Selena sat on her balcony, gazing up at the half-moon in the night sky. She absentmindedly took the tea that Stanley handed to her and sipped it, then handed it back to him. "Don't worry about me," she said softly. "I'll find him eventually."
With that, she walked over to the fountain and stood there, looking up at the moon with a longing in her eyes.
Stanley watched her silently from behind as she suddenly stumbled and fell towards the ground. He caught her easily in his arms and carried her back to their bedroom.
He helped Selena out of her shoes and tucked her into bed before kissing her forehead gently. Then he left quietly, instructing their servants not to disturb Selena's rest unless absolutely necessary.
As he walked out of the palace gates into the starry night sky a year later, Stanley looked up at the stars with dark eyes filled with regret. "Please forgive me," he whispered under his breath as he disappeared into darkness.
On a warm afternoon, in the luxurious palace, the sound of tables and chairs clashing could be heard. In front of her subjects, Her Majesty the Queen was squatting on a table, hugging a pillar with no expression on her face while Emperor urged the maidservants to "catch it quickly!" The maidservants hurriedly searched every corner of the hall without leaving any gap.
A young man with black hair walked in elegantly and saw this chaotic scene. He raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's going on?"
The maidservant took a moment to answer his question. "Two cockroaches appeared out of nowhere this afternoon and scared Her Majesty."
It was no secret that since childhood, Queen Selena had been afraid of bugs. When she was younger, seeing bugs would make her panic and scream for everyone to catch them. As she grew older, she learned to endure it but still couldn't shake off her fear completely.
At first glance, there seemed to be nothing unusual about her now but her actions were far from ladylike. If there were any place for her to climb up along the pillar all the way up onto the wall if it weren't for lack of foothold in that area.
While maidservants were busy catching bugs Stanley cleared his throat lightly as he walked over towards Selena extending his hand saying,"Your Highness there are no insects here come down." Just as Selena was about to come down from table she looked down only see another black cockroach being caught by one of maid servants from behind chair which made all hairs stand up at once.
She climbed up the column without any expression, seemingly calm but actually going crazy inside.
"Ahhhhhhh! How can there be such a terrifying creature like bugs in this world?!"
That someone, someone, someone still hasn't come to help her catch the bug. Ugh!
Suddenly, Selena was stunned by a thought. "Who is that someone?"
Stanley looked at her helplessly as she hung on the column like a koala bear. He was both angry and amused. "Selena, come down and let's go have lunch outside."
Reluctantly climbing down from the pillar with her dress in hand, Selena walked out of the palace with what seemed to be an elegant but swift pace.
On the emerald green lawn, maidservants arranged lunch one after another.
Stanley pulled out a chair for Selena who washed her hands before sitting down at the table.
A plate of celery was placed in front of Selena which made Stanley furrow his brows and glare at the maid with a hint of severity. "Don't you know that Her Majesty doesn't eat celery?"
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