Ch. 58 - Arendelle's two princesses
"So, where's the birthday girl?" Just in time as Jin mentioned Anna, the birthday girl herself just walked inside the dining hall with a sleepy expression, her hair was tangled and a frizzy mess, combined with mouth having hair in it, this kind of appearance is contrary to a supposed beautiful and well-mannered princess of a Kingdom.
"Anna! Fix yourself!" King Agnarr quickly woke her up and scolded her as her appearance is quite embarrassing for the guest.
"Wha-?" Just as Anna woke up and yawned, she was about to ask when her eyes suddenly caught three new individuals on the table, looking at her with a funny but amused expression.
Anna quickly wiped off the saliva off of her face before running away from the scene, her face was beet red from embarrassment.
"Princess Anna! Your dress is here!" The servant that is assigned to her showed Anna her dress as the servant chased after her.
"*Sigh* I'm so sorry about her. Anyways, I hope you like the food that our staff made."
"It's fine. The food is good by the way and sorry for intruding all of the sudden, I just smelled the tea from here and my body just moved on its own." Jin said before he finished his plate and burped before grabbing the tea cup and drank it slowly.
"Ahh~ it's jasmine tea, isn't it?" Jin asked, while Agnarr nodded his head.
"Yes, It is my wife's favourite tea to drink every morning. Right, hun?" Agnarr laughed and swiftly started a nice conversation with a hitch. As a King, Agnarr obviously has immense skills in communication, thanks to those skills, Arendelle Kingdom has managed to establish several relations and connections towards different Kingdoms. Making Arendelle, one of the best and richest kingdom in the continent. Even though they just sell ice.
"He's right. I hope you find yourself at home here. You don't have to worry abo-." Just as Iduna was continuing the conversation, Jin went straight to the point and cut her off.
"You're here to find out about my powers, right?" Jin said, as his eyes locked on them.
*Gulp!*
They both looked at each other's eyes before gulping in nervousness.
"Well, that was one of our reasons but the main reason is because we truly wanted to invite you to Anna's birthday." Although shocked, Agnarr managed to maintain his facade and smoothly made the subject go on his side.
"I see. Then it's only right for me to attend it. By the way, these two women by my side are Tigress and Rapunzel. They're my women by the way." Jin introduced them before shrugging his shoulders when he mentioned the last sentence.
"It's a pleasure to meet you. Thanks for the food you gave us." While Tigress just nodded and expressed her gratitude, Rapunzel was more positive and friendly.
"Is that the birthday girl, Anna? She's such a cute girl! She'll surely grow up to be a beautiful princess!" Rapunzel said with a smile.
"Thank you, Princess Rapunzel. I'm sure Anna would also feel the same about you." King Agnarr replied with a calm smile.
"Why thank you." Rapunzel smiled warmly and just in time, Anna arrived back with a slide on the floor entrance.
"Hi! My name is Anna of Arendelle! It is nice to finally meet you!" Anna then quickly approached Rapunzel as her instincts were telling her to go to this girl as she could sense the same vibe that she has on her.
"Oh my gosh! I'm Rapunzel of Corona Kingdom! I'm so happy to meet you! And also, Happy birthday!"
"Oh, thank you! Come with me, I'll show you my room! I used to play with my sister, Elsa but she unknowingly started shutting me out and I don't know why. Anyways, let's go go go go!" Seeing that Anna has already dragged Rapunzel away, Jin and the rest of the room were left speechless.
There's only one thing that is on their minds right now.
'They surely get along just fine!'
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After preparing another wave of breakfast, King Agnarr and Queen Iduna finally had their share of breakfast in the morning.
"Please, let us talk in the garden while the staff will prepare the small banquet in the hall." The first thing King Agnarr did after he finished breakfast was to immediately fetch Jin and offer a conversation in the garden.
"No problem. Tigress, wanna come?" Jin nodded his head and said before turning his head back towards Tigress and asking her.
"No. I want to walk around." Tigress shook her head and denied. Suddenly, Queen Iduna butted in, taking this as a chance to have an alone conversation with Tigress.
"Please allow me to guide you. There are many wonderful things in the castle, I'm sure you'll like them all." Seeing Iduna's eager expression, Tigress can't reject her, so she decided to agree. Anyways, it doesn't hurt to have the Queen herself as a tour guide.
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While Iduna was busy with Tigress, Jin and Agnarr finally arrived in the garden. As they walked side by side, Agnarr was the only one speaking while Jin listened.
"I apologize in advance but there would be not as many visitors as you will expect later. The castle has long been in a lockdown, with only a few staff living alongside us." Agnarr apologized and did a slight bow before resuming his pace.
"It's fine. I hope it's not offending to ask but may I ask why the castle went on lockdown?" Although Jin already knows why they went on lockdown and closed their gates, it would be suspicious of him if he didn't ask and surprisingly knows it all of the sudden.
As if expecting Jin's question, Agnarr swiftly answered as if it was rehearsed by him several times.
"We have quite a special circumstance and also the real main reason why we invited you here." Agnarr then stopped in front of a large tree before continuing.
"Before I speak the reason behind our closed gates. Can I see if the rumors about you are true?" Agnarr then seriously stared at Jin. He has been itching to know about Jin's rumored fire abilities and now is the best time to ask for it.
"No problem." Jin replied before raising his palm and under Agnarr's serious and watchful eyes, a small ball of flame slowly condensed in the top of his palm, highlighting and casting shadow over their faces.
"Fascinating. You can control it?" Agnarr's face shows that he was mesmerized by the beautiful flame that is dancing on Jin's palm.
"Of course. It's quite easy if you know what you are doing." Jin answered. Mind you, he's answering based on Iroh's experience not himself. After all, he didn't have to go into a phase called Control in the power and abilities department. With his template, he won't have to worry about such things.
After a few seconds of staring at the flame, Agnarr finally snapped out and registered Jin's words in his mind.
"I guess it is my turn to fulfill the end of my deal." Agnarr closed his eyes to calm himself down and to put himself in the zone to explain. The explanation would be long, so he has to take a deep breath and make sure he won't accidentally say anything wrong and avoid making errors. This is a serious matter and he must take this with precaution and be serious about it.
"You see. We have quite a special daughter. She was born with the ability to control ice. As she grows up, her powers become uncontrollable until..." Agnarr then continued speaking Elsa's life experience and what has been happening to their family ever since they found out Elsa's magical powers.
"...And because of that, Elsa has been shutting out everyone, including her own sister. Afraid that she would inflict accidental harm on everyone in front of her." Agnarr looked away after finishing his story. Deep down, he knows that it is his fault why Elsa has become that way, she became socially inept and afraid to go out of her room and interact with others.
"You know. For being such a king of a great kingdom, you became a bad father in exchange. There are several ways to solve her problem." After hearing the story and several parts that weren't mentioned in the movie, Jin finally knows how much Elsa has suffered. So he didn't hesitate to launch several insults towards Agnarr without bothering to use sweet words. Fortunately, he took it like a man and didn't deny what he said.
"If I were in your place, I would follow the troll grandpa's advice. Instead of locking her up, you should've find ways to control her powers and not only that, you should be the one to help her control her powers, not letting her bury it until she does. Keeping something that you can't control yet would come with bad consequences. It's just like a cup being filled with water. If you put a lid into it, it would be calm for a few minutes because the water is still rising but as time goes on, the water will reach its limits and you know what will happen next?" After seeing Agnarr shake his head, Jin continued.
"It will explode! You should've taught her how to control it, not to conceal it." Jin shook his head in disappointment before his head snapped towards one of the stone pillars in the castle.
"You can come out now." After closing his eyes, Jin spoke in the air, making Agnarr confused for a few seconds before he finally noticed someone revealing herself from hiding behind the stone pillar.
"Elsa?"
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