Estelle chuckled at him as she made the tea for both of them, she passed it to him and eyed him in a teasing manner, Darren was greatly struck between her gaze and the tea he hates, there is a reason for him to hate it his grandfather Cole Ryker loves tea in a way too much and he often drinks his special tea when training Darren saying a good show should be enjoyed with a good tea,
that made the Tea as a medium for his hate since he already hates his grandfather and can't seem to increase the amount so he shifted the target of hate,
His sister Jane Ryker is totally different since she makes her own tea for different moods according to her a good tea is something that should taste healthy, by healthy it's very bitter and he is the very taste subject for her teas, he can't hate this tea anymore but now that the person he wants to spend more time is giving him tea and looking at him with expectant eyes he felt a great loss
he took a deep breath to recall how his noisy grandfather used to praise the tea, and then took a sip he failed to react as to his thoughts, he spit out his tongue while frowning at the bitter taste,
Estele ended up laughing loudly at his reaction she then waved at Silvia who was waiting patiently at the side, she stopped Silvia when from talking when she saw Darren contemplating while looking at the teacup
Silvia passed her a new cup and a glass jar to her, Estelle made the tea again and this time she made it with honey, After Darren took a sip, he was smiling from ear to ear,
Estelle chuckled as she said "you have a child's palate"
Darren "that's not true I like eating spicy things"
a soft voice retorted him "and end up groaning in pain and refuse to take the medicine without a candy"
Ack that's a dark past, Darren turned as a whip to see who is talking, seeing his sister along with her husband he made a disgusted expression towards her for interrupting their time, Hilbert chuckled a little before pulling the chair for his wife then after Jane sat, he settled beside her and turned to Estelle who was rather calmly observing their interaction,
Hilbert "princess why don't you serve me tea you didn't even bother to greet me"
"Why should I?"
"There is no need for it"
Darren ends up smiling when he felt they both are on the same page, Estelle glanced at Hilbert "don't you have your golden hands, your majesty, also I am the guest here where he should be the host" said while pointing at Darren
Darren nodded his head and said "yes I am the host"
"Then why don't you serve me some tea"
"don't want to"
Hibert scoffed, he waved at the other maid who came with them to serve the tea, after a good amount of silence Hilbert felt the need to speak first as he can't seem to bear the glaring Dareen diverted towards him
"Princess, I have something to inform you"
"hmm"
"The war you desperately stopped with your life on the line is beginning again with your death as the fuel"
That made Estelle pauses a little, she knew that there is something connected with Estrelle death that the Zyon kingdom is planning, but she didn't think they thought of sending her corpse to reverse the chances of winning the battle, her eyes very clouded a little remembering the suffering Estrelle has to go through in the Zyon Kingdom,
she tightened her grip on the cup a little, without letting anyone notice, her attitude of all-knowing made the three of them curious, seeing that Estelle glanced at Hilbert since without a plan in his hands he won't be informing, seeing his impatience she gave a guess
"Have the other kingdoms sent their condolences here or to the Zyon kingdom"
Hilbert smiled at her more than question Estelle voiced her guess, he caught an amazing glint in her eyes, he had a hunch that this discussion with the princess would be very interesting as he answered her
"They did, not too surprising they even seem to want to confirm with their own eyes"
Estelle thought 'I knew it since they don't want to sacrifice the 2nd inner state of Kingdom, they decided to sacrifice Estrelle' then Looking at the cunning Smile on Hilbert she ended up returning the smile as she questioned
"Since your majesty is informing this, you must have a plan"
"I do have one but don't know not sure it works"
"And what is it?"
Hilbert made eye contact with Estelle he said
"I would be sending the marriage alliance between you and General Darren to Zyon kingdom while sending an engagement invitation to the other Kingdoms as a response to their condolences"
Darren who was on the side with his view wrapped on Estelle startled as he turned his head to Hilbert in a swipe, Since Jane was already informed, she didn't bother with the sudden awkward silence but her gaze became intent on Estelle
Earlier when her husband said the plan but not his intention, she was hoping Estelle would get them out of it, and she was eager to why Estelle was so calm and steady with their conversation,
Estelle froze on the spot she glared at Hilbert but as soon as she saw him, she had a flash of his mother's proud look while looking at her son in the Ball, raising an eyebrow she gave it a thought and tried to figure out his real intention
then she looked at Jane who is the present Queen but did nothing but stand beside him at the ball, then she glanced at Darren who froze like a statue, then it suddenly clicked to her that Darren was the general who led the army to the Zyon Kingdom, and she was sent as a peace treaty to stop the war but my fake death has turned the tables so the present king Whose authority was almost taken has decided to counter-attack,
"That would surely make a commotion," she said remembering the king and grand Chamberlin's face
"Well, I do need that grand commotion to execute some forces" Hilbert had a hint of surprise while replying since that's not the answer he expected from the princess what he imagined was a really a fluke compared to the princess in front of him