750 An awaited invitation
[Eon's POV: ]
My little Anna loved the tea parties for some reason.
And it wasn't even like she just liked having people around her and playing house with them... no. She liked proper tea parties where everyone is dressed nicely, have a special items of decoration on them that is common for all, and are drinking the tea that she has prepared herself.
'She liked organising these tea parties ever since she saw the ladies do it the first time when she was little. And after the first time she organised one, she had never stopped inviting a few of us in her room, to sit on those small tables, with her doll friends, for some good refreshments.'
The ladies loved it when she organised them, not just because they loved how she innocently did all that, but because Anna only organised the tea parties when someone among us was going through a tough time.
'She could feel how someone was feeling, so she instantly knows when someone is sad, tense, or is stuck in some kind of situation.'
She is smart, so she organised the tea parties in order to help that person relive the stress that they were suffering from.
It was her way to help them without telling them what she was ultimately after.
'She had learned from the best people how a good tea with people that they trusted and loved could help one get over any kind of tough times.'
And helping the others was her main motivation behind most of her tea parties.
'This time was the same...'
She was happy when so many new faces came to our house for a stay.
It was the first time outsiders were going to stay in this house after she was born so she was certainly excited to meet, greet, and play with them.
Also, since most of these guests were people that she had heard so much about, people that her elder brothers and sisters considered friends, she was even more excited to greet them.
'And she was happy when she met them as well.'
They were good people, amazing even. She could tell at a glance how much more there was to them than her elder siblings had told her... however, some of them on one side, she could tell a majority of them were going through something.
'She did not know about all that had happened in the Principality, and we had requested others not to bring that up already so she wasn't going to know anything about it any time soon.'
At least, not from someone unrelated to that incident.
But even without anyone telling her, she knew there was something eating them away. So... she organised her first ever 'grand' tea party. She prepared for hours, made decorations, did planning, and at the end, even at an young age with no experience what so ever, she organised a gathering that was far better than most gatherings young ladies of high society could even imagine.
She did a very good job... and this good job cost her every last bit of mental stamina she possessed.
"Look at her..."
She was cheerfully playing with our familiars a moment ago, but she had passed out on her tea table now.
"She looks pretty."
"Especially with all of them gathered around her."
"Just like a princess from fairy tales."
It was night already, and since it was dinner time, we had also served dinner on their tables.
"That was all. Please be on your way."
He gave me a brief bow and walked back to his table partner.
'Weird...'
It was something from the eldest prince of Roxana, Prince Charles so I obviously wanted to take a look even though I had some idea what it might be.
But, I couldn't do that with Anna in my arms so I walked in, went to her room with some of the creatures following me till the end, and put her on her bed. "Where is your mother, Lala?" { "She should be in Miss Hazel's house with the babies, Master~." }
"Shuuu. Be quiet and don't sleep on the bed. You all have gotten heavy."
Some of the Povpoi and slimes were going to stay here tonight, with her, but they weren't allowed on the bed anymore.
There were too many of them and the bed was not made for heavy furballs like this bunch.
So they were going to sleep in their rooms, or on the ground. The choice was up to them.
And if they still wanted to try and go on the soft bed, they will have to hear from Mave, their good mother who was taking care of some of my research projects.
"Good night, little sun."
Giving her a forehead goodnight kiss, and a glare to the little ones present in this small room, I walked out of house and sat down on our table in the garden, with only Rein sitting before me.
"Others seems to have lost in the food, again."
Hmmmm... you are a sorcerer. But that aside, what did Prince Alph pass you so secretly? A love letter?"
She was tired, but the smirk on her face indicated she was having fun in this moment.
It was night and the atmosphere was cold. It was the perfect time to have a special warm meal with a special warm candle present on the table.
"It's better than a love letter."
Rolling my eyes at her smirk with a smile, I took out the envelope I had received just now and placed it on the table before us.
"He said Prince Charles asked him to pass it to him, but you can obviously tell who this is from, right?"
The smirk on her face vanished as soon as she saw the envelope on the table, and puffed her cheeks.
"So she finally decided to contact us, hun?"
In the annual alchemy competition, we encountered a certain person that carried the powers of demon kind, and was perhaps the one who helped Ball when he was in that shadow realm.
She was a special person, and we got a chance to talk for a brief moment when I was escaping the alchemy ground after causing that potion incident.
She asked me for a tea and I had agreed back then, however, after she received her award from Lord Justin, she vanished from the capital along with prince Charles.
We never heard from either of them after that, however, now that we have this envelope with us that contained the distinct smell of demons, it was obvious the invitation we had been waiting for... at least the one that I had been waiting for, had finally arrived.
'She doesn't like her, but there is something special about that person.'
Something special that I somehow believe is connected with the origins and the divinities...