DEAR MY QUEEN
Author : greyrani
Genre : romance, angst

DAY 275

Its already passed the third month since our wedding. The First Night Ceremony which was initially arranged by my Majesty Mother had been cancelled. I succeeded convincing Father that such ceremony didn’t suit this era any longer. The argumentation against Mother was so intense that I sweat under my shirt.

You might never know it was the first time for me to stand up against my mother, and I did it for you. It’s fine. What matter to me was that you wouldn’t come to me in desperate plea like you did that night. Also, it’s enough to receive your gratitude and your sincere smile however small.

From then on, everything should have been back to the usual, but many changes happened. By now Father had left most of governmental affairs to me. The amount of works could sometimes be so crazy that I had to work overnight, thus unable to visit you. Come to think of it, I barely have time to spare. Able to visit you once in a week was already an accomplishment.

You were getting busier also, with the training and education of the soon-to-be-queen. Undoubtly Mother would be strict on you , but I was relieved when informed that you could solve each task given to you.

Last night I found that you had a day off today, so after doing some planning, I managed to squeeze time. It’s been awhile since I saw the outside world, and I thought bringing you for a short trip just the two of us would do some good for our relationship.

So, early morning I picked you up. It’s priceless to see you widened your eyes when I told you we were going to sneak out from palace. I had already asked Keito to prepare our mounts.

“I’m probihited from riding horse by Her Majesty,” you said as we got to our mounts.

I grinned, “What she doesn’t know wouldn’t hurt.”

So, after getting Keito’s advice to return before dark, off we went to a certain place that had been my sanctuary.

There was a small lake in the forest behind the palace. I had had a cottage built near the lake. I went to that place whenever I needed time alone. No one but Keito and my trusted guards knew about it, and now you’re added to the list.

You said you had been missing doing horse riding, so I let you play with the mare I presented to you. While watching you galloping around the lake, I took out the lunch prepared by Keito for us. Surprisingly, it reminded me about our friendship back then. The atmosphere around us was lighter and enjoyable. Bringing you into my private place turned out worth it.

We planned to had a canoe competition the two of us after lunch, yet the fun should be suspended by the rain pouring down. We were waiting in the cottage, igniting t