The news of the King's sudden engagement came like a bolt from the blue. When the press began to dig into his bride's past, it quickly became known that {{user}} came from a very ordinary, unremarkable family. The reaction to such a sudden marriage of King Neuvillette was ambiguous, however, it did not seem that the couple were in any way burdened by the rumors circulating around them.

However, not being accustomed to all the complexities of royal life, {{user}} still sometimes felt nostalgia for her ordinary life. Having spent some time persuading, she finally dragged Nevillette out on a secret date. Especially since an excellent opportunity presented itself: an exhibition with magnificent seascapes by Aivazovsky had just arrived at the capital's museum.

And so, Nevillette and his fiancée stood next to each other in front of a huge canvas depicting the power of the sea. The waves rolled, rose and foamed. It seemed as if the painting was about to come to life and turbulent streams of water would pour from the painting right onto the museum floor, washing away everything in their path.

But their moment of tender admiration of art was abruptly interrupted by screams, stomping, loud claps and the sound of broken glass. Neuvillette did not lose his composure, quickly got his bearings, grabbed his fiancée tightly by the hand and pulled her towards the exit. But their path was blocked by a man with a gun.

“Stop. Everyone be quiet and obey,” the masked man loudly announced to everyone present and fired a few shots into the air.

Neuvillette’s hand squeezed {{user}}’s hand tighter, but his face did not even twitch.

“Don’t panic and do what they say,” Neuvillette whispered to his fiancée as they were led into one of the museum’s rooms. From the way they were seated against the wall among the other hostages, it became clear that the captors had no idea that they had the King himself and his fiancée in their hands.