Mana: Before The Rise 34 Alicia The Unfinished 4

Rachel frowned at the maid and then glanced towards Prince Alexander right across from her who was listening to his abide that was whispering something in his ear making him frown. She picked up her tea and smiled softly.

Prince Alexander pulled his gaze back to his Fiancée and s.h.i.+vered. 'This woman she's not going to do something again is she.' He wondered.

'It had been already been Eight years and now Wendy has finally been brought to this world.' Rachel put down her cup and looked up at Prince Alexander "A holy maiden, what and interesting find for the Church, your highness. Please take me along, I would love to meet this girl as well."

He mealy nodded his head and lead her towards the holy church of the Kingdom. All the while a bad feeling in his gut grew.

The carriage ride was quiet but every now and then he would take a few glances at her in wonder and confusion.

The church was gorgeous and rich just like every fantasy church out there in many stories, but it was even more so due to Rachel generous donations to them. The Nun's and priest greeted her politely, Rachel could feel her heart speed up at the thought of seeing Wendy again and she was so close. None showed on her face but the evil excitement in her eyes couldn't escape the Prince who s.h.i.+vered once more in fright.

They're in an elegant room where a table lay with tea recently made and young girl sat on the sofa. Her eyes looked innocence but inside they held greed and a cruelness inside. This was what the Prince saw when he walked into the room and frowned. He was not naïve due to the training her received from Rachel all these years in fact her was sharp and more sensitive to a women's deceit.

The fact that the so-called Holy maiden, was a women like this made him disappointed. Now, he dreaded a simple conversation with this person.

"So this is the so called 'Holy Maiden'" Rachel said her fan fully opened covering her mouth eying Wendy observing and a.n.a.lyzing her. It was faint but a killing intent was brought out.

Prince Alexander glanced between the two before his gaze settled on Wendy's who face was filled with hate towards the women who entered the room. They met for the first time, yet she already hated Rachel, the Prince was confused and wondered if these two know each other since they are looking at each other in a nasty way. Well, it didn't matter he wasn't going to get in evolved in this 'cat' fight.

"Umm, Umm, my name is Wendy" Wendy quickly stood up and with an innocent and nervous face she greeted the two newcomers. But her focus was manly on the Prince trying to appeal to his manliness by looking cute. But the Prince only felt disgusted inside although he didn't show it, he glanced at his unusually quiet fiancée and paused, she was observing him and not the only maiden he noted.

Was she looking at his interaction with this 'fake' women? Was he jealous? His face suddenly started to glow. Was his Fiancée finally looking at him like he was a man and not a thing?

Rachel read all his facial expression and inwardly pulled on a face 'Why is it that I always get the weird ones?' she thought at Prince Alexander's excited face and then turned away and signaled towards one of the Nun who left the room. She was done observing Wendy and the Prince, although she didn't introduce her, she left the room.

Prince Alexander was stunned and upset as he followed her without looking at Wendy. Catching up with Rachel who was looking out at the garden.

"Do you know the Holy Maiden?" he suddenly asked in a low voice.

Without glancing she said "Yes and No" she smiled "It's better to return to the palace, we have our Wedding in a month from now and your coronation a month after. We are to be busy and have no time to worry about the holy maiden."
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Prince Alexander's eyes brightened; his mood was ecstatic the holy maiden was completely erased from his mind. He didn't forget but his fiancée never really had an opinion on their marriage and never voiced her agreement. So, he believed she was on day going to oppose the union. Now that she was all for it, it was better than great.

Before going back to the palace Rachel had already warned the church and they were very cooperative towards her.

"IS something wrong?" Alexander said with a concerned expression. Rachel didn't realize that she lost her original expression and it was now darkening yet unreadable. Making Alexander feeling alert and somewhat scared. Rachel had a plethora of expression; he took his time trying to figure out each one he had seen. But, this one, something about this one give's him a deadly s.h.i.+ver.

"No" She said softly, her expression still didn't change. Rachel isn't sure what she felt anymore, Wendy was such a big person in her life and death. Thinking about the past made her want to kill Wendy with bear hands. But that started to change when she stayed in the same room as Rachel. She realized that....

A beautiful bird was flying by the carriage window cutting off her thoughts completely, she opened the window to receive the bird and the message tried on it. After reading it, the little bird laid on her lap and got comfortable.

"The Holy Maiden, lets send her to the Arisen Kingdom"

Alexander looked surprised "What for? She will be useful, what good is it to send her over to our enemies"

"Flora"

"Flora?"

"You've never heard the story before so you would know about it." Rachel looked down and softly pet the little bird. "Flora was princess protected by the King, her family, and subjects. A heavenly beauty full of Kindness and naivety, many of people in power wanted her hand in marriage. Whether those men wanted her hand for love or for a perfect doll it did not matter. As her Father who was just a King was constantly pressured into giving up his beloved daughter.

Eventually, a savage war broke out for the beauty's hand. Leaving her country destroyed and her family dead as the tried to protect her. However, it wasn't just her country that fell the others did as well. Mealy driven by the need to take the beauty till they fell and perished in destructions."

"Are you saying that women are like Flora" Alexander scoffed with a light smile "If anything your more like Flora then her."

Rachel sighed at the man's stupidity "Flora was for story purposes, but in our case its not about beauty, its about the t.i.tle of 'Holy Maiden'."

"….." Alexander paused and then looked frightened.

"You admitted you wanted to use her t.i.tle, yes, for benefits. You're not the only one, so the best answer is to throw this 'Holy Maiden' before she becomes a problem. And of course, why not our enemies. Since it would be quiet entertaining to watch them parish because of a mare weak woman." She smiled

After a thought Alexander reached out for the beautiful little bird and brought out a little note from his breast pocket wrote on it before sending the bird on its way.

"Arisen is rich in resources, Midden could do well, with them don't you think" Alexander said closing the window.

Rachel finally smiled softly.

It didn't take much time to send Wendy off to the neighboring country of Arisen, who warmly received her. BY the time trouble finally started arising Rachel had already married Alexander, was Crowned Queen and pregnant with an heir.

Rachel was lying down an exhausted look on her face as the royal physician was checking her pulse. She was only three months pregnant, wait she was this weak, something had to be wrong.

Alexander was off to the side looking weak to as he was preparing himself for the worst, she had some self-blame in his eyes. His parents the former King and Queen where also not to far away where also worried.

"Nothing is wrong, it just seems that the child is taken a lot more nutrients then usual" He said and then started putting away he items.

Rachel looked at Alexander "You see, it nothing bad, the child just wont be good-looking. Compared to my oh, so, husband."

The King and Queen snorted and was about to go on laughing.

"How, can you make jokes, when you look like a ghost" Alexander said not lighting up with the joke.

"Isn't it because I look like this that I can say that" She responded back "Well, at least I can think about some embarra.s.sing nicknames that I can call this child growing up. You know that type of nickname's they hate us for."

Just then the King and Queen started laughing as they couldn't help themselves. Rachel turned to the royal physician who was still here after checking her, the old bald-head man was a little red as he tried to hold in his laughter. She frowned as the light from the window bounced off his head and into her face making her irritated "What are you still doing here, can't you see your baldness Is blinding me"

The physician suddenly went red as he quickly ran out the room, while the King and Queen started to become hysterical with laughter. Even Alexander couldn't help but snicker this time.

"So as I was saying help me come up with some names while you are still here."

"Ah, yes" Alexander pulled himself closer and the two talked until the King and Queen left the room once they gotten their opinions in on the child's nicknames.

"My brother is a lost cause it seems, my sister-in-law, came not to long ago. She was sobbing, he left his duties and responsibilities in favor of the holy maiden."

Alexander fiddled with his hands "I thought it would take a few years, but things are unraveling way to quickly. It's unexpected, thought the other counties have yet to step in Arisen is falling apart at the seams and a civil war is about looks like it is about to break out. Yet, it has only taken four months since sending the 'Holy Maiden' there." He looked up at Rachel "It was the right call to send her away immediately"

"I must say t, I did not expect my older brother to get involved. He's wasn't supposed to be in Arisen but had to cross the country for business reasons. Just one meeting was enough to make him turn to her. Such a shame I thought he was making progress since the pa.s.sing of our parents but now, we should send a proper tutor to my niece at this point s.h.i.+ll have to be raised as heir."

"Not a male descent from the branch families"

"Goodness, no, do you wish for another person like my father." Rachel frowned and struggled with the imagination. "My Niece is a decent child and my sister-in-law isn't muddleheaded. With proper guides things will be fine. Perhaps maybe better, if we can make female officials. Then we can expand the range of talents from the populace."

"I was also planning on that, the result from the Commoners Schools showed women to be more talented than men." Alexander stood up and had taken off his coat only to lay on the bed next to her, he was most likely tired with worry. "The n.o.bles don't give me as much trouble and things seem to be easily finished. I can't tell weather it was your tyrannical ways or idea's that made the country this stable."

"All n.o.bles are easy to deal with when your give them money and fear. As for Commoners it is money and happiness. The Church is the easiest solution to most problems, since religion is one way to empower all people with faith and a reason to live. We should also count ourselves lucky that they are not corrupt and understand the boundary and lines they shouldn't cross. Otherwise, things would have been harder to control."

Alexander pulled her closer to him in silence as he listened to his wife's word. He quickly got comfortable with her in his arms.

"The one and only thing the people share is their beliefs...I'm tired" Rachel sighed as Alexander began to softly pat her hand, making her doze off into sleep.