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Alice's Maids:
Alice's Maids:


* Janelle (Majordomo of the Household and head maid)
* Janelle (Majordomo of the Household and head maid): "She was a petite little thing, with ever-so-slightly slanted eyes, and a skin tone Alice had heard was "peachy". Like a china doll, some people said – whatever a china doll was.  Her hair was dark, long, straight, and lustrous; she obviously took good care of both her skin and hair[.]"
* Kaylie (Wardrobe)
* Kaylie (Wardrobe): "slender, tall, dusky-skinned, dark-eyed"
* Giana (Bath)
* Giana (Bath): "another dark-eyed beauty with an olive complexion and long black hair"
* Jaslyn (Bedchamber)
* Jaslyn (Bedchamber): "another cute blonde, but this one with green eyes"
* Elisabeth (Meals)
* Elisabeth (Meals): "blonde, blue-eyed".  Soft-spoken.


The maids, in addition to being Alice's primary caretakers, are also supervisors of the various areas noted.  They are backed up by a staff of, eh, probably around 50, who handle things behind the scenes like laundry, the actual cooking of food, cleaning, and so forth.  This staff was expanded significantly after Alice became Princess Regnant; previously there were only five or six staff assisting the five maids.  A number of the current staff were brought over from her brothers' establishments.  Others were seconded to the Empress Dowager's staff.
The maids, in addition to being Alice's primary caretakers, are also supervisors of the various areas noted.  They are backed up by a staff of, eh, probably around 50, who handle things behind the scenes like laundry, the actual cooking of food, cleaning, and so forth.  This staff was expanded significantly after Alice became Princess Regnant; previously there were only five or six staff assisting the five maids.  A number of the current staff were brought over from her brothers' establishments.  Others were seconded to the Empress Dowager's staff.

Revision as of 21:52, 13 September 2025

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Japanese Title

私は、銀河帝国を統治する美しくも邪悪な宇宙の王女。でも本当は、人々を容赦なく放っておきたがる! (WATASHI WA, GINGA TEIKOKU O TŌCHI SURU UTSUKUSHIKU MO JAAKUNA UCHŪ NO ŌJO. DEMO HONTŌHA, HITOBITO O YŌSHANAKU HANATTE OKITA GARU!)

Synopsis

Alice is the Imperial Princess Regnant of the Galactic Empire. At 22, she has been thrust into power after her father (the Emperor) and her two older brothers have all died in various ways. Her Imperial Chancellor, Lord Rupert, does everything he can to support her, but has somewhat different ideas about how the Empire should be run than did his late Emperor.

Alice has one major problem: She cannot be crowned Empress Regnant until she marries and produces an heir. (In fairness, it's the same way for the male heirs who succeed the throne while unmarried; they remain Princes Regnant until they marry and produce heirs.)

But Alice, being kept busy three days a week by interminable audiences with petitioners, and the rest of the week with what she terms "mostly busy work", has no real way to meet boys -- well, reasonably eligible boys, anyway, and of her own age -- with whom she might eventually take up and form a household. And she chafes at the necessity of trying to rule, hands-on, an Empire so huge it cannot be truly ruled by any one person to begin with.

Literally, she just wants to leave people alone, as her father and his predecessors did for centuries.

Then, into her life walks the Crown Prince of a planet many, many parsecs away from the Capital Planet...and her life begins to take on a life of its own...

Dramatis Personae

Alice, Imperial Princess Regnant

Rupert, Imperial Lord Chancellor

Daniel, Crown Prince of Xeros and Ounes

Alice's Maids:

  • Janelle (Majordomo of the Household and head maid): "She was a petite little thing, with ever-so-slightly slanted eyes, and a skin tone Alice had heard was "peachy". Like a china doll, some people said – whatever a china doll was.  Her hair was dark, long, straight, and lustrous; she obviously took good care of both her skin and hair[.]"
  • Kaylie (Wardrobe): "slender, tall, dusky-skinned, dark-eyed"
  • Giana (Bath): "another dark-eyed beauty with an olive complexion and long black hair"
  • Jaslyn (Bedchamber): "another cute blonde, but this one with green eyes"
  • Elisabeth (Meals): "blonde, blue-eyed". Soft-spoken.

The maids, in addition to being Alice's primary caretakers, are also supervisors of the various areas noted. They are backed up by a staff of, eh, probably around 50, who handle things behind the scenes like laundry, the actual cooking of food, cleaning, and so forth. This staff was expanded significantly after Alice became Princess Regnant; previously there were only five or six staff assisting the five maids. A number of the current staff were brought over from her brothers' establishments. Others were seconded to the Empress Dowager's staff.

It should be noted that even the Imperial Chancellor is outranked (unofficially) by Alice's maids. This is something he doesn't realize until it's too late.

Status

In progress.