Fake Princess
CHAPTER 123
Melani shook her head, the light from the window shone on the clasps in her hair until it flashed like a star. “ Because they. The kingdom uses you and throws you away after it doesn't need you. But they don't have to. They could have helped you, instead of sending you to a backward village the same day you were told who you really are. Is that why you want to return Diana to her throne? For all the good his family has given you?”
The spirit inside me disappeared as I searched for words to respond to Melani's words, to prove her wrong. “ No, they are right. I could have been dangerous—“
“ Dangerous?” Melani laughs. “ You? Poor and awkward Amelia, was never considered a true princess image by anyone. Amelia, who left without fighting back in the slightest, who asked for nothing to replace the life they had already taken? Very shy, very great obeying the rules.” Melani's face hardened. “ They want to get rid of you, and they never think of you again after you leave.”
I didn't answer. I tried to shake my head, but all I wanted was to hug my knees and curl up like a languishing ball. That's true, part of me whispered. What he said was quite right.
No, I said in my heart. Not everything.
But pretty much. Pretty much right.
Melani looked at me as all those thoughts were raging inside my head, looking at me for a very long time. Then, little by little, Melani's face softened, a smile on her mouth.
“ They are wrong, Amelia,” Melani said.
“ They did something wrong by expelling you. You have power too, right? Your powers are only hidden by spells that make you look like the princess. Now that you have it, it all rolls around inside you. I can teach you how to use that power, better than Paula can. You can be a strong man, Amelia, a force for good in Thorvaldor. That's what you wanted, right, to be a princess? To do the right thing?”
Melani walked over to me, close enough that I could smell the sweet scent of her skin. “ I want someone like you near Riana. The ones who can make her a powerful queen. And you, with the magic you have, with all the things a princess needs to know, you can be the greatest ally she has. A witch, a counselor.” Melani smiled gently. “ Someone who even by the Earl of Rithia will be rated quite appropriate to accompany his son.”
Melani is painting a beautiful picture inside my head, which you can see very clearly. I, no longer clumsy and unwanted, but strong, walked across the palace in a magician's robe, happy, having finally gained a place in this world. No more feuds between me and Devan, because I'm far from danger. That's what I want, isn't it?
Deep down inside my heart, yes. I want to be respected, I want to be useful, I want to be loved. I closed my eyes, imagining it all.
Then I forced my eyes to open, the shadow that was inside my head shattered. “ You can't find it, can you?” my many.
“ You can't find it,” my review. “ He's out there with Devan, and you can't find them. That's what this all means, isn't it? You want me to tell you where they're going. Well, I don't know. Maybe now Devan's taking him back to town. Maybe he was already there. They will tell the king and queen and—“
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