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"Lady Yukimi noh Daiomoru," one of the servants told her. "Princess Shinkokami wishes to speak to you." The servant bowed. Yuki followed the girl to where Shinko waited in her garden. The servant bowed deeply to Shinko and left. Yuki bowed and sat next to Shinko.
"Yuki, I have news for you." said Shinko "I am going to Tortall to marry Prince Roald. You and Lady Haname will be coming with me to stay in Tortall if you agree. Would you come to Tortall with me?"
"I will be honored to accompany you, Shinko." said Yuki. Yuki and Shinko talked about going to Tortall. "I believe Keladry of Mindelan will be at the palace."
"I doubt she will remember me." Shinko said. The conversation turned away from Kel. "Care to have a match with our glaives?" The two retrieved their glaives and started a practice match. They both went their separate ways to prepare for dinner. At dinner it was announced that Princess Shinkokami would be going to Tortall to marry Prince Roald.
Yuki went back to her family's rooms after dinner. Her older sister was sitting with their mother. Yuki was invited to join them. Yuki listened to them speak about poetry and arranging flowers. Yuki excused herself and went to bed.
In the weeks that followed Yuki helped Shinko prepare to go to Tortall. Yuki could tell the Princess was worried about going to Tortall though Shinko would have never expressed it. Yuki was amused by the process of putting a delegation together. Time flew by and soon Shinko, Haname and Yuki were sitting in a carriage on the way to the port.
Shinko would have them stop at every temple to burn offerings for her fortune. Shinko had previously been engaged to a man with a wicked mother. Yuki helped Shinko adjust to the boat. They practiced their common, which they had been learning.
In the morning Yuki would eat breakfast and then read part of a book. After lunch she would try to practice her glaive and talk with Shinko and Haname. They would eat dinner together and then Yuki and Shinko would speak quietly in Shinko's room. Shinko and Yuki would admit their worries about Tortall to each other, knowing that the other would never tell.
"Do you think Roald will like me?" Shinko would ask Yuki.
"He would be a fool not to." Yuki would reply. Yuki spent most of her week like this until the last day when one of the sailors came and told her that they would be reaching land. Yuki put on a yellow and pink kimono. Shinko was wearing a red and purple kimono. They were introduced to the group waiting to receive them.
Most of Yuki's fears and worries disappeared when she saw how nicely everyone treated her. They rode to Corus. Yuki, Shinko and Haname met with Queen Thayet who had wanted to meet her future daughter-in-law. The Queen was very kind, and she was also more beautiful than the stories Yuki had heard said.
The day after they arrived in Corus, at dinner, Yuki went to search out Kel. She had been directed to the pages' and squires' mess hall. When she walked in she felt all their eyes on her. She spotted Kel and her friends around her. Some had red hair. Some had green eyes. Some had black hair. Yuki walked up to the dais and asked for Keladry of Mindelan.