Chapter 47 Falling in Love
The Christmas Eve in Mason Castle was spent in a feast. When Arod woke up, it was already noon the next day. He sat up with his head in his arms. He didn't know how much wine he had drunk. When he sat up from his bed, he saw that there was already someone standing beside him. He looked up in surprise and saw that Princess Josie was standing beside him. The beautiful princess was wearing a white narrow-waisted long skirt, the embroidery on her chest was covered with dazzling pearls, the round skirt was hundreds of wrinkles underneath, and the skirt straps tied around her waist were inlaid with gems and gold. Princess Josie's long hair was hanging on her shoulders like waves, and amber was on her forehead, and a slender hands were holding a bowl of steaming soup.
"Your Highness Princess, why are you here? Where is my servant?" Aruod quickly jumped out of the bed. He looked at himself. Fortunately, although he was a little untidy, nothing should have happened. If a princess's chastity was taken away before getting married, it would be a major political event.
"Sir, please forgive me for breaking in without permission. It was me who asked your servant not to disturb you." Princess Qiaoxi showed a charming smile and handed the soup bowl in her hand to Arude. This was a sobering soup made of vanilla. After Arude drank it, he felt that his head was no longer painful. After watching Arude drink the sobering soup, Qiaoxi sat on a wooden chair, while Arude was tidying up his clothes in a hurry. However, when he found out that it was futile, he had to smile and stop this stupid move.
"I drank too much yesterday, you were so nice to me." Aruod touched the back of his head and explained to Princess Josie.
"It doesn't matter. My brother is also drunk. Besides, I am your fiancée." Princess Qiaoxi nodded and looked at him gracefully. At this time, the atmosphere was a little awkward. Although Aruod had been engaged to Princess Qiaoxi, it was the first time to be alone in the room when she knew the other party's identity.
"Ah, ha." Aruod realized at this moment that he had no idea about how to fall in love. Even though he had already enjoyed the joy of a woman, he was already a real man in terms of physicality, but when he explored his heart, he had never really had a lover.
"What's wrong with you? Is there anything funny about it? Earl." Princess Qiaoxi looked at Aruod with blue eyes. In fact, Qiaoxi was also a little nervous. Although she had already liked this young count in her heart, she was still a little nervous when she wanted to marry Aruod as a wife.
"This is the first time I'm sitting with you so close. Princess Princess, do you really want to marry me?" Aruod asked a little discouraged. This feeling is worse than dealing with Slavs on the battlefield. Princess Josie naturally reveals nobility and beauty, which makes her soul just an otaku Aruod Alexander.
"Of course, we will soon exchange vows in the church. I will become a good wife." Princess Josie didn't understand why Arod said this. She felt that she was sincerely loving the young count.
"Um." Aruod looked at Princess Josie's innocent face, and he began to feel panic. Can he really hurt this beautiful and lovely princess in order to consolidate political rights? Aruod began to ask himself when he became so despicable, and his brows frowned and bit his lips.
"Did I say anything offensive?" Princess Qiaoxi looked at Aruod's face, which seemed to be fighting fiercely inside, and stood up in surprise. Suddenly, she saw Aruod as if she had made up her mind and walked towards Princess Qiaoxi.
"Your Highness the Princess is offending. Please take off your clothes~~."
"What?" Princess Qiaoxi was shocked. Her beautiful face looked at Aruod with a pale face, not understanding why Aruod said such words.
In the town outside Mason Castle, civilians walked out of their homes to work for their lives. The sound of jingling and pounding sounds in the blacksmith shop, the shouts of merchants in the market, the rough sounds of men talking to each other, the women carrying baskets to purchase daily needs in the market, the children's play and fight, the drunkards thrown out of the tavern by the strong boss, the drunkards rolling and cursing in the muddy mud, and the church bells echoed.
"Oh, get, get~~~." A young man riding a horse in the street was wearing a woman in a long gray skirt and a cloak. Their clothes were very inconspicuous like young ordinary squire couples. Although the mount under the man's crotch was greasy and he could tell at a glance that they were carefully cared for, their clothes and men's swords were not worth much money.
"Sir, should we just walk out of the castle like this?" The woman sitting behind her said softly from her cloak, her voice trembling a little. Although she sometimes left the castle with her brother in the past, this time she followed her nominal fiancé, not to mention that if someone found the princess appeared in the town, it might cause a commotion.
"Don't worry about His Highness Princess. We are visiting in a private manner now. No one will recognize us. From now on, we will give ourselves a false name." The man riding on the horse was the Earl of Mecklenburg, Princess Josie's fiancé Arod. They stole out of the castle without any followers and went to the town outside Mason Castle.
"Oh, then my name is Gabriel." Princess Josie was lively and disgusted with constraints. After walking with Arod for a while, she was no longer afraid of being recognized. She was also riding on horseback and patrolling the entire town for the first time, which was completely different from looking down from the castle tower.
"Is it possible to angel Gabriel? Interesting, then I'll be Michael." Arod heard that Princess Josie actually used the name of the angel in the Bible, and couldn't help but smile and mess with her. However, the names of characters in the Bible often appear in the names of Europas, and there is nothing strange about it. When Arod made up his mind to not hurt Princess Josie for political interests, he felt that he had begun his first love in his life. In his impression, love seemed to start from shopping. However, Princess Josie's special identity could not leave the castle, so he asked Josie to take off her shining noble clothes, put on an ordinary long skirt that the maid wore, and cover her beautiful face with a cloak.
"Where is it so lively? Is it a market?" Princess Qiaoxi became interested in looking at the bustling market, as if it interpreted that since ancient times, there was no woman who didn't like shopping. At this time, Princess Qiaoxi was like a bird liberated from a cage, full of interest in everything.
"Then let's get off the horse and walk over." Aruod jumped off the horse, then stretched out his hands to push the beautiful princess next. They walked side by side like ordinary couples, and Princess Josie looked at the product and touched the product.
"Madam, please take a look at this, this is a rare commodity." The merchant who is good at discovering business opportunities immediately sold his goods to Arod and Princess Josie who were holding horses. These people had all kinds of rare things in their hands, but Arod thought they were shoddy items, but Princess Josie, who was used to pearl gold in Mason's court, felt that it was very fresh and had to stop in front of almost every stall for a moment.
"Madam, please take a look at this. How can I see this work made by the best carving craftsman in his own spare time for Lord Mason? It's very cost-effective." At this time, a businessman wearing a flat soft hat with black and yellow teeth and a messy silver hair picked up a wood carving and reached in front of Arod and Josie. The work was very ordinary, a pair of wood carving swans, but the words of the merchant aroused the interest of Arod and Josie.
"Oh, what did the best craftsman you said make for the Duke?" Aruod asked the merchant curiously.
"God, don't you know? That's a masterpiece. It is said that the Duke can't let it go and thinks it is the most outstanding wood carving work in the entire principality." Seeing that there was a business, the merchant's voice suddenly lowered his tone and said mysteriously to Aruod and Princess Josie, you must know that even civilians and ordinary nobles would be interested in those who can be involved in the Duke, and the merchant's mentality is clear.
"Well, stop being mysterious, please tell me." Aruod knew the tricks of these merchants very well. He frowned and said impatiently to the merchants.
"Of course, of course, that is the core carved out of wood, wrapped in gold and inlaid with pearls, which is wonderful and incredible~~~~~Duke Mason's pot." The merchant opened his arms and raised his head, as if immersed in his narrative, but when he heard the ending part, Arod and Princess Josie almost staggered and hit the ground.
"Golden pot?"
"That's right, of course, that's also a great thing. After all, it was used by the noble Duke Mason." The merchant seemed a little embarrassed, and repeatedly emphasized the noble identity of the user.
As a result, Arod bought the pair of swans, which was a little encouragement to the dedicated medieval businessman, while Princess Qiaoxi smiled all the way with the pair of wood-carved swans. Such an interesting thing would not be encountered in the palace full of intrigue.
"Gee, my father's golden pot." Princess Qiaoxi tried her best to cover her mouth, shook her shoulders and laughed patiently. She would never have thought that her father's pot outside the castle would become a commercial advertisement that merchants would promote. Seeing the happy Princess Qiaoxi, Aruod, was much more relaxed, and a smile appeared on her face.
"Damn thief, you dare to steal my wallet. See if I cut off your wrist~~~."
"Oh God, please forgive him, he is still a child." Just as Arod and Princess Josie were walking along the town street, they heard a circle of people around an intersection ahead, and seemed to hear the sound of quarrel and the terrifying sword being unsheathed. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!