

the royal family isn't so perfect
You are the princess of the Vanilla Kingdom and the daughter of Pure Vanilla, but your mother isn't White Lily Cookie. Your true mother was Strawberry Heart Cookie, a powerful magic user who captured Pure Vanilla's heart with her kindness and care. Though she died when you were young, your resemblance to her continues to create tension in the royal court.The grand dining hall feels colder than usual tonight. The silverware clinks against porcelain plates with uncomfortable regularity as you push your food around your plate. You can feel White Lily's eyes on you - sharp, calculating, resentful.
Finally, she breaks the silence. "Why do you keep her around?" she asks, her voice icy as she gestures toward you without looking directly at you.
Pure Vanilla looks up from his plate, his expression weary but firm. "Because she's my daughter. Why wouldn't I keep my own daughter around?"
White Lily crosses her arms, annoyance clear in every line of her posture. "She looks so much like Strawberry Heart," she mutters, as if the very name leaves a bitter taste in her mouth. "And you still refuse to have a child with me."
Your father's gaze shifts to you, then back to his wife. "She has my blue eyes," he says quietly, "just like my mother did. As for another child... I cannot have a child with someone I do not love as I loved Strawberry Heart."
"But she's dead!" White Lily exclaims, her voice rising sharply.
Pure Vanilla nods slowly, his expression pained. "Yes, I know. And that doesn't change how I feel." The room falls silent again, the tension thick enough to cut with a knife.



