Stuck In The Middle Ages
05| Tea invitation

At school, there were many noble girls who looked very excited. They were all invited by the empress, the wife of the emperor, to drink tea in the empire. It was also Natasha who was secretly eavesdropping on them, she had also been specially invited.

     "Eh, but how about we meet that ugly prince?" ask a girl who is none other than the son of a grand duke from a neighboring kingdom.

      "You're right. It's so annoying to see him wearing a mask. I may have lost my appetite!" the other timpal.

Hearing that, Natasha could only shake her head. What makes them so hate Austin? But the man did nothing to them.

Instead of having to listen to the gossip that is not-no, Natasha chose to go to the field to be able to raise her magic level. For the sake of achieving a goal, he must learn and practice a lot, because everything on this earth is not instant.

While he was training, someone was secretly looking at Natasha from above. He smiled as he knew the girl would rather hone her skills than gossip about Austin. Fortunately, the closeness of the two has not been heard by the public.

Not only at school, Natasha will also secretly study in the kingdom when night falls. According to him practicing at night will increase the level of concentration.

Natasha was happy when she had already reached level four of wind magic.

      "Finally up to level four, there's only one level left until I get to the second level of magic that's water."

Natasha seemed happy, suddenly a group of girls who had been teasing Austin also came.

     "Something seems to want to take the hearts of teachers by honing their skills!" his taunts made his other friends laugh.

Natasha knew, sooner or later they would definitely approach her.

      "If so, what's the matter with you, miss? I'm here to learn, if the teachers are fascinated by my abilities, then it's a bonus of my hard work rather than a day of gossip. Do you know that those who like to talk about other people, actually he has shown who he is."

Natasha smiled, she could feel the girl's energy trembling.

      "Hey, don't you know who I am?" he asked in a high tone, making some of the nobles who were there start to come and see them.

       "It's as important as that grand duke's child, to the point that I should know about it? Oh, forgot. The grand duke of the next kingdom is so important that it intends to seize the position of king."

Hearing that, he looked shocked. The girl in front of him was not just anyone.

      "Don't you be a cousin to the Baron of Beverly Kingdom? Your goals are the same. Miss, it's not that easy if you want to drop me. I am also not a person who is easily provoked, thank you."

Natasha finally avoided them, some noble girls and men were stunned to see Natasha's bravery.

The beautiful girl was actually confused, how could she know regarding the child rotten intentions of the grand duke?

At that moment Natasha just looked into his eyes and she knew right away. He did not want to bother and chose to prepare, because after this they would go straight to the empire.

When it was late afternoon, many noble girls had come. They choose to sit down, while Natasha is also invited to join three girls who admire her.

     "Daughter, have you heard of Prince Austin?" ask one of them by starting to sip his tea.

      "Know," he answered briefly.

      "I've never seen his face before, but it seems that for the worst, it's impossible. My mother said that even if she had scars, the prince of Austin was handsome and authoritative, so why did so many people come to her?"

Natasha smiled when she found out they weren't following Austin's date.

     "I've met the prince a few times and we also chatted a lot. I think he's cool, the prince isn't what people talk about either. Just a minute, I'll be right back."

On the other hand the girl who had just been humiliated by Natasha, had malicious intentions towards her.

When Natasha would walk over and pass their table, she tripped him.

The queen who saw Natasha smiled. When going through the girl's table, Natasha first stepped on the foot of the child from the grand duke until she cried out in pain.

     "Ah, forgive me Miss Hellen. I didn't see your leg just now."

Natasha smiled, then walked back to the empress.

     "Greetings to the queen."

     "Natasha, I thought you weren't coming."

Natasha smile.

     "I will of course come empress, let alone I am specially invited. So I wonder why the empress is having a tea party, this?"

     "There's nothing. I will call my children here so that they can see and judge. So what do you think?"

Natasha seemed to think for a moment, then spoke again.

     "What about Prince Austin? Isn't the empress going to just make him insulted?"

The empress smiled and looked at the noble girls.

      "If that happens, there will definitely be someone defending him. Wait here!"

After the empress' departure, Natasha's heart beat twice as fast. He'll meet with Austin again after yesterday's incident. Eventually Natasha chose to return to her place.

      "Daughter, what are you talking about with the empress?"

      "It looks very familiar."

  Natasha answered. "You'll know later."

A moment later, the queen and her family appeared. The noble girls began to be unable to remain still after seeing the faces of the second and third princes. Even though he already has a wife, it does not matter if it is just admiring.

However, Natasha did not find Austin at all.

    "Mother, where's Natasha?" prince Alex asked.

     "So soon she will show herself" the empress's jawah smiled warmly.

     "Sorry empress, may I ask you one thing?" natasha asked who was then welcome, while Hellen looked annoyed.

      "Where's prince Austin? Isn't he also a member of the imperial family?"

Alex who heard that could only be dumbstruck. Is that the pretty girl that made Austin last night so cheerful?

      "Prince Austin is coming soon, even if you don't mind meeting him."

When Hellen will say, it is precisely Natash's friends who answered him first.

      "We don't care about the queen. What is wrong with the prince? He's free to come here or not and we're just guests."

Suddenly someone from a distance walked over. Natasha smiled when she found out that it was Austin. The handsome man started to greet.

It was also the sight of Austin and Natasha meeting each other, while the man smiled warmly at her.

Alex has been watching him since so, like he wants to be angry.

      "Ah, my tea taste is gone!" cerocos is one of the girls who can be heard directly by Natasha and Austin.

Hearing that of course Austin became a little scared.

      "really. What's it for here?"

Many people began to protest about the arrival of Austin. Did they not love life after blatantly insulting the emperor candidate?

Natasha was already infuriated by all the humiliation Austin had received.

     "See. Brother Austin will only embarrass himself!" alex was upset with his mother.

      "Enough!" natasha shouted annoyed.

His chest seemed to rise and fall when he heard all the insults. He then walked forward and asked the emperor and empress for permission to speak.

     "Greetings to the emperor and empress. Allow me to give these noble girls a little word!"

The empress can see clearly how Natasha tries to keep the limits of patience, but can't.

      "Please. You're the future leader of Beverly Kingdom, so please just do it."

Natasha finally stood right next to Austin and tried to calm herself down. Then he looked back at them one by one.

      "Is the education you get in school lacking? Didn't your parents teach you how to maintain good manners?"

Natasha's tone went up and down, it also shocked them.

      "Why are you so happy to insult others? Is this the upbringing gained by nobles like you? This country does not need you who can only look at others from the outside. What's wrong with the face of Prince Austin?"

Natasha knew, surely after this she would be even more hated.

      "Well imagine you're in prince's position? Getting a humiliation from childhood, saying it is ugly. He's the son of the emperor, why are you so presumptuous? Even the princess from Harcie kingdom also took part. As a successor, you must set a good example. What's the point of talking about the prince's shortcomings?"

Looking to the side, he could see how Austin looked down.

      "Thank your head, prince. Your position is clearly higher than theirs. You also have the right to punish those who have dared to insult you. I know, all this time the emperor and empress chose to silence all of you, it was because of the request of the prince. Otherwise, the Emperor himself will behead you!"

      "Also, which parent is not hurt to know that their child is being insulted like that? I've heard of the Austin prince's proposal that you've finally rejected all."

      "It's good that the prince of Austin has those burns, so the prince can know which ones are sincere with him and which are not. A person's shortcomings can be something useful to him. I am also officially the future leader of the kingdom of Beverly, asking those under the royal auspices to stop talking about the ugliness of others. If I still hear that, then I don't hesitate to take decisive action!" threaten her.

As a leader, you have to take risks. However, maintaining good manners is also necessary. It doesn't matter whether you're an imperial child or a king's son.

      "I'm sorry the empress has said so presumptuously as before. I just can't stand all this."

The empress seemed to be smiling with satisfaction, as well as the emperor.

      "thank you. We are very pleased with your firmness, princess. It is not wrong for your parents to teach. Surely they are happy to see his son who is getting older," said the Empress by taking over.

      "Alright, the tea party will end here. Please come back safely and say my regards to your parents." 

Austin had been faithful to look at Natasha who had returned to his friends.

     "Daughter, you were so great."

     "Right, I like your assertiveness. All this time the prince must have suffered greatly."

      "Yes. I don't know why they would treat the prince like a stranger."

Just about to speak, Austin suddenly came over to them. The three girls were shocked, especially after seeing his face up close.

     "Gosh, it's really pretty!"

Austin was embarrassed.

     "Can I borrow your friends?" ask Austin to the three girls.

     "Borrow only, not returned nor does the prince matter!"

The three of them looked so happy to see how shy Natasha was.

     "You go home first, be careful."

Seriate...