The princess

I wander around in the castle again, going up and down various stairs, until I finally reach the room where the princess receives her guests. I knock on the door and am immediately invited in.

It is a large, magnificently decorated room. I see a pretty girl standing in the middle of the room.
She has straight, light blonde hair, elegantly tied back. Her clothes look quite majestic, but old-fashioned. She is probably only a few years older than me.
She looks like you would expect from a princess.

Greetings, dear princess!

I bow before her.

She smiles at me.

You're exaggerating, young one.
I'm just a person.
No need to act that strange.

Oh, I thought you're the princess.

Yes, I am. You're cute.
So you must be Luka, aren't you?

She continues smiling.
It's a cute, but also somewhat arrogant smile.

I am. I've been invited because of my skills as an architect.

Yeah, exactly. You'll be honored today.
I heard a lot of great things of you.
You are only here for almost two years, and you earned yourself great respect here.

Yes, I guess that's true.

Please come closer. Let's just talk like normal people.

Sure!

I approach the princess until I stand almost directly in front of her, only two or three steps away from her.

Then the princess also takes some steps toward me and puts her arm around my waist. It's intriguing, but also a little uncomfortable.

So you've been involved in a bunch of projects already.
And you also worked on some own projects. I think I have a list somewhere, but it doesn't matter.
And besides that, you are responsible for the new renovation project of the old platehuman settlement in the nearby cave.

Yeah, they're making good progress there. But will probably take a while until they finish. At least we don't need many of our workers. The platehumans are usually better at building stuff. They are just stronger.

Yeah, that's great. Maybe they'll be able to help us as workers, soon. Good relationships are probably the most important thing.

She winks at me and moves her hand lower to my hip.

I really like when guys are smart and act on their own.

I'm still pretty uncomfortable.
Then she suddenly starts grinning cheekily.

And you really have a nice body.
A different kind of job would have been more fitting for you.
I can teach you one right away.
With such a cute body, you don't need much training. You can start working right away and earn a little extra. I'm sure you'll get a good payment.
Please follow me to my private room!

I feel like she has something nasty in mind.

Sorry, I don't think I like that.
Maybe it's best if we just continue.
Or are we already finished? Then I'll just leave.

I try to get out of her grip, but without force this won't be possible.

Also I heard you're very skilled at drawing.
Maybe you could draw me?

I'm only good at drawing sketches for buildings.

What about a sketch of a building that looks like me? I'm sure you'll like what you see.

I already get a weird feeling between my legs.

Can I please leave?

She now looks a little disappointed.
But she let's go of me.

It was nice to meet you. I expect great things of you.
I hope we'll meet again.

Thank you very much. And I won't mention, you know...

Don't worry. This won't harm my reputation.
But your friends might get envious.
If you change your mind, feel free to visit me whenever you like.

Okay, thanks for the offer.

I turn around and leave.

That was a weird meeting.
I wonder if I should have agreed to her offers.
But my life is great already, so there's nothing I have to regret.