Chap-30 The visit to the market
The next day, I set out on my mission to find Jennete and the holy water from the temple. So early in the morning I go to father.
"Fa~ther!" I just enter into his room and he also doesn't seem to mind much. I'm becoming more sassy and free around this villian lately.
"You just barge in nowadays don't you?"
"Just leave it at that could you? Now! I wanna go to the market to shop for clothes."
"Just how many dresses do you need? I just bought dome for you the last week, and your closet is also full, just what do you plan on doing with these many clothes?"
"Father please."
"First tell me the truth."
He catches on quick. Fine then...
"Your choice in clothes is awful." He spits out his tea that he was drinking. Well, he has a good eye for women's clothes but still, this is my only excuse to go to the market in the afternoon when Jennete would come. I also have to go without father, otherwise he would know about my plan...
"What are you... When I was young, women used to line up to me asking to go shopping with them and now my own Daughter is saying that my choice is awful. Do you have buttons for your eyes?"
"My question exactly old man. You were young at that time, now I think you should start putting on glasses. Old man."
It was like getting stabbed by a hundreds of knifes for Athancius and... Wait why am I narrating?
"Fine then we will-"
"NO I WILL WITH MY HAND MAIDENS!"
"Tomo-"
"TODAY!"
"Tell the-"
"GOOD BYE. I WOULD BE GOING IN THE AFTERNOON!"
"I WONT ALLOW IT IF YOU-"
*SLAMS THE DOOR LOUDLY*
"Haah! This girl. She's acting strange. I wonder what's wrong? Is she going to mess up somewhere again? I have to tell people to keep and eye on her."
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In the afternoon, I go to the market with some handmaidens. I know that dad would have planted his spies in these people, thanks to the novel's description of him. But I'm still gonna run away. So let's see... I have a knight and Liranda. I guess the knights name was Jin.
I hate many people with me when I'm outside, is it because I was an independent woman in my past life and some months ago, only the dad and I traveled? Speaking of dad, he said a calamity would befall...
I then suddenly see skewers on the roadside stall. Let's go and buy some. I run towards there and ask to them for skewers, Liranda reprimanded me saying not to run otherwise the grand Duke would scold me.
Ah! I know of this, a perfect way to discipline children:- threaten them with the name of their parents whom they are scared of the most. In my case, I only have a father, so all keep saying how he would scold me. Ha! I'm not gonna get scared, because my one and only father is a sweetheart father 💕💕...
"Excuse me how much are the skewers for?" I ask the seller, ignoring Liranda.
"Oh young miss, its cost is 10- NO 5."
"5...coppers or gold?or..."
"COPPERS."
Just what the- why did his face grow so pale?
"Are you-"
"YES IM 💯% SURE!"
"O-ok then..."
"TH-THA-THANKYOU!!?!!"
WHAT THE HELL! I THINK I KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU! I GLARE BACK AT MY KNIGHT AND NANNY...
WAS IT YOU? WHO ARE THREATENING HIM BEHIND MY BACK?
"You are the one."
I was irritated very irritated at them.
"Is anything wrong young miss? Is the cost-"
"I WOULD GIVE IT TO YOU FR-"
"No need. Take these. Good bye."
Geez... He was so scared. I'm damn sure now that these people are doing something behind my back. *Sigh* I would get rid of them later, but I would firstly make sure that these don't scare other shop keepers like they did to this one...
This would also tarnish the Duke's name. I don't want that to happen at any cost...