Chapter 1007 - Runes White Lies (1/2)
”Are you from America?” asked Duchess Fournier again. She referred to Rune's English which had an American accent. The woman herself had a French accent when speaking to the man in English.
This was because French was one of the languages spoken by the residents of the Medion Kingdom. In this country, there were two national languages spoken by the people, namely English and French.
English was chosen because Medion wanted to become the world's tourism and business destination.
As for French, it was used as the other main language because of the location of this kingdom which shared borders with France, so that many of its citizens were of French descent and used the language.
The young man shook his head. ”I'm from Germany. I just so happen to spend a lot of time in America, so my English accent follows theirs.”
”Ahh .. so, you're from Germany?” Duchess Fournier looked at Rune with great interest. She then continued her words to the young man in fluent German. ”Where are you from in Germany?”
Rune was impressed that Duchess Fournier spoke his language fluently. He did not know the fact that in Medion many of the older citizen inhabitants could speak German very well.
”My mother and father now live in Berlin,” said Rune. ”But we are from Stuttgart.”
”Oh, I see?' asked Duchess Fournier with interest. ”What do you do?”
Rune knew this question was coming. Of course, every parent would want their daughter to find a partner who had a good life so that their child would not suffer.
He understood Duchess Fournier's concern and tried to respond with an ambiguous answer. He didn't want to embarrass Rose if he claimed to be unemployed or someone who didn't seem to have any source of income.
But he also didn't want to look too cool in front of Rose's mother because Rune didn't want to ruin his chance to win Rose's heart. That's why he chose to be ambiguous.
”Uhm .. I'm currently doing a variety of freelance work. Sometimes I become a fixer for journalists or researchers who carry out their work in various places around the world,” the young man replied. ”I travel a lot for work.”
Rune knew Rose was an aspiring painter and her job also didn't make money
She wasn't looking to make money either but a personal satisfaction because art did not generate money unless she was a really big artist already.
Rune thought the Duchess would understand if he put it that way.
”Oh... so, you're a freelancer?” Duchess Fournier frowned. She was actually disappointed that Rose didn't seem to care about the backgrounds of the men she was dating.
Why date and even live with men who didn't even hold a good job? How would they be able to finance their family if they decided to get married later?