The Bright Future Awaits! The Villainess Lady's Route of Happiness

XXVI. Shopping Spree

For three days, I never talked to Kyle again. Our parents also took noticed of our cold war and asked us what happened, because I am still sullen after the party despite that it was already over, I did not explain to mother and father about this. It was Kyle who told them what happened. At first they were horrified that I befriended bad influential children, yes they trust me that I never was and will never be a bully but my friends took the blame. I was angry that I ended up telling them, despite that I am lazy to talk to them especially Kyle, what really happens.

My parents felt sorry for my friends. I am glad that they believe me while Kyle was guilty over what happened and he blames me for not explaining the real thing in the first place.

I gasp and scolded him that I was trying to explain to them especially to the crowned prince of what really happens but every time I tried to open my mouth, it was either William or Rosette who cut my words. How can I properly explain our side if someone will interrupts me?

I pity Coleen since her flower garden was ruined. Most of the flowers that was difficult to cultivate was actually ruined and she even looks bad in front of the prince. How can someone bear something like that?

After another two more days of apologizing, I accepted Kyle's sincere apology... since I can't stand in a cold war with my little brother and he looks like he really is sorry... and gives him my last ultimatum. If he ever doesn't believes me again, I will never forgive him again and the closeness that we have will be completely end.

"I promise oneesama that it will never happen again. I will always believe to you alone and trust you with all my life. I will protect and defend you at all cost"

"I wish you can keep your word", obviously doubting his word

"Of course, I will"

And then one day, after my father went from the palace, he came towards me crying. I twitched when I saw my father who tortured me in training then look at the man who was hugging me while in tears. My mother saw father and started scolding him since he looks like a fool, and asked him what his problem is. He told us that it was about the king. The crowned prince told the king about what happened at Coleen's birthday party. The crowned prince then told the king that I am lacking both etiquette and manners, that I have a very bad personality... very far from what my father told the king about me.

My father, as usual, defended my name. He explained to the king of what really happened that day, the thing that really happened before the prince and his entourage came. The king didn't say anything, he just keep silent. Because the king doesn't want to disappoint any side, he told father to let me undergo another intense etiquette lesson from a very strict tutor that the king recommended himself, a royal etiquette tutor for a year while he scolded the prince that the next time he (the prince) witness same thing, he (the prince) needed to listen at both side before he (the prince) make a judgments. He (the king) then sends rare flowers to the Shade family to make up to the destroy garden.

The royal tutor will arrive in the mansion the day after the tea party finished, and most of my schedule plan will be disrupted, earning a contempt and hatred to the scumbag prince from yours truly, me.

After my mother's deep thought, she told me that I am going into an etiquette lesson under her so that I will not embarrass myself when the royal tutor arrives.

"But mother since I was little, I already undergo an etiquette lesson and I am sure that the royal tutor is one hella strict. It means, while she or he is here, it will be hard for me to train my martial arts especially my archery. I've got only remaining week to enjoy my freedom, if you train me, my last week of free days will be gone" I sulkily said.

"No more excuses, young lady. Once I said that you will go in training, and then you will. Stop complaining or else I will forbid you to do more archery in the future"

I pouted and hesitantly nodded at her before we went to the gallery.

After three hours of a tiring etiquette lesson, I went to the practice area.

I asked father to build a spacious room with an intense gravity field. This room will help me to increase my speed. At first, I can't even walk in this room and with more practice day after day, I can now run here nonstop and with weights that attached on my body. I trained my martial arts here and this is where I cultivate my outer mana base, raising my power by leaps and bounds.

I was dead tired when I came back to my room and soundlessly fell asleep.

When the first gleam of sunlight touches my face, my mother wakes me up and pushes me to bathroom to do my business. I was so tired and sleepy so I let Jane and the maids showered me. As a noble lady, I am not allowed to take a bathe alone but with maids who do the business instead of me. I was distressed for I don't know how long since it was embarrassing letting someone to bath you until I got used to it.

Mother asked me to accompany her to go on a shopping. Every time she felt like she wants to do a shopping, I was the one who she will force as her company. Kyle doesn't want to do the job and the same with Chris niisama, mother didn't forced them since they are male and I was the only female in their children, while father was busy with his work, so, I alone can only go with mother and endure the hardship of going to different shops, buying this and that.

Do you know what's more tiring between shopping and training? I will immediately answer, shopping! Why? Fitting this and that, wearing this and that is really tiring. Do you know what the types of clothes are and style the women from Victorian era wears? I don't know how many piece of cloth I need to wear and remove. Imagine how tiring it was for me who was used to wearing just a piece of undies, a shirt and pants or dress then changed into the Victorian dresses and gowns!

So, shopping together with mother is the most thing I hated to do *sigh* but do I have a choice? Nah!

After the shopping spree that we spend for six hours, we went to orphanage.

Mother since her very young age loves children and so, she started helping a poor orphanage near their place. She raises funds to help the nuns and elders for taking the little angels; for their clothing, foods and other things that they needed. And when mother married father, she never stop helping the orphanage. Some of those orphan who grew ups also started working at our mansion. 50-60% of our staff composed of orphans from the same orphanage mother taking care of, and Jane was one of them.

Some of my dress and toys that I don't need any more or I never exactly use to send to the orphanage personally like today. I also bought a couple of clothes, shoes, and toys when we were on shopping to send to the children who mostly needed this. I like watching the children innocent smile and laughing face that they showed whenever they receives even a small things from me. This children makes my heart boiled with desire for power to protect them on my own, I don't want an innocent child to left in the lurch or destroy their future. I always wanted them to maintain their innocent smile, I don't want them to feel sad or grief because they were orphaned like what I felt when I was a child in my past life despite having parents.

This little wish I have is still maintained since I first discover about the orphanage. 

After the orphanage where we spend our dinner, I straighten my way towards Lumiere. I asked mother that I'll just spend some time with my little friends for almost two hours before I will go home since it was almost three weeks that I did not saw them and I felt guilty because of this.

I don't know that while I was enjoying this day, someone in the dark was watching my every move. All the reports about me and my little adventure today were directly sent to him. I have no clue that this little moves of mine earned another loathes and envy from him, and observing the move of someone he hates and disgust was already for years now as his own daily hobby.

But alas, this kind of thing was unknown to me as I continue talking and playing with my little friends, the fairies and pixies.

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Who do you think the 'he' that mentioned in this chapter? hmmmm.....