*at the carriage*
"Won't it be weird if young adults as me and Alya would have children that are almost our age??" Asked Rick.
"I dont think it will be a problem" said Nick, "after all you look old."
"What did you say?!" said Rick and raffled around with Nick.
"he is not wrong." I said, "Compere to the nobles even a peasant baby will look twenty years old. To be honest I am more worried that Nick and I would look to old for them..."
"Screw them!" said Nick while holding back Rick from punching him.
"To be honest i don't think it will be a problem" said Alya, "with new clothes we will look more royalty then ever. Besides, we will have makeup on most of the time there."
Chris and Amilia gave us brand new clothes that probably cost more then ten blacksmiths. We weren't able to wear them now because of the fact that we would have fainted of heat by now. Every piece of dress, shirt, and even pants built with so many layers of cloth.
At least they are not trying to freeze us to death...
"You might be right, but now we are with long coats, its not royal like to me you know?" I said.
"But with the coats nobody will be able to see our face" said Alya.
I hope she is right...
"We are here my lords" said the carriage driver.
Alya stepped out of the carriage first, "ho my lord" she said.
"It has to be a joke" said Rick.
"That is a bit much dont you think?" Said Nick.
It's huge!!! This mansion is to huge!!!
*at the mansion*
"Welcome home my lords." said an old fella while standing in front of a huge mansion in the middle of two rows full of maids and workers.
That's has to be Alfred the butler.
Rick and Alya didn't say anything and just walked through the workers while me and Nick followed them behind.
"My lords" said Alfred while walking behind us, "I belive it will be best if we go to the study and talk there privately".
"Understood" said Alya and stood still at the front doors and said, "...Lead the way."
I picked behind her and saw a huge hall with two sets of stairs.
it's just as big in the inside as at the outside.
"Hay Alfred" said Nick, "isn't it to damn big?!"
"Not at all" said Alfred, "its actually pretty small in size compared to an actual duke's mansion."
"Well he isn't wrong" said Rick, "Compere to our duke's house its about half of it."
"Of course you know that." Whispered Alya under her breath.
"Come on– I have seen his mansion seens I was a kid" whispered Rick.
"Rick is right, I have been at the duke's house so i know its much smaller" I said.
"I don't want to hear that from you" said Alya angerly.
"Hahaha" laughed Alfred, "You all have alot of energy."
"its just feel too much for us, you know" I said.
"Yeh, at first I was sure it was a joke" said Nick, "Its smaller then a normal mansion but its still big, its just weired that we will show up here from nowhere and claim this place to be ours".
"I believe the young masters already explained you everything" said Alfred.
He calls them "young masters"...
"They did but still" said Nick, "its just weired..."
"We shouldn't talk about this here. Let's hold that conversation till we ger to the study." said Alfred and walked us to a room.
"As you all know this place is an abandoned part of the kingdom. The master of this mansion died end left this land to his royal highness as his supporter" said Alfred.
They haven't told us that.
"Wouldn't that be weird if we rule here, you know with the fact that we are not supposed to know them personally yet?" Asked Alya not fazed by the new information.
"Indeed my lady. You as the duchess of Mareliya and your husband, the duke, only supposed to know about the prince and the princess" said Alfred, "The former's duke's will was given to his highness, no one other then him have seen that will. There for by the word of his highness. The current duke, 'Theodore's great-great-son' is his heir. That heir moved to this land with his family. Because of the help of his royal highness you were able to succeed this land, there for you should go and thank his highnesse your self, although because of complications at the palace you cannot go there."
they are delaying our meeting. But why?
"The next time that you will be able to see them will be in four months at the imperial ball."
"Aren't we basically stealing died man's property?" Rick asked.
"I fear we do" said Alya.
"What do you mean four months until they just 'meet'?!" Shouted Nick, "You didn't said that it will take that long!! We don't have that much tim–"
"Alex!" Alia said aggressively, "we are at home, please consider your words and lower your voice!"
"If his highness and Iz will meet only in four months there engagement will take forever. " Nick said quietly.
"The engagement will be pretty quick if the young lady and her household will be suitable for being the prince fiance." Said Alfred and looked at me.
In other words he is saying that I should try as hard as I can to become a real noble lady in four months and on top of that he is telling Rick and Alya that they should really try to make this place something special...
"and please as long as you are in your rules keep using your fake names, even if it looks like nobody is near." said Alfred directly towards Nick.
He noded.
"Very well. Now, you all had a hard trip, you should go to sleep. By tomorrow the young masters will start there training and the lords will start learning how to rule this land." Said Alfred and walked out of the room.
"Rule?" Said Nick.
"Yeah" said Alya, "this room will be Rick's study. We should start learning by reading about this place."
"You are right, we should start." Said Rike.
"What about us??" I asked
"You two should go to sleep, you will have training tomorrow so just have a good night sleep." said Alya while taking a book out of the shelf.
"But-"
"listen to her kids" said Rick.
"Iz We should go" said Nick.
"Ok" I said while walking out of the room.
They are taking this seriously... l am glad.
...
A bird landed on one of the palace windows, in her leg was a letter.
"Iz? I see" said a voice, "I figured my little squirrel have things that she has not told me..." a grin appeared... "I guess I will have a fun time playing with her".
...