The Educators - Part 19

-It is different in Japan… Plus, you didn’t know that you would become the Queen. I was born a princess. I should have been able to control myself.

Letizia caresses Aiko’s face and wipes her tears.

-I understand you better than you think. I have seen my daughters grow up... I am happy that they will never have to worry about money like my parents did, but sometimes I feel sorry for them. They never had real freedom. Like you, they were born princesses, so they never had the chance to do many of the things that I did at their age…

-I often wish I had been born in an average Japanese house instead of a palace… At least your oldest daughter will be a queen. I won’t even have that. I will always be a princess because, in Japan, we have the Salic Law, and women cannot inherit the throne.

-Oh baby, that’s so unfair…

-I know, right? Can I tell you something confidentially?

-Sure.

-I always pretend that I am okay with it, because it’s the law. But I find it so unjust… I am the Emperor's only child, and I cannot be the next Empress just because I am a woman…

-It is unfair. I hope they change that law soon. It used to exist in European monarchies, centuries ago; but, fortunately, they abolished it.

-Remember what our captors said in their video? About some companies hiring women instead of men that are better prepared than them, only because they are females? Well, I actually sympathize a lot with their cause. It’s the story of my life…

-Fuck… you sympathize with those terrorists?

-Not with their actions, of course. But I do understand their cause. It’s just so unfair to value people for their genitals instead of their personal value. I mean, I know that being an Empress is all about family heritage and not about merit, but still… I am the daughter of the Emperor, so if someone has to be the next Empress, it should be me. I never say anything, but sometimes it makes me cry. So I understand that, if some man who studied hard to get a job gets rejected just because he was born a male, he must feel as terrible as I do. I just can’t comprehend why some people don’t see how unfair that is…

-Well, darling… In my opinion, if at eighteen years of age you think like that, Japan is losing a great Empress in you. And if they don’t want you, they can fuck off.

-Hahaha… You say a lot of bad words, for a queen…

-Yes, baby, queens masturbate, suck dicks and say bad words, just like everybody else. You should try it.

-No. I couldn’t, really.

-Come on, it’s very liberating.

-No, I really can’t.

-How about I teach you some bad words in Spanish?

-Hahaha… I guess I could do that, because I don’t know what they mean, so it doesn’t count.

-Okay, let me think. I got it. If someone asks you what you think about the Salic Law, you reply “es una puta mierda”.

-What does it mean?

-It means “it’s fucking shit”.

-Hahaha… okay. Say it again?

-Es…

-Es…

-Una…

-Una…

-Puta…

-Puta…

-Mierda…

-Mierda…

-Great, now all together. Aiko, what do you think about the Salic Law?

-¡Es una puta mierda!

-Hahahaha, you said it! And it totally counts, because I told you what it means!

-Oh, no, you tricked me! Hahahahaha…

Letizia gives Aiko a hug and a kiss on the cheek, satisfied to see her laughing instead of crying. They cuddle for the rest of the night, almost forgetting that they are both naked.