" Aria , I don't understand what you mean . You say that you like my designs but won't wear one of the dresses I made . Could you please be more clear ?! " said Mana .

" Mana , I.....I am afraid I will ruin the dress I will be borrowing . It would be a waste if I ruin a well made work . I will feel very guilty . " said Aria with a sad expression while thinking about the price of those dresses .

' I won't ever wear a dress that expensive . Only because I ruined an ugly statue , I ended up giving myself unneccesary extra work , as if professor Benjamin's homeworks weren't enough . ' thought Aria with an annoyed expression .

" Aria do you realize who you're going to meet ?! " asked Mana .

Aria remembered that madam Margrethe had told her that the queen would also attend . This was the perfect chance to talk to her about a recomandation letter , the first step of her career as a judge .

" The ball tomorrow is a birthday ball organized in princess Klara's honor . She is the second princess of Denmark . A lot of important people will attend . Do you know what ladies talk in gatherings like this ?! " said Mana with a serious expression .

Aria shaked her head in sign of denial .

" They talk about what you're wearing . The slightes non luxurious thing that you have in your apperance will be noticed right away . The ladies that attend parties like this are pretty picky , trust me . " said Mana and Aria also thought the same .

She was a common girl who was straiving hard to achive her goals in the ways she thought best . A girl like her who worked day and night without break , didn't pay to much attention to girly things oir luxurious items . While her friend disscused the latest fashion brands she would go to the library and start studying .

' True , I have not paid much attention to fashion but that doesn't mean that I am lacking that much . ' thought Aria to herself .

" I don't now how rich and important ladies are but I guess I need to leave a good impression on the queen . I'm sorry before hand if something happens to the dress . Althought I am not sure how much time it will take but I will do my best to pay you back." said Aria with a determinded attitude .

" Silly ! You saved me and even helped me . Consider this as a gift from me . " said Mana with a smile .

" Thanks Mana but I will be more troubled if I knew that there is a four million or ten million dress inside my closet . I woudn't be able to sleep peacefully . As soon as the party ends I will bring you the dress back . " said Aria with a smile .

' This girl is really nice . It feels nice to be friends with someone who doesn't hold any ideas of using you to get more benefits . She's too childish and naive when it comes to understanding humans yet she's very talented in handling law issues . What a big contrast between IQ and EQ ! Still I find it quite cute ! ' thought Mana while looking at Aria's nervous smile .

" Well the , shall we begin ?! " said Mana and took the drafts .

" Actually , I was thinking of skipping the part where we need to try all of them and choose one from these catalogs . " said Aria , showing Mana the catalogs .

" I have designed them but it's much better when you try them on and see who's your perfect fit and on the way I may come up with another idea . Are you trying to ask an artist like me to limit my imagination ?! " said Mana in an angry tone with a devilish smile .

' Why do I feel like I can't escape no matter what ?! ' thought Aria a bit scared of Mana's expression .

" Now that you have seen the catalogs , we better go to my working room . " said Mana .

" Your working room ?! Mana you live here ?!! " asked Aria surprised .

" Yes , I....." said Mana then stopped herself .

' Oh no ! I alsmost revealed myself . Grandma would have killed me ! ' thoght Mana .

" I mean , I am staying here for the time being cause the princess has ordered thirty pieces to be custom made only for her . So , I need to stay her and try to understand what she likes in order to make the dresses . That's why they prepared a working room for me . " lied Mana so that she could convince Aria .

' I always have a feeling that Bekora , Mana and that blode donkey are hiding something from me . ' thought Aria but didn't pay to much attention to that .

Aria and Mana went to Mana's work room . When Aria stepped in she thought that she had become the same as Lisa in wonderland . That work room looked like a world of it's own . No matter where you turned your head , it was filled with jewels , dresses with all different colours and style . It was a breathtaking view which left Aria wordless . She was deeply amazed by Mana's unique talent in creating so many styles which had their own aura even thought they were created by one person . Indeed she was amazed but at the same time she thought that it would be too tiresome to wear all of those . It was a pleasure to the eye but wearisome .

" I have to try all of them ?! " said Aria while pointing the room which looked more like a large lobby rather than a work room , with dresses hanged in each corner .

" Yes , we will ! I can easily tell what fits me so I will be skipping the trying part , to bad though . " said Mana a bit dejected .

' Change places with me !!! ' screamed Aria inside of her mind .

" Now lets start with session B . Go to the change room in the left and wear the dresses the maids will hand you . " said Mana and took a notebook .

The maids showed Aria , who was crying inside , the way and handed a dress to her .

' Now I understand what it means ' If you wanna be beautiful , you gotta bear hardships.' In times like this I wish I was born a boy ! ' thought Aria and started to try the dress .

While the girls continued with the dress search , Bekora and Helios were about to finish analyzing the last file in Helio's office .

" Okay , it's done ! We only have to wait until it is printed then we can go and do some fencing . " said Bekora and took a comfortable position .

" Yep ! It's been a while . Have you trained or are your muscless as weak as before ?! " said Helios with a grin .

" Bro , normal strong people can't match your bestial force ! Still I have improved a lot , I don't think you'll have it easy this time . " said Bekora with a proud expression then took the printed copie of the analysis they had done which was just printed by the priner .

" The work finished so now it's time to take care of someone who's so sure of himself . " said Helios .

The two of then went out of the office and left to the fencing room .In the royal palace the floor where the fencing room was , was the floor which contained the largest rooms in the castle . Mana's atelier was also on the same floor . Bekora and Helios went on the fencing room and then to the change room , to change their clothes into more sportive outfits . The two of them wore a jacket that is form-fitting, and has a strap (croissard) that passes between the legs. In sabre fencing, jackets are cut along the waist . Gloves , the sword hand is protected by a glove with a gauntlet that prevents blades from going up the sleeve and causing injury . They also wore a mask to protect their face and neck . Fencing has always been a sport which young royals practiced a lot .

" Ready ?! " said Bekora .

" You're so imaptient to lose bro ! " said Helios .

" We'll see who will lose . " said Bekora .

Before they began they told the servants who helped them prepare the equipment to go out and then they started to battle . When they started the fight Helios noticed that Bekora's skills had improved a lot and now the match was more exciting than before .They were enjoying the fight so much that they lost track of time and without them realising it two hours had passed .

" Although I won again , I must admit that you have indeed improved bro ! " said Helios and took two bottles of mineral water then gave Bekora one .

" I have improved haven't I ?! " said Bekora and both of them opened the bottles then started to drink the water .

In that moment they heard some steps which came from outside the door , that were becoming louder and louder . They looked at the door while continuing to drink water and to their surprise when the door opened they saw Aria . She came in a rush inside and looked behind her to see if she was being followed then closed the door quickly .

" Huuuu...I can finally rest a bit . I am so tired . Luckily I managed to escape ! Ah...I really can't take this annymore !! Parties , balls those are too much for me ! And trying dresses....too troublesome , seriously ! " said Aria .

When Helios and Bekora saw Aria who was wearing a dress on the upper part of her body then sneakers and shorts in the lower part . They spited the water out from the kinky combination of clothes and started to laugh . Aria only noticed that they were i the room when she heard the laughs .

" What are you two doing here ? " asked Aria a bit embarrassed of the clothes she was wearing .

" Your sense of fashion is quite a special one little tigress . " said Helios who couldn't help but continue to laugh at the tomboyish princess look of hers .