rude to not introduce yourself in front of royalty” I smirk while crossing my arms, this instantly made him jump like a cat. He ran out from behind and bowed at me.

“S-sorry princess, I wasn’t trying to be sneaky” he mumbled out quickly, this made me giggle slightly.

“I'm only joking, come and join me” I smile while patting the cushion, he hesitated and thought about it before making his way over to me, I watched as the boy who was used to wearing formal clothes was now wearing loose silk pants and a silk top, they supplied him with sandals as he probably wouldn’t be used to walking barefoot.

His vibrant red eyes beamed everywhere but me, I watched him sit down and bring his knees to his chest as if he was protecting himself.

“Prince Chance, do I make you feel uncomfortable?” I ask with a brow raised, he quickly threw his hands in front of him in defensive and blurted,

“No not at all princess! I’m just very…” he instantly went red at his sudden outburst.

“You're just shy, but that’s okay because I’m not” I smiled brightly, he threw his hands over his face while covering his eyes.

‘Must be because of his eyes’

Moving closer to him, I slowly placed my hands over his and gently pried them from his face, his eyes widened as my face was probably too close to him.

“Please do not hide your face. I really like looking at it” I smiled deeply at him.

‘I want to try and make him feel comfortable’

I noticed his face was so red he might explode, so I decided to move back and enjoy the peace.

A minute or two went past with silence before he spoke.

“Princess, why did you say ‘red dragon’ while looking at me” he mumbled, I smirked at his question.

‘He must be getting slightly more comfortable’

“It must be from me forming my contract, but I can sense the magic behind your eyes” I smiled now facing him, he cocked his head to the side in confusion.

“When I look into your eyes I can feel the presence of a red dragon. It’s weird I can’t see or hear it, but I know it’s a dragon and red” I laugh.

“Silly right” I smiled at him, I looked at him as I watched him look at me in awe.

“Our family has dragon spirits, but no one has had a red dragon in over four thousand years. So I’m not sure if I could believe I would have the red dragon Kia” he revealed, his voice held such sadness.

‘Why does he believe that’

“Well, I believe you have the red dragon spirit. You should believe too” I smiled at him, a tint of pink ran across his cheeks, not from awkwardness or fear but happiness. I watched as his red eyes mixed with purple slowly.

‘It’s working’

“Well we’ll what is this” a voice echoed near the bridge, Chance’s eyes now red once again as we both look over to the voice.

“Heru, what are you doing here?!” Chance stuttered out as if he got caught doing something bad.

I watched Heru walk over, also wearing our signature clothing. He kneeled before me while taking my hand and kissing it, blush spread across my cheeks.

“Princess Amaris, sorry to interrupt. I didn’t formally introduce myself. My name is Heru Felix Charna, Prince chances bestfriend” he said, then smirked towards Chance who was looking shocked between us.

Now standing up he walked over to Chance and grabbed him by the ear, I watched as Chance yelped like a puppy, this made me giggle.

“Mother is looking for you, you know you can’t run off without a guard” he muttered causing Chance to give up in defeat.

‘Mother?’

“Sorry princess we shall be going, see you at the dinner” he smiled brightly while pulling a limp Chance along.

‘What funny boys’

….

Finally receiving the book of the empires I started to read thoroughly.

Weastern Empire of Youkai.

The Empires of Youkai are more modern in clothing and other aspects, the clothes are bigger and fancier than other empires as they use a special silk, this is one of the reasons why the empires are in a bind with them.

‘It says they have four different seasons!’.

The royal family Ryuu possess dragon spirits, which represents their power for the future. The Emperor Leo Finn Neo Ryuu possesss the spirit of the purple dragon Venus. She is a dragon who possesses the power of pure love.

‘Pure love’

‘He must be a very good emperor’

The west and the southern empire's rulers get along very well because Emperor Jasper saved Emperor Leo when they were both princes. Ever since then Emperor Leo has been indebted to him out of pure gratitude.

‘Okay next’ 

Northern Empire of Kōri.

This empire is covered in snow and has winter all year round. They find it hard to figure out when the new year is round so they created a calendar to help them.

The late Emperor died after he went mad and stabbed his own heart.

‘Oh my, I wonder why he went mad’

The first prince possessed the power of the dreamer eye which ran in the Fuyu bloodline. He has dreams about the future, whether it’s years away or 2 seconds away they come randomly.

The Empress wields the magic of ice which she passed down to the prince and princess.

‘Ice magic Hmm’

Eastern Empire of Heiwa.

This peaceful empire believes in love and tranquility, but they are born of the best swordsman in the entire country.

Both the Emperor and Empress possess warrior ‘power’ where they wield blades, the empress came from an elf village outside of the country, she was only a child when the late Emperor found her and brought her in.

The empire wear traditional Japanese clothes and do not cut their hair as it is bad luck to them. They wear cat masks with different designs on it to describe themselves when they’re out of the empire.

South eastern Empire of Tōsui-kan.

This mesmerizing empire takes after the ancient Roman Empire, in clothes and buildings.

Empress Mila believes in Euphoria, so she has never had an Emperor, she’s convinced her children through different concubines.

‘Wow so that’s why she acts like that’

The empress believes that as the empress she should love everyone equally and share that love with everyone. She brings up the princesses and princes with the same views.

The royals possess the power of Euphoria and when you enter the empire you feel a sense of blissfulness, they can send you into a drug like ecstasy.

‘That’s scary… I better keep an eye out for them’

As I layed and listened to the trickle of water the words still pondered in my heart.

‘Protect and love those you hold dear to you’

‘What does it mean?’ I sigh while throwing my hands over my face.

…..

I’m now standing in front of my mirror, the servants said they needed to change me into my dinner wear.

‘I thought the other one was my outfit, I forgot royals change their outfits constantly’

I looked at myself and I was wearing a flowy silk white and pink dress, my hair was placed in a long plait with pink beads spread through it, they placed many gold jewels over my body and finished it off with a pink see through fabric thrown over my head.

“You look beautiful princess” a servant smiled, I looked and noticed it was the same woman from before, those yellow eyes.

“What’s your name?” I ask with a smile, she looked shocked before replying.

“Olive Mavis Selleta, my princess,” she smiles.

“Can I ask why you wear the veils over your face?” I ask.

“Only those who are noticed in the eyes of the royals may remove their veils, it helps us understand who’s important or not” she answers while applying more jewels to me.

“Hmmm how about if I ask you to be my lady in waiting?” I ask in a serious tone, she stops for a moment before continuing.

“Princess that’s a big choice to make, please don’t take it lightly” she stuttered on her words, I turned to face her making her stop, I move closer to her and move my hands towards her veil, slowly moving my hands closer I lift her veil over her head so I could finally see her face.

I watched as she awkwardly looked to the floor, she had beautiful dark skin and vibrant yellow eyes and beautiful long dark hair, she was so pretty.

“Please become my lady in waiting” I smiled brightly at her, her eyes glistened at my words, she smiled before nodding at my words.

“Princess are you ready?” Aenon grinned as he appeared at the door, I nodded before walking over to him and holding out a hand.

“You don’t want me to carry you princess” he pouted like a dog, my face stayed straight before I shook my head.

He held my hand softly before we walked off.

…

‘I need to look around the palace more’

“Now entering Princess Amaris Elita Chandra and being escorted by sir Aenon Dider Kemp”