"Repeat after me, 'Abensa utyu anja ubensu,'" said the Languages Mistress.
She was teaching Lela how to speak Ayorthian.
"Abensa utyu anja ubensu." Lela was wondering why she needed to learn how to speak a language she would probably never use. Yes, she was very good when it came to pronouncing and memorizing the words, but Lela found the whole subject rather tedious. She never had a need to go to Ayortha. Edmund was the one who needed to spend a year in Ayortha, not her.
"Utyu ubensu Ayortha?" Do you like Ayortha?
"Utyu ubensu Ayortha?"
"That would be it for today's lesson, Princess. Tomorrow I think we should double our time together and have a two-hour class." The look on Languages Mistress's face was very reproachful.
"Yes, ma'am," said Lela.
*****
Could this day get any worse? Not only would she have another hour of Ayorthian tomorrow, but also her brother and sister were still mad about Mandy being a fairy. Maybe she could go talk to Areida and reconcile their amity.
She started to head toward the drawing room, where Areida could usually be found. Before she opened the door, she heard two voices whispering. Lela stopped to listen.
"I can't understand why this is happening," said her sister. Who was she talking to?
"I can't either, but it is none the less. We cannot stop it. You parents should be able to make peace, but if not Edmund and I are off to battle." Lela recognized this voice. It was the Ayorthian Prince Kori. He had come to stay a year in Kyrria, as was the custom between the two countries.
"Yes, but Kyrria has done nothing to provoke a war! Especially not with Ayortha." What was that Areida said? Wait a minute!
"Abensa utyu anja ubensu." Lela was wondering why she needed to learn how to speak a language she would probably never use. Yes, she was very good when it came to pronouncing and memorizing the words, but Lela found the whole subject rather tedious. She never had a need to go to Ayortha. Edmund was the one who needed to spend a year in Ayortha, not her.
"Utyu ubensu Ayortha?" Do you like Ayortha?
"Utyu ubensu Ayortha?"
"That would be it for today's lesson, Princess. Tomorrow I think we should double our time together and have a two-hour class." The look on Languages Mistress's face was very reproachful.
"Yes, ma'am," said Lela.
*****
Could this day get any worse? Not only would she have another hour of Ayorthian tomorrow, but also her brother and sister were still mad about Mandy being a fairy. Maybe she could go talk to Areida and reconcile their amity.
She started to head toward the drawing room, where Areida could usually be found. Before she opened the door, she heard two voices whispering. Lela stopped to listen.
"I can't understand why this is happening," said her sister. Who was she talking to?
"I can't either, but it is none the less. We cannot stop it. You parents should be able to make peace, but if not Edmund and I are off to battle." Lela recognized this voice. It was the Ayorthian Prince Kori. He had come to stay a year in Kyrria, as was the custom between the two countries.
"Yes, but Kyrria has done nothing to provoke a war! Especially not with Ayortha." What was that Areida said? Wait a minute!
