As always, everything’s going wrong. My hopes resolve themselves but always in the worst possible way, I'm really starting to doubt that this isn't divine intervention. But again, maybe it was, to put myself to the test.

Now, as usual, I’m under the obligation to bear it and deal with it.

“Hero you were there?! Don’t worry I’m aware of your situation, I will save you. You thugs, your price will be mine, so don't waste time negotiating. How much?”

The voice’s owner was well known to me, a young adult of my age, in an expensive Victorian dress, with slender proportions, she has long and wavy blond hair, almost white. She gave off feelings of greatness and kindness.

“Ahem, Lucies, I’m not a prisoner anymore technically speaking. But how the hell were you aware of my predicament?”

“... State secrets. … Well, something like that, I was spying on a certain someone, and heard rumors about your being.”

“This someone wouldn’t be a depraved oily fat baldy perchance?”

“So you know of him already?”

“Yup, I could attend one of his ‘situation reports’ thanks to our dear friends here. Lucas, let me introduce you to Lucie, the key to all your present problems.” And the future binding lock of mine.

“Hehe, hi, nice to meet you, Princess Lucie at your service. <3”

Can’t you be normal? We’re not in a show, and there is no crow to look at you, why do you have to wave your hand like that. Well, anything would be a facade anyway, why am I bothered. Not like this childish air will affect anyone.

“Hey, hello missy, are you a gift from heaven? Or did it send you personally? Otherwise, how could our names be so similar? I’m Lucas, handsome thug in redemption of mature age, a bit perverted but caring, and most importantly, celibate and ready to found a family. Yould you be interested by any chance?”

Or not, my bad, it did, nice play, you just get yourself yet another fool to your feet already. If I had water in my mouth, I would have choked. Fortunately I had none. Instead, I suffocated by brutal acid reflux caused by an irresistible urge to reject all I could, as I couldn’t deny what I just heard.

“Yuck! You! Are yo-uugh- , are you kidding me!!!?”

…

Nearly throwing up, It took me a good minute to recover from lucas' idiocy, before redoing the scene from the beginning again.

“Sorry, let’s start over, Lucas, this is Lucie, the princess, Lucie Rémania Olest, from the famous south kingdom of… well, Rémania. Family name’s Olest, from the actual current ruling family, she is the real deal, not a missy, even less a girl of our level, so could you please not be so familiar?”

You are at least twice as old, I knew you were a pervert, but is that your type? Noble délicate and clumsy princesse?

No wonder you are still a brigand, she’s not something you would come upon with another profession. Anyway, a gift? She’s more like a curse, despite her innocent appearance, she has more blood on her hands than most professional murderers would, and that’s not the worst about her.

“Oh…. Sorry, nothing ventured, nothing gained, your voice sounded delicate and your face is enchanting, please pardon my rudeness.”

“Excuse accepted, I’m not petty and your compliments go straight to my heart. Sadly, as I’m not that unreachable as the hero said, I’m just already into someone right here. But I’m happy you’d ask, frank and direct speaking is what we miss the most down here.”

“By here you mean…”

“Yes! She’s into me, do not pay attention, she’s like that and already knows my answer. ”

“So you finally resolved yourself! Good, I’ll tell father to prepare for our grand wedding behind closed doors.”

How do you wish to have both a grand wedding and a closed door one? You want to display it openly while disguising myself for another?

Not gonna happen, you’re not even crazy like the other two, just downright stubborn and addicted to the impossible. You, from every single possibility on this planet, won’t ever make my heart move, nor my body. I just can’t, and you know it.

“NO I DIDN’T, please refrain from any more jokes, I’m already married and devoted to my wives.”

I wish she would stop there. Beside the recent addition of Anna, my new pursuer, I have already had my hand full with Lily and my mysterious first wife. It's getting tough. Until I resolve Anna’s unknown attachment toward me, I can’t cope with more.

“So, what is the situation? I thought you were in need of help and was so happy to save you, for you would’ve been indebted, but it seems you’re fine. From which issues am I supposed to be the solution to? Still about our piggy friends?”

“Yup, besides, you seem to know him well, an executive of your kingdom?”

“Nah, if only, that’s our minister of external affair”

“... Seriously?”

“I’m dead serious.”

“I assume you are aware of his… trend and inclination? ”

“And not just a little” She’s on ne peut plus sincere, why the fuck do you have this animal working as a minister?

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“He’s good at his job, and stupid enough to let us use him against other countries. Well he was, recently, we found he was a tad more shabby and scummy than we thought?”

???? He reeks of dishonesty and ill intention, and his whole being is a display of malice and depravity. Just… How? Were you not a genius who always knows everything about yours and everyone else's country?

“Well, I knew, of course, but he really was a good pawn, with atrocious fetishes, but still usable. All I needed was to make sure he didn’t fall any more than that, and get him the girls he lacked, all spies on my payroll, willing and well remunerated.”

And how did he get the chance to sink that much?

“That, I don’t know, I really didn’t expect it, troublesome indeed. One day as if out of nowhere, he became his current self, I mean, over the years I spent by your side. Upon my grand return, he was changed.”

Can you please stop reading my mind? And don't say anything which could be misinterpreted.

“I didn’t read your thoughts, They’re all painted over your face. And then? Are you gonna deny all the time we spent together, hero?”

Princess, please become my wi--

“I accept!”

SO YOU DID!

“Ahem, s’cuse me your majesty, but could you stop this crazy monologue? I don’t have the capacity to speak with the mind, as much as I would like it.” Lucas, who seemed totally lost but had waited patiently until now, finally understood what was going on and allowed himself to remind us that we were not alone.

“You don’t have to, I’m joking, I do have this talent, but this requires the presence of both parties to work. The hero is really just too easy to read. ”

“Sorry, Lucas, she's the queen of manipulation, so I got caught as usual. Although I have doubts about the last part.” Was I that easy to read?

After a brief interruption wondering if I was imagining things, I continued my sentence “Nevermind, so what was that all about?”

“To be honest, I only have theories. But I’m pretty sure my minister is no longer himself. I don’t know who and how, but he seems to be another person since at most 4 years ago.”

“What makes you say that? Couldn’t it be that he just had an existential crisis?”

“Some clues don't lie, his fetishes are way too different, he used to be an hardcore M… Now he harshly trains illegal slaves and he doesn't stop himself from hurting them. He dosn’t go as far as torture, but that’s about the only thing they are spared from .”

... I see

“Soon after my return I became wary of him, but he became hard to manage, my spies were all gone, or thanked for their service and fired. He obtained a whole training facility from nowhere, and he now has his own source of staff, it has been a pain in the ass to try and send in a new spy. It’s only been a while, and I found out, among other things, about you, hero, nearly as soon as I succeeded, if that's not a sign, you should reconsider my marriage proposal.”

“Yes yes, I will, when we will be the only two beings still alive in the world, and yet my answer will not change.”

“How cold… Anyway, when I heard of you, I hacked his means of communication and here I am. I don't know much more, the rest is still under investigation. What about you?”

…

In the end, the most knowledgeable person was still Lucas. Once again, but without the wine and the unnecessary interruptions, he made a quick summary, explained our situation and plan, and our slave problem. Then followed an exchange of information, by exchange, I mean, where Lucie asked and Lucas answered.

It was supposed to be used to guarantee his survival, but because she was delighted to put her hand on that gold mind effortlessly, she gave him her royal word to keep him alive, regardless of his crime.

She would consider an adequate punishment later on.

Luck was definitely on his side because once finished, she went as far as to propose to him an employment for the next few years, to help her dig into what was hidden behind all this. This should allow him to redeem himself.

She has an eye to see talent and Lucas was indeed a perfect tool she could use. Clever and knowledgeable, he was already working on the file.

I wish he could make her busy enough when it would be all over. At that time, I would need her to forget me for a moment, a few minutes, perhaps an hour, would suffice for me and Lily to escape her grasp, and a week to flee outside her area of influence.

…

The next couple of days quickly went by, fortunately, Lucie intervention was helpful, she did have a proficient mage on hand, capable of breaking or altering contracts. She gave the order and sent it to our location, it should arrive on time, and would wait near the bandit hideout for us to do the cleaning before steping in. Moreover, she would send spies to the town to uncover those of others.

Lily and Anna were informed of the situation immediately after our unexpected call, and Lily used available time to recover almost completely from her injuries. As for Anna, she made preparations and modifications to the shifting plant and assignments of the working staff, so as to gather the other slaves together in multiple closed places.

This would prevent them from hindering us, and guarantee their safety. It was also necessary to prevent them from fleeing too, if one of them ever received the order to contact his master in the case of an unexpected event.

Me? I chilled, or rather, I worked hard to not lose my cool and change my thoughts before the fateful moment. Causing a scene now or after, and falling into lust would endanger the operation. As I would be fighting with the captives…

Almost naked, I was doomed to receive a batch of irresistible visions. As if that wasn't enough, I had to hold on for at least two more weeks after that, not including the current one! Because the work would not stop with the sole dismantling of the site and capture of the bandits.

We already had a second job ordered by our dear Lucie, following one of her schemes to catch the minister off guard.

At least, The first part remained the same, except that a second section was now outlined, after taking control of the location, we would fake the intended shipment to his employer, and make our way to him.

It would be useful if successful, to serve as evidence of crime, and formally arrest him.

***

“My name’s Lucas, only two letters apart from her majesty’s. Our first encounter was like a thunderbolt, but not dictated by love, although I did find her marvelous at that time, that wasn’t what I meant, even if I did ask her for her hand on the spot. Everything was but an error, only a side effect of her greatness and mesmerizing figure.

I quickly realized my stupidity but she gently rejected me without letting me make excuses, without laughing or making fun of me. As to not hurt my feelings, she even used her own love as justification and apologized instead. Her face was pure, and her golden crown of hair radiated all over the dark room, filling it with light.

She was still only a princess at that time, yet she already had a Queen aura. I won’t display what brought me to come face to face with her, because it’s not worth it. All you need to know is that I was a bad guy, a villain, I had never done anything deserving a good treatment.

But it didn’t prevent her from giving me forgiveness, without knowing my wrongdoings or past. On a whim, she changed my life, gave me a job, a goal, and accepted me as I was. She never asks me to correct my bad sides or habits to this day, and I continue to serve her loyally thanks to these.

I Will forever remember that day, when I met our majesty. She was like a god, predestined to rule me, along with this kingdom’s people.”

between human and god, the silken ruler - testimony of greatness. unknown author

taken from witness report transcript, by OAM (Our Almighty Majesty) fanclub