A cool breeze, fragrance of flowers, chirping of birds and two friends reuniting after a long time .It was a beautiful scene .
Three of them sat at the round table .
Maids arranged the snacks and plates .
Andrea ,helped Hannah (Duchess) in making the tea.
Andrea had prepared for her first tea time since early in the morning .
Washing her hair with rose oil.
Using the limited perfume made with Jasmine flowers .
Dressing up in a sky blue dress that had flowers embroidery on it and sleeves made with soft net .
Small cute earrings and a blue diamond necklace carved into a butterfly were worn by a little child who was three years old .
Little Andrea prepared herself for more than four hours for entertaining her first guest.
For Andrea, a noble should always be elegant and graceful . She wished to keep the dignity of house Kovinsons by presenting herself in the most graceful way possible .
Andrea''s personal maid , Anny was someone who took care of Andrea since she was a baby . When Andrea was one , Anny was 13. Though Anny was a little girl too , she loved and cared for Andrea just like the Duchess.
Anny loved to dress up Andrea.
Anny knew every single liking of Andrea . Anny was a commoner girl , who was taken in by the duchess.
Anny who used to sell flowers on the street was taken in by the Duchess who went out in disguise , and was given an important duty of taking after the precious young miss of Kovinsons Dukedome.
Anny considered Andrea as her treasure. Andrea always kept all the maids at a distance. She never allowed the maids to make personal decisions or get close to her.
Andrea was not a normal three-year-old , she conducted herself as a noble who already reached their coming of age (17).
But for Anny , Andrea was her cute, loving treasure.
Back to green house -
Seeing a three-year-old, all dressed up for the party , Eveline felt so touched.
She spoke to Andrea in a sweet voice and eyes brimming with love " Miss Andrea ,did you prepare yourself to welcome me ?"
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Andrea said, "Yes , Madame Matthias . I am grateful for your visit . Mother used to tell me about you."
"Ohh really , Hannah used to speak about me ! What did she tell , I am so curious to know?" Eveline asked with a playful smile .
"My mother ushed to tell me how she and Mrs. Matthias ushed to be good friends during academy days . How you both ushed to shale youl books and visit each other''s home duling vacations."
Andrea spoke in a very calm and gentle voice but her pronunciation was like a baby and made her words cuter than elegant .
Though she was different from other three-year-old kids in manners, she was similar to them in her pronunciation.
The duchess laughed, "haahaa, I see little Andrea . You are so cute . (Looking at Hannah) Hannah , you are so lucky to have such a cute child."
Hannah smiled gently
"You are lucky to Eva , how is your baby doing?"
Eveline whose eyes were filled with love and care-
"My child is now two , he is cute and chubby . But.... he is too energetic for a two-year-old. The maids have a difficult time running with him from garden to garden .
Hannah smiled softly - " He must be just like you . Don''t you remember how energetic were you during our academic years ?"
Eveline - " Energetic? Me ? I was such a sweet child . You must be remembering it wrong ."
Hannah -"Yes , yes. Such a sweet child who only swung her sword from morning to night at the training ground."
The maids served the tea and cakes .
Eveline sipped onto the tea .It was sweet and refreshing.
Eveline spoke, "This tea is so refreshing , who prepared this ?"
Hannah lovingly looked towards Andrea and spoke, "My baby, prepared this tea herself .
She took hours to pick the perfect leaf from our house and made this tea herself."
Eveline was surprised "Andrea is three, right?"
Hannah smiled and nodded
Eveline -" How ... How can a three-year-old child know which leaf to pick and to make such a delicious tea?"
Hannah proudly said, "My child knows many things , her peers can''t even imagine about ."
Eveline agreed to Hannah .
Andrea felt embarrassed, hearing praises from a person like the archduchess (Eveline) her face flushed red .
She looked like a cute little tomato who was wearing a blue dress and sitting well mannered.
Seeing Andrea all red and blushing Eveline couldn''t control her laughter "pfttt , I am loving tomato these days . Only if my son was also a tomato instead of a jumping squirrel. " Eveline sighed .
Hannah smiled, "Your son is a jumping squirrel? I would love to meet him . When my sons were Andrea''s age, my second son was a jumping squirrel too. Well ,my first-born was very calm since he was born ."
Eveline - "Ohh , how is your two sons doing? I did not see them."
Hannah - " My elder , Johnathan went for his swordsmanship training . My second, Andrew loves watching his brother training .Though he is too young to train with real swords, he carries a wooden sword and imitate his brother ."
"That''s so cute . I will bring my son one day .
I want Andrea to teach my son some good manners. (Turning towards Andrea ) Will you do that Andrea?"
Andrea stood up from her seat and bowed in courtesy "Yesh Mrs. Matthias, I will do my besht and be good fliends with Young Mashtel Matthias. I am not qualified enough to be his instructol. "
"Ohh little one , don''t call me Mrs. Matthias. You can call me Aunt Eva . My son would be happy to make you his first friend, " Eveline said with a loving smile .
" Please do bring your son one day . I am sure all my children will love him .
But ,Eva, you never told me his name . Even in your letters ." Hannah asked in a low voice.
"Ohhh, I wanted to surprise you with his name . When we meet face to face.
His name is ''Rakhil, Rakhil Matthias '' .He is two this year and has silver hair and red eye