Typically, a knight in armor was the image one would have when picturing a knight, but that was only when there was a battle. Only seeing what the item was now, I became quiet. Hearing my answer, his face became stiff. “Well, you see…that thing you’re trying to buy is actually what I was looking for.” Though I was the one who was rude first, I didn’t want to meekly apologize to someone who spoke so disrespectfully. Wha–look at him speaking to me so casually. I should apologize, right?’Īt that moment, I heard an off-putting voice speak in my direction. I quickly lowered my gaze, but our eyes had already met. Then, I caught a glimpse of crimson eyes looking at me. Looking at his high nose, he also seems to be a pretty good-looking man…’ The shop owner spoke in a lively voice as the man dug into his pocket. Glancing sideways, I saw a man wearing a robe with a hood that covered his face. Though he had only said two words, the bleak voice was cold enough to make one’s knees tremble. I glared at Geraldine who had already become distracted when someone came up next to me. I glanced at Geraldine, but saw he was distracted by something else. ‘I don’t think I can say I’m not here to buy anything…’ “Welco-…Oh? Why is such an angel gracing my shop with her presence?”Įven if it was a grimy shop that I had just walked into, I was embarrassed to receive such excessive praise. Walking into the store with Geraldine, we were greeted by a man whose appearance resembled that of a bear. I couldn’t say it wasn’t my preference at this point, so I merely nodded my head in response. While I was regretting my actions, Geraldine spoke in a sarcastic voice, ‘Ha, of all things…why did I have to pick that kind of place?‘ Seeing his strange expression, I turned around but immediately froze. “There’s something I want to buy over there.”įollowing my finger which pointed to a sparsely populated corner shop, Geraldine’s face hardened. He seemed startled by my scolding, but with an embarrassed face, he quickly corrected himself, “There are many eyes here, Sir Geraldine, you shouldn’t speak to me so casually.”
Meeting Geraldine’s eyes, I frowned when I sensed that they seemed to convey his thoughts about how I was probably going to cause some kind of trouble. ‘Ah, I want to go somewhere where it’s quiet and rest –’Īs I began to shuffle somewhere, Geraldine, my cousin and guard, called out to me,
I began to hear whispers and it seemed like they were looking at me–it was unpleasant. “Just now, wasn’t that the Duke of Floyen?” Though people have been talking about it, I thought that it’d be nice if there would be many active swordswomen again one day.Īs soon as they disappeared from view, I felt the shift in attention of the people around me. Maybe it was because it was my first time in a while seeing a swordswoman in the capital? ‘I thought the number of swordswomen fell ever since the captain of the previous Empress’ royal guards, Yulia, went missing.’ In our empire, where gender discrimination was very much real, it was hard for one not to notice a woman walking around with a sword as it was a rare sight. Careful not to ruin the mood, I cautiously walked behind him.
It seemed my father was the type to relieve stress by shopping. ‘Well, it’s definitely not from bothering me like this, maybe it’s that.‘ Left with no choice, I accepted the figure as I heard my father speak.įor some reason, my father looked a bit more relaxed than usual, to the extent that one may think something good happened. ‘If I reveal it was a mistake….I’ll probably get in trouble, right?’ Oh, it was the bizarre-looking porcelain rabbit I had been looking at in the store earlier. ‘Yeah, it’s my fault for being incapable.’Īs I let out a small sigh, something was shoved in front of my face. There was no reason for me to disobey my father’s will. If I could, I wanted to just drop everything and go home.īut in reality, I was just a duke’s daughter who was unable to stand on her own two feet. ‘Is he testing my patience to see how I’ll react?’ I had planned on getting things that matched my tastes after all. Of course, shopping was part of my ‘New Life’ plans, but buying things thoughtlessly like this was not. I followed him here, thinking it was just going to be a simple walk, but my father was going around this high-end street buying everything I looked at.
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