The group was getting ready to eat breakfast as Quinus sat next to Rya's left while Nieren sat to her right.
"Good morning, everyone! Breakfast is served!" A servant announced cheerfully as they brought out their plates.
"You know, Prince Quinus, this is the first time I've met a human that I can actually speak to," Nieren commented.
"Really? Did you only talk to the dwarves?" Quinus asked curiously.
"Yes. I guess when my kingdom fell at the hands of humans. I started to fear them and so I stopped talking to anyone. Even when I met the dwarves I was reluctant to talk to them. But I decided to try again. So far, I haven't been bothered by any of the dwarves either," Nieren explained.
"Sorry to hear that Lady Nieren. Were there no other elven villages nearby?" Quinus asked sympathetically.
"No. There were many, but none of the elf's villages survived," she sadly responded. "I fear that most of the wood elves have been enslaved or are in hiding. My mother thought Ironside to be the safest place for us."
'Grrah! I'll be there to help free them Nieren. I won't rest until all the slavers are dealt with.' Rya thought as she was getting worked up from her own experience of getting collared.
Rya put her hand on hers and squeezed gently. 'It's okay, I'm here now,' she comforted.
Nieren was taken aback by the gesture and blushed.
'They all said dark elves were evil. They're all wrong! Rya is the best! She's going to be my best friend!' Nieren thought excitedly.
"Well, what will you be doing today?" Quinus asked politely as he picked up his fork.
"I was going to tell my mother that I'm going to be Lady Rya's, lady-in-waiting and retainer. I don't know how she is going to take it?" Nieren replied anxiously.
"Hmm? Well, if she's fine with you working with Rya she can come with us. It's never a bad thing to have a Noble elf to teach Rya in the ways of etiquette," Quinus said reassuringly.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Nieren said happily.
"Hey! Do I really need to learn etiquette? I mean I've been around you guys and you didn't seem to care about it too much," Rya joked with a smile.
"Oh, I think the most important part of being a noble is knowing the proper way to act, dress, and speak when in public," Lady Fyrella said as she look at Rya from across the table.
"What are you saying?! I'm not noble enough?!" joked Rya.
"You need to stop taking this lightly! You're going to be our future Queen and you need to act as such," Lady Fyrella argued.
'Damn! This old dwarf woman is going to make me behave like a noble? But I don't care about this noble crap! Haah... Fine! I'll do it for Quin's sake,' Rya thought as she started to get annoyed.
"Okay, okay... I'll try to learn the rules of etiquette. Although, I am not sure if I'll be able to pass it since I don't know if I'll care about such things," Rya replied sarcastically.
"You'll learn! Just trust me and follow your Lady in waiting's advice... You'll do great as long as you give us some effort," Lady Fyrella said smiling.
Rya sighed out loud in annoyance.
'Yeah. But I'm not going to like it.' Rya thought grumpily.
Lady Fyrella was happy that she was going to teach the future Queen etiquette. She was over the twin moons and thought nothing could ruin this moment, until.
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FantasyA 27-year-old American named Ryan was doing his usual morning run through a forest in the United States Midwest when he was attacked by a magical orb that transported him to another world. While in this other World, he finds himself captured by a tr...
