Rana blinked, and a man emerged from atop a glamorous carriage. Rows and rows of soldiers marched down the street as a war tune played. A group of parted the crowd as trumpets played. Rana was about to defend herself when she heard a susurration run through the crowd. She looked past the staring and ignored the whispers. The princess flushed and pretended like nothing had happened. Sure enough, a few heads had turned at Rana’s outburst. Just look- you’re drawing attention to yourself.” “You need to behave at all times, princess Rana. She straightened and cleared her throat as her maid spoke simply. The princess hesitated, checking herself. We don’t want our guests to think that our princess is uncouth.” The princess bit her lower lip as her maid continued. “That is not the kind of sound a princess should make, princess Rana.” Their focus was fixed on the delegations- all except for one. Fortunately, there was a large crowd and no one paid attention to the princess at the very back. ![]() She stood at the courtyard of the palace with a large gathering of the nobility of Alyras and the guests that had already arrived to greet the delegations from the Helbir League. ![]() Why was there so much pressure on her? The princess sighed as her shoulders sagged. As the princess and sole heiress to the king, her father, Artik Alyras, she had to maintain the appearance of nobility and dignity. And Rana herself had one of the most important roles to play. There was so much to do, and everyone had their own part to play. This was for two reasons: firstly, the Helbir League was going to have their own conference to decide on their stance for the upcoming meeting between world powers and secondly, it was for their standing- after all, the Helbir League wanted to impress themselves and their might upon the other nations and alliances that would be arriving in Alyras. ![]() They’d arrived at daybreak, three days ahead of the scheduled meeting. Princess Rana Alyras wore white as the delegations from the Helbir Plains rode into the city.
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