I follow him to the back, wondering how he could kill me. What items would a jeweler have that could kill someone. Honestly, this might be the safest backroom that I could go into. I don't let my mind wander to the backrooms spooky stories. I am starting to be able to create my own just fine thanks.

"And how are you doing today Sir Blizzard." he says Blizzie as we reach the backroom.

Jasper reaches his and out to him. Blizzie nuzzles against his hand and purrs. He is such a friendly cat, which goes slightly against what I would think a villainess's cat would be like. Either that or he just likes Jasper for some reason.

"I'm glad to see that you are doing well. I have some treats for you." he tells Blizzie as he pets his soft ears. "I like to give your owner nice things so I feel I should give you nice things... As..." Jasper stops talking, his eyes lighting up. "I have the best idea!" he shouts, startling both me and Blizzie.

"Please do tell!" I say, giving some excitement back to him. I am sure that if he is excited about something, there is a good reason for the excitement.

"It has become a fad to have pets wearing expensive jeweled collars. Now I know that you and Blizzie don't really follow this fad, but what if he is matching you for your birthday bash?" he asks me, continuing to be excited about the idea.

I look over to Blizzie, wondering what he would think, and how adorable he would look. Blizzie has his nose up, sniffing the air. I guess he is looking for the aforementioned treats.

Jasper, watching Blizzie sniffing around walks over to a jar and pulls out a few tiny bite sized bits.

"What are in those?" I ask him.

"Died fish and bird flakes cooked together." he says, shrugging. "A patron of mine brought them in for me as they know I get a lot of people coming in who love their pets. After I saw the good reception to them I learned how to make them myself. What do you think Sir Blizzard?" he asks Blizzie.

"Meeooowww!" Blizzie says, dancing and prancing around in a circle in delight. Guess he really likes them. So cute!

"So what do you think of my idea?" Jasper asks.

"I think that it is a wonderful idea. Do you have a tanzanite collar? I like your idea of wearing purple to match my eyes," I tell him.

"I don't. But I will make one! Sir Blizzard will look as handsome as you look beautiful. Which will be quite the challenge indeed. Now then, let me show you this jewelry." he says, and I realize that I had decided my dress color before even seeing this tanzanite.

He leads me further into the back and to his work table. There are a lot of tools that I have never seen before, as well as various magnifying glasses. Interesting. I wonder if that is to see the quality and clarity of the gems and something something about cuts and stuff. I really don't know much about gems. I was never able to get into jewelry as Elia. I never had money, a lover, or a reason to look pretty.

"Give me a moment." he says as he goes through different sections and boxes on his work table. It is rather large so there are boxes or different sizes and shapes. Some boxes are also different colors such as black, blue and white.

Jasper mutters to himself as he is opening and sorting the boxes. "Not this one, pretty but not this, not this one either, ahhhhh why did they send me something green! I told them no green..."

"Are you okay? You seem to be muttering over there."

"They sent me green gems! I tell them not to! Oh well, I guess you can have these, If people see me selling them they will get the wrong idea and keep sending me more. Ugh. It must have been a mistake because different versions of these stones are different colors. Here. Necklace and earing set of zoisite and this hair circlet of chrome diopside. Just say a suitor gave them to you for your birthday." he says and shoves them at me.

I graciously receive them, looking them over. "Thank you. They are gorgeous. I will think of you every time I wear them." I tell him. I see a small blush come into his cheeks before he brushes it off.

"Think nothing of it. Now then. Getting back to what I was looking for," he says and pulls out a large box that contains a few different boxes of different shapes within. He slowly open the boxes and sets the jewelry boxes onto the table and opens each of them. It is clearly a set. There is a necklace, earrings, a ring that attaches to a bracelet, a hair chain and a waist chain. They are so beautiful that I loose my breath. They are a deep color that sparkles in both blue and purple. The gems are multifaceted so they are able to shine in multiple colors.

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"Jasper, these are stunning. I now am going to match a dress to these and not the other way around." I tell him.

"I am glad that you like them. I thought of you as soon as I saw them and knew that they had to belong to you. Do you want to look around for any other jewelry or is this enough for now?" I hear him ask me.

"Well I want to spend all of the money that my father allotted over here for my jewelry. How much is left?' I ask him.

"Enough for a few colors for this handsome fella here. Some tanzanite, maybe a ruby collar as well, and a sapphire. Any color can make the white sheen of his fur all the more handsome." he says, indicating that he is talking about about Blizzie.

"That's right, we did say that we are going to make him a matching collar, especially now that I know what color I will be wearing." I tell him.

"Perfect. Let's look through these jewels together than." he says and indicates for me to come closer to him and his work desk.

Without hesitation I come closer to him. I glance up and see that his affection bar has gone up quite a bit since coming in here. I really don't think that he is going to kill me. I am beginning to hope that he might actually be the hidden route. Was I able to fully pursue him in the game?

'You look so beautiful and you smell amazing." he says as I get closer. He twirls my hair around his finger and moves closer to me. "I hope that you meant it when you said that you would consider me."

"I did." I tell him.

"Good." he says and pulls away from me a bit and begins to pull out some gems.

I watch him as he pulls them out and sets them in front of me for me to inspect. I don't tell him that I know nothing about gems and their quality. I would believe and trust in his judgment. One thing I could do however is point out the ones that have the color I like the most. I point to a few of them and he nods.

"These could make a good collar for him." he says. "I will use the strongest ones to make into a collar." he tells me. "Is there anything else for you today?" he asks. It seems he thinks that I may have other places to go today. He isn't wrong, I do have more places to go today, though I find myself not wanting to go as I am fully enjoying his company.

"No I think that will be all for today. Thank you Jasper. I feel that with your help me and Sir Blizzard will look stunning for my party."

"Well then my sweet Aria I will send you the collar and see you in six days for your party." he says leaning forward and giving me a kiss softly on my cheek. A small part of me wishes that it had been on my lips but I shall have to be careful. I need to find the hidden route. Maybe part of me wants to kiss him because he didn't kill me.

"I will see you there." I tell him and look forward to seeing him. As I open the door I once again hear that my progress has been saved.

Oh no, what is coming? Well, possibly nothing. Nothing happened after the last two saves. Maybe it saved because I just got through an event. An event happens when you have a special moment with one of the potential love interests where you grow closer with them. Does this mean that Jasper really is a potential love interest? I like that thought.

As I am getting lost in my thoughts I see something that brings me back to myself and causes my body to respond without thought. There is a child in the road and there is a carriage moving at him at full speed. How does this stupid child not see what is coming?

I set my jewelry boxes down right outside the door. With my jewelry secure I throw myself at the child shoving him out of the way. The force of my shove causes him to be thrown out of the road. I see him look over at me with an angry expression in his eyes. Can he really not understand the reason that I am pushing him, or does he have a death wish?

I watch his face as he sees the horses barreling towards me. Oh. I try to get up off of the ground to get to safety. I feel my dress catching beneath my feet and trips me up, keeping me from getting up onto my feet. I am not going to be able to get out of the way. I meet the boy's eyes again and see him start to smile. What is wrong with this child?! Does he want to see me get trampled? I see the suspicion bar above his head and it is very high. I look around at the others in the area and the suspicion bars above their heads are also high. What the heck? Even the stage coaches bar is high. Oh no, even his bar is high!

I close my eyes as I feel the hooves. They hurt a lot. They trample every part of me they can, aside from my head. Leaving the best for last? I feel the bones in my hands break, I feel my ribs break and pierce through my skin. I feel blood pooling in my dress and then seeping through it and onto the ground. I look over at the child and see him laughing with glee. The ungrateful brat. Should I have just let him die? Is that what I was supposed to do? I can't do that.

As the pain overwhelms me I feel the carriage and horses hooves moving backwards now. I feel them slamming into my head and my spine. This trampling is excruciating in a different way from the other deaths. I taste the blood pooling in my mouth as well as around my body. I start feeling cold all over. It starts in the tips of my finger and begins to move through the rest of my body.

As I am bleeding out and being trampled I hear shouting and a cat screaming. I don't want to hear him scream again. Why do I keep dying in front of Blizzie. He is such a sweet baby and he shouldn't have to keep seeing me die. Who else is screaming? It sounds like Jasper's voice. I hear him as he screams and runs forward. I then hear flesh hitting flesh and more screaming. Is Jasper beating the daylights out of the carriage driver?

'Thank you Jasper.' I think to myself as everything fades to black.

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"If I was giving you achievements I would give you one for selfless death for that one." I hear Alias telling me as I open my eyes.

"What was I supposed to do? Let a child die in front of me? Is that really what Aria would have done? From what I have been learning about her I don't think that she would have just let a child die? What would she have done, how would she have handled this situation? Why was everyone suspicious?" I ask him, verging on hysterical. "Did you know that the child would be in the road? Is that why you gave me a save point?" I ask him, realizing that I was crying. Why am I crying about this one?

"No I gave you a save point because you finished an event." he tells me. "I think part of you still thinks of this as a game, which I don't think is completely bad. It might help you with all the dying."

"I don't think of it so much as a game anymore partially because of the dying..." I tell him, trailing off.

"Well just think of the save points as before a dangerous section and after events. I am not sure if that is exactly how they work but I'll just say it is how it works. Speaking of save points now that you have multiple of them there is something that you should know about them." he tells me.

"Oh?" I ask, wiping the tears from my eyes.

I guess I am emotional because of how much someone wanted to kill me for saving a child. Even the idiot child I saved wanted me dead. And there was someone who wanted to protect me. Could he be a contender? I hope he is a contender. However, I know that there are multiple more men to meet. I hope the rest of them are as nice and protective as Jasper.

"You can choose what save point you want to go back to from here on out. However, please keep in mind that if you go to an earlier save you cannot go to any save points that you created after that point. Does that make sense?" Alias asks me.

"I suppose that makes enough sense." I tell him as I think about it. Why would I want to go to an earlier save point though. Wouldn't that be losing all of the progress that I had made up to that point? Why would I want to do that?

"Where do you want to go back to?" Alias asks me.

"The most recent save please." I ask.

"Okay." he says. He snaps his fingers loudly and I find myself standing in the doorway of Jasper's shop.