TRAPPED BY THE SECOND MALE LEAD
CHAPTRE 32
“Celaka! I can't move my body!” the new Inner Meridia realized the strangeness in her body. Her fairly thin and open nightgown made her even more agitated because she knew that Lucien loved to be physically touched. Not to mention now Lucien looked at him like a lion ready to prey on his prey.
Lucien lowered his head at the intersection between Meridia's neck and shoulders, the tip of his nose touching the skin of the girl's neck and sniffing the scent of her very intoxicating body for Lucien. “Hei is ticklish! Get away from me!” ketus Meridia who had wriggled uncomfortably in place of standing.
“Showed. Hey, Meridia, can I do it?”
“What?” Meridia snorted sharply.
“I think of it as the answer ‘ya’,”
The young man began to smell Meridia's white neck. Over time the small kiss turned into a strong suction and then changed into small bites that managed to leave a reddish mark in some places.
Meridia felt strange in her body, As a result the innocent girl bit her lower lip with a strong until slightly bloody to muffle the strange sound that was about to escape from her mouth.
Lucien slightly raised his face, spaced away to see Meridia's neck more clearly, then smiled seeing the sign of his possession on Meridia. “Good,” of course he did not just stop, Lucien again continued to mark on the front neck and shoulders.
Two minutes later Lucien flinched and stopped his action, he looked at Meridia's completely flushed face. Not to stop but to get stuck. “Hahahaha your body is hot, honest girl. Um, don't you get excited just by this?” lucien's current laughter made Meridia even more afraid to think about what else he would do to her.
Lucien lowered his head, “If this is the case shouldn't I be responsible for helping you calm down? I really don't mind, I'll serve you well, ” Lucien's shrillness right in front of Meridia's ears, the young man's sigh hitting his ears made Meridia shudder amusedly.
“CAN'T!” the screeches of Meridia managed to make Lucien slightly distance from her, he also managed to release Lucien's hypnotism and was already able to move his body properly. Meridia bit the skin between Lucien's thumb and index finger that was still holding her cheek.
The handsome man reflexively let go of his grip and licked the pulsating bite marks of Meridia. “I don't know what your purpose is to do this but now I'm sure my supposition of you is a big mistake.” Meridia's eyes glitter with rage.
Lucien smiled as he shrugged indifferently, “I have never asked you to see me as a good man really,” he said casually, “you want to go back to your room? all right,” Lucien opens the door for Meridia “Good night,” Lucien said.
She did not hold Meridia in custody when she left her room after successfully making a possession mark on the girl she claimed to be hers for life. “Tomorrow we must go to the palace, so you must rest well,” Meridia ignored Lucien's words and directly slammed the door of her room.
Meridia could not sleep thinking about her annoyance at Lucien. He kept trying to remember something that had been bothering him for a few days. Instead of succeeding, Meridia fell asleep from exhaustion.
In the morning at about six, Meridia woke up from sleep when she heard Ximena's voice open a big curtain that covered her bedroom window “Good morning, Your Highness.”
Meridia got up from the couch “Why am I sleeping here?” ask her with a hoarse voice typical of people waking up.
“Your Majesty, I have prepared the dress you will wear to go to the palace. I've also prepared water for you to take a shower,” Meridia replied with a nod of understanding.
The girl walked over to the big mirror to check her face which usually looks swollen after waking up “Hm, it seems like today feels better than before, the swollen” on her face is not so visible.
Meridia flicked all her hair back and her eyes bulged in shock looking at the foreign patches on her neck “A-what is that? Mosquito bite scars?” Meridia then looked at her bed “What happened? What Lucien..” Meridia returned a handful of her hair forward again to cover it up. “Ximena.”
Meridia's personal servant stopped her from tidying up the bed sheet “What's the matter, Your Honor?”
“Did you see Lucien coming into my room?”. The waiter shook his head in response, “No. Your door is locked from the inside, so this morning I had to ask for a spare key on the butler in order to wake you up.”
“Is that?” Meridia turned her eyes to “Sial, how can I go to the palace under these circumstances? embarrassing,” Ximena heard the mutterings of Meridia “Your Majesty, I will help you hide it.”
Meridia gasped, her face blushing perfectly as there were others looking. “You know?”.
“Sorry, Your Grace. I accidentally saw it.”
“It's okay, after all it's impossible not to see this,” Meridia's reddened ears held in shame. Although when bathing Meridia has tried to rub it with water, the sign does not also fade even more reddening due to rubbing too hard. “How is Ximena?”
“Don't worry, Your Majesty. I'll help you.”
After all the preparations were done, Ximena kept her words and managed to hide the mark on Meridia's neck using the powder. Not disappear perfectly but very disguised and thanks to that Meridia can breathe a little relief “Thank you very much, Ximena.”
Today Meridia uses a dress that matches her favorite flower, lavender. The dress model is very suitable to the shape of Meridia's body so as to make the wearer look perfect with elegance. This time Meridia dressed up as a Duchess.
She walked slowly down the stairs to be more careful because her gaze was covered by her fluffy skirt. Lucien who was waiting on the sofa near the stairs was immediately stunned when he saw Meridia's beauty who presented a different aura.
The young man smiled “Aready?” Meridia nodded small while smiling thinly “Ya” the girl received Lucien's arm then the two of them left together.
“I am very happy to see this sight, it is very soothing,” muttered Ximena. The girl who barely ever smiled now even showed a happy smile to see the couple leave, “You are right, although I am still a little less used to it,” said Christ from behind Ximena.
“Already, the important thing is they are both happy,” reply Ximena again.
“Yes, you're right. Oh yeah, did you see Dylan this morning? the boy always wandered when it was time to warm up,” Christ ruffled his hair irritated. Since morning he had been circling the palace only to find a Dylan.
“You've searched his room?” ask Ximena.
“Oi Dylan, what are you doing?!”
Christ and Ximena looked at each other and then they came out of the palace to the source of the sound they heard. Hugo stared dejectedly at the horse carriage that Lucien was wearing. “Hugo, you got -“ Christ turned his back on seeing Dylan dressed like a coachman. Apparently the young man was desperate to join his two masters to the palace of “Dylan, what are you doing?!”
“Your Highness, I beg you let me drive you guys to the palace.”
If there was no Meridia maybe Lucien had already slammed the man to the ground seven times “No. This time I just need Hugo,” reject Lucien cold.
“Hei Dylan, don't bother Your Majesty! We are too late to know!” hugo snapped while coding Christ to immediately take the young man away to the training ground.
Then Christ nudged Dylan's head hard enough that his voice was clear. “Basic trouble! How long do you think I've spent looking for you, huh?!”
“I'd really like to accompany Her Highness Duchess~” whining like a child.
“Cannot. Do your job!”
“Your Majesty Duchess~!”
“Whispering!” jak Christ sebal. His ears ached continuously hearing Dylan's whimper. Had Dylan not been capable of being on par with the Knights, Christ would not have been willing to come into contact with someone like him.
“Gosh, early in the morning it was a storm,” Meridia chuckled softly.
In the train the awkward atmosphere was very felt, they were both silent and busy with their respective minds so that the condition in the train became very quiet. Lucien focused only on the paper scrolls he had brought with him while Meridia chose to enjoy the scenery she so desperately longed for from outside the window.
Although it seemed calm, Meridia's brain continued to work thinking of something that still feels real “It seems like lately my memory continues to deteriorate, why I always forget what I do at night, and why I always forget what I do at night, I'm not old enough to be called senile, am I?” thought Meridia astonished, she kept looking for the reason behind her blurry memory “Did someone have put a certain medicine into my food or drink?”
“Eh? Yes?” Lucien looked at Lucien's face for a moment.
“We only see the King after that you go home first. Hugo will take care of you until I get home.” Lucien used a serious tone to show that he had good reason to ban him from the palace for too long.
Meridia tilts her head slightly “Why can't I be there with you longer?”
Lucien sighed softly “The palace is not as fun a playground as you might imagine. It is not a safe place for my precious Meridia,” she said with a smile that made her eyes narrow.
Meridia had no arguments to avenge her future husband, and she also knew that the palace was open to an easy place to survive. “I understand.”
“Smart girl.”
They traveled for about an hour before finally arriving at the Bommenhaum palace. As usual, Lucien walked side by side with Meridia, the man also occasionally glanced at his girl to check if she was still fine, “You don't have to be so tense like that. King Gilbert won't eat you.”
Meridia jerked “How did you know?” Lucien chuckled at Meridia's face. “Your face is stiff as a statue and I think soon my arm bone will break anytime.”
Meridia looked down at the grip of her hand that made Lucien's sleeve come tangled “Sorry, I accidentally.” the beautiful girl is graceful it loosens her recording on Lucien's arm.
“Ya, I know it.”
They had also reached the throne room where the King had sat firmly on his throne while watching the two lovebirds who had begun to enter the room to face him “Oh, so it was him, so it was him,” his murmur while smiling.
Meridia was surprised. He wondered what the face of the King who led this country and apparently did not match expectations. The age of King Gilbert Van Moultier has reached sixty years and is certainly old enough to have grandchildren but in fact the face he has is equivalent to a thirty-year-old man, if estimated it does not seem much different from Ziel.
Lucien bowed Meridia's head as the girl was fixated on looking at Gilbert and also her head to salute the country's leader. They begin to talk about their second marriage, which Lucien plans to borrow from the palace hall for a party.
The elegant and elegant girl did not talk much, she used more time to observe every corner of the room with her King. “He's like he's no ordinary King, is he really a human?” her aura was so dense, whether it was leading to something good or bad, Meridia felt the King was not like a human in general.
“Why do you keep daydreaming, Meridia?” Meridia awoke from her daydream when she heard the voice of the king calling her name.
“Hamba apologizes for the impoliteness that I have done, Your Majesty.”
“So you're thinking? jiika you have something that stands out, just ask,” Gilbert said with concern.
“S-actually..I really want to go to the toilet,” Gilbert and Lucien gasped at the tweet of Meridia.
“Pfft you're so funny. Go, Qouila will show you the way.”
“Thank you, Your Honor,” then Meridia came out of the room along with the guard at the door. The bluish-haired man walked in the lead in front.
“So it's Meridia?” gilbert's smile instantly disappeared, his gaze turning cold.
“Ya.”
“He seems to be starting to suspect me.”
“Cannot be. He is now just a regular human being.”
Gilbert rubbed his chin staring at Lucien inside, “Hm, are you sure you really want to choose this path?”
“Ya.”
“Well, whether it ends good or bad is none of my business. I just want you, Lucien,” the King's grin was not responded to by the young man.
Lucien silent unmoved, he lifted the paper roll he brought from home “Do the job correctly.”
“Yes yes, you don't need to rule me. As long as you also return my kindness, I don't mind obeying all your requests.”
While passing through the wide and quite crowded hallways, Meridia noticed occasionally observing the doors she passed. “Very big, bigger than Lucien's house,” Meridia murmur. The atmosphere given is also different. The servants who met him were very friendly.
A few minutes later Qouila stopped in front of the hallway where there was only one room there “The toilet was there, Your Majesty.”
“Ah yes thank you, mr.” Qouila did not deliver Meridia to the front door of the toilet, there is still a distance of five meters from where they stand now “I will be here until you finish.”
“Good.”
“Mr Qouila!” a maid came to Qouila in a hurry and told her of a problem that had occurred in the meeting room that the nobles would use for the meeting this afternoon.
Meridia let out a long sigh “ Finally I can release my tension” Meridia did not want to go to the toilet at all, she just wanted to stay away from the King who was very intimidating. “Did he realize I was watching him for a reason? Maybe he'll think that I'm suspecting his youthful face.”
Meridia was aghast at the sudden appearance of a mysterious door near the toilet door. The door color is golden and sparkling so it kind of dazzles the eyes “What is it? Secret room? Or the treasure room?”
Meridia hesitated to approach but her curiosity peaked and she decided to enter the room without thinking about the risks. Beyond his shadow, the contents of the room even look like a simple library, there are three super large bookshelves, but very neat and clean. “Is this really the layout of the room? A little strange to see there is a library next to the toilet.”
At first glance everything seemed normal, but the next second Meridia could see several small-bodied fairies flying in front of her face. they seemed to work cleaning the books there as if they did not care about her presence “They are fairies?”
Suddenly a long blonde haired elf flew towards her while carrying the thick book “Hoamm, this is what you are looking for ‘kan?” he said while yawning wide.
“What? I'm not looking for anything here,” said Meridia confused even though she still accepted the offer of the book.
“You can see this door and get inside, which means you're looking for something,” reply the fairy while sitting on the shoulders of Meridia “Oh or maybe you are a special guest boss?” smile wafts.
I'm looking for answers to all my problems.
“Who ‘bos’ are you referring to? I don't understand what you say.”
“You can see us and talk to our nation alone it is already strange. The boss will just come and talk to certain people like you."
Meridia looked down at the old-bound book in her hand, curiosity began to grow. He had already opened the cover but his movements stopped when he clearly heard an approaching footsteps. “Aquila, who are you chatting with? This is not the time to relax, you.”
Meridia bought it as soon as the figure appeared from behind the bookshelf. He is a man whose voice sounds very smooth and soft beautiful in his ears “Loh, who are you?” the figure tilted his head looking at Meridia.
