However, Maria was too young and inexperienced to comprehend how there would always be someone trying to make a profit on every money-making occasion. Most will do anything to keep others from interfering or asking for a cut.
The people were happy about the change of temperature, and the children played on the ice and swam in the melted parts of the fountain. Maria felt satisfied until she was arrested.
Whatever happened afterward, how no one saw her ever again, and how she became a teacher that detested nobles yet still taught them, was a mystery.
Melissa raised her hand. "Maria, can we know what will happen in the upcoming months?" Melissa asked comfortably as if she was used to talking with Maria.
*Sigh*