The carriage was fast, to say the least.
"I don't feel comfortable being in a carriage like this...I feel like I'm out of my league." Kara said from the cozy, yet fancy, inside.
"You need to learn to enjoy everything you can afford." Jack said while laying on the couch opposite of Kara and Phina. "We paid for it so we deserve it. Simple as that."
The carriage was decorated with two luxurious couches on either side. The inside was made out of pure gold, at least the doors of the carriage and the roof were. The couches were made of silk. It was so comfortable that Jack almost slept on the way.
"Who cares? We'll be late for the party!" Phina looked out of the window to the driver and signaled for him to hurry up. "Now we'll get there faste-"
WHOOSH!!
Kara and Phina slammed into the sleeping Jack.
"WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!" Jack said as he awoke to the speeding carriage.
"SLOW DOOOOOWWNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kara screamed in horror.
"LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" Phina laughed aloud.
They all slammed onto the front of the carriage. Jessica, the driver, opened the window and asked, "Did you say something?"
"Just go at the speed before we told you to speed up..." Kara said helplessly as she fixed up her dress and tried to find her heel.
"Yes, Ma'am." Jessica said with a slight grin.
'This old hag knows what she is doing!' Kara thought with fury.
"O-Okay...speeding up was a bit of a mistake." Phina said with a little laugh.
After a while of chatting in the carriage, they pulled up to a large gigantic white palace aligned with golden decorations. A ton of carriages were moving to the entrance with nobles in suits and dresses leaving their carriages. As soon as the servants welcoming the guests saw the Lion carriage being pulled by griffins, they rushed to the carriage. Whoever was in that carriage was obviously a 2-1 noble or higher!!
As soon as the carriage stopped, the servant opened the carriage door and asked, "May I know your name for announcement, My Lady?"
Phina looked at his hand confused. She then proceeded to shake his hand. "Seraphina Ender! Pleasure to meet you!"
"Ah...very...well then." the servant looked at his hand.
"Please excuse my friend. She has a noble status, but she isn't accustomed to court etiquette." Kara looked at him apologetically. "I am Lady Kara Kinus, daughter of Doctor Marrow Kinus."
"Ah, I see. Very well, Lady Kinus." he said to Kara as he helped her down. Meanwhile Phina dropped out of the carriage all on her own. "May I know your name, My Lord?"
Jack looked at him, "I'm just a bodyguard."
"I see." the servant looked at Jack's outfit disapprovingly. It had many creases and the bow wasn't straightened. He straightened Jack's bow and dusted off his shoulders. He then whispered to Jack, "If you value your job, maintain your appearance well, young man. These are nobles, not just employers."
"Thanks?" Jack looked at him with a raised eyebrow. Why was this man giving him advice?
The servant walked a little ahead of the group as they walked forward. As they entered the palace, the servant started announcing their names.
"Lady Kara Kinus has arrived! Lady Seraphina Ender has arrived!"
"Woah..." Phina looked around the huge hall.
It was decorated by a fancy collection of stained glass windows. They all depicted something about the sun. It was either rising, setting, dimming or shinning brightly. The hall was huge, a few hundred meters long and more than a few across. The roof was at least 50 meters high. The people were all dressed in fancy dresses and suits. The place almost seemed...too perfect.
Kara started walking to the crowd. A small group of people crowded around her. Her father's prestige was too much. After all, he was personally acquainted with 2 of the royal families.
"Lady Kinus, good evening."
"How have you been Lady Kinus?"
"I hope your father is well, Kara."
Most were young with some older people within the crowd. Everyone was given a stern look by Jack when they approached. It had a very obvious meaning, 'Don't do anything stupid.'
People then looked at the newcomer, Seraphina Ender. A young man approached her and asked her, "Lady Ender, was it? I am Lord Silyoung Lang. I do apologize, but I am not very familiar with the Ender family. Are you perhaps a grade 7 or 8 noble?"
"Nah, I'm an Enforcer." Phina said with a smile. "I'm apparently a 5-2."
Everyone took a solid step back from the trio. Silyoung looked to Kara with a nervous smile and said, "I am most impressed that you managed to befriend an Enforcer, Lady Kinus."
"What?" Phina looked around her. The young ones were obviously nervous, while the older ones were just cautious to stop the young ones from doing something stupid. "You guys are scared of me? Come on!"
Everyone jumped a little when Phina said that. "It won't be fun if everyone's avoiding me!"
Everyone's jaw dropped. This Enforcer was acting like a...spoiled child? One of the older ones walked forwards. "Enforcer Ender, I am Lady Heather Frye. We are not at all avoiding you. If you want to, we can just keep quiet about this. No one here will tell anyone you are an Enforcer. Just pose as a 6-8 or 6-9 and no one will notice."
"Alright, no one say a WORD." Phina said sternly to the small group of 8 nobles that approached to greet Kara.
Everyone nodded with a slight smile. This Enforcer was like noble girl that was going to her first party. Many young girls of the grade 1 and grade 2 families don't use their last names during their first parties because they're afraid of people being afraid of their status.
"Alright, let's go have some fu-" Phina paused as she saw the dancing floor. Many couples and nobles of allying noble families were dancing together. "I want to dance."
She then looked towards the man who first approached her, Silyoung Lang. "You're obviously interested in me since you approached me first. Dance with me."
"Excuse me?" Silyoung was starting to panic, a small bead of sweat going down his black brow. His black bangs covered his forehead that would've been shining with sweat, though the back of his neck was not covered by hair, it was covered by the jacket of his suit. 'I was just being polite! I don't want to dance with an Enforcer!!'
"Phina." Kara whispered slightly behind her, "It's usually the Lord that askes the Lady to dance, not the other way around."
"Well..." Phina thought for a second, then her face beamed for a second. She went really close to Silyoung. He tried to back away as his face flushed. 'IS SHE TRYING TO KISS ME?!'
Phina paused next to his ear as she cupped around her lips. She whispered to him, "Ask me to dance."
"I..." Silyoung looked around flustered. "Enf-...Lady Seraphina, only close friends or lovers should dance."
Phina raised an eyebrow, then she smiled. Her face turned serious. "You're refusing my request?"
Silyoung's face paled. 'I knew she was not going to let me go.'