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When breakfast concluded peacefully, the people present on the table all returned back to their usual schedule or routine. In Lisa's case, proceeding to the common room and prepare for her teacher's, Naomi Bennett's, daily lecture. Which would be frequently finished exactly by eating lunch or before having a vacant time to lounge pretty much anywhere.

As Lisa opened the door to the parlor, Naomi greeted her with a bright smile.

"Ready for your lecture today, Milady?" Naomi did a curt bow before coming close to Lisa.

Due to her actions, Lisa wryly smiled as reply. No matter how much Lisa persuades Naomi to address her informally, the brunette teacher still refuses to comply to her request. There were times she corrects her, but to no avail, Naomi returns back to ceremoniously calling her 'Milady'.

'Welp, guess that's where she's comfortable with.'

After acknowledging one another, the two of them began from today's lesson. Before starting, Naomi even heeded that the lesson is one of the hardest tasks among all of the royal duties in the book. Though it's materials are basic, it is actually difficult to perfect at the first try.

The art of having tea.

When Naomi introduced the lesson, Lisa almost released a scoff, fortunately, she managed to control herself. And as Naomi continued to explain why having tea is the most difficult among all of the things a royal should do, Lisa couldn't help but to mentally laugh.

'Seriously, what's so hard about drinking tea?' She even mocked, unable to connect the dots as to why.

When the time came for her to execute the lesson, Lisa confidently strided towards the table. Where plates were brimming with sweets, fancy teacups, and most of all, the teapot containing the tea. Yet oddly enough, Lisa became bewildered of the quantity of the said goods.

Noticing Lisa's scrunched expression, Naomi briefly explained, "The three teapots are essential for today's performance, Milady." Naomi confirmed with her familiar grin.

"Because as to what I have explained, the practice of having tea is one of the most ardous exercise a royal lady will execute. So I can assure you, perfecting this in one try is impossible; nobody has been able to do so. Hence, the three teapots is very much needed."

Lisa's rosy lips almost crack into a smirk. Deep in her, curiosity gnaws her alive, as she was definitely puzzled why such an easy task could be labeled as hard. Why would something like this be hard?

'This will be done in a jiffy.' Was Lisa's notion as audacity literally reeks from her very assured posture.

Sitting comfortably down on the stool, Lisa inwardly cheers herself as a maid pours her a cup of tea. The first batch of tea.

This will be a piece of cake.

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Sadly, drinking tea was absolutely not as easy as eating a piece of cake.

For the whole hour that passed, Lisa did nothing but drink a lot of tea and consume plenty of sweets. By the time she realizes it, the taste of the beverage and the sweetness of confectionaries were now coating at her taste buds. And quite frankly, it wasn't a good flavor fused together and rather leaves a bitter aftertaste if one has been devouring the same combined pair over and over And over and over again.

Now, Lisa truly knew the reason why the art of drinking tea is classified as tough in the book of classy women.

At first, Lisa thought the only thing you have to do is to simply drink tea and eat the sweets:as basic as that. But, Naomi had crushed that belief of hers when she drank her first cup. As Lisa brought the teacup to her lips, her teacher promptly commented on her that she was doing it wrong. And the same scenario has been repeating itself for the whole hour as the maiden still hasn't perfected it. She wasn't even close to acing it.