Karma Akabane, the most perfect prince ever known.

Burning red hair, mercury-like eyes, handsome face. Name it he has all of it. If asked to do something, he can do it flawlessly without a single mistake.

Everything about him just feels so perfect.

Well, except for his sadistic personality.

It was pretty much a normal day for Karma. Sun shining, birds chirping, women who he doesn't know was now in front of him.

"Karma-sama. Here are the most honorable women in the kingdom."

He looked at the mentioned "most honorable women" with half-lidded eyes. He cringe at the thought of marrying one of them.

One looked older than him, the next one was too fat, the other looked a bit ugly, the girl after her looked too young, and the last looked too...uh...weird?

Neverthless, he never liked one of them.

All he can say is that, the most decent woman in the room is probably the maid who was busy dusting off one of the antique vases in the room.

Karma signaled Frederick, the old butler who introduced the girls to him earlier, to come closer so he can tell him something, trivial.

"I don't need someone honorable, just introduce me to someone who is decent enough." He whispered in Frederick's ear.

"But Karma-sama, you need to marry someone immediately."

"I know, I know. Everyone kept on reminding me the same thing."

"Well, due to your behavior many princesses declined to the invitation to meet you, they are mostly scared. So far, the girls in front of you are brave enough to meet you."

"My, how can you say that to me with a straight face Fred."

Karma wore a hurt expression, having fun of the flow of their conversation.

Frederick breath out a sigh, massaging his temple in the process, he looked troubled.

"Do I really have to choose from one of them?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"I am very much sure, Karma-sama."

"Are there any other batch after this one?"

"None, Karma-sama."

"Maybe if you send out another invitation, maybe I can meet someo-"

Karma couldn't finish his dramatic speech when Frederick stopped him with a yell.

"We do not have all the time in the world! Karma-sama, can you just please choose any girl that is in this very room!"

"I can?"

"Yes! From the very beginning!"

Karma lowered his head. He smiled slyly at how things are going according to his plans.

He lifted his hand, looked at Frederick with a smug smile. And said something that is mostly sarcastic.

"You could have said sooner..."

A cold sweat run down Fredericks face, its as if all the blood in his body dried out. He was sure that his face was pale due to the feeling of something bad will happen.

If possible, blue hued lines were above his head.

Karma's index finger pointed a girl, he then gave Frederick a smile with a hint of mischief.

"I choose her."

Frederick felt tearing up. At last, Karma choose a woman to marry. Though, when he looked at the direction where Karma's finger was pointing at, he almost forgot how to breath.

To add it all up, Frederick and the girl reacted at the same time.

"M-me?!" "Her?!"

The girl wore a bug-eyed expression while pointing at herself, still confused at what was happening around her, she tilted her head to the side.

He chuckled at her reaction. He gave the girl a warm smile as he answered her question earlier.

"Yes, you."

His smile was worth for girls to fight for. They'll even do anything just to see his rare-of-an-angelic smile. And a mere maid earned it without doing anything necessary.

Yes, he chose the maid that was dusting off the vases.

The five women snickered at the maid. They whispered to one another making up gossips to entertain themselves.

Karma stood up from his seat and walk to the girl's side. Frederick eyed his movements, still dumbfounded.

He slung his right arm around her shoulder when he was only inches away. He faked a smile at the five women and declared his and the girl's engagement.

"I have decided to marry...I'm sorry milady, your name?"

A deafening silence enveloped the room. It took another few seconds before the girl gain composure and answered Karma's question.

"U-um...Manami...Okuda is my name, your h-highness..." She stammered at first, but when his mercury eyes looked back at her amethyst ones, she felt safe and relaxed.

He smiled at her once more before repeating his declaration in marriage. He looked straight unto her eyes, delivering lines that can be read in romance novels.

"Manami, what a beautiful name indeed. Just like its meaning, it also reflects you, you are truly beautiful. I have decided to marry Manami Okuda, I am very much sure she, herself doesn't oppose to my proposal."

He then kissed the back of her hand, winking at her in the process only to get a florid-faced maid as a result.

Karma looked back to where Frederick was standing and gave him a smile.

At last, Frederick gained his conscious and composure. He coughed to excused his baffled state that was seen by everyone in that very room.

But he still couldn't stop from asking loudly,

"Why her? She is but a mere maid in this castle!"

Rules are there to be obeyed, but it was the opposite for Karma. For him, rules are just a group of statements that limits a person's freedom to do something he wishes to.

Karma clicked his tongue and shook his head.

"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Touché my friend. I am sure to marry Manami. And besides, you said it yourself, that I can choose any girl that is in this very room."

Karma smiled maliciously to no one in particular. His hand traveled from Manami's shoulder down to her waist, he pulled her closer to him, their body pressing against each other.

"Now, I think we should prepare our wedding. The sooner the better~"

The couple turned around and started walking further away from the room. Even though Frederick was calling him, he never looked back.

It is fun to play around sometimes. But this time, he was serious when he said he'd marry her.