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Indeed, pretty much as soon as Srikandi answered her, Anki promptly opened the door to enter before gently closing it behind her. Her gaze then immediately centered on the highly reputed adventurer without bothering to look around the room first. She curtsied politely at Srikandi before replying, the mechanized joints of her limbs barely making any noise as she did so unlike how it would be for most other constructs if they attempted the same. [color=DEB887]"Indeed. It has been quite a while, Lady Nagasari."[/color] Anki remembered Srikandi quite clearly too. Even though she have had to meet so many people in the royal balls that she had attended since becoming princess, Srikandi had made quite the impression on her. And that was without counting the sparring match that they had before, which were a very unusual thing. It was not a typical occasion that one of the princesses sparred with an adventurer, let alone one of Srikandi's reputation. The Royal Arcane Knights had been quite intrigued and worried in equal measure by it back then.

It was only after answering Srikandi that Anki looked around the room briefly. Satisfied with her observation, she then walked over to one of the chairs before sitting down on it. She made sure that the state of her skirt was proper, putting her hands under it to straighten it as she sat down. Then, she put both of her hands on top of each other atop her skirt. Her scepter was leaned on her left shoulder, the heavy head well above Anki's head now that she was seated. One definitely cannot be faulted to think of Anki as being way too polite and prim considering they were not even currently in a royal court.

Then again, Anki also cannot be faulted for her conduct. She had never really had any experience of being casual outside of her interactions with her father or her sister. Everyone else including her mentors and even her friends weren't exactly casual with her; her friends even more so because they didn't want to seem improper towards one of the empire's princesses even if said princess was a friend.

In any case, she then looked at Srikandi again after she were properly seated, nodding lightly at Srikandi's words before replying with her own. [color=DEB887]"The honor is all mine, Lady Nagasari."[/color] She smiled a polite smile in return. [color=DEB887]"And so I see. I wonder if anyone else will be joining us... Regardless, I shall do my best not to betray your expectations."[/color] She finished her words with another nod, deeper than the last one. That was when her gaze then fell on Srikandi's trusty sword. She remembered it as well as she remembered Srikandi herself; it was a beautiful weapon betraying its deadliness and durability. [color=DEB887]"And I see that Taring is also in a fine condition. Beautiful as I remembered."[/color] She actually smiled wider than before as she observed Taring. This smile was not out of politeness after all, it was more genuine. One might think of Anki as weird for displaying such fondness toward what was basically "just" a weapon. This was not unusual of her, and those who gave it more thought should be able to understand why she acted thus toward unliving objects...

[@Izurich]