"Irene!" Henry called Irene while he ran after her, however she couldn't hear him or rather she chose to ignore him and get a solo tour of the huge palace.
As he followed her from every corridor, three veins appeared on his forehead. Before he could tell Irene how he's controlling his annoyance and anger, Irene stopped while looking at the beautiful and open-space garden.
The garden was far more large than Henry's and has more flowers and greenery. Although it can't rival to Clover's garden and the Goddess of Nature's, Irene still thought that the scenery is familiar and leaves a warm feeling in her heart.
While Irene admired the garden, Henry admired her figure along with the garden. He can't help but get mesmerized from the utmost beauty.
"Woah.." he blinked, "I didn't know that someone else is as gorgeous as me."
...
At the same place; the three empresses were still enjoying their tea party until Aurianna saw Henry with a beautiful maiden. Once she finished taking a sip from her tea, she then says, "Leah, isn't that your son?"
Aurianna pointed at Henry, Aurelia's first-born son. Flavia and Aurelia followed the second empress' finger and sees what she sees.
"Oh my, Leah you're going to have a beautiful daughter-in-law!" Flavia exclaimed amidst her gentle and angelic voice.
Aurelia narrowed her eyes a bit more and rubbed her chin, "But that is not Monique."
Aurianna scoffed before blinking her eyes multiple times. "Would you rather have a daughter-in-law who has loosen some screws or a daughter-in-law that," she looked at Henry from far away, "your son genuinely loves?"
Aurelia stayed silent for a split moment before calling her maid and told her to ask Henry and the lady if they want a cup of tea.
"What a lame excuse," Aurianna chuckled inwardly.
"Shut your mouth," she made a pout on her face.
At the end of their short disagreement, they saw the maid approach the two seemingly love birds; she raised one of her hands and showed where the three empresses are. Aurelia, Aurianna and Flavia saw the both of them nod and began walking towards them.
In nine minutes, Henry and Irene arrived along with Aurelia's maid.
"Mother, aunts." He bowed his head for a few seconds before avoiding the gazes of the curious women.
"Your Majesties," then she did a short curtsey.
After she greeted the three women who displayed bright smiles and noble demeanour, she looked at them respectfully.
Noticing her curious gaze towards the women, Henry leaned on her and whispered, "The woman in a blue outfit is my mother; the first empress. The woman in lavender is the second empress while the woman in yellow is the third empress."
While Henry told her who is which, Irene still looked at the three women. The first empress has bright blond hair that Henry didn't inherit but clearly he got his purple eyes from his mother's shimmering indigo eyes.
The second empress, Aurianna Baignard von Scarlett; has her own charming beauty. She has her long brunette brown hair and sharp marine blue eyes then with a lavender purple off-shoulder gown and golden jeweleries adorned with priceless gemstones, she wore.
Meanwhile the third empress, Flavia Cairon von Scarlett; her angelic and gentle demeanour matches her whole appearance. Her golden blonde hair is tied up in a mermaid fish-tail with a sky blue ribbon. She also has her pale sparkling blue eyes and together with a simple yellow sundress that has flower patterns, a pair of pearl earrings and two diamonds rings; she is perfect.
...
"Henry! No coaching!" Aurelia exclaimed as she saw her son whispering and knew that he told her who is which.
"What do you mean 'coaching'?" he paused and looked at his mother, "Irene is from a foreign kingdom and father asked me to give her a tour in the palace."
"I thought you were stalking me while I was strolling in the palace," Irene showed a shocked expression on her face while putting her hand above her mouth.
Henry felt a sharp arrow stab his heart while Aurelia and the two empresses were suprised by Irene's words that had no hidden intentions.
Before a joyous and funny conversation could begin, one butler came out from where Henry and Irene stood and hurriedly approached Aurelia's maid whom together with the other empresses' maids maintains their distance from the tea party.
Denise had a neutral expression on her face but after the butler finished whispering what he was order to do by the emperor, she frowned.
"Fufufu." Amidst focusing on their own conversation, Aurelia noticed her maid's frown, "Denise, what happened?"
Hearing her master's call, Denise lowered her head immediately before replying to her, "His Majesty, has summoned all imperial members excluding Prince Jonas, Princess Lucia and Princess Zara; to greet His Grace, Duke of Doukas."
...
Without any further questions to satisfy their curiosity, they immediately went to the front gate. Before they could reach the main door of the palace, everyone met there.
Frederick is with Felipe and a newly hired secretary who currently worked for a week. Evan and Arabella were together along with their servants. Lastly, the three empresses, two 'love birds' and multiple servants.
All of them are there to greet a man who is Frederick's so-called brother. Even with that information, he is still a mysterious man with no clear origins.
"...haah," Frederick sighed before signaling the butlers to open the large wooden doors.
Creak. After the doors opened, they see a carriage that had entered the palace gates with no problems.
Suddenly the door of the black carriage opened then a man in a black suit stepped out. He searched the area and focused his sight on the people before the doorway.
"Woah, he's gorgeous.." Arabella shifted her scanning gaze a bit to the left, "and his arms are big— or his sleeves are big?"
While she became confused, the father and sons were impressed and suprised with his beauty. Although they are delusional to think that they can rival his appearance, they shouldn't rival an immortal's natural beauty.
'My, my. Brother finally has a rival— a true worthy rival to steal his crown as the number one most handsome man in the continent!'
'Well, he is my uncle but seriously how is he that handsome?!'
'He doesn't even look like me or father.. he probably looks alike to his mother,' Frederick sneaked a glance at his speechless three wives, 'but what if he steals my wives?!'
As the handsome gentleman finally arrived before the doorway, Frederick greeted him with a glare.
He says, "What a scary glare you have, brother. I'm about to lose my composure."
Everyone looked at Frederick, who noticed everyone's stare. He cleared his throat and fixed his suit before looking at his 'brother' with a frown, "Who are you?"
The man chuckled inwardly before making a stern expression on his face, "My name is Allen Zika de Doukas von Scarlett, Duke of Doukas and son of Emperor Andrew."