Within the Nishi royal palace.
The Emperor of the Nishi vassal empire was busy flipping through a pile of paperwork in his office when suddenly someone rudely slammed his door wide open.
*Bang*
"YOUR HIGHNESS PLEASE! HIS MAJESTY WISHES NOT TO BE DIST-!"
*Bang*
Before the servant could finish her shouting, the rude girl just slammed the door in her face. However, in spite of this rude behavior before the ruler of the nation, the Emperor Nishida Hideshi's expression only softened into a heartwarming smile as tears of joy ran down his cheeks.
"Little Ki-! *Thud* Ugh!"
Interrupting the emperor's words, the young girl hopped over the desk at an astonishing speed, throwing all the neat stacks of paper on the floor as she tackled his stomach with a hug.
"Papa!"
This 16-year-old, purple haired girl was the favorite princess of the Nishi emperor, as well as the purple menace that has plagued the Dark Empire's capital for the last 2 years, Nishida Kiko the 3rd princess of the Nishi vassal Empire.
"Little Kiko! Papa was so worried! How is your body? You're not hurt anywhere? Did they do anything mean or weird to you? It's okay to tell your Papa!" The emperor said in a worried tone as he kept looking her up and down in worry.
"*sniffle* Papa! Little Kiko has been wronged!" She said as she started crying like a child in her father's arms.
"Hmph! THAT DAMN DARK LORD! HE SWORE HE WOULDN'T LAY AS MUCH AS A FI-!"
"NO! It wasn't hubby! It was someone else!" Kiko said, cutting off her father's angry rant.
"Hm? What?! Then who?! WHO HAS THE GALL TO BULLY THIS EMPEROR'S SWEET WITTLE PRINCESS!!!"
Princess Kiko just gestured for her father to come closer so she could whisper it in his ear.
"HM?!"
*Whisper*
"Oh! How joyous! My darling girl ha-!"
*Whisper*
"SHE DID WHAT?!"
*Whisper*
"HAS SHE NO SHAME?!"
By the end of her little whispers, the emperor had gone completely red in the face from anger of what he had been told.
*Sniffle*
His anger only made worse by the tearful expression of his only beloved daughter as he was about to storm out in a rage, only to fall back in his chair.
*Thud*
*Huff*
*Puff*
"Oh, I may be a nascent soul, but I fear this level of anger is bad for my heart!" The emperor said as he started clutching at his chest.
"Papa?"
"Don't you worry, little Kiko! Papa will take care of everything and make that evil woman pay for stealing something that was meant to be yours! Speaking of which! Do you remember that greedy witch, papa used to tell you about? The one that stole from your papa!"
"Hm? *sniffle*"
"We are about to find where she hid papa's treasures!"
"Huh? Really?!" Kiko exclaimed in excitement.
"Yup! We just need to wait until your evil half-sister stops being greedy and tells us where she hid it!"
"Huh? Half-sister? But I thought Momo was gone?"
"Hehe! Silly, little Kiko! That thing was the 2nd princess! You are the 3rd! So, of course there must be a 1st! That is who papa's talking about!"
Kiko started looking grumpy after hearing her father's words.
"Oh! What's wrong little Kiko? Why is papa's little princess not happy! Pwease tell papa, or you're gonna make papa cwy!"
"I don't want to be the 3rd anymore! I want to be the 1st princess!"
"Pft! HAHAHAHAHA!"
"DON'T LAUGH!" She complained.
"Sorry, little Kiko! Certainly, from now on, you are the 1st princess of the Nishi Empire! Is that better!"
"YAY! I LOVE YOU PAPA!" She shouted as she gave her father a joyful hug.
…
As the father and daughter,
laughed and played,
below the banter,
a neglected girl rots away.
A mother never met,
For a father never was,
A child of regret,
Fostered by loss.
A child of misfortune,
Taught in evil tongue,
A fate out of tune,
From what has been sung.
Victim of Mammon,
And choirs of doom,
The horseman of Famine,
Be born very soon.