The next morning, Virtya woke up early to do some workouts, took a hot bath before he went to the dinning table. This time round it was only Tanya and Catalina who joined him because people like Alexandre and Galina were still sleeping after partying all night.
"It seems like I should be drinking more often. What do you think Tanya?" Virtya asked the cold lady. Virtya smile could never fade especially when he remember what happened yesterday. He had wanted to ask Tanya to go and sleep with him after they came from the party but because of the presence of Catalina, Virtya was not successful but the question that he was asking himself was: would have Tanya accepted to sleep with him that night?
"I think you should not drink too much. It makes you defenceless and open-minded which is not a good thing for a royalty." Tanya answered with an expressionless voice.
Virtya took a sip from the hot cup and grimaced and before he could say something to Tanya, Catalina chimed in.
"If there are parties next time, ask me out, I will be there to dance with you. Your dance was very embarrassing yesterday and so many people are asking me stupid questions but the most pressing one is: what is your relationship with Tanya? However I don't have an answer to this question and that was why I am asking you this." Catalina paused for a moment and asked, jealousy and regret was plastered on her face,
"What is your relationship withTanya? I am yours but she isn't... Why are you embarrassing me?"
Virtya placed his cup onto the table and stared at Tanya and he saw that her expression had not changed but he didn't knew what she was thinking. He very much wanted to know but there was nothing that he could do to get that information.
"Well... Tanya is the commander and my helper... It is basically not bad for her to join me around. However, I have not neglected you. You are still my love, Catalina. I can't leave you, next time, I will bring you around... It is just that I didn't knew that you also like parties." Virtya said while staring at Tanya. Virtya had not expressed his relationship with Tanya that well but because he had said the words that Catalina wanted to hear in his reply, Catalina stopped her nagging.
She smiled and peeked at Tanya before she said with a smile, she showed affection as if Virtya was the only person in the world which was unbecoming of her, she said,
"Eerm... You have given me so much information to learn and I am catching up very quickly. However, what about you give me the designs of your new inventions and the future inventions to come so that I can study them... You know, I want to learn everything so that I can be of much use to you just like how Tanya is." Catalina stood up from her seat and walked towards Virtya and knelt down beside him. She held his leg tightly while saying,
"Please Virtya, don't ignore me. I need you the most than anything else."
"You are the best in my heart Catalina and whatever that is mine is also yours. The pleasure is mine. If you keep talking to me often and be good to me... Then I will give everything to you including this world. I already have the design for the locomotives and the steam powered vehicles. I will give them to you to study and if you also want the architectural design of the cement plant... Who am I to deny my beautiful Catalina this information? If I can't satisfy your wishes, then I am no different just like a dog." After saying this, Virtya beckoned for Sergei Orlovsky ( Virtya's close knight) to come to him and then he murmured something to his ears and then Sergei left.
After some time, Sergei came back with some scrolls with him and gave them to Virtya.
Virtya inspected them before he nodded and then he said,
"This is the architectural design of the cement plant mechanism and everything that goes with it, this is the design for a weapon called the cannon and the pure gun powder... And this, this is the structural design of the locomotives, steam engine and the steam vehicles. All the components drawn have a detailed notes about them and how they could be fabricated and their functions... I hope this will help you to expand your knowledge and maybe in the future, you will be Virtya's greatest scientist." Virtya smiled and stood up before he held Catalina's arms and helped her to stand up.
"To me, you are all, you don't have to beg me for anything. Just ask and I will give you whatever you want." He took the scrolls from the table and gave them to Catalina as if they were nothing to him.