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Chapter 343 - This is horrible

"Your Majesties" said Curtis as he bowed down and everyone followed after him as they bowed as Curtis did.

"Please rise" came the voice of a man as his voice carried authority and power.

"Thank you my King" said Curtis as he nodded his head and he stood up and the others stood up as well.

"Curtis, long time no see" came the voice of a woman as her voice sounded as sweet as honey as she smiled.

"I should say the same my Queen… you look as young as ever" said Curtis.

"Oh you flatter me Curtis" said Queen Christina as he smiled.

"You must be John, it is nice to meet you" said King Albert as he looked at John.

"It is an honour to meet you your Majesty" said John as he bowed, he did not know whether to kneel or bow?

"That is not necessary, please rise" said King Albert.

"Thank you your Majesty" said John as he smiled.

"And you must be the lovely Lisa" said Queen Christina as she smiled and she looked at Lisa.

"Yes I am your Majesty, it is an honour to meet you" said Lisa as she smiled.

"And I can say the same, it is an nice to finally meet you" said Queen Christina as she smiled, unlike her husband King Albert, she was nice, sweet, and always smiling, while Albert was cold, authoritative and calculating.

"And you must be Annie, you are much more beautiful in person" said Queen Christina as she smiled and she looked at Annie as Annie smiled in embarrassment and she turned to look at Curtis as he gestured that she go ahead.

"Thank you your Majesty" said Annie as she smiled, she had never been flattered like that before.

"Oh you are welcome, and your eyes, well your eyes are enchanting, like a green field" said Christina as she smiled.

"Thank you your Majesty" said Annie as she was blushing, no one ever complimented her eyes like that, it felt nice, but weird as well, she knew that Christina was the Queen, but she found her compliments out of place.

"Oh and you must be Matt, it is very nice to meet you" said Christina as she smiled and she looked at Matt.

"Good Afternoon your Majesty" said Matt as he smiled and he bowed as his Grandfather had taught him, he said that he always had to be polite.

"What a fine young man and very handsome as well" said Christina as she smiled.

"Thank you your Majesty" said Matt as he smiled.

"And you, you must be Maddie" said Christina as she smiled and she looked at Maddie.

"It is an honour to meet you your Majesty" said Maddie as she smiled and she looked at Christina as she took in all her features.

Christina had long honey blonde hair and delicate blue eyes, as blue as the sea, she had a golden tiara on her head as her smile was enchanting, she was dressed beautifully in a blue gown that matched her eyes.

She looked sweet and nice, and she had delicate features, but that should not have you fooled, she was as fierce as a fire when she wanted to be, but now, she was as gentle as a dove.

"Oh I love your eyes as well, we have the same eye colour" said Christina as she smiled and Maddie was flattered, but her eyes did not compare to Christina's sea blue eyes.

"Chrissy" came Albert's voice in Christina's head as he sounded like he was warning her, and she rolled her eyes at him as she ignored him.

"Thank you your Majesty" said Maddie as she smiled.

Maddie looked at Albert, he had long wavy brown hair, and a brown short boxed beard, he had a golden crown on his head as he looked very serious.

"Why are we all standing?" asked Christina as she smiled.

"Sit, sit everyone, let us have tea together" said Christina as she smiled happily.

"Thank you my Queen" said Curtis as he smiled and he sat down as the others followed behind him, since he seemed to know what to do in this situation.

In that same moment the door of the room opened as two brown armchairs and little table entered into the room and Christina sat down with a smile as Albert sat down on his armchair as he seemed to be thinking and inspecting.

"I just love tea, but if you prefer something else, please feel free to tell me" said Christina as she smiled and a white teapot floated in the air as it poured tea into a teacup and saucer on the little table as the was suddenly lifted up as it floated to Christina and she took the teacup from the air as Albert did the same.

"Tea is fine my Queen" said Curtis as his own teacup made its way to him as he took it from the air.

"Oh alright" said Christina as she smiled.

"And what about you John and Lisa?" asked Christina as she smiled and she looked at John and Lisa.

"Tea is fine your Majesty" said John as he smiled.

"Children?" asked Christina as she smiled and she looked at Annie, Maddie and Matt.

"Tea is fine your Majesty" said Annie, Maddie and Matt in a chorus as their own teacups made its way to them.

"Alright then" said Christina as she smiled and she took a sip of her own tea.

"This is a special hibiscus blend of tea, I hope that you all like it" said Christina as she smiled.

"It is fine my Queen" said Curtis as he took a sip of his tea and Annie, Maddie and Matt did the same as they smiled, but their faces all scrunched up at the same time once the taste of the tea simmered in, it tasted funny, but not in a bad way, and neither was it in a good way as well, but they all composed themselves.

"This is horrible" said Maddie as she linked her mind with Annie and Matt.

"Tell me about it, it tastes like dirt" said Matt as he smiled outwardly, but inside he wanted to spit it out.

"I know it tastes horrible, so just don't drink it, only pretend to" said Annie as she smiled outwardly but on the inside the tea tastes so bitter that she just wanted to wash her mouth, she looked at Curtis who looked rather calm, and it did not seem like he hated the tea at all.

"Curtis, you usually never eat when you come and visit" said Christina as she smiled and she looked at Curtis.

"But you seem to now, is something the matter?" asked Christina as she smiled.

"Nothing is the matter my Queen" said Curtis as he smiled.

"As the saying goes, when with cats, act like a cat, and when with birds, fly as the bird" said Curtis as he smiled.

"Ahh a wonderful saying that is truly" said Christina as she smiled, but Albert seemed to be sceptical, but he did not say anything as he just drank his tea.

"My Queen, Prince Oliver is here" came the voice of Steven as he spoke to Christina.

"Send him in" said Christina as she drank her tea.

"His Royal Highness Prince Oliver of the Witch Realm" came the voice of the announcer from earlier as he opened the doors and he bowed as he moved away and Ollie walked into the room with all smiles.

"Hello Everyone" said Ollie as he smiled and he looked very happy, as Maddie noticed that he looked different… he looked cleaner?? His hair was nicely combed, and he was dressed neatly in blue just like his mother, unlike when he came to the Palace and he was casually dressed in jeans.

"Good Afternoon Mother" said Ollie as he walked and he stood in front of his father and mother as he bowed and he smiled.

"Good Afternoon Father" said Ollie as he smiled and he bowed.

"Good Afternoon Oliver" said Christina as she smiled.

"Oliver" said Albert as he nodded his head.

"We were just having some tea with our guests Oliver" said Christina as she explained and she smiled.

"I would join you mother, but I dislike tea" said Ollie as he smiled.

"Especially the hibiscus blend that is made from the droppings of a yak" said Ollie as in that moment Maddie almost gagged out loud as she looked at Matt and Maddie and they all had the same disgusted expression on their faces, that explained the dirt taste.

"Well Oliver, you know it does have healing powers" said Christina as she laughed as she looked at her son, he had never liked tea.

"Father, I am sure that our guests must be tired, and they will want to rest" said Ollie as he looked at his Father and he smiled.

"May I be permitted to escort them to their rooms?" asked Ollie as he smiled.

"You have my permission" said Albert.

"But Steven will escort them" said Christina.

"Steven" called Christina out loud as in the same moment Steven opened the door as he walked in.

"You called for me my Queen" said Steven as he bowed.

"Yes, please escort the guests to their rooms" said Christina as she smiled.

"The children can run along, while we adults stay here and Chat right?" asked Christina as she smiled.

"Yes your Majesty" said John as he smiled and Lisa nodded her head.

"Alright my Queen" said Steven as he turned to look at Annie, Maddie and Matt.

"Please follow me" he said as they all stood up and Curtis stood up as well.

"Thank you my Queen" said Curtis as he bowed.

"Thank you" said Maddie, Annie and Matt as they did the same.

"You are welcome" said Christina as she smiled.

"Curtis, you are not going to stay?" asked Christina.

"I will not my Queen, I have some very important things to take care of first" replied Curtis.

"Alright then" said Christina as she smiled happily.

"Please follow me" said Steven as he led the way.