Chapter 5

{The following day}

It was around noon when he finally finished placing all his magic items in the shop. During the whole morning he received glances from curious people outside, but he tried to ignore them.

He ordered his goods in different shelves, divided by type of item and power. He should really begin to learn the language. It would be really tedious to have to explain every item to all potential customers.

Earlier this morning, he went out to ask about the exchange rate of this world and he discovered that it was really weird.

13 copper equals 1 silver, 100 silver equals 1 gold, 10 gold equals 1 platinum. What the hell was with that exchange rate? Why 13?

As he was still thinking about that, he heard someone knocking at his door. He went to open it only to find a tired but smiling Randel.

"It's done, Lord Satoru."

Satoru wondered for a moment what he was talking about before noticing the big cart behind him.

"Y-you work fast."

Satoru said calmly, but inside he was a mess. 'What the hell?! I thought it would take at least 3 or 4 days! I thought I had time to sell some stuff! Now how am I gonna pay for it? Shit!' As Satoru was analyzing his situation, Randel spoke once more.

"I worked on it all night. It was the least I could do."

The man said. Satoru looked at the wooden signboard inside the cart and even if he couldn't read the written language, he could understand it was an elegant writing style.

"Ah… a truly magnificent job Sir Randel. How much will it be for your service?"

He asked, but the man simply smiled.

"Nothing, Lord Satoru. You gifted me with something I almost forgot, hope. The hope of a better life and to finally bring my family away from that place. This can't even compare with what you gave me."

"Are you sure?"

Satoru asked, uncertain about the new development of the situation.

"Absolutely! Now you must excuse me, but I'm going to go home and recover the night I lost and maybe spend tomorrow with Rayne."

Satoru nodded, not really listening to him, but using his magic to levitate the signboard from the cart to place it above his shop. Once it was done, they exchanged farewells and Randel left.

Satoru was left alone there, wondering if everything was finally ready. With a last look to his shop, he decided it was time to finally open it to the public.

{Renner's room}

{Renner's P.O.V.}

Renner always thought of her father as a decent person. While she hated the rest of her family who despised her back, she never hated her father.

To a certain extent, she could understand him.

He was busy and preferred to spend his free time doing something he liked instead of trying to bond with his children.

Renner could not forgive him for ignoring her, but she was unwilling to hate him. Or at least, that was the case until a day ago when, to punish her for wandering around without her guards, he had forbidden her from going outside the castle for a week.

That would be no issue normally, but now that she has tasted the forbidden fruit that was that warmth in her chest, she couldn't stand to be unable to feel it anymore.

It was like tasting something sweet after eating food that tasted like sand all your life. You would not miss something you never experienced, but once you did, the desire for more would bury itself deep inside you.

It has been two days since she last felt that warmth. The lack of it was having strange effects on her. She felt void and cold. Everyday without it felt like a year. Desire turned into sadness and sadness into anger.

She never felt so angry for being denied something before. Her blood boiled in her veins. Her little fists tightened as the same happened to her jaw. She was brought back to reality by the voice of one of her handmaidens.

"Is everything okay princess?"

One of them asked, Renner realized her fake smile was no longer on her face and forced it back on, but before she could answer, another one did it for her.

"Of course not, Mary. The princess was attacked by a filthy commoner and saved by another one. I heard that that filth even dared to turn down the king when he offered him a reward. Also, rumors say he wears expensive clothes like nobles! Ah, like such scum could compare to us! Even worse, he is a magic caster. Magic casters are so weak that we don't use them even as foot soldiers! Truly a pathetic existence! Ahahahahahah…"

The other noble ladies serving as her handmaidens laughed as well.

Renner's smile threatened to fall once more as her fists tightened so hard it hurt and her right eye began to twitch.

'Always smile! Always smile! As Satoru said,' she repeated in her mind. She took a deep breath.

"That will be all for today, thank you. You are dismissed."

She managed to say in a civil tone. The handmaidens proceeded to leave the room.

Renner rose from her seat and locked the door before advancing toward her mirror and opening a drawer under it. She grabbed a pair of scissors her servant used to cut her hair.

The princess reached her bed and grabbed one of the pillows on it and began to stab it furiously 'HOW DARE SHE?! THAT LITTLE WHORE! THAT BITCH! LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHO SHE REALLY IS! THE DAUGTHER OF A NOBLE WHO IS TRYING TO INFILTRATE THE ROYAL FACTION! I CAN'T KILL HER! NO, I CAN'T! BUT I WILL MAKE HER LIFE MISERABLE! I WILL DESTROY HER FAMILY! I WILL FORCE HER AND HER MOTHER TO SELL THEIR BODIES IN THE LOWEST ALLEY OF THE LOWEST DISTRICT! THEY WILL SUFFER UNTIL THEY CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE AND KILL THEMSELVES! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE!' She screamed in her head and continued to stab the pillow.

When she was finally done, she looked at the destroyed pillow before throwing it in the fireplace and watching it burn.

After that, she turned toward her mirror and noticed that her smile never went away. 'Good, now…' She reached under her bed and extracted the dress she wore two days ago, she jumped into the bed and, once under the covers, she began to sniff the cloth like a dog 'Satoru smells so good…'

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