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silvershadow1711 · 7 years ago

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Nerr sighed quietly as she looked at the plate of half eaten food. Felicia had done exceptionally well this time, only burning one or two things, but... she had no appetite. The courtyard of Castle Krakenburg was a vision of beauty, and given that today was one of the few balmy days Nohr enjoyed, the princess had given into her spur of the moment decision to have an impromptu picnic during tea, but... she had begun to regret that. Camilla had taken Elise to Cyrkensia for a bout of shopping, Leo was in Windmire, speaking to the heads of several noble houses, Xander and Gunther were enduring another levee... this wasn't a picnic. It was her, eating alone. Again. As usual. She reached for her glass of sparkling wine and downed it in one gulp. Almost half the bottle was gone.

Her servants were busy with other duties, her retainers had lives of their own outside her, and she could not begrudge them that, but... She had just returned from Freesia to what felt like an empty house. Even the maids and gaurds who darted through the courtyard heading to wherever gave her a wide berth, whispering behind their hands. Nerr closed her eyes, comtemplating how long it would take to get back to the "lonely" Northern Citadel if she started walking now...

"Oh! Hello, Princess Nerr. Would you like more tea?" Jolted from her self pity by a dulcet voice, she looked up to find a maid with a sweet countance smiling down at her. She held a tray laden with food in one hand and a teapot in the other.

"Uhhhh..." The princess responded intelligently. She could have sworn she saw this girl before; pink haired, blue eyed maids weren't that common... "...you serve my brother, yes?"

"Yes, milady, I serve Prince Leo, but that doesn't mean I have to exclude the rest of the royal family." Her gentle voice and eyes made Nerr shrink down on the chaise she sat on; that was not the way she was used to people around the castle looking at her. Most servants pointedly refused to make eye contact with her, either due to a racially charged hatred, or a fear that she might "snap" and revert back to a man eating beast.

"You aren't... scared of me...?" The maid giggled lightly.

"What a silly thing to ask! Why would anyone be scared of you? Everyone in the royal family is so kind and polite..."

"...I suppose..."

"So, tea?" She held up the pot again temptingly. Nerr could not help the smile that tugged at her lips as she lifted her empty cup.

"Please. Oh, I didn't catch your name..."

"It's Rosamund, milady."

"Well, you are a treasure, Rosamund, and the royal family is lucky to have you." The maid flushed almost as darkly as the roses she wore in her hair, though she didn't look displeased at the praise.

When Leo finally returned to the castle a few hours later, Nerr was already waiting for him in his room.

"Gods, Nerr, you almost gave me a heart attack. Can you go one day without being weird?"

"Probably not. I have a proposition for you." The young prince paused in hang up his cloak, slowly turning to face his sister with narrowed eyes.

"...and just what might this proposition be...?" Straightening her back, Nerr put on her negotiation face.

"I would like to, let's say, 'borrow' your maid, Rosamund, for... an unspecified amount of time." Leo stared at her blankly.

"...WHY?"

"Reasons." She answered simply. "In the meantime, to ensure you are not deprived if whatever services she provides for you, you can have Jakob."

"I'd rather have syphillis than your ornery jackass of a butler. Why do you want Rosamund; you already have a maid."

"I want a matching set!"

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(Sorry for the fanfic, I just got that in my head)

Finally finished coloring this for @news14-arts. God, I wish I had a scanner, because my phone cam is shit. There's nothing I hate more than using pure black to color, but I really don't know enough about coloring with pencils to use other colors...

#fe fates #nerr (fatesona)#rosamund (fatesona)#i have never used that much red before

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