Ressaline Tiara: Part Two by Robin Roseau

Author:Robin Roseau [Roseau, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-31T05:00:00+00:00

Conversations

Queen Lisdee’s palace was significantly smaller than the palace in Barrish. Every single part of it was smaller, really, and the large room where we met served multiple purposes. They didn’t call it court or a ballroom or a dining room. It was The Great Hall, and it was the only such space in Ressaline City. They changed the furnishings based on requirements.

There were slaves everywhere, some dressed in the black of a clerk, but most in the blue of a household slave. When I heard one speak, she carried a Charthan accent. Oh, there weren’t hundreds, and I would learn that they weren’t always living in the palace. Most of them actually belonged to other women in Ressaline City, but they were loaned to the queen for events. Our visit was considered an extended special event.

They saw to everything.

Accommodations were crowded. We made do, but all of us shared beds. Olivia and Allium’s households each took one bedroom. I took one very crowded bedroom, and Gionna opened her doors to my overflow, and so she was also crowded.

Everyone not staying in the palace was staying in one of the nearby multi-family houses. I never learned whether people were displaced, but I assumed they were.

At no point did anyone complain, and I actually found it comforting to be surrounded by familiar people. I won’t dwell on this, but throughout the duration of our trip, I made sure all my charges were doing well.

There was only one distressing point: Shalendra and I would have a difficult time finding any sort of privacy. But she told me simply, “Do what you need to do here, Darfelsa. If you need me for anything, I will do what I can. Valsine is taking care of me. I’ll be fine.”

We had a simple dinner in the palace our first night, those of us living in the palace. Conversations began in the morning.

* * * *

The great hall had been used as the dining room the night before. Today, the arrangement of tables was similar, and there was ample space, in spite of the numbers. In addition to the people who had come with me, Queen Lisdee had her own staff. Lisdee’s closest advisors were not ministers; they were councilors. And it appeared that division of labor wasn’t remotely similar to how things were done in Flarvor. There was no councilor of transportation, or of agriculture, or supply. Instead, they were councilors, and they all seemed interested in everything.

And so, we met five councilors. There were three women who seemed to be more directly concerned with supply in Ressaline City, and two who were road engineers.

The great hall was quite busy.

Once introductions were performed, Queen Lisdee said, “We are here to discuss two basic topics: enhanced trade relations with Flarvor, and improved transportation to Ressaline City. Would you agree, Princess Darfelsa?”

“Yes, although I would like to address a minor topic first. I would accept a less formal form of address, but perhaps that is not your way here.

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