"Yuniko! It's a good thing you're here now--who are you?" A man as tall as me, with long black hair that reached his shoulders, narrow eyes, a pointed nose and red lips opened my eyes.

I grinned inside. This one, smart but has cheating parents, the only sin I smell in him is jealousy.

"Where's the old yuniko?" It's a question again.

"My name is Ksara, my cousin left and I took over as the new yuniko of the dear prince." I said, another man peeked out from behind him with narrow eyes, just the right length of hair and slightly bigger than us.

"You are a woman, shouldn't the...