Hareem of Queen Alessa
Proposal to Become a Concubine

Aegis Palace

The palace hall is now gradually becoming crowded by the guests who arrive. The crowd was not only inside the palace but outside the palace, as the people also celebrated the feast of the coronation of the new Aegis Emperor.

They cheered the Aegis' success at the hands of Emperor Alessa. Just a week after Emperor Alessa took the lead, their economic changes began to take hold. No more forced harvesting of farm and farm produce. The palace paid for all the farmers' hard-earned work properly. No more oppression that causes people to go hungry. All the people complained of the Emperor's generosity.

Important guests began to gather, everyone highlighted the group of guests who came from other countries, namely Persia, Western Europe and Rome. The princes came as representatives of his country and also because of the news of Emperor Aegis wanting to recruit some concubines.

The prince of Persia, Jerome Istvan, came to peace with the war between them. Western European prince Lucas Geovanni came to offer cooperation in the exchange of spices and staple ingredients in the form of humming as a basic ingredient of bread. The Roman prince, Evandor Daryan, was interested in the sculptural beauty of Aegis craftsmen. He intends to buy some statues as a form of friendship of their country.

Minister Attala looked coldly at the princes who came even though when facing him she smiled sweetly. Helios with himself.

“You see, they are your arch rivals. Even in Dad's eyes, you are still the most handsome here,” he whispered.

Helios sighed and ate the olives, chewing them very hard. “Dad, if the Emperor does not choose me.. Never blame me,” chirps origin.

“You must be selected, remember! This is for your library.”

“You're so mean, Dad,” that handsome guy's circus.

Suddenly Minister Attala widened his eyes. He remembered something. “Helios! Do you want to have a bigger library? Even complete with a super magnificent and luxurious study room!”

“Wider library with magnificent and luxurious study space?” Helios. It was his dream all along.

“Jawab, do you want it or not?”

“Of course I want Dad!”

“You can even get a copy of Homerus' work!”

“For the Sake of Zeus, how do you Dad?” Helios. He was eager to have the legendary work of Homer.

Minister Attala smirked. “Married to the emperor, any request he will grant as long as you can be his dearest!”

***

The feast went on without anyone knowing if the Emperor had mingled with the guests. Because they all wear masks. A suggestion proposed by Darius. The man was not willing if the Emperor's beauty was seen by the crowd. Although that was not the reason when he threw it at the Emperor.

“In this way, we can judge directly what they are like? Sincerely or not to you, Your Majesty,” Darius reasoned.

Emperor Alessa rubbed his chin while thinking. “Truely too, I liked your idea. Make masks for me and the guests.

For an hour the masks were finished and given to the guests who came. At first they were confused and rejected the mask. However, after explaining if topentg it is one of the conditions of the party. They also accept it.

Darius had already memorized the guests with his clothes. Even if they wear masks. Darius knew them one by one.

When Darius was busy accompanying the Emperor from behind the Palace there were bewildered guards. He looked like he was looking for someone but didn't recognize the person there because they were all wearing masks. The emperor realized that.

Darius immediately turned to his men who looked over here and there. They even misrecognized guests.

“Hamba resign first His Majesty,” says Darius.

“Go,” Emperor Alessa nodded.

Darius refused to leave there. But what power? There are those who make his time with the Emperor become disturbed.

Emperor Alessa saw Darius leaving with his men. Now he was alone in the midst of many guests who did not recognize him. The guests were waiting for his presence. Alessa purposely took her time and made use of it to walk towards the deserted Palace garden.

Although only for a moment, at least he felt freedom in the park. Emperor Alessa, who had gained bad memories and almost died, was traumatized by the male figure. All the men in his eyes were the same, horrible and full of falsehoods. Only Darius understood it. Until the man was absent, Emperor Alessa seemed to be a nobody.

“I'll be inside when Darius returns,” his monologue while continuing to step foot up. Silk dress with gold decoration attached perfectly in her slim but contained body. His manic stared in amazement as a lily flower embedded in his garden.

“Some say the white color of lily comes from the milk that was shed by Goddess Hera,” said someone made Emperor Alessa stop the step.

The figure that said it was a handsome man with shiny light brown hair. The man stood up while leaning his back against the fir tree. Her bead was blue, an ocean that reminded her of someone. Emperor Alessa is still scanning the man.

The man approached until their distance was not so far away. His eyes stared at the goal as if piercing through the mask the Emperor was wearing. “If there is another Flower that I can pair with you, I will look for it to the ends of the world. Unfortunately... I feel that no one can match you,” the praise that made Emperor Alessa a little uncomfortable, he held his mask.

“Even that mask can not cover your charm.”

“Really?”

“Trust me, I am not blind,” replied the man.

Emperor Alessa chuckles. This man before him was no ordinary man. When viewed from his clothes, the Emperor immediately gave a smile. He knows who his interlocutor is. “A seduction when you first met? Not the attitude of a noble. I will condemn it because we do not know each other,” said the Emperor.

“While we don't know each other, but I sure wouldn't mistakenly recognize you at our meeting the other day,” press that guy seriously.

“So?” the Emperor Alessa.

The man bent his legs, kneeling before Emperor Alessa. Reach the Emperor's tender hand and kiss him. “I'm Lucas Geovanni. We've met before the Emperor. But, I don't want to remind that time to His Majesty,” Emperor Alessa was quite surprised. He thought this man before him did not recognize him as Emperor.

“Lucas? Western Europe?” guess it. It was fitting that he had not seen a representative of western Europe inside the hall. Apparently the guy's in the park.

The man named Lucas nodded. “I'm here to apply to Your Majesty, choose me to be your concubine!”

A first application he got from a man he did not know. Emperor Alessa only fell silent with perfectly rounded eyes.

Tbc.

Lucas Geovanni