Stuck In The Middle Ages
03| First issue

That morning the Beverly family returned to their kingdom, because at this time there was no one to lead plus Lucas and Natasha who followed the two.

Bidding farewell to the emperor's family, Natasha appeared to wave a small wave towards Austin. The empress who saw that was astonished. All this time no one wanted to smile at Austin, even seeing him was reluctant.

Austin smiled as he nodded. After the departure of the Beverly family, the empress turned her gaze to Austin.

Feeling noticed, he looked at his mother.

     "Mother?"

     "Tumben you're smiling? Are you guys that close?" search empress.

      "Ti-can't be said to be close either, ma'am. We just met yesterday and only he didn't dodge after seeing my face. There are many good people in this world including him."

The empress seemed to be smiling, after all these years she had been avoided by many people including the wives of her own sisters, there was finally someone willing to talk to her.

     "Mother's happy. Actually I saw you guys yesterday in the back garden. You're familiar with the youngest son of the Beverly family."

     "Lucas. He's a sweet kid, has a good personality too. Never mind, I have to go practice first."

      "Yes, already. I also have to take care of your youngest sister."

Natasha doesn't go to school today, because she will be late. They told me a lot of things on the way.

Upon entering the forest, Natasha's feelings suddenly became uneasy. He tries to shake off all bad thoughts and forget them.

However, suddenly some of the bodyguards screamed loudly until the horse's clerk swayed. When Natasha was about to peek, she was actually shocked by the head of one of the bodyguards that was thrown past her eyes.

At that time Natasha could feel the negative energy approaching. There were about five of them with one of them having strong energy.

     "Mom, dad. Looks like someone's approaching. I can feel five negative energies. What do we do?" tanyanya panic.

The two couples looked at each other and nodded.

     "Natasha, you can ride a horse, right? Get Lucas out of here on a horse. Leave it to mom and dad!"

Hearing that, Natasha grew panicked. He could not ride a horse.

     "But mom, I-I don't bus-"

     "There's no more time. Natasha listen to me, if there's no news from us then you'll have to take care of the kingdom. The responsibility of being a leader is in your hands. Don't say you can't if you haven't tried. Dad, take your sister, go. We'll protect you."

Hearing that Natasha could only nod and ran out with Lucas's hand. There was one horse that had been separated from its master. One of the guards helped them to board.

     "Daughter, please take care of your safety with the prince. Now the future of Beverly's kingdom is in your hands!"

The guard then hit the horse in the back to run forward.

Lucas was already crying as he shouted to the king and queen.

     "Yahuw, ayaaah. Don't leave Lucasss!"

     "Lucas, stop crying. Now we are in a precarious situation. You're gonna make you can't focus!"

Even so, Natasha was originally more devastated especially after hearing their words. It was as if everyone knew that this would happen sometime.

Natasha sensed a single negative energy following them, she continued to increase the speed of the horse's run. He did not even care if he had to be injured, provided they could arrive at the destination safely.

Suddenly Natasha did not feel that negative energy anywhere. He decided to slow down the horse. They also came out of the forest with a feeling of relief.

      "Sister, what about mom and dad? They're coming back, right?" lucas asked with tears in his eyes.

      "They must have returned, for they were the king and queen of the kingdom of Beverly. They have a responsibility to destroy their people."

Natasha had been holding back crying, she was trying hard to make her sister believe. After a few hours they finally arrived at the village. Many residents who saw the condition of Natasha's clothes torn due to hit by a wooden branch.

     "God, what happened to the princess?"

     "Why is Prince Lucas crying?"

They could only ask without daring to get close. Upon arrival at the gate, the guards immediately ran towards the princess.

     "Daughter, prince. What the hell's going on? Why just ride a horse?"

Natasha reluctantly replies and chooses to enter, but before that she takes the time to tell them to take Lucas to her room.

      "Please take Lucas to his room, I don't want to be disturbed!"

Lucas looked at Natasha with a confused feeling. If both of their parents are coming back, then why does the girl seem to be not excited at all?

      "Uncle, mom and dad will be fine, right?" the question made them confused.

      "What happened to the prince?"

They finally took Lucas while listening to his story.

     "So while on the street, there was a noise outside the horse-drawn carriage. Keep dad same mom said to me and sister Natasha go from there on horseback. I also had a chance to see the uncle who brought us there was no longer breathing."

With that, they were shocked.

     "Tell the chief of this emergency, we must be able to save the king and the queen. Hurry along!"

Lucas could only see the guards running there and here.

     "Uncle, why do they all look so busy?"

     "Prince, listen to me. In the next few years the prince will understand what is happening now. The prince will take me to the room to clean up and rest. Please always be by the princess' side."

On the other hand Natasha seemed to be crying. He covered his face with a pillow. He locked the door with a few taps from his personal servant.

      "Daughter, are you okay? Please speak up, we're all worried about your condition."

Natasha is still crying. What makes him so miserable?

In her real life, Natasha is an orphan and she has lived with her grandmother since childhood. However, her grandmother returned to follow her parents when she entered college. So imagine how long he hasn't felt my love from the parents?

The door opened with a display of Natasha's already messy state. His eyes were swollen from crying earlier, even his tears still wet the pillow.

Natasha's known personal servant Rose begins to approach.

     "God, princess, what exactly happened until you cried like this."

No matter how long Natasha slept, she woke up and looked around. There's Rose as a personal servant, Lucas and an elderly couple.

      "Natasha, my granddaughter finally woke up. Come on, baby, you gotta fill your belly. It's not good to fall asleep on an empty stomach."

Lucas noticed his brother's appearance.

      "Brother eyes why? Who hit my sister?"

Natasha was still silent and watching them.

      "I'm gonna take a shower, please leave me alone."

Natasha finally got up from there, Rose then helped the girl to take off her clothes.

     "I'll get the water ready."

     "Grandmother, who's made my sister's eyes swollen?" asked Lucas plainly.

     "Honey, we're out first, yeah. Your brother needs time to be alone, come on. Grandma's gonna make Lucas the most delicious cake."

     "Well, really? Asiick!"

After the incident, news of the king and queen Beverly's death spread rapidly. Many suspect that they died under the pressure of fighting back.

There are many rumors about who the real culprit is. Though they knew very well, the king of Beverly had the best magic power of the other kings. If it comes to killing them, it means the culprit is clearly higher in magic.

It had been about three days that Natasha had not shown herself outside, even when the imperial family came she was eager to show herself.

      "I can't keep doing this. There are a lot of people who need a new driver. Mom and dad must have expected this to happen, so let's get up."

Natasha walked towards the mirror, looking at her who looked quite chaotic.

     "I can't meet nobles with this kind of appearance."

After finishing the bath and changing clothes, Natasha rushed out. He opened the door wide, leaving the guards shocked.

      "Please tell the nobles in the meeting room, I'll be a little late coming!"

      "Good."

Natasha walked towards the kitchen, she saw some maids cooking. Right, it's noon now and it's time for lunch.

     "Please immediately serve your meal on the table."

They were shocked to see Natasha standing in the kitchen doorway.

      "Good princess!"

Natasha walked back to the meeting room. He knows, although his performance will still be reduced, but he promises to keep this kingdom at the stake of his life.

     "Princess Natasha Beverly entered the room!"

The open door displays the figure of Natasha who at that time looks different. Some nobles who had never seen Natasha's real face were amazed to see her beauty. He sat where his father used to sit.

     "Sorry to keep you waiting. So let's just get started."

     "Look at the princess, we had a discussion about making a statue of the king and queen in the main courtyard. At least our successors will be curious and find out about it. Their services were too much to leave memories for us and the villagers."

     "Yes, princess. The king has brought peace to this land so that many of his people are prosperous."

Natasha simply nodded at their opinion.

      "I agree. Please make a statue of him, for the cost, let me talk to the grand duke."

Suddenly a man takes over the conversation.

     "Sorry before the princess, we also had a chance to discuss about the change of king. Considering the seat of the royal leader should not be too long empty."

Natasha was still watching without a smile.

       "Looking at the young princess and her education is also unresolved, what if the royal leader is replaced by my son. His age was enough to bring the country to a more peaceful age and the princess could focus on education. After the princess education is over, then the position will be returned!"

Natasha is a girl who doesn't trust strangers too much. Yes, to him those who were sitting with him right now were strangers.

Some nobles seem to disagree, they also look unhappy with the remark.

     "If you want to make your son king, then you can meet the previous king and ask his permission."

They were all shocked by Natasha's words.

      "I can't give that important position to someone I obviously don't know very well. My father has left this country to me, asking me to be the leader in his place. I will certainly obey him, we do not know what your plan is when you have managed to get the position."

Hearing that, he was only able to smile. It was also difficult to negotiate with Natasha.

     "Not so princess. You have to finish your education first so an-"

      "I still have a grandfather, a former king before my father. So my grandfather can lead this country until my education is over. All right, enough meetings to get here."

After the meeting was over, everyone returned to their respective residences. In one of the mansions, a family gathers.

      "So we failed to get into that position, dad?" ask a man with black hair.

      "The girl was not stupid. Now all we have to do is get rid of whoever will be the temporary successor even if it's the previous king."

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