The Queen's Plan and A Mother's Love

After the feast, maids cleaned up the banquet venue. The king and queen retreated to their chamber room. But the queen look very worried. His son the crown prince, Mikhail make her worried more and more about the his future and the future of the kingdom. Mikhail's behavior became worse and worse as he got older. Today is Mikhail's 16th birthday.

Until Mikhail's 15 years old, she never careless about what Mikhail gonna do as he was the only kingdom's prince. Mikhail was very talented in magic and athletic in swordsmanship. Many knights praised his swordsmanship, many praised his minds. He never made anyone worry about him. But after his 15th birthday, he started to change.

One year has passed. At first glance, she thought it was just rebellious phase of his but no. It lasted until now, Mikhail's 18th birthday.

The king just get out of his bath. He noticed right away when the Queen's worries started to show on her face since the start of the feast earlier when Mikhail came late to his own birthday feast.

The king approached her and spoke. "What troubleth thee, Vasilisa, my dearest? What stirreth thy spirit with such care?"

As he spoke, candles flicker in the room. The queen steps forward to her husband, her presence serene yet intimidating. The queen named Vasilisa calm herself down. Every word carries weight. She answered him. "My lord, 18 years has passed since the birth of our second boy. Our first son passed away in battle sacrificing himself to protect civilians from Bestie (Beasts) Rush  3 years ago. His fall also cause our second son changed. Three years have passed, and the crown weighs heavier with each day that our heir shirks his duty. It is no longer a matter of indulgence or mercy—our son must be molded into the prince this kingdom deserves."

"You speak with the wisdom of our ancestors, my dearest. But what would you propose?"

"I shall see to it that Mikhail comprehends the gravity of his station. Through discipline, trials, and lessons both arduous and unforgiving, he shall learn what it truly means to rule. If he fails to rise, the throne will demand it of him, one way or another. He will suffer by experiencing harsher reality than now. "

Her gaze lingers on the distant portrait of their son when he still 5 years old. Softening for a heartbeat, then sharpening into icy resolve, she resolved to mold the prince into a king worthy of the throne. She then touched her husband's face and said  "The wolf (Volkov) must awaken within him, lest the kingdom, its civilian and our son suffer for our leniency."

She then whispered her plan how to rehabilitate their son. 

Meanwhile, in Mikhail's room, the only ones that left in the room are Mikhail (Renji) and Misha (Tsukiko). Still confused by what Anastasia said, he just laid himself on the bed.

Seeing Renji laid himself on the bed, Tsukiko also laid her body beside him on the bed as she need to fulfill her duty as Misha the maid. If she dont, people will suspect them. A ridiculous castle tradition indeed in that world. A maid must be 24/7 besides their appointed master.

"Why are you on the bed?"

"I need to act like I'm Misha or else people will realize that I'mma a fake."

"There is no one here right now, you know? Forget it, you take the bed. I will sleep on the sofa"

As he tried to get up from the bed, he was holder back by Tsukiko's hand. She grabbed his hand with her hand. She pulled the hand that she grabbed. Renji fell on the bed as a consequence of her action.

"Just sleep on the bed, Ren-chan. I don't care if it's you. After all, we're a couple now, remember?" she said with an alluring voice. "It's been a while since we sleep with each others. Lay on the bed, talk all night and play games together."

Renji sighed and didn't want to resist anymore.  Facing each other, they started appreciate each other's face. Renji started to touch her with his hands.

" Why are you cute? I don't know that my girlfriend is so cute like this."

"Of course! I'm the cutest girl in the world after all! You're lucky to get me as me as your (life) partner. My turn!"

As she said that, she messed up his hair. His wolf cut hair even though he's a cat (neko=cat — his name is Shironeko. Shironeko= White cat) with his peekaboo hair color of white on top and grey underneath. It really made him has a wolf vibe. She knew that he's more handsome when his hair was a mess. That's why she always tidy up his hair to hide his lone wolf handsome vibe from other girls at school. She knew that it was her jealousy but she still wanted to monopolize him to herself.

As they play around, a figure spoke to them. "Ahem. Good evening, Shironeko Renji. or should I say 'myself from another world' ?"

Surprised by his voice, both Renji and Tsukiko got up from the bed and looked at whose the voice belongs to.

He was there— sitting on  the chair at the study table facing toward them. His sudden appearance don't surprise them much as until they saw his face and figure. He looks exactly like Shironeko Renji!

"Who are you? Why you look exactly like me?" Renji shouted. Renji also hid Tsukiko behind his body. Tsukiko got scared as the mysterious doppelganger appeared without any notice while having same figure and face as her partner but taller and older.

"Whoa, whoa. No need to be so cautious! As for who am I, I think you should know it yourself." The doppelganger said to Renji.

"Stop beating around the bush!! Just tell me straight to the point!"

"As I said in my greeting, you are me from another world. And I'm you from this world. I am Mikhail Ivanovich Volkov. Oh yeah! Did you realize that you don't speak in any fancy way anymore since you was not around other people except me and your partner?"

When he said that, Renji just realized about it. He's been speaking normally when alone with Tsukiko and this doppelganger.

" I'm gonna be straight to the point. I summoned you to this world to replace myself as the crown prince. I need you to save this kingdom as the crown prince. There will be more hardship incoming. I will teach everything that you and your partner need to know."

"Why should I trust you?" Renji asked Mikhail.

"Because I'm older than you?" Mikhail said jokingly.

"Fuck you!! Do you think you're my older siblings?!" Renji yelled as he remembered all the chores that he needed to do in his house. His older siblings (Hina and Daiichi) keep ordering him around.