Transmigrating from a zombie world to become the mecha kings wife
Chapter 573: Carolyn’s engagement____1

Chapter 573: Carolyn’s engagement____1

Carolyn’s engagement banquet was held in the London palace. This was because Scarlet did not wish for a repeat of the mess in the castle in The Citadel. She also didn’t want the nobles anywhere near the wine fountain. Nobody would be making a fool of themselves at this ceremony.

Even then, the presence of the gods was not to be escaped. They seemed to have made themselves at home on the Blue star. They walked among the mortals, mixing within them and carrying on conversations as if they were ordinary humans.

A lot of guests had been invited so even if there was a strange face, nobody questioned who the other was. The ceremony was invite only. As far as they were concerned, if one was there, they had a right to be there.

To Scarlet’s relief, they were on their best behavior at least. The worst thing to happen so far was chaos sending a couple of champagne glasses flying every now and then.

The ceremony was held in the main ballroom__, a vast crystalline hall whose walls and shimmering glass that had been provided by the Xenoans reflected brightly the projections of the galaxy. The glass floors projected a myriad stars, and when one stepped on a star, it drew a line, connecting to another, mapping out a path into different directions.

The guests had been arriving all morning, from the capital and other distant planets. Most of the royals and nobles from other planets had spent their nights in the capital and come with the emperor.

They arrived in their sleek spacecrafts, donning attires of their empires and wrapped in cloaks of their houses. Their looks differed as they exhibited the cultures of their different worlds.

Women, of course from different ends of the world had fallen prey to the Sunstar’s new fashion.

Majority had changed into fashionable gowns with the most ridiculous designs Scarlet had ever seen. Nobody, in her opinion needed to wear a dress adorned with constellations. The Zordins were even worse with all the fur they adorned. It was a rainy season on the Blue star but they didn’t have to make it seem as if it was ice cold to the point that they needed heavy cloaks which were as thick as blankets.

Their arrival was televised heavily and the media went all out in providing live accurate news. They must have received information before hand because they had the identities of everyone who stepped out of the space ships.

Some of the guests like Frost and two other princes from Teranova made lasting impressions in their plain white bodysuits with long white fur cloaks. The white hair and and jewelry they decked themselves with added an allure to their appearance.

Three princes and all confirmed to be unmarried. It was a dream come true for nobles that had come with their daughters.

Guests made themselves comfortable in the castle, outside and inside as they waited for the ceremony to begin. They sampled a variety of drinks and snacks as they waited, laughing at the creativity in the naming of the drinks.

There were honey nebular cocktails, interplanetary cosmos, blue sangrias, black hole milk shakes, teleportation manhattans, supernova cookies, power boost chocolate fountain.

All the foods had been named after something space or interstellar related and they loved it.

Scarlet was navigating the hall with Esong, arm in arm, exchanging greetings with other nobles and royals.

They found their way to the empress who hugged her. "You have gone above and beyond dear."

Scarlet’s smile which had not died down since the mingling started further spread across her face.

"Thank you your highness."

"No, I should be the one to thank you." The empress told her. "Everyone is talking about the amazing decorations, the very tasty foods and the creativity which has gone into the naming of the drinks especially."

A server happened to pass by with a tray of small glowing orbs that shook like jello.

"What are these?" the empress asked her.

"Space fruit pop cocktails." Scarlet answered. "You put it in your mouth and pop it."

The empress laughed and picked up one with a chopstick. She popped it into her mouth and then her eyes widened after she popped it as Scarlet said. A myriad flavors exploded in her mouth.

"Oh wow," she said, impressed. "How did you even come up with this?"

Scarlet pointed at her husband. "Believe it or not but space fruit pop cocktails are the mecha warriors handiwork. Apparently aside from playing silly games to pass the time they have also been experimenting with alcohol.

The empress laughed elegantly, covering her mouth with her right hand. Henna had also been applied to her hands, a design of the two suns.

Her nails were blood red, a bold choice Scarlet thought. Carolyn had been told to paint hers white, for purity. It was ridiculous because everyone knew that she and Markey were very sexually active. There was nothing pure about his bride in that aspect.

But, they held their tongues to avoid meeting the wrath of the the empress.

"Can these fruit pop cocktails be packaged for long term consumption? I think they could be a great product for export. There are planets like Solaris where alcohol in all forms in heavily consumed and this would be a big hit. I am assuming of course that they do not cost much to produce or too many ingredients."

"I will have to ask everyone who was involved in the coking process." Esong replied to her.

The mecha warriors association would surely be glad to have another income avenue to exploit besides mechas, weapons and mines. With the support of the empress, it would surely be a big hit.

"Have you met the duke and duchess of Lobsboro?" The empress asked them.

Scarlet chuckled like she heard just been told a funny joke.

"What?" The empress asked, her.

Esong rolled his eyes and answered, "She thinks Lobsboro is similar to lobster, the sea creature with tasty meat. Not that I would know since I haven’t eaten lobster before."

"Yes you have, I sent over a whole sea food feast last time. On the day we officially opened the fishing industry and opened the seas up to fishing." Scarlet reminded him.

"You sent a mixture of everything. I just closed my eyes and ate whatever had been sent." he told her.

She stared at him as if he was an abnormal creature. How could he just eat everything she sent without asking questions? That was how people ended up being poisoned?

"While I am all for this personal banter can we return to me." The empress told them.

The couple turned to her and she said, "Well.., have you met them or not?"

"We have." They replied together.

"How did they seem to you?" she asked them.

Another server with fruit pop cocktails passed by and the empress could not help herself. She stopped her and ate two while waiting for the couple to answer.

"They are...er...standoffish." Scarlet said. The couple had been quiet, stoic faced and honestly, boring. She had no idea why they came over to exchange greetings in the first place.

The duchess Lobster wore too much make-up. Her face was too white like she had applied a little much powder. She also avoided holding Scarlet’s hand or exchanging any kind of physical form of greeting and barely said five words to them.

"Cold as ever." Esong said.