DITOEFTV Ideas

Envoys From All Around

(Translation may not be accurate, I don't know any Korean so I used a translator)

3rd Person POV:

Every five years there is a tradition where a nation is selected to host an event and invite other empires and kingdoms to teach the children of said empires and kingdoms their customs regardless if they are current enemies. The tradition is about a period of stalemate, where neither enemies are able to do anything. This tradition has been celebrated even since the start of time. Of course, they were much smaller compared to today but they still celebrated. This year, the host is Eorka. The nobles will each get a child over the age of 4 to teach for a month. If a Royal also attends, they will be taught by the Royals of the host nation. After that, a ball will be held as a way to show how well a noble has taught a child. 'During this period, others perspectives on you may change depending how well you've done...' Penelope thought indolently. She knew that the nobles, especially the ladies, will gang up on her to choose the children that are easy to teach. 'If that ever does happen, I hope the child will, at the very least, be polite...'

"I'm done, my lady." Emily spoke up softly  seeing her Lady in a daze which shook Penelope out of her thoughts. Seeing that she was all dressed up, Penelope replied "Thank you, Emily, you may go now." With that, Emily bowed and left her Lady's room. Penelope looked back into the mirror and saw what she wore. The dress was absolutely stunning, she knew making her own dresses would be better than the stuffy ones other noble ladies wore! It was a silky rufous-red dress that hung right at the edge of her shoulders as rose-like fabric clinging onto her shoulders and chest with miniscule gold leaves attached to bare-part of her chest. The dress ran down all the way to her feet, nearly touching the floor. Lining at the edge, was gold running and clashing along with the red creating a short slit revealing a transparent red cloth with golden glitter. Her hair was styled into a coral plait bun. 

The reason why Emily was dressing her was because Penelope is one of the chosen nobles to teach one of the children from abroad. Many rumours and speculation have already started to float around whether the given child would survive the 'Mad Dog' or whether they would just run away or worse kill themselves. Penelope began walking towards the Entrance Hall where her brothers are with Emily joining her at the bedroom door.

Although neighboring allies and foes would also come, there are also empires that are unknown to the world. Those empires are the ones that are hard to speak to because of their languages. The only ones that do know a bit about the Unknown Empires are those of Royal Blood.

'I do hope one of the unknown empires' language are similar to my world or ones that the Original Penelope were taught. It's kinda obvious how the noble ladies will make me choose the unknowns' Penelope thought. The Original body's family was apart of the noble society as Duke/Duchess, but the things that exclude this dukedom to a normal one is that it was a Grand Dukedom. Another thing is that, the land of the Grand Dukedom was closer to Modern Earth than any other. It was similar to the aesthetic 'Steampunk' but simultaneously used bits of futuristic technology. This Dukedom managed to merge mechanics with magic giving a result of neither air, land or water pollution. Unfortunately, Penelope's family all died protecting their land from another empire due to a surprise attack, leaving Penelope as the sole survivor of the Grand Dukedom.

'A tragic past. The generic opening of character development for a Main Lead' Penelope thought wryly as she finally arrived at the doors to the Entrance Hall with Emily at her side. She opened the doors and there stood Her Father, The Young Duke and Reynold. Seeing that the youngest of the family finally arrived, the Duke greeted her warmly ( note: awkward )  and complimented her outfit while proceeding to walk out to the carriage with Penelope and the brothers following after.

The ride to the palace was awkward but it never bothered Penelope as her mind is always in a different place. 'Dang it, I want coffee! If only I knew where to find the beans.... God I want Boba too! Maybe both... OOH WHAT ABOUT KIMCHI! That's it. I'll find a way to get it. Maybe the envoys would know something... I know the recipe but one of the ingredients in missing'