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Shaking her head the Queen looked at the two maids "I'm afraid not, the fainting spells seem to be getting worse, the change in diet was supposed to help with my recovery but at this rate I will instead be forced to buy new clothing as the tailor said she can not take them in any more without loosing the finesse of the patterns" she said to them trustingly.

She then looked pointedly at the silent twin, Emi "You were the one that waited on Athena and Me a while back where you not?" she asked, though she didn't remember the name of the girl she did recognize the uncharacteristic silence that seemed so strange to find anywhere in the rowdy golden city of Zalto.

"I'm all honesty I almost didn't" she said to Emi before she took another bite of the sandwich, managing to work her way though the cucumber despite her body wanting to reject it, her physician would know if she didn't eat it, she always knew some how. Elentiya looked back up at Emi "its your relative meekness that made me remember, its not something I see a lot of in Zalto or amongst maids" she said and looked at Ayane "They're more like your sister, at least back in Lionis." she smiled at Ayane before she took another bite, she almost didn't make it this time but the opening of the door made her swallow just as the physician came back in and handed her a smell pouch full of mint, lemon balm, and watercress.

The pouch was an almost unnoticeable shade of blue and decorated with a few beads and a shard of mirror, and it was tiny enough to sit comfortably in the Queens frail hands. Elentiya's attention was momentarily pulled away from the twins as she brought the scent pouch to her nose and breathed deeply, the mint overwhelmed the other two plants but the lemon balm did make its way though. She then looked back over at the two maids "I will be heading out of the palace soon to attend the church, I will need a fairly simple dress if you can find one" she said as the physician helped Elentiya out of her bed and over to the chair in front of the vanity. The physician would call in a lady in waiting, the daughter of one lord or another, that would start to work on Elentiya's hair. A silver bowl filled with egg whites was brought into the room and the lady in waiting would begin to comb it though her hair before then taking Lemon water and washing it out. Elentiya looked at the two maids via the mirror "Do either of you attend?" she asked.

Queen Elentiya sat on a gilded chair while a maid finished braiding her lip hair in order to coil it around her head. A book on the Zalton language in her hands, she had made it a goal not to long ago to learn this kingdoms first language and to make it her own. Next to her was a pile of papers that had been split in to two stacks, one were papers she had looked though and the other small stack were things she needed to read and either approve or make a choice upon. The top most paper was about the recent raids in Draconis, she didn't know what to do so she had left it sitting on top so she could get back to it after she had cleared her mind.

Princess Flora, as meschevious as ever was slinking around in the shadows, her wide eyes watching her younger brother from afar as the boy sat on the ground in front of his mother, chewing on his toes.

Elentiya jumped up in a jolt and looked up to see Athena "oh! no, not. I'm fine" she said with a soft smile as she placed a small piece of metal in the book as a mark and closed it, it was a small. language book. She let the smile remain on her face "It is stressful but I will continue on, I wont let Aldon down" she said, her smile gone "I do hope he wakes up soon" she whispered softly.

Flora looked at the twin boys as they entered the room, Her blue eyes would stare at them for a moment before she would run on her tiny feet over to Arthur and tackle him to the floor, while little Edward continued chewing on his toes.

Elentiya sighed softly "I worry about him so much" she said as her hand went up to the piece of mirror that hung from her neck "I thought about praying to the gods as of late because I do not know how much longer I can go with just believing that he will just get better on his own" she said sadly. At the mention of her working to hard she laughed just a little "Really? that's sweet." she said "In honesty I don't think I work hard enough, I can only do so much with the chance of a dizzy spell coming at any time. My father has been preassuring me to send troops to support him but most of Zalto, myself included, fear him. Not to mention the bandits in the south" she said, beginning to ramble but at the mention of tea she finally shut up "I'd love some" she said, her shoulders slumping in relaxation.

Flora giggled right back as she grabbed hold of Arthurs arms and pushed him back before sticking her finger up Leon's nose and laughing louder at the way it made him look like a piggy "Oink oink" the girl said, her bright blonde hair wild around her face. While this was happening little Edward lost interest in chewing his toes and instead rolled onto his stomach and started wobbling around. The young crown prince had just started to learn how to walk.

Elentiya shook her head "I can not bring myself to pray for him, I don't think the gods would hear my prayers and I feel that it would just make it worse" she whispered to her sister-in-law. At the mention of sending soldiers to Athena's betrothed however the young queen seemed to tense up as she rapidly shook her head "No" she whispered before holding her head up a little straighter "I can not allow him to move troops though Zalto It will be seen as taking a side." she said firmly "Though it looks like my father could loose this war it is still possible that Drosselmeyer will still hold the title of Emperor when the sun rises for the dawn and if my father finds out that Zalto helped in any way" Elentiya's hands curled up into fists "I don't know how much you have been paying attention to the reports that come in from the war but my father has been selling Bellrisians into slavery, people in Bellris have decidedly jumped from this edge of the world instead of face him. Even though I am Queen here I would have no power if he marches into Zalto, the people would be forced to do the same or flee into the desert or drown themselves into the sea." Elentiya swallowed hard, her lips had become dry at the thought of such horrors. She had seen war before, from far away, but the smoke from the burning villages could be seen back at the manor, and those atrocities had been against the Emperors fellow Lionians and she feared what would happen if he saw Zalto as an enemy "This is my home now and though you have faith in your lover I will not put a single life at risk for fear of his possible. He sides with Evelyn. If they loose the Bellrisian family will be tortured and killed along side her, I am determined that no Zalton be hung along side them"

At that time Flora chose to give out a loud screech as she would lean forward and tackle Leon to the ground, small pink dragon wings came from the little girls back as she went into a half transformation and started batting at the boy with her wings.

Elentiya smiled "No, it does not hurt to have faith. But mine does not deal with the gods, it deals with the self and with my being so weak right now it makes me feel quite helpless in this situation" she said, ending with a very long, loud sigh. She would look over at the children for a moment to make sure that they wearnt doing anything wrong before she looked back at Athena and grimaced slightly as the tea came thank you she whispered as she took the tea and just let the warm cup stand.

"I'm sorry I'm so predictable" she said, looking down into her chamomile tea and turning the cup slightly so she could look at the pretty floral decorations "and... though I do have sympathy for what has been going on..." Elentiya looked away from Athena "The royal family cant afford it" she whispered.

Flora continued hitting Leon with her tiny fists, she held in her breath which made her puff up her cheeks "stewed! she whined, mispronouncing stupid, as her draconic wings moved back and lifted her slightly so she could get the upper hand and she started pushed his eyebrows down and his nose up to make him look like an angry piggy. Little blonde Edward looked up at Arthur just as he managed to get over to the book case, Edward gave his cousin a big grin, showing off two front teeth that had just began to come it. He would grab a book and flop back onto his back and roll onto his stomach again in order to sit up. Edward would then begin trying to open the book, his small hands not being able to grasp the thin cover just yet.

Elentiya smiled at her "I trust you, a lot actually and honestly I'm surprised that I do" she said to her as she brought the tea up to her lips and took a drink, the steam washing over her face "I normally trust pretty easy but I've surprised myself as to how much I like you" she said as she leaned over and squeezed Athena's hand slightly "Like a sister I've never had" she said as she remembered Esther, she hadn't seen her in two years now, honestly she was worried about her dark haired brooding counterpart, she had had no news as to weather she had joined in the war. Should she expect to hear that her entire family had been executed? Elentiya mused it over, she should probably expect the worst. Though she should probably thank her father when she saw him again, marrying her into the Llewellyn family would probably have saved her in the long run. If her maiden family lost she was immune to the mass execution that was likely to take place.

"well...and yes you'd technically be right, no one can afford it, but I mean...Literally we cant afford it" she said, biting her lip slightly as she pulled her hand away "I went over the account. If we raise any sort of army we'll have to cut back across the board and raises taxes. It wouldn't be a matter of selling dresses to help out it would be a matter of not being able to keep the crown functioning" she said, going back to nibbling on her lip for a moment. She didn't really have a head for finances, she was only just starting to get a hang of it "To raise anything substantial we would be halving the royal account at least just for an army, that's not including things back here. Guards, Upkeep, Food, Defenses, Weaponry, Keeping the sewers clean and the mines up and running...In the short term what I've gathered it would give the people something to cheer for but in a year we wouldn't have to worry about religious tensions, we would have to worry about people storming the castle because we rats are covering the streets, the sewers are backing up, and we have to start putting bodies into mass graves because just to keep everything running the entire Kingdom would be impoverished" she rattled on, not really for Athena's benefit but more for her own. She had to remind herself that this Zalto was like Lionis when it came to decadence, except Lionis' seemed to have come to terms with everyone being poor being shipped into the slums...everyone here had gold litterally painted onto buildings, if something went awry Zalto would have everyone from the pompous to the orphans throwing tomatoes at them...at least that's how she saw it

"But...anyway" Elentiya shook her head "You tell me, How have things been going with your love? Does he plan to make a stop by the castle in between battles perhaps?" she asked.


Flora laughed kind of darkly, a very girlish muhahaha as she managed to keep one hand free as she started squishing his cheeks, changing from trying to make him look like a piggy to a fish "noh" the girl grinned. Edward looked over at Arthur for a moment, pausing mid grab and instead used his tiny stubby legs to push the book over to his older cousin.