"Good morning, Your Holiness... I have news," She spoke, bowing her head.
"Morning, and what news do you have?" Aiden asked.
"The Crown Prince is coming to visit you; we just received a message from the royal palace. In an hour, the Crown Prince will visit the Eastern Church," She replied.
Aiden blinked repeatedly, facing away from her. The Crown Prince, whom he had cured yesterday, was coming to visit. He was expecting the prince to be in the palace recovering, but instead he was coming here.
Aiden knew it would be uncomfortable since he didn’t know the prince, and he was sure the prince wasn’t just coming over to thank him, or was he?
"I understand," Aiden replied, turning back to Ella. "Has everything been prepared for the prince’s arrival?"
"Yes, Your Holiness. Your office has been prepared, and the rest of the priestesses are completing the rest of the preparation... The morning prayer has been postponed until after your meeting with the Crown Prince"
"Alright then, I need to get ready," Aiden spoke as he turned towards his meal. There was no way he was meeting the prince without eating first, and besides, she said an hour, so there was still time.
"Alright, Your Holiness... Miraleth, come with me," Ella spoke as she bowed her head and exited the room with Miraleth following behind.
Aiden faced his meal before his mind captured what Ella said about prayers, ’Wait, they don’t expect me to lead their morning prayer, right?’
[I’m sure no one expects the priest to be in charge of morning prayers; of course they want you to lead the prayers, just go out there and talk about the goodness of the goddess]
"I’ll just get one of the other priestesses to pray"
[What do you think the prince wants?]
"Unless he wants to thank me for healing him or congratulate me, which I don’t think would be on his mind given the state of the kingdom, I don’t see any reason he would want to see me"
[Do you think he’ll come with the Queen?]
"And if he did, what do you think is going to happen? The prince is going to sit in a corner while I fuck his mother, the Queen...you know what, that wouldn’t be a bad... I don’t like how my brain thinks," Aiden spoke as he held the cup of milk.
[The prince might want to reward you personally; I think it’s fair to ask for the Queen. What’s he going to say, no?]
"I’m sure he’ll be delighted to give me his mother; after that my head would be in a spike... You don’t want me to live a good life, do you?"
Aiden sat up as he was done with his meal; next he needed to take his bath, but as he stood up from the bed, he heard Miraleth’s voice from outside the door.
"Your Holiness, can I come in?" She asked.
"Yes," Aiden replied, wondering why she didn’t knock.
The door slowly opened, and Miraleth stepped inside with her back first before turning around. In her hands were two sets of robes for Aiden folded neatly; she didn’t knock or use her hands to open the door, as she didn’t want even the tiniest of wrinkles to appear on the clothes.
She presented both robes to Aiden; one was a plain white robe with golden edges, while the other was a black robe decorated with a fine golden pattern that made it stand out immediately.
Aiden looked at both robes before looking back at Miraleth. He had no idea which to go for as both of them looked amazing.
"They both look good. Why don’t you choose? I’m sure your fashion taste is better than mine," Aiden replied.
"Fashion taste? W-Wait, you want me to pick? I can’t possibly do that," Miraleth muttered while looking at the clothes in her hands.
Aiden couldn’t help but smile; she didn’t want to pick one, but she was clearly checking both of them to see which she liked best. After a few seconds, she turned back to Aiden and stretched the hand that held the black robe towards him.
"I believe this would look better on Your Holiness," She replied.
"Then it’s settled," Aiden replied with a nod.
Miraleth gently placed the black robe on the bed, making sure not to wrinkle it. Then she walked over to the wardrobe and placed the other robe
"I’ll prepare your bath now, Your Holiness," She said with a bow, and then she picked up the tray and pulled the door open.
"Thank you, my beautiful elf," Aiden said, and she kept her head down as a smile formed on her face.
’Alright, time to get ready for the prince. I don’t know why I’m this nervous. I’ve stood in front of the king. I didn’t talk to him one-on-one, but still I shouldn’t be this nervous’
[Why don’t you do something to calm your nerves, or someone]
’Nahh, I’ll pass for now. I’m just going to bathe, wait for the prince, see what he has to say, and be done with it. I still have to see the refugees today’
[Wait, you didn’t think about that, what if the prince is coming to take you there?]
’Yeah sure, the king has no one to send except the prince; that is the last thing that would happen. But wait...if the prince indeed wants to reward me, I can ask for access to the underground library. Instead of asking the head of the magic academy, it would be easier since it’s a favor from the prince’
[True, but do you think he has the power to grant you that type of favor]
’I’ll have to find out then’
Aiden stepped out of his room and walked towards the bathroom. The door was left open as Miraleth was inside setting the bath. The water in the bath was sparkling clean, and a certain floral scent wafted in the air, but Aiden wasn’t focused on that as his eyes landed on Miraleth.