20 1.20 The tea party

"Hoho, so you guys had to go through all that even before you got into the academy ha? Looks like it's going to be a bumpy ride for you guys. AHAHA," said Jabal after hearing what happened today.

We were having dinner at the Amigo inn. Since it was a bit late when we got back, we were having dinner together with Diane and Ria in our usual two tables with 6 chairs set up. We were telling them about all the things that happened today and they were finding it amusing and laughing.

"So, have you decided to study under that lady?" Andrew who was almost done with the dinner asked.

"Yes, she was powerful and even had king's permission so we agreed to study under her," Nina replied.

"I think you did a good thing. Even princesses are studying with her so the king must have a good reason for doing all this," Diane who was wiping something in Ria's face said.

Ria was making an uncomfortable face when she was doing that and was saying, "mom, I can do it by myself". She must find it embarrassing in front of all of us.

"Yeah, but to be able to study with the princesses, I haven't even seen one with my own eyes. The other one is even elven princess at that. I have heard that they rarely travel outside their own country so what may be the reason for her to come here?," said Jabal who was done eating and was waiting for us all to finish.

"Yeah, I never even imagined I would meet someone like her here. Something very unusual is going on," said Ronald.

"Y-yes, but she is nice, she even invited us for tea tomorrow morning," Marina who was also done eating said in her usual low voice.

"You guys are just worrying too much. They may be princesses but they are also young girls like us, you know," Arica replied.

"Yeah, I think we should just focus on training with Miss Lilith for now, we are even moving to Academy dorm tomorrow," I added since I was more worried about what kind of training we will have to go through.

"So, you guys will be staying at the Academy dorm starting tomorrow. We will be leaving early tomorrow morning so everyone, don't forget to write us letters every month," said Andrew and changed the subject after hearing Arica and me.

"Yes, we will do that every month," Ronald replied.

Sending a letter in this world wasn't difficult since this world had the post offices in every city but the postman used to come only once a month in villages. Since they needed to travel back and forth carrying all the letters, it took a long time. It could be done faster if you could find a merchant or adventurer who is going towards the same place in the respective guilds. But that too would take about a week if you managed to find someone by luck.

After we all finished eating, we went to our rooms and slept early. Since Andrew and Jabal were leaving early tomorrow, we decided to wake up early and say them our goodbyes.

The next morning I woke up early and when I went down to the dining room, Andrew and Jabal were already having breakfast.

When they saw me they said, "good morning" and I replied with the same. Diane and Ria were at the kitchen where Diane was probably teaching Ria how to cook properly.

After waiting for a while, everyone came down one after another. We had told Diane not to prepare breakfast for us today because princess Anna had invited us for tea so we were planning to have breakfast there.

After Andrew and Jabal finished their dinner and decided to head out, we said our goodbyes to them. The carriage and the cart were parked in the parking area near the entrance gate so they had to walk till there.

After we said our goodbyes to them we went to our room to prepare for the tea at the guest house. We were going to wear our new academy uniform which students had to compulsorily wear when they were going outside the academy.

It was the usual time for breakfast already when we all were ready so we had to hurry. We said our quick byes to Ria and Diane who were busy with the work at the inn and left for the guest house at duke's castle.

At the gate of the guest house, they let us in when we said we were friends of the princess. They probably would have doubted us but since we were wearing magic knight Academy's uniform, they let us in without much problem.

When we got inside a brown-haired maid was waiting for us. When we saw us coming, she said, "this way please" to which Nina replied with, "thank you".

We followed the maid to the tea house that was in the garden of the guest house. The tea house had two tables with 4 chairs each. It looked like the tea was already prepared before we got there.

When we reached the tea house, the princesses said "welcome everyone" together. If they didn't have this much difference in their appearances, people would call them twins.

"Happy to be here," Sistina replied.

Me, Arica, Ronald, and Princess Anna sat at a table while the rest sat on another.

"Let's talk while having tea, it's getting cold," Princess Anna said taking a sip from her teacup. After taking a sip and placing the cup back at the plate, she stood up from her chair as if she wanted to say something so we moved our attention to her.

"It's good to see everyone again. 'Princess Anna' is what people usually call me by, but you guys can call me 'Anna' since we are going to be friends from now on," she said. Looks like Princess Anna is the talkative type.

Since we haven't had time to introduce ourselves yesterday, princess Anna started with the introduction. Followed by Princess Anna, Princess Eliane stood up.

"Hello everyone, I am Princess Eliane of the elven kingdom, you can call me Eliane," she said. It looks like she is the smart type that speaks only where needed.

Following Princess Eliane, we all introduced ourselves. Princess Anna got excited when she heard that we were not from this city but from a village in this Duchy but her excited face suddenly changed into a sad one.

"I haven't been to any villages but I have heard that life there is very hard. Was it hard for you guys in the village?" Princess Anna asked.

"No no, our village produces a lot of crops every year and we have a temple, an orphanage, and a knight station so it was not hard for us. But, it's probably hard for some other farming villages where the land is not very good," Nina replied to make her lively again.

"Ah, that is very good to hear. There aren't many villages like that," Princess Eliane, who also looked worried, said in relief.

"We were surprised to see princesses coming to study here at Singha city, is there a reason you guys came here instead of the royal academy at the Royal Capital?" Arica asked since we were all curious to know why they were here instead of the royal academy. Royal Academy is where most of the noble's children go.

"I always wanted to study at an Academy but my father always denied the request so I was taught by the instructors that were brought to Royal Palace. But because Eliane was coming here, he gave me permission to study here at Singha city," Princess Anna replied.

We all looked towards Princess Eliane to hear her reply so she said, "Father wanted me to help with diplomacy between the two nations. Royal Academy is under very high influence of Nobles and many noble's children go there so he was not comfortable in sending me there. He wanted me to learn more about this country before going to the Royal capital. He also said, he had met duke Singha once when he came to our country and he trusts him so he sent me here."

That solved the mystery behind the princesses coming here but there is still something missing so I asked, "Did you guys knew that Miss Lilith would be teaching us?"

The princesses shook their heads in denial. 'Looks like both of them had their reasons to come here but they too had no idea about Miss Lilith. Well, we are at a tea party so let's think about that later.'

The girls talked about different things since both princesses and other girls were curious about each other's way of life. We had no interest in that so Ronald and I only acted as if we were paying attention.

"So, will you guys really be moving to the dorm with us? I mean you guys are princesses so won't it be uncomfortable for you guys?" Sistina asked.

"It may be hard at the start but we have decided that we will study normally like you guys so I think we will get used to it soon. I mean that's the reason we came here in the first place," said Princess Anna to which Princess Eliane nodded.

"Okay everyone, I think we should leave now. We have to move into the dorm by the evening, remember?" said Nina.

"Yes, we still have to get our things, so let's go back to inn now," Ronald added.

After we all agreed, we said our byes to the princesses. We were going to stay together at the dorm from now so we made it a short one and left.

After we reached the inn, we got our things ready and quickly cleaned the rooms. Diane and Ria were so nice to us here so this was the least we could do. After everything was finished we went down with our bags.

Since the dining room used to be empty during the afternoon, Ria and Diane were just sitting at the table. They were probably taking a break.

"So, you kids are leaving for the dormitory already?" Diane asked when she saw us get down.

"Yeah, we were told to move by the evening," Ronald replied for all of us.

"Okay, take care of yourselves and come and visit us once in a while," Diane said after hearing Ronald's reply.

"Yeah, you too take care of yourself," Nina replied.

After we got out of the inn and Diane and Ria were watching us go from the inn's door.

"Bye Bye everyone, take care," said Ria in a loud voice. We also looked back and waved our hands saying ours byes.

Next Chapter: The dormitory