Allysa greets Y/n with her usual cheerful smile and Y/n returns it with a warm smile.
Somehow the cheerful energy of Allysa brights the darkness inside of Y/n's heart a little. Allysa is just like her from the past before the disaster happened.
"Good morning Lady Allysa." It's been a week since their first meeting. Y/n and Allysa start getting closer as they meet each other every day, Allysa explains the reason she comes to the Palace every day is because her father, Duke Alfonso De Crystal, is working together with the emperor on something. So she rather spend the day with Y/n than have to sit in the meeting room for hours listening to something she doesn't know about.
Both sit down on the chairs opposite each other that the servants had settled, the coffee table in front of them had already been booked with a couple of desserts, tea, and a set of chess games.
"How do you always look more beautiful every day Your Majesty?" Allysa begins to shower her with sweet talk. The cheerful girl always likes to compliment her every time they meet.
"I could ask the same thing to you, Lady Allysa." Y/n smiles before sipping her tea.
Allysa giggles before sipping her cup of tea, she then puts down her cup without making a noise.
"I take care of my skin a lot Your Majesty. I assume you're doing the same thing, can I know your secret?" Allysa asks with eyes full of hope, hoping that Y/n will reveal her secret.
Y/n's eyes lit up a bit, she doesn't have any secrets other than some products she uses to take care of her skin, but she likes to leave people mysteriously.
"If it's a secret, why would I want to reveal it to you?" Y/n asks jokingly before giggling. The hope in Allysa's eyes falls a bit, but it quickly goes up again.
Somehow Y/n knows that Allysa is just making small sweet talk before asking or discussing some big news going around the kingdom or anything personal about her.
Y/n always dodges the personal questions that were directed toward her by Allysa with ease, either she changes the topic to her or excuses herself because the Emperor called her.
"Should we start, Your Majesty?"
Y/n nods and moves a single white chess on the board, starting the game. Moving her white piece one step ahead of the others as if it were the trumpet blower of a war.
"The Emperor is going to hold a masquerade ball in a few weeks, isn't he?"
Bingo.
Allysa casually asked a question as she moved her black chess piece, she then looked into Y/n's eyes with her doe eyes.
