[Celeste Kingdom, Party Venue]

When the fourth music finally ended, both Asagi and Pope Michael bowed towards each other as they walked away from the dance floor. The moment they got away from the spotlight, Princess Hayne quickly approaches them from their blindsight as she happily and cheerily grabbed unto Asagi's hands and excitedly praised their performance.

"Asagi Onee-sama! That was so beautiful! the way you dance and moved by the rhythm was truly eye catching"

Happily hearing the princess honest praise, Asagi then simply smiled back as she replied.

"Is that so? Well I'm glad that i put on a good performance in order to not tarnish your party"

After Asagi said her reply, Princess Hayne then shook her head in disagreement as she praised her even more.

"Who cares if you tarnished my party? I don't even care if you steal my spotlight in every event, as long as i can get close to you, I'm then more than happy enough"

"...Well i cant do that! it may make me look bad"

"Look bad in what way? If anyone has a problem with it, i can always take care of them"

"...Ah! eh... Princess Hayne you cant do that! If you do such a thing, they may thought that your being bias towards me... It will ruin your reputation to the public mass"

"Eh? I don't even care about public opinion in the first place, so why should i care about it now?"

Being put into dilenma due to the princess bias advancement, Asagi couldn't help but turn her gaze elsewhere as she asked Pope Michael for some assistance regarding such matter. Of course the person himself quickly caught up on Asagi's signal and immediately gave his assistance, but no matter what he do to change the subject, princess Hayne seemingly ignored the Pope's presence as she puts him as a secondary priority in her attention list.

"Um princess! I also danced you know, do you think i did good?" asked Pope Michael

"Ah! you were here? Well your good... maybe so-so" replied by princess Hayne as she forgot the Pope presence

"That's quite harsh you know"

"..."

"Do you have any comment on my dance and outfit?"

"..."

"You know Queen Asagi herself praised my outfit herself"

"..."

"Princess?"

"..."

"Um... Hello? princess can you hear me?"

"..."

With the princess completely ignoring his existence, Pope Michael couldn't help but get hurt from such treatment as he shed a single tear from this exchange. This time however in order to lift the mood in the area, Queen Celestia then approached them from behind and  consoled the Pope first due to the actions of her daughter.

"Greetings Pope!"

"... Huh?"

"Please forgive my daughter's actions, she didn't really mean it"

"I know... I'm just overacting a bit"

"I'm glad to hear that"

After Hearing the Pope's reply, Queen Celestia then  turned towards Asagi as she saw her daughter clinging towards her like a koala. Of course the reason for such behavior is because Asagi seldom to not visited their estate in comparison from five months ago, Due to that whenever Asagi visited her estate, her daughter would always stick to her whenever possible, since her visit was like a rare occurrence in the castle.

Of course Asagi wasn't treated bad in her castle nor was she unwelcomed, it was just that after her kingdom left the continent, numerous cases and problems appeared in Asagi's territory causing her be busy all the time.

As a ruler Queen Celestia completely sympathize to Asagi's problem, after all it isn't easy to run a whole country all by herself, especially since there were also problem popping up in both outside and inside of her own capital. Even thought Asagi's Kingdom is comparatively small compared to the other country, a kingdom still has a problem on its own, especially to the fact that her kingdom was an upstart in terms of expansion and management.

"Queen Asagi!"

"Queen Celestia! Its been a long time since i personally met you"

"Indeed! time flies so fast doesn't it?"

"Yes!"

"... How are you? Do you get any sleep?"

"Don't worry about me! i already have experience in doing overtime in work, In fact this level of stress isn't that much at all"

"... Work and governing a country is two different things Queen Asagi, You cant compare them as one entity"

"Yeah! i already realized that a long time ago, managing a country is a lot of work... like for example, I'm planning to hire a lot of construction worker for the new project in my kingdom"

"Hire a lot? just how lot?"

"...Hmmm! Maybe about 500 workers?"

"...That is a big project indeed, nevertheless we cant talk about serious stuff in this party... why don't we talk about this another time?"

Hearing the Queen's suggestion, Asagi then thought about it for a bit, as she quickly proposed a date for such an activity.

"How about tomorrow afternoon? In fact i want you to call on the other rulers in the middle continent, i have some information regarding what i found at the further north"

"Further north?"

"Yes we've reached land yesterday"

"Oh! a new land at the further north! Are you planning on a expedition?"

"Nope! Its another matter altogether"

"... I see, alright lets schedule a conference of all ruler's in the continent... of course we can borrow the teleportation tower for transport right? you know in order to cut cost"

After recognizing on what the queen's implication was, Asagi then nodded in accordance as she accepted such a condition. As long as the conference was held in immediate notice, there's nothing she could complain about it. After all the existence of demons is a big thing which could literally tip the scale of the power  of the world. Thus  in order to prepare the people for the possible huge event which involved the demons, she naturally has to inform them of such an existence

After talking to the Queen of the Celeste Kingdom, the crown prince together with his fiancée and the fiancée's family then approached them as they greeted Asagi. Of course the first one to talk was the duke and father of the crown prince fiancée.

"Greetings to the Queen of another country, I am Duke Argon Arkiman, the father of  Luciphilia Arkiman the crown prince Fiancée... It is truly a pleasure to meet you"

"Likewise" replied by Asagi

"This is my wife Luca Arkiman and next to her is our daughter Luciphilia Arkiman"

After that introduction, both the wife and the daughter greeted her as they all smiled with pleasantries between them. Of course the duke himself  would always tries to insert himself between the conversation of girls at most of the time, this is done in order to establish a friendly connection with an allied country. As a man whose daughter would soon be queen, he needed to pull in as much connection as he can in order to ensure a better future for his daughter and her future descendants.

The duke himself knew that he cant always keep his status as the duke and he couldn't always  protect her daughter from  harm all the time. Thus in case that something went wrong which led to his downfall or his daughter's fall from grace, he would always be ready to accept it as long as his safety net through his connection is firmly established. through that he can ensure her daughter wouldn't live the life of poverty and exile in her lifetime.

Such a caring father was a rare sight to behold in the circle and history of nobility full of lies and deceit. With that he continuous on to intervene in the conversation which focuses of Asagi and her Kingdom. As long as he could get onto the good side of Asagi, then based on their military might and how seclusive their kingdom is, then he would be assured that her daughter would be safe no matter where she is.

 "I've gotta say, Your beauty is quite something... no wonder my son in law tried to propose to you five months ago"

Upon mentioning that embarrassing moment, Crown prince Rodrick reddened in embarrassment as he doesn't want to remember such an event in his life, of course Luciphilia the prince fiancée doesn't like the way how her father teases him, thus with a disappointed look, she then scolded him firmly.

"Father!"

As if receiving a warning jolt, the duke then hurriedly changed the subject of the matter as he laughed half-heartedly.

"Well anyway! I heard that your going to establish a business connection with the viscount Atkinson Family, if that is the case i would also like to offer a partnership with you"

"Partnership? In what kind?"

"Well i overheard that your looking for a  huge workforce in terms of construction yes? So i would like to offer the aid of my domain in building the huge project that you kingdom is undergoing, after all it is rumored that our domain are full of people who can actually build stuff... plus my people also need some project to work on, current construction clienteles nowadays are quite hard to get"

"Is that so?"

After hearing the duke's words, Asagi then glanced at Queen Celestia for confirmation, which was then confirmed with a single nod. With such a confirmed backing, Asagi then bowed in gratitude as she accepted such partnership.

"Alright! I will call upon your domain after i settle the current issue of my kingdom"

"As you wish"

After exchanging words with the duke, Asagi then turned her attention towards the crown prince and his fiancée as she congratulated the both of them for their relationship.

"Anyway congrats on your engagement, when did you guys get together?"

Upon hearing such a question, Crown prince Rodrick fiancée Luciphilia honestly answered.

"About two months ago"

"Two months ago? wow!"

"I know right? Nevertheless your beauty is something to behold no wonder the crown prince took a liking to you, by the way why did you reject him?"

Faced with such question, Asagi then answered.

"Its not that quite deep reasoning, but he seems a bit childish to me"

After hearing Asagi's comment regarding to him, the crown prince then suddenly frowned in disappointment as he  got hurt by such words. But despite the trait of childishness, Luciphilia simply smiled back in delight as she replied.

"Well i think that's his charm"

"...Well every women has a taste"

"Indeed... honestly i wanted to be friends with you"

"Friends? Don't you have a lot of friends already?"

"Well there nothing too much right?"

"Your right"

After that silence then probed that specific area, as Asagi quickly came up with a proposition for the fiancée of the crown prince.

"Since you wanted to be friends with me, why not start with the basics of knowing each other... If you like i can invite you to my kingdom"

Hearing that proposition, Luciphilia brightened up as she happily accepted such a thing.

"That's a great idea! and i can invite you to ours"

With that both of them smiled towards each other, as they actually hit it off quite well. No matter what she was happy for their relationship.

After talking towards Luciphilia, Asagi then turned toward the crown prince as she gave him a subtle reminder.

"She's a good girl, don't make her cry alright?"

"S-sure..."

"Good for you! your quite a lucky man to have her"

After that initial talk, the rest of the group then came in to a whole huge group conversation ranging from current trends and topic that circulates all over the kingdom. After that huge conversation Princess Hayne then invited Asagi for a dance together with her mother the queen and the crown prince fiancée.

Everyone naturally enjoyed themselves in such an occasion to the point that they soon exhausted themselves from dancing. Naturally after dancing a huge three layered birthday cake then soon entered the venue as a commemoration for the celebration of the princess.

Upon seeing the huge cake, Asagi was then surprised by such a product as cake originally doesn't exist in this world. When Asagi inquired about the cake, the Queen then told about her the rising star cater and baker in the kingdom that appeared about 2 month ago, the time when her kingdom had left the land.

For two months that specific individual honed its skills and earned the recognition as the best cake maker in the whole country. Curious of its identity, Asagi asked for an appointed time to meet such a person that was currently within the kingdom. Naturally the queen herself accepted such request as she will help her get acquainted towards such person.

With that out of the way, Princess Hayne then wished silently on her birthday cake before she happily announced the success of the celebration and let everyone taste the cake made for her. After finishing eating the cake, various performance was held in the room, causing everyone to be amused of the show.

After the show, the party was then announced as a free for all as everyone was then given the permission to do anything they want for the duration of the party. With that the party then lasted till in the midnight as everyone had their fill of enjoyment.

Of course after the party, since Asagi was a honored guest of the castle, the queen then assigned her a guest room for her to sleep for the night, while the other attendants left the capital to return to their own territory.

Alongside Asagi, the pope himself was also a honored guest and was invited to attend the conference happening the next day, thus he stayed in the castle till the next rise of dawn.

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