THE NORTHERN CONTINENT'S EMPRESS

Chapter 12: At the Capital City (2)

Inside the Capital City of the Roan Kingdom, There was a sudden invitation to the noble salons that came from the Imperial Castle. It was about a scheduled tea party for the ladies in the Capital City and every woman was invited.

The Noble Ladies were all perplexed and confused while looking at the invitation on their hands, they have no idea why the Imperial castle will host a large tea party for ladies aside from the Ball that was also scheduled for this week. But as the subjects of the Kingdom, what else can they do but to attend?

The tailor shops and boutiques in the Capital were swamped with orders for new dresses that were both for the ball and the tea party and they were all under pressure. All the while in the Imperial Castle, the royal tailor of the royalties was in a tight spot. 

"T-This, Empress please let us tailor a dress for the tea party, Your Majesty,"  The Tailor said and the other servants and helpers of the tailor tried to persuade the Empress of the North. 

"As I said, I don't need it, When I said I can handle myself, I mean it," The Empress was still moody and shooed the others out of her room before settling down the edge of her large bed. She released a sigh before frowning. 

This trip is definitely not going to be the plan she has in mind. At first, she just wants to pursue Cale Henituse and bring the hero to the North to tie him down there, but because of his sudden disappearance and the Crown Prince of this Kingdom putting a ball out for her made her reputation stink a bit and there's still no Cale Henituse insight. 

"I'm definitely a strong person, I can take care of myself and that's a fact...However... Sir Cale on the other hand... wants a fragile maiden to protect... ugh!"  Empress Helena cannot help but groan in frustration before looking out the window to view the deep blue sky. 

She wants to, of course, establish herself in the Noble Society in this kingdom as a strong and independent woman, because only by then did they will respecting her while staying here, but on the other side, Cale Henituse wants a fragile beauty... How can she do both things?! Won't her reputation sink down even more? 

And just like that, the days passed by and the day of the tea party has arrived. All the noble ladies started to enter the Garden of Eve which is an occasional location for tea parties held in the palace. 

The Garden of Eve was a garden filled with assorted summer flowers and the green leaves from the tall trees that gives a shade from the inside of the large greenhouse. 

As the ladies of the Roan Kingdom sat at their respective seats and greeted the others in a light and aloof manner. They speculated who was the organizer of the tea party while looking at the expanse of the interior of the party. The table place was just one long table situated in the middle and the delicacies and tea sets are placed for six people each. Aside from that, the table clothing was plain white with no decorations at all, they can even see the empty porcelain white vases in between each tea set sitting there looking so bland and useless. Many of the older women have already started to judge the venue and the decorations, hiding their spiteful words behind their fans. The Host of the tea party arrived, and the dress she was wearing astounded everyone. 

"The Empress of the North, Helena Pauline Frost, has arrived," The attendant announced her arrival and all eyes went in her direction. 

Everyone saw a tall and slender female wearing bizarre deep blue clothing, hugging her perfectly-shaped body. Her long blue hair was braided into a waterfall braid adorned with some sort of powdered crystals that shine with the sunlight, along with her crown. All the guests gasped in surprise as they stared at her with different expressions. 

A look of envy, the look of awe and surprise, and the overall reactions that Queen Helena got were very satisfactory. She smiled and went to the other side of the place to walk towards her designated seat. She gracefully turn to face the women standing on their designated seats before greeting them formally.  

"Good Morning to all of you, I would like to take the time to greet each and every one of you that are currently attending my tea party. As you can see, I did the initial setting of the tea party, do you all like it?" She asked with a small polite smile on her lips as she gave them an eyes-closed smile. 

The older woman in the party looked at her with widened eyes. This was her preparation?! It was so simple and bland that they almost thought that they went to the mourning ceremony instead! Before they could put their thoughts into their mouths, they were late to realize that she have seemed to bait the younger woman- their daughters to dig a pit on themselves.

"This is your preparations? Pfft, Your Highness, Your taste in aesthetics seems to be a bit bland and questionable," A younger teen dressed in pale blue dress said and covered her lips to hide her laugh. 

Just like that, once someone set the waves, the others joined the wagon. 

"The tablecloth is white and pure, and the scenery inside the Garden of Eve is lively and full of color, it simply doesn't fit each other,"

"There are also empty vases on the table. Your Majesty, I think it doesn't fit the tea party at all,"

The younger females put their comments out and agreed with each other, what they didn't realize what that the foreign Queen was just standing there, waiting for them to finish talking. The Older women in the party didn't even need to open their mouths to either scold their daughters or to tell the Foreign queen about what's she had done right or wrong because their daughters were already doing it for them. 

...

'When is the tea party going to start?' Helena asked herself while she looked at the yapping girls with a tight smile and crossed her arms while staring at them. She wants to act up and threaten these .... people, but that would be so soon to start because she hasn't started her surprise yet. Also, her main guest hasn't arrived as well. 

'Come out already, or do you want me to strike ice spikes at your people? You smiling demon crown prince?'