Fena raises her head and takes her cake plate and pass by the nobles who were sitting in their seats. While standing there she eats in fronts of them.
"Man! I must say insults from nobles are impressive. They can throw thousands insults in a second."
While saying that fena keeps eating the cake.
Om! Nom.... (Sound of eating cake)
Nobles in the cake shop looks at Fena with surprised faces.
"You! What are you doing? So disgraceful."
"I wanted to learn table manners well but as you can see my lord. I can't seem to be good at learning and here my lady was talking about etiquette. I have a suggestion, Why not you become my etiquette tutor?"
"You! How dare you to make fun of me? As I will teach such a rat like you?"
The noble lady let her temper out and tries to raise her hand against fena. The duke's comes between and pull fena towards him while glaring at the lady.
The lady gets scared of the cold and blood shot look in duke's eyes and slowly starts to back off.
Duke's gives a fair warning to the nobles regarding fena.
I will make sure to let the royal Palace handle today's event.
"The nobles sitting here committed two crimes, First, They dared to speak ill of blanchester family member in the presence of the duke's Edward. Second they dared to raise hand against the successor of the duke's."
Nobles sitting there all started to crawling in fear of the punishment and losing the fortune of their families.
It was a grave crime to speak ill of royal family and the three families who are loyal to the royal family. The three families who are loyal to emperor and the former emperor are Duke's Blanchester, Archduke Vermilion, And Marquis Belgati.
Archduke and the Royal family are one family since current Archduke is the younger brother of the current emperor and the second son of former emperor.
The duke's holds Fena hand and drags her with him and leaves the cake shop in anger.
'I can't seem to understand the old man. Am I calculating wrong or is it something wrong with me? I am totally confused by the action's of this old man.'
It was sunset time when fena and Duke's left the shop. Duke's keep moving forward and dragging fena with him without looking back. As he strides faster and harder on the ground. Fena all could hear was the footsteps of the duke's.
"Say, Old Man! Why did you do that in the shop? Shouldn't you be mad at me for embarrassing you?
I can't seem to understand the reason behind your actions. Aren't I am here to fulfil your conditions? What good will you get by taking my side? Or lying about me being your successor."
Duke's stops for a second and turns back, Stares at fena for a while and again start walking forward.
You don't understand anything, Do you? It just shows and proves that you are still a kid. No matter how much of a smart ass you are. Do I need to get something to protect my granddaughter and my successor?
Fena looks at duke with a surprised look in her eyes, But soon she lower her head and smiles at the ground.
Duke pauses and smacks harder this time fena on her head," You fool, Who said I'm lying about successor? I have already decided it's you. Why do you think I'm taking you with me to the royal banquet, To inform the emperor and the nobles about my successor."
The smile that was on fena face, Fades away the next second. She gets shocked and tries to free her hand from the duke's hand but the duke's throws her in carriage and closes the door.
"Are you for real? See I didn't agree to such a thing as successor. You have just went and decided on your own without considering with me."
"Hmm! I think You still haven't once opened the contract papers, Did you? Otherwise, I wouldn't be getting this reaction of yours."
As they reach home, Fena starts running towards her bedroom and looks for the contract papers, Only then she founds out how much of a big trouble she is in?
By witnessing that fena stops arguing with the duke's and gets all quite for the time being to found out for a solution.
Two Days Later Finally The Royal Banquet Day Arrives....
As I was forced to wake up early in the morning by Ann and forced to do and take a lot of things.
Even I was forced to fast. I didn't get to eat a single pie at all. I was dying of hunger, But they said it was all to look pretty in dress.
I wore a pretty dress of pink color with the borders designed with pink roses. My shoes were also having a medium size of heel to it, But they were too pink color with green rose on each shoe.
I told the old man I can't wear heels shoes. They are hard for me to walk in. I like flat shoes they are easy to walk and run in. I felt myself heavy as they kept dressing me in a Noble way.
My hair was designed as, All my hair they left open only the upper part of hair they took and made a little bun on the back, put a green rose in it. While leaving some of my bangs on the front on both sides.
They made me a wear a little light jewelry, But that was of diamond made in heart shaped.
After getting ready when I tried to come out of my room. I felt like I was walking like a robot. Every step felt heavy.
When I went down in the hall. I was surprised to see Dion standing there too. He looked very cute in that outfit but to my wonder old man didn't tell me about Dion will also go with us.
As I was busy in resenting old man. Dion's reached out his hand to escort me to the carriage.
As I sat in the carriage I asked Dion," You, What are you doing here? Nobody told me you're coming too? Where is that old man?"
My Lady, The duke's is coming as you can see from this distance and about me, I was invited by the duke to be your knight at the banquet Hall. But I must say my lady will be the prettiest lady in the banquet Hall.
(She is weak to praising)
"Is that so? You are right! Aren't I am looking so pretty in this all? I bet no one can be compared to me. Ha, ha, ha....."
Fena was busy praising herself without noticing that the duke already reached to the carriage and Dion's backs off and left the two alone.
"What are you laughing about? To me, you seem to be an elder lady with the smallest height in the empire."
Fena freaks out and jumps to the other side of the carriage seat," I was just admiring the beauty of nature."
"The one you were admiring was really beauty of nature or yours?"
Old man, You won't ask me to return this all after the banquet. Right!
"What do you see me as to ask a little lady to return me the things I have given? I never asks for things back. Once I gave away."
" You better call me Grandpa or Your Grace in the Royal Banquet Hall. Got it! I prefer calling me grandpa if you can. I won't force you to do that choice is yours."
As Duke's lifts his head to looks at fena to hear her response. He sees Fena looking outside the carriage while replying to duke.
"I will call you, Your Grace. If that's fine with you."
"Yeah! Do that."
'Again that look on her face. It's same as the one when I first met her. When she makes face like that she doesn't seem to be a kid but a girl carrying a lot of things on her back.'
'She refuse to get close to us, Nor she allows others to get close to her making clearly a wall everywhere with everyone she meets.'
As the both went silent in carriage. The atmosphere gets awkward. Fena realizes that and tries to change it.
"Old man you sure look good in anything you wear.
You are looking less scary now."
Upon hearing that duke's burst into laughter....
Ha, ha, ha! Are you seriously saying this to me? I appear to be more scary when I get dressed up all formal. Rin says I look more scary, And it's true. You will see in banquet.
"Yeah, Yeah, I got it....."
Arrives At The Royal Banquet Hall.....
Duke's leaves the carriage and reach out his hand to hold fena hand and Dion's help fena with her dress. The three of them enters the banquet Hall.
The moment the three of them enters the banquet Hall. Everybody in the hall stares at them with surprised eyes.
Fena feels pressured and nervous because of all the people's eyes on her at once.
Duke's holds fena hands tightly and lower himself for fena, Starts Whispering in her ear," Don't worry you are just a kid even if you made a mistake here, I will handle it so don't be nervous."
Hearing that fena feels at ease and starting to feel less nervous but on the other hand Dion was nervous to the point of shaking.
When Fena looks at Dion she feels kind of at ease that she wasn't the only one but at the same time Dion shaking and grabbing her dress from behind pisses her.
"Dion stop shaking and grabbing my dress from behind. Do you want me to trip?"
Everybody standing there starts greetings the duke's and praise the little fena.
"Indeed the grand children's of Blanchester family are all talent and beauty."
Duke's ignore the flattery of nobles and moves forward to other nobles.
Duke's start his greetings while fena and Dion follow him behind.
From other side of the hall enters Archduke Vermilion with his whole family and When the Archduke spots the duke's.
He immediately leaves his family behind and greets the duke's. For many reasons he put the duke's first since duke's is his favorite and the best friend of his father.