Chapter 83

The joking around soon removed the ice and awkwardness between Helen and Annie, and they quickly warmed up to each other. Helen was constantly listening to the people around them. Most of them were curious about who she was. She heard many people saying the same line. "That beautiful beastkin must be the city lord's new assistant."

'This city is amazing, too amazing.' Helen got a bit curious about Lucas, who she had never met. 'Could there really be a noble that doesn't hate beastkins and would allow us to live in their territory and even go as far as to protect us? I can't believe it.'

Little by little, Helen's mindset was slowly being changed. Of course, she was still suspicious that some mere words were not enough to change her opinion of nobles who had done many bad things to the beastkins.

"We're here. This is the street that the bun store… is… in…? Why are there so many people here?" Annie and Helen dumbfoundedly stared at the long line that was formed in front of the bun store.

Commercial Street was the road that spanned from the City gate's to the City Lord's Mansion, and the sides of the road were filled with stores.

Most of the shops on Commercial Street were currently still in construction. The stores already had wooden frames to outline the outside of their outer structure, and there would be the sound of things being struck coming from the inside of the stores. At the current pace, the stores won't be finished until winter.

A few stores, however, had already finished construction and were available for use. The bun store was one of them. The bun store had 2 floors. The first for selling buns, and the second for dining. People can eat easily on the second floor. Lucas planned to create a type of restaurant.

The newly opened bun store had a long line in front of it, and there were still people coming to join the line.

"The buns are so delicious and soft. It's much better than the bread made at home, and it's not expensive at all." A commoner said to his friend.

"I heard that the soldiers get to eat these buns every morning. I should have applied to be a soldier when I had the chance." His friend replied in a regretful tone.

"Don't joke around. It's not that easy to pass Lord Lucas's assessment to join the military. Do you remember how many people were able to pass the assignment when Lord Lucas first introduced it?" Another said in a questioning tone.

Hearing the people around her continuously talk about buns, Helen was surprised. 'Are these buns really as delicious as they say?'

"Growl…"

Helen's stomach growled from hunger and she blushed in embarrassment. She hadn't eaten anything after the rice porridge that Nicole had fed her the previous day. Someone would walk by with a white bun every minute or so, and the smell of the bun filled with pork made her swallow from time to time.

"Let's hurry up and get in line or they'll be out of buns before we can order any. Let's go." Annie said, pulling Helen to the back of the line.

Standing in line was a new experience for Helen. She remembered that in other cities, people would just swarm the door of the stores and shout to get their purchases done first. And beastkin wouldn't be able to move freely in other cities so standing in the line was like a pipe dream.

"Miss Annie! Come, you can stand in front of me in line." A commoner said respectfully to Annie.

"Yes! Miss Annie, you've worked hard. Also, please take care of Lord Lucas. Don't let him work too hard and overwork himself. He can call us if he ever needs work to be done, we have the strength to do so."

"Hey! The people in front, let Miss Annie go first." Another person said.

Someone recognized Annie as Lucas's assistant, and everyone started to give way to her.

"This…" Helen's pupils shrank in surprise. 'What is this experience? Can beastkins get this much respect just by being involved with the city lord? Can this happen to me one day too? Can I get the respect of so many humans too?' No beastkin can resist such temptation.

Without waiting for Annie to say anything, everyone in line made a path for Annie and Helen to go through, and Annie hurriedly pulled Helen towards the front of the bun store.

"Eh? It's you, Miss Annie? Today we have meat buns, shiitake mushroom-filled vegetable buns, and plain white steamed buns." The shopkeeper immediately recognized Annie and hurriedly introduced the store's buns. He knew that the recipes for buns were from the City Lord's Mansion, and the one that this store used was the simplified version. It was said that the buns in the City Lord's Mansion had a lot of meat as fillings, had very thin skin, and just one bite of the buns would make someone remember the taste of the buns forever.

"I want 8 meat buns, 4 vegetable buns, and 2 steamed buns. Put half of each type of bun into 2 bags." Annie said to the store owner. She had experience in ordering things, but it was the first time she had ordered buns, as she had mostly been patronizing the lollipop counter to get her fill of lollipops.

"Got it. It will be ready soon. Please wait for a while." The shopkeeper picked up a paper bag next to her, lifted the steamer, and put the buns into the bag with a wooden tong.

Two large paper bags were soon filled with buns. Paper bags were created by the Department of Scientific Research and were extremely popular in Sedona City. People would get them to carry their items whenever they shopped.

"Okay, Miss Annie, that's a total of five copper coins and six steel coins." The shopkeeper said, handing the two paper bags to Annie. The bun store was run by Lucas and he was just a part-time worker here, so he couldn't cut the price for anyone. That had been explained during his training.

"Okay." Annie replied. She took out 6 copper coins from her pocket and gave them to the shopkeeper, who then gave her 4 steel coins.

"Let's go." Annie said to Helen while giving a bag to Helen. She then turned to thank the crowd. "Thank you all for letting me go first."

"Miss Annie, you're too kind. This is something that we should do."

Annie smiled and then pulled the dumbfounded Helen away. Buying something in a human store was an entirely new experience for her, and she was still in disbelief.

"It feels incredible, right?" Annie said, looking up at the crowd, her brown eyes filled with joy. "Half a month ago, I also found it hard to believe." No one would have thought that half a month ago, she was just someone that was hiding in a cave waiting for Mina to return to her and had even been bold enough to rush into Lucas's room.

That boldness, however, was what allowed her to have the life that she currently had.

Helen was silent as she looked at the bun in her hand. Her feelings were a bit complicated. 'Then who should I blame for my parents' death? Aren't nobles the ones that killed my parents? They ordered slave traders to capture rabbit beastkins.'

"You don't have to think too much about it. Just follow your heart." Annie said, smiling as she grabbed a bun and ate. "Young Master isn't the same as the other nobles. He is special. You'll understand when you meet him. Also, don't compare those scumbag nobles to Young Master. That's just tarnishing Young Master's excellence. Young master is very handsome. He smells very nice. He cares for everyone whether they are human or beastkin."

Helen stared in awe at Annie's serious face. Of course, if her face hadn't been turned into a sphere by the bun she had stuffed in her mouth, then she would probably seem a bit more serious.

However, the words made Helen's heart tremble a bit. Looking at the bun in her hand, she thought, 'A different kind of noble, huh.'

It is the small details within life that can change one's heart.

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