Incense Lamps

Mineah quietly ate dinner with Nikolai together with her mother, Commander Atlas, Wizard Lurio, and Princess Ezme inside a makeshift tent. With the clank of their silverware, she eventually found the awkward silence unsettling enough for her to try and break it. 

"The meal is great," Mineah casually spoke. "Thank you for this, Princess Ezme." 

"Oh, it's nothing. My brother was the one who asked to prepare this feast. I'm merely following his orders," the princess bluntly stated. "He wanted to make sure that Her Majesty would have a comfortable stay in the encampment in all aspects." 

Hearing the answer, Mineah quickly turned to Nikolai who was surprisingly blushing upon being found out like that. Smiling, she chuckled, "Thank you, Lai."

Her husband didn't say anything beyond a small huff. Knowing him, however, she knew that he liked the praise she just gave him.

"I heard Xenia visited you," her mother interrupted. "How is she?"