Chapter 39 [Unedited]

I don’t remember how long I have been living in the slum. But for me at that time, being alive is about eat or to be eaten. I would do anything for food, even if that mean to steal or kill. I have never got caught or lose a fight. Who would thought that my last target would be my first defeat. Her body was no bigger than mine at that time, but she is strong. Her movement is very beautiful that it captivated me. Despite that, I think she is a weird noble lady, rather than sending me to officials, she take me in as her servant. Who in the right mind would take a thief from a slum as her own personal servant? Don’t you afraid that I will betray you for money? Or steal your stuff?

But after living together along with the other, for the first time I sense the feeling of having family. She teaches me how to read, count, talk politely and how to defend myself.

Even if the current me is no match for her, the ominous has long gone and unconsciously, she has become someone that is important to me. I have pledged my loyalty to her, I would follow her even to the end of the world. That is how much she meant for me.

I didn’t know the reason behind it, but the noble lady, lady Alverta hates men. She hates them to the point whenever she accidentally touch one, she will immediately take a long bath. That is why her whole body is covered, she wear men’s clothes, long sleeves, long pants, high collar and black gloves to avoid direct skin touch. She also refer men as a ‘thing’,’it’,’that creature’, ‘that being’ or worst, ‘that low, inferior, waste ******* trash’ in front of her several trustworthy servant.

With her deep hatred toward men, lady Alverta is planning to created a great company and soldiers rivaled a country consist only women. For that dream to come true, she have to stand alone, away from her family.

The only family member who stay close to her is the little sister, little miss Julia. She seriously believe in her sister trying to be independent and have been working hard for her sake. Never once she questioned why there is only women around her, she is pure and gentle little girl. Lady Alverta too, loved her dearly to the point positioning me and another personally trained girl as her personal maid (guard). While I’m working as little miss’s maid, I noticed on how she have a discerning eyes, she easily point out the defect, price, quality, and the crafter of each product Lady Alverta showed. She also a diligent, honest and polite child. If one thing I find as her fault is her imagination. Honestly, at first I saw her as the naive little girl full of dream and imagination. But I was wrong, she too is weird.

Reading so many books of fairy tale and romance, sometimes little miss imagination can turn into delusion, a terrifying delusion.

One time she fell for a baker boy.

“Did you see him? Did you? He purposely throw this bread so I will pick it up!”

No little miss, he just disposed the unsold bread.

...Please don’t put that moldy bread in your treasure box...

“This is the chair he used to sit on...I can still feel his warmth…let’s bring it home with me!”

Little miss, that chair isn’t for sale…again little miss, that chair won’t fit in your treasure box...

“That woman...why is she so close with my prince...is this...an affair?!”

No little miss, that girl is that baker’s girlfriend. Why is little miss seems to be happy about it?

Wait, is that the baker boy’s hair on miss’ desk?! Why is it surrounded by candle? Are you making a small shiren?

But it wasn’t the first time little miss acted like this...

“My prince...He accidently locked the door, how clumsy of him~♡. No matter though, this kind of lock will easily be opened with my love”

No little miss, that is trespassing…

“This clothes*sniff*...ah, there is my prince smells… Let bring it home with me”

No little miss, that is stealing...

“If I mixed my hair to his food, is that mean we were one? Ah, no that is indecent! Kya!”

No little miss, please...stop…

Without her knowing, the baker boy is living in terror...because of her.

When lady Alverta heard about that baker boy, she used whatever she had to make him disappear from little miss’ life in secret.

“He isn’t worthy of you”

Said lady Alverta comforting the sadden little miss. She is trying to make little miss giving up every men she ever fallen for. Although in my point of view, she saved those men from little miss...but let just keep it to myself.

Little miss never have more contact than having simple first conversation with every boy she ever fall for. But it was very hard to made little miss give up on them. The only solution is either erase them completely or made little miss fall for other man. Fortunately, the last man little miss ever fall for is a marriage fraud which we easily and without a single guilt disposed off. The fact that man even tried to seduce the 6 years old little miss himself is already a crime and this made many of our servants volunteering to actually kill that man.

To prevent this scary situation to ever occur again, both of me and my colleague always took precaution over any boys walking near little miss.

Then one day, little miss coming home with love struck eyes.

“No, what should I do? I just found my fated partner! Ah, his gentle hands that stroke my hair, his gallantness when he saved me from bad people, his cold gaze when he scold me and the mysterious air surrounding him...Noooo! I’m madly in love! Kyaaaa! I should dedicate my memory of him in the painting! Please prepare my painting tools!”

It was severe, very severe...This is the worse condition I ever see after serving little miss for many years. I look toward my colleague with cold eyes, demanding explanation.

“Little miss and I...we accidentally get separated at market…T-there’s a sale at Tiera restaurant! They sell this special beluberry sandwich you see! It is a limited edition and only sold 50 per day! It was delicious, y-you can have some!”

Is that the best excuse you can tell? Are you trying to bribe me?! Everything we have work for end up in vain!

I give her harsh punishment after that and also confiscate the sandwich.

“What do I do...My prince is so dreamy!”

I stare at little miss with pity.

It isn’t like I want little miss to never get married or anything. Of course as little miss attendant, my wish is for little miss to find a good man and stop her creepy habits.

I’m wishing for little miss happiness, find a nice guy, get married, build a happy family and stop her creepy habits.

But I was planning to will never let little miss be near any boy until she able to break her terrifying delusion and stop her creepy habits.

And there is also an issue about lady Alverta...

“A guy? Who is it? Send someone to drove him away from my sister! She doesn’t need any men who isn’t worthy!”

Not good, if you talking about ‘worthy’ from your point of view, then there will be no guy in this world that worthy enough for your sister! Lady Alverta standard is impossible! What kind of man that don’t have **** and not breathing?! I don’t think you can call him a male, I don’t even think a living being at all!

if I leave it like that, little miss will end up without any partner for the rest of her lives!

That is why I will judge him by myselves!

If he is the same as the other, then I wouldn’t hesitate report to lady Alverta.

“I found him!”

Little miss figure give a fist pump, looking very happy. I know that little miss is good at tracking her target, but never know that she is this lucky. Since little miss happen to saw him at the adventure guild, she have been trying to stalk- I mean follow him, but we lost him over the crowd.

“I was really surprised when he suddenly fall from the sky, he’s just like an angel...my prince! Please take me and fly me with you to heaven!”

‘are you asking him to double suicide?!’

Is what I unconsciously scream internally.

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Looking at little miss, even her eyes turn into heart shape.

This is beyond help…

But this might also a chance to evaluate him.

The first thing I notice about is his race. It is the first time little miss ever attract to a beastman. He is a wolfkin, if I remember right, wolfkin are famous of their loyal love. They will keep one partner for the rest of their life which is good for little miss. As for his fac-... Is that a mask? Why is he wearing a mask? That mask is suspicious.

“Myprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprincemyprince-”

...Let's just follow him for now...

At first a little accident happened which resulting little miss having close contact with that young boy.

This is bad! Very bad! Little miss never have a close contact before! Not this close!

I want to take little miss and run away, but looking at the situation and little miss’ eyes, I don’t think pulling little miss away is possible, so I decide to improvise.

I have a lot of tools at my bag to somehow save or lift up little miss reputation and I successfully use it to make him accompanying little miss even as a quest (by scattering flowers petal behind little miss to increase the beauty effect or so little miss told me) I keep following the both of them to see how he will treat little miss. Since I know that he take him as a quest which mean we will pay him later, I already speculate that he will act nice toward little miss.

...But what is this...although little miss come strong at his as far as holding his hand, he seems to not bothered by it. On the other hand, little miss’ mouth is whispering something similar to a curse...

“Weareengagednowweareengagednowweareengagednowweareengagednowweareengagednowweareengagednowweareengagednowweareengagednowweareengagednowweareengagednowweareengagednow-”

No little miss, just because you both holding hand, it doesn’t mean you both are engaged…

Strangely, for boy who live as an adventurer, he have a refine etiquette at the same level of middle rank nobles. No, the fact a child as small as him already is living as an adventure is plenty strange, he could be elf mixed breed.

… I didn’t know whenever he like little miss or find little miss irritating! That mask, his  expression is unreadable because of  that mask! How can I evaluate him!?

In the middle of the walk, unfortunate things happened and he protect little miss from that jerk merchant. Lucky enough sudden gush of wind broke the merchant stall, they manage to escape safely. I will report that merchant later to lady Alverta.

He is considerate and let little miss to take a break, he even treat her beluberry juice. He gave little miss a cute pink coat to cover up stain in little miss dress. Why did he have that girl coat anyway?

Just as the mood become comfortable, the both of them walk together and eat at the stall nearby. The boy’s mystery just keep piling up one by one and most importantly… I can’t believe my eyes, but little miss actually having a date, a NORMAL date! He able to have a normal date with a little miss!

I’m overjoyed!

But then a bunch suspicious thug appear. Those hooligan seems to be friendly toward that young beaskin. C-could it be that he actually tricking little miss and tried to sell her to those thug?! Unforgivable!

Just as I’m about to step in, the young boy actually holding little miss’ hand while keep his body in between little miss and those hooligan as if he is trying to protect her.

…Maybe I will watch the situation a little longer…

They all get into the famous Tiera restaurant. I can’t believe he actually leaving little miss with those hooligan! That boy, how could he! Don’t worry little miss, I will save you!

“I’m Crev’s fianceè!”

*BAM*

I just fell down from my chair when I’m about to step out. Little miss, this isn’t the time for your delusion!

“Tsk! As I thought, that midget should perish already!”

“You shouldn’t say that, Kulak will be angry again at us. He will beat us if we keep bothering that kid”

Huh, those men actually have bad relation with that boy?

“Also, that kid isn’t that bad you know? Remember how he give that ointment for Morty? His wound heal really fast and that ointment is actually quite expensive”

“Despite how you treated him, he still worried about you three. You might have a bad experience with wolfman, but not every single one of them are bad”

From their conversation, it appear that they used to bully the young boy but then when they were injured, the young boy actually help them.

For a moment, their table turn silent, but one of them suddenly speak up.

“B-but don’t you think that he is weird? Wearing such suspicious mask and took a very high caution to not revealing his face?”

I have the same thinking as you, that mask surely suspicious!

“That, he might be have a strong reason behind it”

As one of them trying to defend the young boy, little miss suddenly lean forward with a high spirit and shining eyes.

“That’s it! The reason of Crev’s mask!”

And then, little miss start telling those four her delusio- I mean her speculation, leaving the four of them in verge of crying. Even the boy was confused when he come back with food. Without knowing any of little miss bizarre behaviour, their little date come to the end. That young boy actually able to have normal date with little miss, he even decline the reward. At the end, I too start to think that he might little miss destined partner. But I can’t let my guard down yet! Until I check his background and make sure he will make little miss happy, then-

“Wearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarriedwearemarried-”

…Little miss...

Even though little miss is pretty and smart, her hobby is the problem that chase away many guys in terror. Not to mention she is only nine years old. Little miss, I’m worried about the future...

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Rune’s Pov

Before, we were really scared since we accidently exposed Mark to the twins’ grandfather but apparently Shena immediately in contact with him right away after I was present the coffee cake, now they both had already perform an alliance. That is why Mark and the twins’ betrothed as collateral. We still get scolded for acting rash thou. Sometimes I start to think that as long we have Shena, everythings going to went well.

Ever since the incident with twins’ grandpa cleared up Perika and Parika have been so busy in their workshop. Mark somehow got himself loads of ingredients from his grandfather-in-law and have been cooking to heart content. He sometimes go and check on the Tiera restaurant and send some food to the twins.

Lila have been doing some controlling and document check on Tiera’s financial reports before sending it back to Shena while Kena has been acting as her bodyguard. They did tried to drag me with them but I managed to ran away. I promised them to quietly stay at the inn.

Kiel is also busy lately, it seems she received more education from William.

“Please wait for me okay? I will definitely study diligently and make you proud!”

I’m in verge of crying! My daughter(?) Is so sweet that I’m gonna cry!

She said it related to culture or courting etiquette. I know that high society have a different etiquette but are you planning to courting someone Kiel? Is it Arke? It is him isn’t it? You are only 15 and he is in twenties, if you want a lover please wait until you are 18 or daddy(me) will cry.

I keep asking Cordelia on how is Kiel doing there and she assure me that Kiel is doing great.

“My child is studying diligently with my hubby!”

...Cordelia, did your hit your head? I can't understand what language you're saying, you mean my child right?

Since everyone’s very busy, I have plenty of spare time alone. Even though I said that, I’m actually in crisis.

Julia, she keep appearing everywhere I go.

Since she is one of the main character, the contact between me and her was a mistake. Even after trying hard to avoid her, she’s keep popping out here and there.

I feel like I’m being hunted by her somehow…

The only safe place for me is the twins’ house, I’m visiting their grandfather lately.

In the evening, I bake another coffee cake and visit the twins’ grandfather to have a tea together. We aren’t that close actually, it simply a place that safe from Julia, and also because I’m interested in how dwarf’s crafting technique.

“Yer quite the curious one aren’t ya?” (Twins’ Grandpa)

“I might not look like it but have quite a skill in crafting you see”(Crev/Rune)

“HA! Seriously lad, first yer a cook and now you’re crafter too? You should marry my grandchild already!”(Twins’ grandpa)

The twins’ grandfather are dwarf noble, he usually speak politely, but after talking more with him, he sometimes can’t help to let some accent slip by.

“I’m much, much, much younger than your granddaughter you know?”(Rune/Crev)

“My wife older than me by 10 years, it is still acceptable”(Twin’ grandpa)

“I-i already have fianceè”(Crev/Rune)

I told him the same excuse as the last time.

“Beside I thought you hate outsider?”(Crev/Rune)

Mark is an outsider but his engagement is a political one. Unlike Mark who have relation toward Tiera, I’m just passing through and happened to share some recipes with him. Mark is also the one who search and matches the ingredients from my previous world with this world’s materials. He diligently find the closest resemblances ingredients from my descriptions only. Truly dedicated.

“My son has already married one, my descendant no longer a pure blood… What the difference it make if they marry another one? All of my rage already addressed toward their father”(Twins’ Grandpa)

“I-is that so…”(Rune/Crev)

“Well, this kingdom’s nobles have a different taste in beauty compare yer the outsider. It not like there are any nobles that really cherished those rascals from the bottom of their heart...”(Twins’ grandpa)

The grandfather has pained look when he talk about it.

From what twins’ grandfather told me, women with small height, strongs arms, big chest and bottocks considers as a the beauty standard around here. Big bottom and chest known as sign of fertility so they can give birth to healthy baby, while strong arms and legs is sign for prosperity so the women can do the housework...taking care of the children, washing their clothes, carrying them for hours and help your husband with the raw materials. They also consider women with height above them mean the woman look down to the man so it’s a big no.

“And I could sense that you will be fine man in the future. Might be a little naive and pathetic...easily get overwhelmed by my granddaughters-”(Twins’ Grandpa)

Hey! I heard that!

“But passed enough for them”(Twins’ Grandpa)

I’m sorry but I decline… There is plenty of reason, but most noticeably is my gender...

It is true that both Perika and Parika is taller than the average dwarf and they have a slim body. Although they are strong, both possess a small arms and you wouldn’t believe if those slender arms can swing that axe and hammer so easily. Both can be considered cute but apparently it’s the opposite for people in here.

“Rather than giving them to people that only after my fortune and name, I rather have outsider as grandson-in-law who can cherish my descendant”(Twins’ grandpa)

He said while taking another slice of coffee cake.

“Isn’t their current engagement also political one?”(Crev/Rune)

“It is, and even if he is an outsider, compare to other small fry nobles, he is the best candidate so far.”(Twins’ grandpa)

Just how bad the other candidates?

“He can cook delicious meal, able to control both of my granddaughter, having close relationship with Kokoam city’s lord which consider as the best trade location in the north continent and the head cook of famous Tiera. Most importantly, he treated my granddaughters well. How could I miss the chance? Although I have a problem with him having both of my grandchild as his wives…”(Twins’ grandpa)

So it wasn’t your idea to have them engaged to the same man?

“By being betrothed, those filthy nobles will stay put for awhile. Truly, the both of them are such hassel!  The moment ye left them a minute, I lost several workshop in flash!”(Twins’ grandpa)

Showing a gentle smile, he take another bite from the coffee cake. Next moment as if he realize something, he is start to glaring at me.

“But don’t tell them that I said that!”(Twins’ grandpa)

“Okay”(Rune/Crev)

I said with smile. Not convinced, he gave me a warning once again

“Seriously don’t! Don’t ye dare tell any of them! Or I’m gonna throw you to prison!”(Twins’ grandpa)

“I won’t”(Rune/Crev)

Looking at him glare and throwing empty threat while holding cake like that, I almost let out a grin. Is it weird that I see twins’ grandfather adorable? He is healing my heart… probably because he remind me a little of doctor Alba back in the village. They have the same healing air… maybe because the beard...or maybe because they both have the same large, rough and gentle hands…

“So, are you interested in making armor or something?”(Twins’ grandpa)

Is it just me or his eyes is shining quite dangerously?

“A little bit-”(Rune/Crev)

“GOOD! Let me tell you the most basic of dwarf’s smitting! You first have to learn the history of our glorious kingdom, I was started five hundred years ago. Our ancestor, the founder and the first king-”(Twins’ grandpa)

This, this is going to be long isn’t it?! Why did he suddenly start telling me his kingdom history? That is beyond the ‘basic’!

I took a little peek toward the surrounding servants, seeking for help but it’s hopeless.

The other servants are actually listening with passion in their eyes! Some even start shedding tears and pound their fist to the chest as if they are hearing some national anthem. Oh God… I regret for asking, so please someone, save me...