Raised From The Wild-Chapter 195: The Lunatic King

Amaya’s cell phone vibrated. The guard has sent her a message.

Guard: There are hidden cameras in your bedroom including the bathroom. The camera is installed on the tower rack. If you want to take a bath, you can pretend to accidentally cover it with a towel. Be careful. I’ll meet you in the garden at the back of the villa. It should be a safe place.

Amaya’s lips twitched. How could they install a camera in the bathroom? The servant came out of the bathroom. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Your bath is ready princess. Please enjoy."

"What is your name?" Amaya asked.

"My name is Manna, Princess." The servant said shyly.

"Manna, has someone ever lived in this villa? This is very beautiful and luxurious." Amaya glanced around the room as if to emphasize how she liked it. The room was bigger than the one she has in Asteria Palace. The white villa has two storeys. The living room was huge and elegant. The furniture were top notched. The curtains at the living room were made of expensive silk.

"This courtyard belonged to the former queen, Princess."

Amaya froze. ’This is the former queen’s chamber? Then why is Zanzara not here?’

"Princess, your bath is getting cold." Manna reminded her.

Amaya was pulled out of her daze. She stepped into the bathroom. A bathrobe was hanging at the back of the door. She placed it folded on her hand while she took in her surroundings. The rectangular bathtub was filled to the brim and rose petals floated on top of the inviting water. There was also a pleasant smell as a scented candle burned in the corner.

Amaya took off her shirt. Then she remembered what her guard told her. She tossed her shirt casually on the rack covering a silver pinhead camera inconspicuously placed at the inside bracket of the towel rack. She spread the bathrobe and hung it on the rack before she took off the remainder of her clothes. She stepped into the bathtub and submerged herself in the fragrant and relaxing water.

On the second floor of the main building of the palace, a certain someone was looking at the occupied rooms of the palace. All of the rooms were installed with spy cameras and bugged. That was how the King caught some spies and traitors among his people. His hand moved and tapped on the screen to zoom it in.

Princess Amaya entered the bathroom and looked pleased. She removed her shirt with ease. King Ralden swallowed when Amaya faced him, or rather the camera, with just a bra and her denims. She tossed her shirt to him. The cloth covered the camera and everything went black.

"Damn! What rotten luck." He cursed. He could hear the sound of the water splashing and hear her humming a happy tune. He shifted his focus on the other rooms and found the other ladies were also submerged and enjoying the bathtub. He found no interest in them. His gaze went back to the white villa which showed only a black screen.

Someone knocked on the door. He stepped out of the control room and he pressed his thumb on a hidden scanner installed on the wall. The room with many monitors was gone and a wall appeared. That was his secret room. Only a few of his most trusted aides know about the secret room.

"Your Majesty, these are the important papers waiting for your signature." The man in his early fifties passed him a stack of documents. After scanning them and them giving it a thought, he signed three and returned the other five to his assistant.

"Tell them to redo their lousy job or otherwise, they will be fired." The king roared and the man left trembling. He looked at his watch. When the sunlight hit it, the twelve diamond studs reflected the rays of he sun making the watch appear so beautiful and very expensive.

Amaya finished her bath. She asked the maid to pass to her the clothes that she prepared and laid on the bed. The maid complied politely. Amaya already changed into her clothes when she came out of the bathroom. She was wearing a simple dress. The skirt reached her ankle. The sleeves only covered her upper arm so, most of her face and arms were exposed. She happily went down to the kitchen. She pushed the door and could not help but gasped when she was greeted by the colorful flowers of different sizes and varieties. The princess

"How did you get there?" Amaya shouted at him.

The guard moved to her direction, but she said in a loud voice. "Don’t come over. I’ll go to you. There is a swing behind your back. It looks beautiful and tempting." Amaya followed the cobbled path to go to the guard.

"I want to go to the swing. It looks very inviting."

The guard nodded as he helplessly follow her to the swing.

"I asked someone to disable the camera in your bathroom. You can pretend to wet a towel and hang the dripping ta owel on rack so they will not suspect us of intentionally destroying the camera." The guard said gritting his teeth.

"Who would be so sick to do such a pervert thing? Do you think I should warn my cousins?" Amaya asked in a concerned voice.

The guard was only concerned about her safety He did not care what happened to the others.

"We cannot be reckless. They will be in more danger if the people behind this knows that we are aware there are hidden cameras. This is also their territory. Just pretend that you don’t know anything. Just be careful when you are in the bedroom. Don’t forget to use the door chain as safety precaution.

"Do you think, the king knows about this, or it is just the people on the security team."

The guard’s eyes turned dark behind his lenses.

"Who knows if it is his idea. That man is a lunatic."

They reached the swing. The guard carefully checked the chain that supported the wooden board if there were no issued on safety. He also checked for cameras or bugs.

Amaya sat on the wooden board. The guard started pushing the swing. Everytime she cames back, he would push her farther.

Amaya gigled. As she flew higher, her giggles turned into laughter.

The guard stopped pushing. Amaya turned her head to look at him.

"Why di you stop pushing?" She mouthed.

"The swing will break if I continue to push." the guard explained.

Fnally the swing stopped moving. Amaya wanted to scold the guard because she wanted to swing some more."

"Princess Amaya, dinner is ready. It was served early so you can rest early for tomorrow."

Amaya nodded. "Then lead the way, Manna. This palace is so huge it is easy to get lost."

"The layout is just simple. It is difficult to get lost." Manna was a chatterbox.

Amaya and her royal guard followed her. Not long after, two guards popped out of the flower garden.

"Damm, these flowers are killing me. I am allergic to pollen. Let’s catch up with them and no matter what, I am no longer hiding. I will declare myself as the chosen royal guard for the safety."

Manna lead them to the primary dining room. The hall was very spacious. King Ralden and her cousin Zanzara were already there.

Amaya cast her cousin a look of warning but she ignored her. Tonight , I will be the star of this show.’ Zanzara bragged.

Dinner was served. The King sat at the head of the table. Zanzara was seated to the left of the king while Amaya was on his right. Amaya’s royal guard who was standing nearby frowned. He was wondering why King Raldren wanted Amaya to take the place for the queen. His gaze darkened whe he saw the king paying close attention to Amaya.

"Princess , which particular food do you like to eat?"

"Fried chicken, " Amaya answered without any hesitation.

"Fried chicken hmmm.. Interesting." King Ralden said in his usual deep magnetic voice.

"By the way, Your Majesty, I saw a mother and child pair earlier begging for money from a car."

King Ralden’s hand froze mid-air. ’Fuck. Useless driver. He could not even keep her from dirrty people.’ he cursed silently.

"I am sorry that you have to see those, Princess. I think every country have beggars on the streets and homeless people. We put up orphanages but there is not enough."

"I saw a little girl, maybe she was just ten years old, holding a little baby in her arms and begging for money..."

"Ahh, I see." King Ralden cut her short. "Those are organized syndicates. Their targets are the soft-hearted people like you. I hope you did not give her money because the money will not go to the girl."

It was Amaya’s turn to freeze.

"I gave her money." She said softly as if she was caught doing something wrong.