His Queen From Two Worlds

CHAPTER 9: SHE IS MY LIFE

‘My life

My game

My rules

Who are you?

Don’t tell me,

What I am

‘cause I know

Who you are

Zelda’s unique voice could be heard even outside the dome where the one-day concert was taking place. Many fans who couldn’t buy the tickets for various reasons were waiting outside, listening to the amazing vocals of their goddess.

Winter was going to come soon. The air was getting chillier every day. The day was warm, but the night was just becoming colder and colder. When Maya found out that her fans were outside and waiting, she ordered some hot beverage services for the staff and the fans.

On the stage, in a bright red outfit, showing off her excellent vocals on stage with the side dancers dancing in the background. Her beautiful crimson hair, a bit darker than her dress shade, was tied up in a high ponytail while her bangs were swept to the side, showing her smooth forehead.

The fans were singing along with her in her powerful performance. It was getting harder for the concert security to control the hyperactive crowd. It was as if they were going out of control or trying to push the security away because they all knew not to offend this half-royal lady and the dotting crown prince. They were just singing, dancing, cheering, and jumping in that small area where they were standing. It was getting harder for the security to see if someone was getting hurt.

Zelda, on the other hand, was giving her best so that her fans could enjoy the show. One day was even live-streamed since not many of the fans could attend the concert. Zelda was not just popular in her country. She was an international star, singer, songwriter, musician, and producer.

In a country that was still living in the thoughts of restricting women to very limited careers, the retired queen who took the throne again when the former king died and the future queen who would rule the kingdom along with the future king, was a fresh breath of air. Queen Lilian, because of the family power behind her, was able to pressure the king about women's rights and liberty. Thus, she was able to give half of the freedom the female deserved. After her son became the king, everything changed. For good, of course. When the responsibility of the throne fell into her hands once again, she constantly supported women's empowerment and married women's education. The result? Every girl was able to choose a career of her choice, not just restricting themselves to art and health fields. To strongly show her stand, every time her future granddaughter-in-law released a new album, she attended a concert in their country.

The common public accepted the change positively and supported their queen at her every step. Even the nobles who had been loyal to the throne were also happy with the queen’s decision. Many of them were open-minded people who felt pity when they saw their smart daughters, limiting themselves and losing their self-confidence.

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“UGH!!!”

He was the third member of the four men who were captured by the crown prince. He fell to the ground because he couldn’t take the punches anymore.

Ray was sweating because of continuously beating and torturing them. He puffed after the person fell to the ground. Ralph looked like he wanted to stop the future king, but he knew he had to let it out. He could only sigh without showing much emotion in his face and walked towards the crown prince, to hand him some tissues.

“Your Highness,” he said, showing the tissue box in his hand.

“Hm,” Ray nodded, taking some tissues and wiping his hand with them, hatefully glaring at the last guy. The one who begged for mercy which he wouldn’t get no matter what.

Slowly wiping his hands, the ash-blonde-haired prince sat on his heels in an intimidating manner looking straight into the eyes of the last guy. The last person was quivering in fear and bent his head down without looking at the daunting electric blue eyes glaring at him.

“If you spit out what they were going to do, I might show you some mercy” The prince offered in a low threatening tone.

The moment he saw the four of them, he read them. The three whom he beat up would not open their mouths, and he knew they would rather die than let their plans be spoiled. To frighten the last guy, he tortured them in front of his eyes because that last man treasured his life. His life was more important than anything.

The man’s eyes widened in surprise when he heard that. It was such a tempting offer, but what was the price? Even if the crown prince let him escape, would he be able to escape from them? But what else could he do now? He was done for. There was no way out. When he saw his partners getting beaten up, it left him with trauma. He had recently joined the gang. In one word, he was unfamiliar. That was why he couldn’t be silent like his partners were.

“You know you don’t have much time, right?” The prince reminded him again.

“I.......I...... I....I.... don’t know much about this” The person hesitantly spoke up, slowly raising his head but still couldn’t meet his eyes.

“We are but only a small part of the gang. Someone offered us some money and showed us a picture of a blonde woman. They asked us to make it look like it was an accident due to her recklessness. That was what we were ordered to do. The first person whom His Highness beat up was informed that if the plan was to fail, then he would be informed by the gang head. I heard by mistake that they were planning to do it when his highness was away from the lady. We don’t even know who the lady was, since the crown prince is engaged to Lady Barclay.”

Ray’s eyes turned colder when he heard the part away from him, as he stood up. Right now, he was away from her. The thought made him go crazy inside his head. He controlled himself and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.

“Ralph” His voice was heavy and strained from controlling himself.

“Your Highness”. In the next second, Ralph was behind the crown prince to accept any order given to him.

“Go and protect her along with your team,” he said in a deadly calm voice.

Ralph was not at all surprised by the order. Every time there was an accident or any information regarding the attacks on Lady Barclay, he was ordered to protect her when his highness couldn’t be by her side. But it was never as serious as they were facing now.

“But your highness, your safety--”

“You should know by now,” Ray said, his tone still having the calmness but with a hint of emotion. “She is my life. Without her, I wouldn't be able to survive.”

Ralph bowed his head. Of course, he knew. He saw the prince growing up. He knew where and how the future ruler's story started. How distressed they both would be when they saw the other in bad health or danger.

“I will protect Lady Barclay with my life”, Ralph agreed. “But don’t leave the mansion until I return, Your Highness.”

“Fair enough”. Ray was okay with it. After all, he knew, Ralph was playing with his job right now.