"K-kamahalan?." utal kong sagot.
" Never mind, What would you know about assassination kung halos hindi mo na nga matapos tapos pinagagawa ko sayo"
He said sarcastically. Mapang asar rin pala ang emperador na to.
Pagkatapos niyang sabihin iyon ay lumabas na siya sa opisina niya. I almost forgot the word assassination since I came here... And his words still echoes.
I continued to scan all of the papers, parang sanay na sanay ang katawan na to sa ganitong trabaho.
I noticed the files have the same complaints galing sa iba't ibang sulok ng kaharian... Slavery.
I have to inform his highness regarding to this matter, this is getting out of hand.
Umalis ako sa opisina at hinanap ang emperador at nakita ko siya malapit sa palace garden na kinakausap ang pinsan ko, pinsan nang katawan na to. Hay nako! I will just claim all hers as mine ang gulo!
As I can remember when the memories of this body was showed to me, Veronica is a big disappointment to her father and the reason is? Her gender. Big deal sa kanila ang gender which is men are more powerful than women in this world. This world is insane.
My father the duke as one of the powerful man in the kingdom got a daughter which is me, kaya hindi niya pwede mapamana sa akin ang dukeship niya kaya, he needs to pass it to his nearest blood relative which is his nephew Frederick Copious. This cousin of mine was the second child of my father's brother Duke Heinrich.
" Ano ang ginagawa mo?." nagising ako sa katotohanan nang may tumawag sakin.
"Frederick..." sabi ko pero pinutol niya
"Umalis ka muna dito, this is a man's business" He said with despise.
This F*cking Assh*le!!! Ano ang tingin niya sa akin, aso?
" Let's continue our talk tomorrow Frederick, I'll tell Veronica to schedule our meeting. You may leave now." The emperor said to my cousin.
Tinignan ako ni Frederick ulo hanggan paa
"Nagtatrabaho ka para sa emperor, ayusin mo ang sarili mo at umayos ka nang pananamit. You looked like a commoner in those clothings, pathetic, I pity your father for having you as a daughter."bulong ni Frederick sa akin bago siya umalis.
Nakatayo ako nakatunganga sa harapan ng emperador.
"What's the matter?" tanong niya.
"ahh... Uhmm...About the complaints, sa iba't ibang sulok nang kaharian na rin ito nagaganap, people are getting kidnapped and sold to slavery." mungkahi ko
nagulat siya sa sinabi ko at dali daling umalis.
[Next day]
I was eating breakfast silently when my father arrived.
Ano ba yan?! Ka aga aga badtrip agad ang matandang duke na to.
"Veronica! Do you know the emperor will leave the palace!?" tanong niya na halatang galit, eh bakit ba galit to?
" Yes father, He will leave to further investigate about the uproar in the kingdom"Sagot ko.
"Why not inform me about this?! Kailangan mong sumama sa emperador kung saan siya magpunta naiintindihan mo!?" sigaw niya habang kinakain ko parin breakfast ko.
I'm still in the calm mode, until I finished my breakfast.
"Bakit ko po ba kailangan dumikit kung saan pumunta ang emperador!!? Sa lahat nalang gusto mo kasama niya ako na parang buntot niya na!, are you spying on the emperor!?"I blurted out, hindi ko rin alam kung bakit ko nasabi yun.
Nilapitan niya ako at binigyan nang mag asawang sampal.
Tinitigan ko siya nang masama, at ganun rin siya.
"Hindi ko alam kung ano ang nangyari sa kokote mo on why you are acting that way! So since lumalaban ka na, I have to proceed with the previous plan!" galit niyang sabi.
Wait wait wait! Anong previous plan ang sinasabi neto???
Matagal na katahimikan ang naganap.
" What plan will that be?" tanong ko na bumasag sa katahimikan namin.
Tinitigan niya ako and my dad just gave a smirk.
He instructed me to follow him sa office niya.
"Now what?" tanong ko na curious parin.
"I will plea to his highness to marry you and make you his empress the only woman who have power in this kingdom, I have the power to do that he will never decline it. In two years you have to bear his child, the next emperor of our kingdom and after that, you have to Assassinate the emperor in order for our family to maintain it's power and settle for it permanently"
Natigilan ako sa sinabi niya. Well my job is assassination, pero...killing the King without a proper reason and just for power is hilarious.
"Your insane!" sigaw ko na parang naluluha.
"This is about power my daughter, make yourself useful to me, if you succeed... You will have your freedom and... Ang kagustuhan mo na mapatalsik si Frederick, I know you envy him... I just showed that si Frederick ang magiging succesor ko but no, I wont let my brother benefit to all of my hardships. I know your intelligent, think of it... Anyways, as if you have a choice.
He grinned at me after saying his evil plan.