The twins were now in the presence of their father, Ares put his pen down. "Please take a seat." He told the twins as they sat down on the chairs. Ares looked at his twins "Your birthday is coming up, I would like to know if your okay with a party." Ares asked them.
Elizabeth was by the door listening to them. Nesuto and Neshia glanced at each other but they felt happy that Ares knew when their birthday was. "How did you know our birthday was almost here?" Neshia decided to ask them.
Ares smiled a little at them "You might think I don't remember your birth but I do. I would never forget my children birthdays and that includes you both." He told them. It surprised the twins as they wanted to cry but they held it in.
Nesuto looked down "If you don't mind can we not have a party yet, it's still uncomfortable for us to be around a lot of people..." Nesuto answered the emperor as Neshia nodded in agreement with her twin brother.
The twins didn't want to be around a lot of people especially nobles, the emperor nodded his head. "It is alright if you two aren't ready for a party just yet." Ares tells the twins as they looked at their father.
Elizabeth bit her tongue as she wanted to say something but held back. 'Those brats should just have the party to get over their trauma right away.' Elizabeth thought to herself as she stayed silent while listening to them.
"What will you like to do for your birthday?" Ares asked Nesuto and Neshia, the twins looked at each other. "Nesuto...I might want to spend it with father and our big brothers..." Neshia spoke in Nesuto mind as he glanced at her. "I might want the same thing."
Nesuto took a bite of his cookie "W-We would like to spend our birthday as a family with you and our big brothers..." Nesuto shyly says as he blushed, Neshia blushed too. Ares was a little surprised by the twins request.
The emperor looked at them then he nodded at the twins. "Very well. I'll let Ezra, Leo and Atticus know about this." Ares tells Nesuto and Neshia, their eyes shined as Ares found it adorable. 'So adorable and cute.' Ares thought to himself.
Elizabeth took this opportunity to speak up "Your Majesty, if I may speak." Elizabeth spoke, Ares looked at the head maid and nodded his head. "What is it that you'll like to say?" Ares asked her.
"Wouldn't it be better to have a party than a small family party with just you and the princes. It would also be good to let everyone know of their highnesses." Elizabeth tells Ares what she thought, hoping the emperor would change his mind.
Nesuto looked at Elizabeth "She probably just wants us to have a party because we're apart of the imperial family now." Nesuto tells Neshia through their minds like they usually do. "Yeah...or she could also probably be suggesting it to help us in someway." Neshia tells Nesuto.
He wanted to scoff at that but held back 'Your too trusting Neshia...it's obvious she's only thinking about the imperial family status.' Nesuto thought to himself as to make sure Neshia doesn't hear him. Ares glanced at the twins then looked back at Elizabeth. "No, it's been decided what we will do." Ares denied Elizabeth as she nodded and bowed.
I know that she just wants us to have a party not for us but for the image of the imperial family. Neshia could be too nice sometimes and want to see the good things in people but I know that when it comes to Ms. Elizabeth nothing is good for us just the Imperial family.
A servant set a pudding down in front of Nesuto "Thank you." Nesuto thanked him as he took a bite of the pudding, Ares found it cute. Neshia pouted "You grabbed it right away you dummy!" Neshia thought to herself.
Nesuto didn't care at all "Who cares, the pudding is delicious." Nesuto thought to himself as Neshia sighs as she wanted Nesuto to learn some manners like how Elizabeth taught them. "You should use the lessons that we learned, idiot! You'll get in trouble if you act like that you know!" Neshia scolds Nesuto.
Nesuto knows why Neshia was scolding him in their minds as he kept eating his pudding. 'I don't care if Ms. Elizabeth gets mad at me, I want to see that rude woman to get annoyed and mad.' Nesuto thought to himself.
Elizabeth wanted to walk up to Nesuto and teach him the right way to eat. She wanted Nesuto to learn his manners and to use the lessons he learned so far of how to eat especially in front of the emperor but she held back.
Neshia stopped scolding Nesuto knowing he's not going to listen to her. She picks up her own spoon to eat her pudding but unlike Nesuto, she trying to use her manners and lessons of how to eat.
Ares noticed Neshia movements, he sets his cup of tea down on the tea plate. "Neshia, you don't have to force yourself to eat like that in front of me or your brothers. You are still very young after all, so don't worry about manners or those lessons." Ares tells Neshia.
That surprised Neshia as she looked at Ares. "R-Really I don't need to use it in front of you or our brothers?" Neshia asked the emperor as he nodded with a small smile. "Of course you don't." Ares says as he knew they were only just three years old.
Elizabeth bit her tongue back and couldn't believe that the emperor was letting the twins do as they pleased. She wanted to speak up but she knew once again the Ares would reject or he would get mad at her and punish her this time.
Nesuto smirked a little hiding it, he knew that Elizabeth couldn't say anything. "T-Thank you..." Neshia shyly thanked the emperor as she started eating without a care or anything. Ares grabs his tea cup again "You're very welcome, Neshia." Ares tells her.
Of course that idiot would be shy and thank our father but at least Ms. Elizabeth can't say anything to us since father said that. Haha it's kinda funny seeing Ms. Elizabeth annoyed at how she can't say or do anything to us. Oh well at least I can enjoy myself silently.
Ares looked at the twins "What would you two like to eat for your birthday day breakfast, lunch and dinner? You can have anything you want to eat." Ares tells them.
The twins looked at each other "I'm not sure what I want to eat yet for our birthday, do you know what you want to eat?" Nesuto asked Neshia through their minds. "No, I don't know yet either. Let's tell father we need time to think about it." Neshia answered Nesuto.
Nesuto looked at Ares "We need some more time to think about it...father..." Nesuto says as he was a little shy at the end. Ares looked back at Nesuto "Take your time and you don't need to be so formal with me..." He tells Nesuto.
"...Thank you..." Nesuto says as he nodded too, he was nervous and didn't know if he wanted to be informal with the emperor. 'I can't just yet...I'll keep being formal with him...' Nesuto thought to himself. Ares looks at him and nodded "You're welcome."
To be continued