IT'S BEEN ANOTHER YEAR  since she met the emperor and she finally charms her father by being cute like what any kid would do to their family and let's just say that her father would always spoil her with some toys when the princess is now bored with her other toys and that's where Claude will buy another one for her daughter to play with again and she would also sometimes run to her father's palace and would ask some sweets when her nanny won't give her one at all. let's just say that our princess is now very spoiled and it's all because of her father the emperor.

right now, she's inside her father's office and she's laying on the couch that her father asked Felix to put inside his office as he always sees his daughter having a habit of laying around the palace. she kept thinking about the story she's in and what will happen to Athanasia now that she exists and have an immortal or internal name that is only for the future king or queen. she let out a groan of frustration and started punching the air as her father looks at her curious about what was happening to her daughter to suddenly punch the air.

"antanasia," he called the girl as she got startled and look at her father. "yes daddy?" she said as she sit down to look at her father.

Claude stop writing to give all his attention to his lovely daughter and then spoke again. "my birthday is coming up soon and I wanted to know if you want anything to do at that event." a spark was seen in Nas' eyes when she heard what her father said. "anything?" she asks again which her father just nodded in response.

"then I want to see... a fairy!" she immediately said as she stood up and then started dancing funnily as her father looked at her amused. "a fairy? do you mean a dancer?" she nodded as she stopped dancing "why would you want to see a peasant dancing when I could offer you so much more than that."

she pouted when at what he said then looked away to her father. "but I want to see a fairy with my own eyes..." she started sulking when Claude lift her in his lap and she stared at him, he glanced at her and said. "there are dancers from small countries not far from here. If they receive an invitation as soon as possible they will arrive in time on my birthday, who do you like?"

"siodonna!" she exclaimed. she quickly clamped her mouth shut, as he lifted an eyebrow. "you're quite cheerful about siodonna, how come?" he asked. her eyes suddenly lit up seeing Diana in a flesh. "I heard from the nanny that she saw a beautiful fairy dancing in siodonna so Nas is curious!" she happily said as Claude decided to tease her daughter.

"you seem to like that certain peasant more than your father I'm quite hurt," he muttered calmly with a straight face as Nas immediately shake her head and spoke. " no! I like daddy more! like a lot~." she spread her short arms widely and tried to act adorable. she tried to lift Claude's hand but it was too heavy, and she think Claude noticed her struggle and raised his hand. she placed Claude's hand against her chubby cheeks and looked up at him.

"I love daddy more than anything, does daddy love me too?" she asked innocently. Claude's cold eyes softened a bit. He rubbed his free hand on her hair affectionately. "of course I do, you are my daughter, my reason for living and the queen of my heart." her eyes shot wide in disbelief and flushed in embarrassment at his answer. somehow she thinks is this how it felt like to be loved by someone? It makes her feel... fuzzy and warm.. it felt like home...

"What else do you want?" Claude asked the little girl as she spoke again. "I just want daddy to live happily with Nas and.." Claude stared at her waiting for the girl to finish her statement, she mumbled quietly "and be with someone that makes him happy." she hesitantly looked up to see Claude's reaction. to her utter surprise, his eyebrows were raised and his lips were parted. he looked surprised, a tiny smile crossed oh his face and he said softly. "you have a kind heart, Antanasia. just like your mother and I don't deserve you both." he whispered the last part.

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finally, today is the day when she'll meet Diana and of course, it's her father's day too it's also quite noisy in the emerald palace because of the maids who are running around the palace just to make sure that the princess is looking beautiful on her father's day is what he said to the maids.

It's the day of the banquet, she woke up today like every day only to be dragged to the bath by the maids. she looked at the maids that are running around like headless chickens and yelling at each other frantically. after hours of preparation, she was ready, she stood before the maids who looked very proud at their masterpiece they had also placed a little crown on the left side of her head.

the maids either blushed or had a major nosebleed and soon fell unconscious because of the adorable yet beautiful princess in front of them. Antanasia sweat dropped and chuckled piercing their hearts once more with an imaginary arrow. the head maid, Amana clapped her hands together snapping them all out of their stupors. "alright alright, the princess must be on her way now, his majesty is waiting."

she walked out and saw Felix outside waiting. Felix looked up and got startled by her appearance, the dust of pink covering his cheeks because of her cuteness before he held out a hand for Antanasia.

Antanasia accepted the offered hand and the two went on their way. from the top of the staircase, he saw his father, looking very handsome in formal clothing as he adjusted the cuff of his coat. she went down the stairs to her father, smiling brightly at him.

Claude smirked and decided to tease his daughter. "You're looking quite ugly aren't you?" Antanasia pouted, hitting his legs lightly. "I'm not!" she huffed. crossing her arms and looking away. Claude of course ignored her and instead lift her. "let's get going." they walked to the large double doors. the announcer visibly brightened when he saw the princess, he was ecstatic and so with the loudest voice he have used during an event, he yelled. "make way for his majesty, the emperor Claude De Alger Obelia and her highness, Antanasia De Alger Obelia!"

Claude glanced at Antanasia, feeling slightly proud seeing that his daughter didn't tremble on nervousness despite her face showing no emotions on it. The nobles bowed, chorusing " Blessings and Glory upon the Sun and The First star of Obelia Empire." Claude waved his hand, dismissing them before sitting on his throne and putting his daughter down.

she looked around the crowd trying to spot the person she wants to see when she finally found them. Diana is indeed beautiful in real life when you see her in the flesh! It looks like she's a fairy that comes out of some fairy tale. she looks behind her to see her father looking rather bored on the throne and closing his eyes. she just kept thinking when she snapped out of her thoughts when a figure towered over her frame. she stiffly raised her head to see who it was, and the first thing she saw was breath-taking magenta eyes gleaming with curiosity staring down at her. 'omg, it's Diana in the flesh! is this for real?!' is what she all thinks while still looking at her.

they keep staring at each other until a pair of strong arms picked her up holding her close to their neck. the culprit was none other than her father of this world. Claude said nothing but pinned Diana with his famous glare that could turn anyone's blood turn cold. she glanced at Diana and saw fear visible on her face. Anxiety and rage began to build up in her. 'what's up with him all of sudden?' antanasia thought as she rolled her eyes without anyone seeing that.

the emperor swiftly turned on his heels and walked away while carrying her in his arms. she peeked over his shoulder to see Diana and her heart dropped when she saw sadness wash her face. "dad, who was that?" She asked trying to act dumb. Claude replied with a monotonous voice. "a commoner from siodonna that you wanted to see very badly. your nanny had to find. now listen, Anastasia. If she doesn't meet up to your expectation, tell me and I will let her body rot in prison. he said as antanasia just nodded in fear.

Claude sits on his throne and holds me firmly on his lap with one arm. then he leans his elbow against the armrest and places his chin on his palm, staring at his people with cold eyes. men and women trembled under his gaze. she scanned through the whole ballroom with bored eyes until her met with someone else. a noble with black hair and eyes that is looking at her with a sadistic smirk on his face. she looked at him in shocked as she already can tell who that is 'Anastacius' her uncle and the older brother of her father. they broke eye contact when the dancers from siodonna. the spotlight finally goes to Diana. she danced beautifully like a free spirited bird and drawn everyone to her effortlessly. 

Anastasia glanced at her father and saw the glint in his eyes, he smirked slightly.after the dance, Diana approached them as Nas invited her to visit the palace to have some tea with them sometimes. 

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