Chapter 16-18 (2/2)

decided to eat ently

chastised st family, it was okay

Why would Father tell me such a

thing at this moment?!

Myopen and the cake

fell out

Father folded his arms

‘The general was forward and bought

the tickets before he even asked o see the play with you that

much’

Oh good heavens!

General Brennan wanted to go out

with me?!

I looked at Mother, who gave me two

thumbs up from across the table

I’m so happy I don’t knohat to

do with myself

Was it safe to say the General did

not dislike me?

Father smirked, and held my face in

his hands,

‘Fredericka, when are you going to

change?’ he asked

Mother elbowed him in the ribs It

didn’t look painful, but father collapsed in his chair like he fainted

‘You must behave like a lady Be a

good girl and don’t cause any problems for the General Do your best so that it

can’t be said that you are uncouth because you are rich’ Mother said

Father recovered quickly and

grasped my hands in his, ‘No, the direction you need to work hard in is

different’ He said a little mournfully

‘You both have only met three

times You do not know each other well; don’t ht?’

That’s true

Our firstwasn’t really a

, since I pretended to faint, when I lost my underwear Really, it could

be said, it was only a shallow acquaintance; we have only properly met twice

It is surprisingly dark content I

pretended to faint because I lost my undies in front of him Then we circled

around, and then our third , I fell and dropped the sandwiches

It will forever be etched in my

memory, aside from his likes and dislikes

‘Oh what are you on about? You

kissed me e first met!’ Mother said with a chuckle before she sipped her

tea

It seems that father is not only

fast in business, he was the same in love as well

Yet, Father is concerned about

things going in that direction (Zuben: He doesn’t want to lose his baby that

quickly) It isabout such a

thing

But I don’t think he needs to have

such worries; to the General, I am just an unusual creature or his friend’s

daughterI want hinise me as

an individual named Fredericka if I can!

Okay, I will do my best with this

goal in mind!

I quickly ate my cake, and excused

myself from the table (Zuben: Priorities)

I pulled Marie along and rushed to

my room We have to think of my clothes and accessory combination that would

make me look cute!

And this time, I could try a low

cut dress, couldn’t I? With the necklace I just bought from Kalome!

‘Milady,’ Marie called, ‘what style

do you want to go for? Fairy? Princess? Or…’ was she going to say so

exciting and dreamlike?

‘Or you can be an ordinary Lady?’

Send that thought back to where it

came from!

The answer is…fairy

18 Volker: Night of the

Moonlight Grass Night

I thought a fairy had come from the

fairy lands

Lady Fredericka earing a soft

blue dress of silk, lace and chiffon She looked like she was floating with

delicate wings as she walked My heart beat painfully inuy quickly before he expires)

Her dress was low cut, but it

wasn’t vulgar Never vulgar It emphasised her delicate beauty, as well as the

beautiful work It made a “sharshara”

sound as she moved

I held her hand while suppressing

the strange desire to have my teeth on her clavicle She was like cotton candy

Ephemeral She looked like she would melt away and disappear if I didn’t hold

her and confirm her existence Yet I was afraid that she would want to touch a

warbler likeher

As we rode in the carriage

together, the night looked more beautiful than usual

‘Your dress is very beautiful It suits you’

I tell her

She saze

shyly as she replied, ‘Thank you’

She more dressed more beautifully

that she was at the training grounds the other day

I was beginning to be impatient

Her golden hair was put up, and

held with elegant hair ornaments Her neck was exposed, but tendrils of hair

hung stylishly around her face and neck, attracting my attention

On the battlefield, the battle flag

blowing in the wind attracts the eyes of the soldierselse

People’s gazes were attracted toobjects Certainly, Lady Fredericka

will attract attention at the theatre like a flag in the battlefield

Fortunately, she was still unknown

now because of the bad ru her Her fairy like beauty and her

kind heart were still not knoell But as she became acquainted with more

people, she would soon be approached by men Soon, she would find a man more

suited to her than I am

I scramble around in my brain in

frustration looking for a topic that ht interest Lady Fredericka

‘…Lady Fredericka likes to go to

the jewellery store often?’ I asked (Zuben: Foot meet mouth)

I realised my blunder as soon as I

spoke This was one of the offences that the Duke’s er had worded

against her I feel all the blood drain from my face I felt terrible and I

could notsince I was a new soldier

before my superior officers at recruitment I wondered how I could rectify this

blunder, but nothing came to mind I am filled with despair (Zuben: zetsubou shi+ta!)

I hallucinated asniff, as

though Xavier was hereme

‘Yes’ She replied, ‘I really like

going to Kalome’

I looked at her She had no

appearance of being hurt by my words Xavier had told me of Kalome; it was an

up and co customers from all works with

ingenious designs and ideas It was at the top of the list of places to buy

gifts for Fredericka that Xavier had drawn up for me

‘Actually, I a

new accessories with the designer of Kalome This is a prototype’ She said

shaking her necklace

‘New accessories…?’

‘Yes Proper jewels are expensive,

and getting new ones like new clothes isn’t just going to happen like that,

except if one’s fan more stylish

and wearable accessories that would irls’ attire’

I think that accessories are fine

if they match the wearer or their attire She spoke she put her fore-finger to

her chin which attracted my eyes to her full rose coloured lips There were

inviting like freshly ripe and juicy fruit (Zuben: ero-ero oyaji)

‘What about being able to add or

remove strands and stones, so the necklace looks different each time’ I said

thoughtfully

She smiled, ‘Exactly! The necklace

I a is just like that’ Fredericka raised the necklace and leaned

forward to show me that strands and links could be removed Her unprotected

chest came closer to me

The usted

that I was staring at a lady’s bosom But another part of me wanted her closer

so I could see it properly My not-so-moral side won (Zuben: Yay!)

At this tie well

went over a large stone, that there was a great bump Lady Fredericka

exclaimed…

It's a sunny long weekend where I a booooo!

Hope you all have a nice one

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