My FAIR Lady |FAIRVERSE Book ~ 1|✓

Chapter ♦ 31

Zylith.

"Alright, quick question! What is the first thing you notice when someone tries to approach me in my sleep?"

"The audacity!"

"Excellent!" I smiled in gratification.

"If you can't 'convince' them, what will you do?'

"Simple! 'Confuse' them Sire." Liana chirped in a fervent tone.

"Yes, very good!" I clapped my hands in satisfaction.

"Okay, next one! What is the shortcut to being wise?"

"Just think of something stupid to say, but then don't say it?"

"Oh My! You've revised your lessons very well Liana." I smiled brightly at her.

"But..."

"Hmm? You have something to say?" I raised my brows and prompted her to continue.

"-W-Well Sire, lately there have been some malicious rumours going around." She bowed her head low in gloom as she informed.

"And?....." I urged her to continue.

"And My Liege..... they are saying the first Queen lacks basic propriety and is an eccentric with odd views." Liana bit down her lip as she mouthed out the later half.

"My Highness, I'm so sorry! It is all my fault." Liana faltered in her visage and abruptly kneeled on the floor. Nowadays, it seemed to me like she was actually quite fond of kneeling on the floor, so I didn't really deny her this favour and let her just do her thing. "I... I... I happened to mindlessly mention your views and lessons in front of a friend of mine. But... But I didn't expect her to be a snitch and tattle about it to other people. It is all due to my misjudgement that your reputation is about to be smeared yet again Sire!" She started weeping woefully as she narrated her sob story. "Please do punish me for my blunder!"

Looking at her sorry state of mind, I couldn't really bring myself to reprimand her at all and could only deeply sigh at her yet-to-be-reformed-naïvety.

"Alright alright, I get it. Now don't cry anymore and listen to me, hmm?" She raised her tearful face to look up at me and I said, "Little Liana, the thing about smart people is, they seem like crazy people to dumb people."

Liana stared at me, dumbfounded for a few seconds, and then imprudently enough, nodded her little head in understanding.

"So don't fret over trifling stuff like that, and just aim to remember all my teachings sincerely, okay?" I said in the demeanour of a learnt adult.

"I shall heed well to your every lesson, My Liege." She bobbed her head in quite enthusiasm, and I was pretty satisfied with her current attitude towards my teachings.

"Alright, to commemorate your successful learning so far, I will teach you another enlightening quote by a very famous personality, repeat after me, 'Opportunities knock on your door only once. But temptation.... that b*tch leans on the damn doorbell.'"

She knitted her brows a bit, as if pondering over my words for a moment, and then mimicked after me, "Opportunities knock on your door only once. But temptation, that b*tch leans on the damn doorbell."

"Good. Do you understand what that phrase mean?" I asked.

"Correct me if I'm wrong Sire, does it mean..."

"Your Highness!" I heard Fredurd's voice addressing me and interrupt Liana halfway.

I turned to the side to look at him as he spoke in his stern voice, "His Majesty is here to see you."