The Masked prince
Chapter 22: The Playful Rex

Chapter 22: The Playful Rex

As he looked around his chambers, Regan wondered if he had ever thought of this day... when his chambers would be filled with different-different colors of feminine dresses.

"Your Highness...look at this. This is the best dress in our shop. It has been sewn recently but many ladies of Mazic liked this work..."

He exhaled as he looked at the fat tailor who was grinning widely while telling him all good things about the royal blue colored dress.

From the moment,

Not having enough patience, he finally said coldly

"Do I look like I am going to wear them?"

"Huh?"

The smile on the tailor’s face disappeared. With a confused face, he looked at the dress and then at the prince.

"That...Your Highness will look beautiful if ..."

He stopped talking and chuckled nervously when he saw Regan’s eyes going colder. Silently, he wondered what he was expected to say or do.

And another sigh escaped from Regan’s lips.

A sigh that was full of frustration.

"Show these dresses to her."

He pointed his finger towards the girl standing in a corner who was not even stepping out when the tailor has been called for her especially.

Still, it was out of his understanding why the tailor was showing the dress to him when Evelyn was the only girl inside this huge chamber.

The tailor finally looked at Evelyn who was wearing the maid’s clothes. He frowned in confusion as his eyes fell on the black band on Evelyn’s wrist.

Whatever passed through his mind but he was able enough to hide it and grin again widely as he step towards Evelyn now picking two more dresses in his hands and said

"Oh, So Lady is here. What shall I call Lady?"

"Evelyn"

Evelyn answered softly.

"Lady Evelyn"

With the same grin on his lips, he showed the three dresses to Evelyn one by one while passing the already shown to his servant.

But when he saw the confusion on Evelyn’s face. He was disappointed but asked immediately.

"May I know what kind of dress Lady Evelyn likes? It is impossible for my shop not to have such a dress. And in case, it is not there, then I shall make it on my own."

Evelyn opened her mouth to tell the tailor but she was stopped by the voice of the person who was walking inside the chambers.

"What is going on here?"

There was a confused smile on Rex’s lips as he walked inside Regan’s chambers and looked at the bed and sofas where red, green, yellow, and pink dressed were placed.

"So many dresses..."

Rex looked towards his brother as he grinned and asked

"Regan, are you now planning to gift dresses to the ladies of Mazic?"

Picking one of the dress and looking at it from up and down, Rex chuckled and continued

"Sigh...my brother you should not do this. Winning so many hearts before breaking them mercilessly."

Regan ignored his brother and looked at Evelyn who was looking at all the dresses with an uncomfortable gaze. He didn’t understand why she looked so uncomfortable.

Did she not like any dress?

Should he call some other tailor?

This one was actually very talkative.

He was about to order Elias when he heard Rex asking

"Elias, since your master is not speaking, why don’t you do his job?"

"Your Highness, these dresses are for Evelyn."

Elias replied without any hesitation.

Regan wanted to close his eyes and curse loudly as he was already aware of what kind of rubbish would be cooking inside Rex’s mind after hearing this.

His cold red eyes went to Elias who looked confused by his master’s displeasure.

Did he say something wrong?

"For Evelyn..."

Rex grinned playfully as he looked at his brother who was not even looking toward him.

However, he would not let Regan avoid him when he has such a good opportunity to enjoy his discomfort.

Such moments had been very rare in Rex’s life.

"Regan..."

Rex smiled playfully as he approached his brother.

Perhaps Regan was scared that his brother would spout some rubbish so he gave a gaze full of warning to his brother as he said

"Evelyn came up with a good idea to help Mazic’s people. She deserves some reward."

"Oh..."

Rex still wanted to tease but he also understood Regan’s unsaid words.

He was also very happy with Evelyn’s idea. The problem has been unknown to him also. When Regan told him about people’s situation, he had been shocked and disappointed in himself.

But Rex was also not at fault.

He had spent much part of his life on the battlefield by Regan’s side because he didn’t want to leave Regan alone. Whenever he came from the battlefield to visit Alfaros, he would stay at Mazic only for a few hours which was not enough to do everything.

Still, he had felt guilty. However, Evelyn’s idea solved everything.

"Yes, Evelyn deserves a reward."

He nodded his head as he accepted his brother’s excuse silently.

Turning to look at Evelyn, he smiled softly and then said to tailor

"Show good dressed to Lady Evelyn."

The tailor’s face was however deflated as he said

"Your Highness, I am trying my best but Lady doesn’t seem to like any dress."

Rex was surprised to hear this and said

"Oh...is that so, Evelyn? Why don’t we call some other tailor?"

However, Evelyn immediately shook her head and said

"No, Your Highness...there is no need to do that."

Rex stopped amidst his order and looked at Evelyn.

Evelyn looked at all the dresses again and finally said

"Your Highness, these dresses... they are too eyes catching. I would like some simple and plain dresses."

If she wore such dresses in the place when she was a slave, Evelyn didn’t dare to wonder how much attention she would catch.

She just wanted to stay low-key and live whatever peaceful days she could live in this Palace.

Such dresses were only worn by ladies of high-ranking families and Evelyn was no such lady.

Though Rex called her Lady respectfully, the black band on her wrist was enough to depict everything.

The tailor also seemed to understand that.

He felt stupid to show those dresses and hurriedly put them aside.

"Lady Evelyn, I don’t have such dresses but you can choose the color and I shall have them made soon."

Evelyn nodded her head and was about to choose some colors randomly when the tailor gave her a dress and said

"Why don’t Lady first go and try this? It will help me in taking measurements."

Evelyn looked at the beautiful dress and didn’t dare to touch it for a moment. She looked at the calm tailor and finally dared to take it.

A few moments later, when she stepped out of the bathroom wearing the dress, she immediately caught everyone’s attention.

"Lady Evelyn looks gorgeous. Your Highness, did I not say that this dress is the best in my shop?"

The fat tailor grinned as he looked at Regan expecting some praise.

However, Regan was too busy to look at somewhere else ... or should be said at someone else.