<b>The Bridal Training</b>
20 days have passed since Tiararose arrived in Marineforest.
Not even a month upon her first arrival, many things had already happened around her. Mainly her encounter with Aishira and the fairy king.
There are also times when she had tea parties with the noble ladies in Marineforest as a form of social gathering.
And now, what is about to officially begin is herââ bridal training.
But since Tiararose was a former fiancée of the crown prince of Lapis Lazuli, Hartnights, she had already mastered all that there is to learn.
Therefore, she is to be educated about Marineforestâs culture instead. Such as things about the fairies and the kingdomâs history. also to also build up a much deeper trust with her fiancĂ©, Aquasteed.
âI need to keep myself together since I will soon be the queenâŠâŠâ
What caught her eyes as she lies down was the beautiful decorations of her canopy bed.
As the moon quietly rises, Tiararose closes her eyesâ attempting to sleep, but of course, ended up in a failure.
Even she is not sure whether if itâs because of her worries about the start of her bridal training or her doubts about whether she will really be the future queen.
ââPrince Aqua. No, Aqua.
the one who is always on her mind before she fell into sleep is Aquasteed.
Ever since she had called the king of the fairies by his name, an unspoken rule has been created between the two. That is, when they are alone, she is to call him Aqua, without honorifics.
When itâs just the two of them, sheâll address him as Aqua.
When theyâre with someone they are close with, sheâll address him as Prince Aqua.
And when theyâre in public, sheâll address him as âyour highnessâ.
ââŠâŠ I feel like I might call him by mistakeâ
She thought as she shifts her position. If she didnât do so, sheâll end up smiling to herself.
Tiararose actually panicked when Aquasteed confronted Keith but in the end, that closed the gap between them.
She is really thankful of Keith for that.
As Tiararose continues thinking about these things, her thoughts seem to have no end.
ăâThe day of the bridal training will come if I donât sleep soonâ, she scolded herself who was smiling alone and decided to close her eyes once again.
ââŠâŠThat is all. Miss Tiararose, you are indeed excellentâ the teacher said.
It has only been a month since they began the bridal training.
âThank you so much, teacherâ Tiararose smiled as she gracefully curtsy.
What they have done within the month was matters regarding social relations. And this has been done at an unprecedented speed.
Etiquette, dancing, embroidery, general education. Tiararose did all of this only once and she already earned praises from her teacher.
She was certainly happy that what she had learned when she was still Hartnightsâ fiancĂ©e didnât go to waste. She had thought that all of it would be unnecessary since she was supposed to be exiled from the kingdom.
âAfter this, we will be covering the topic about the fairies for a weekâ
âThough this is already a common knowledge, I will be explaining it much deeper to you. Miss Tiararose, since you will be the queen of this kingdomâŠâŠ You have to learn this properlyâ the teacher said as she hands her a thick book.
She open and scan it and what was written inside weâre all information about the fairies and indeed, there are thing written in the book that is not commonly known.
Tiararose thought that it would be really helpful for her to learn all these in just a span of one week since there wasnât much information about fairies in the neighbouring kingdom.
ââSome of the information here might be restricted to others so I need to know what are the things that I am allowed to talk about and what are not.
âMiss Tiararose, if Iâm not mistaken, you are favoured by the forest fairies. Can I ask what kind of conversation you have with them?â
âThe fairies come to be whenever I go to the garden. It is not like we have a specific topic. We mostly have conversations about how that certain flower is pretty and such. Also, they love sweetsâ
The teacherâs eyes widened in surprise by Tiararoseâs words. Itâs because, all this time, she hadnât heard of the fact that fairies eat.
Itâs probably better to say that a human hasnât dared to give fairies any food. Of course, there were some who did but the fairies did not accept it.
for that reason, it was concluded that fairies does not eat human foods.
âThe forest fairies love sweetsâŠâŠ I am actually blessed by the sea fairies but I wonder if they will accept it if I give them sweets?â
âUnfortunately, I am not liked by the sea fairies so I cannot say for sure. I think it is best for you to try itâ
Indeed itâs unfortunate for she is even hated by them. Although the forest fairies gave her their blessings instead.
âI will do soâ the teacher replied after hearing Tiararoseâs words.
âWell then, let us end for todayââOh my, your highnessâ
The teacher was about to tell her that they will be having another lecture about fairies tomorrow when she caught Aquasteedâs figure entering the room
He apparently came to pick up Tiararose.
âIt seems like todayâs lesson is overâ he smiled.
âYes, it is. Miss Tiara is really excellent so the lessons that we were about to tackle for 6 months weâre finished within a month. All the is left is a week of lecture about fairies and we are finished.â
âI see. Youâre really brilliant, Tiaraâ
âThank you, your highness. I will keep doing my bestâ
After bowing to the teacher, Tiararose was escorted out of the room by Aquasteed.
She wondered where Aquasteed is leading her but apparently, they are heading to his office.
as they passed the long carpeted hallway, her eyes were focused on the elegantly beautiful decorations on both sides of the walls. All of these are products of Marineforest which are made out of corals.
âTiara, this is my office. Letâs discuss about the things that will happen later onâ
When they entered the room, their seats have already been properly prepared.
After being escorted to the sofa, Tiararose sat down. Aquasteed sat across her while Tarmo stayed behind Tiararose acting as her escort.
Eliot was preparing some documents, it seems like he will not be part of the discussion.
âYou can relax, itâs just me and my aides in this roomâ
âI understand, Prince Aquaâ
Aside from Eliot, Tarmo (who is now serving as Tiararoseâs escort) is also a former aide of Aquasteed.
But even so, it is not easy for Tiararose to relax since she just recently arrived in this kingdom for the bridal training. But she is happy that he is being considerate of her.
âI hear reports about your bridal training every day. All of your teachers praises how excellent you areâ Aquasteed proudly said
âI am not worthy of those wordsâ a little embarrassed, Tiararose replied.
it is only natural for her to know things regarding general education, such as manner and etiquette. She has mastered all of it to the point that one may question why is she even learning the basics.
However, though young ladies know how to act elegantly, there are still many instances where they do not understand everything in it nor its essence.
It is very difficult to be a young lady like Tiararose unless they have undergone a strict education since childhood.
For that reason, any young lady who is to be married to a royal family must undergo a very strict bridal training.
âIâm thinking of letting you observe my work for the remaining period if your training.â
âYour highnessâ work?â
âThatâs right. Isnât that the best way for you to understand the kingdomâs situation better? Because you will be the queen, I doubt that you will have much direct involvement with my work but still, being able to know these things isnât a bad thingâ
Aquasteed is the one who manages all the political affairs in the kingdom such as handling documents and giving actual commands but as for Tiararose, who is to be a crowned princess, there would be many instances where she will be tagging along during inspections etc.
If thatâs the case, it is a good thing to know the usual work situation there is. Like what to do on certain situations because responses to people changes based on that.
âI am still nothing but your fiancĂ©e. For me to know the state of affairs of Marineforest, moreover, your workââ
ăYou must not give me too much information for I am just your fiancĂ©e.
Is what she was about to say but Aquasteedâs finger touched her lips, preventing her to say any more than that.
âTheres no problem with thatâ Aquasteed said to the confused Tiararose.
That statement of his actually proved that Aquasteed doesnât plan on letting her go.
ăŒăŒIâm happy that Prince Aqua trust me but thereâs still a huge possibility for things to go according to the gameâŠâŠ
âThereâs still a possibility that Aishira will become the queen instead of meâ Tiararose thought but she then decided to stop thinking about it.
ăâIf I continue to think like this I will lose the fight that I can win. I must stay strongâ she scolded herself.
Being discouraged whenever the game is involved is Tiararoseâs bad habit.
âI will do my best order to support youâ
âIâm counting on you, Tiaraâ
And so, Tiararose is now to spend her days studying things about fairies and observing Aquasteedâs work.
âHowever, I want you to promise me one thingâ
âIf there is something that is bothering you, consult it to me right away. You must not shoulder it all by yourself.â
It sounded like a strict explanation of rules but it turns out that he was simply concerned about her.
When Tiararose obediently nodded, Aquasteed also nodded back in satisfaction.
But little did Tiararose know that the heroine, Aishira, frequently visit this office due to workâŠâŠ