Back on Ivan's side of Dracoria Palace, Arthur went into a frenzy to prepare a full royal breakfast spread after receiving word that the King and the Duke would be joining them.
Ordinarily, if the King wished to dine with anyone, they were expected to go to the main building where he resided, and everything would be arranged swiftly by the highly trained royal chefs, as many visitors came to meet him for various purposes.
But for the King to come all the way to the Crown Prince's wing of the palace was unheard of, at least not in a long time, ever since Ivan had grown up and taken to meeting his father on his own terms whenever he was in the palace.
It was not that the Prince's wing lacked skilled chefs. Rather, such an occasion was simply unusual. Prince Ivan never hosted soirees or social gatherings that required such an elaborate display.
