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Chapter 4: Birthday Party 2

After reaching the top of the stairs Adam and his dad were led inside a giant hall where the party is being held. The floor of the hall is sparkling black marble and the people inside were divided according to their ranks.

Adam followed his father as he was walking towards a group of other low ranked nobles. His father noticed this and stopped, causing Adam to also come to a stop.

"Adam, how about you introduce yourself to the group of children over there? They seem to be your age." His father pointed him to a corner of the room where a group of eight children were playing tag.

Adam reluctantly walked in their direction but something caught the corner of his eye before he reached the group- a banquet filled with all kinds of exotic food. After a month of bread and dry meat this looked like water in the dessert to Adam.

*I can always make friends.* Adam thought and headed straight to the table.

The adults around him were surprised and talked amongst themselves at how refined he was when eating. Other than princes and princesses, no other child his age eats the way he does- although he was only respecting basic etiquette from his previous world.

As he was enjoying the food and pretty much ignoring everyone else around him a group of four noble girls from high ranked families approached him, his appearance and behaviour attracting them to him.

"Excuse me but could we burrow a bit of your time?" One of the girls approached him.

They looked his age or a little older, but since they were all his height he couldn't really tell.

"I don't mind at all, from my point of view your time is a lot more valuable then mine." He said because it was easy to tell they were all from high ranked noble families.

The girls found his reply amusing, boys their age would become either awkward or flustered when being spoken to by them.

"Why would you say that?"

"You're all refined, noble ladies while I'm just the son of a Baron."

He thought his reply would make them go away but it seemed to actually do the reverse, making them even more interested in him.

"Can you explain then how the son of a Baron eats and speaks so refined?"

"Behaviour and speech can be adjusted through education, but it is also up to the individual to change.

Yes, I might be the son of a small noble but that doesn't mean I don't have to respect etiquette. Respecting etiquette means I respect myself and the people around me."

The more he spoke to the girls the smaller the distance between them became until they became a tight circle which attracted even more noble children. The group consisted of mostly girls who would ask him questions to which he would reply with his 'unique' answers.

His answers would sometimes be challenged by someone, but every time this happened Adam would also reply with something that would pretty much crush any contenders.

This all came to an end about half an hour later, to Adam's relief, when a trumpet was heard and Snow White's arrival was announced.

Two doors opened from the back of the hall where the king, his new queen and the princess walked hand in hand. Adam has to admit that she was quite beautiful, but thought that the rumours about her were very exaggerated- the girls he talked to earlier were nearly as beautiful as the princess.

Every man in the room seemed to be attracted by either the queen or the princess, except for our protagonist of course. Adam glances once at the trio and just continued eating, making some distance between himself and the earlier group of children.

The girls in the room sighed in disappointment, but the girls that first approached Adam saw his reaction and were surprised. They thought him to be unlike other boys but even they believed he would fall into a trance once he looked at Snow White.

"I would like to thank everyone..."

The king started his speech and everyone listened in silence. Of course Adam was still eating his food without listening, trying to take advantage of the moment everyone else was distracted.

When he finished everyone clapped and cheered as the higher ranked nobles made their way to the king.

"One more thing, it seems to me that everyone is quite stiff. How about we dance and loosen up a little, forget about rank and just enjoy yourselves. It's my daughter's birthday party after all!" The king shouted and the hall erupted in cheers for a second time.

All the young boys in the room rushed to invite Snow White to dance while the other girls sighed and inwardly cursed Snow White's beauty.

"I don't believe I caught your name, though it would be rude not to introduce myself first. My name is Isabel Anderson, a pleasure to make your acquaintance." A girl from the previous group saw him not interested in Snow White and took the opportunity.

"Adam Foster, the pleasure is all mine." Adam bowed and kissed the girls hand, making her blush slightly.


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