Phony Princess

Chapter 2

You quickly drank the glass of water beside your table.

That stupid dream again in your pathetic days. Sighing you changed yourself into a dress to go to town. Taking off your clothes you wore your undergarments and the corset and fitting into the brown dress and a straw hat and a basket.

Exiting yourself out in your room with only 4 gold coins in your pocket and out of the secret base.

4 gold coins is equal to 4000 silver coins which can last me 2 months or so. Haizzz.

First i should go buy bread, milk, strawberry jam, vegetables, meat, and cheese. As for my left over money maybe i could buy myself new clothes or accessories.

Snapping back to reality you suddenly stop walking as you saw a crowd gathering at the plaza. Feeling curious, you walked there and saw the official announcement of the royal imperial family.

It was official.

The Empire of Laurenszia has aged war on the

Empire of Regalia our homeland. It is stated if the 6th princess, Princess Isabella Beatriz Victoria Granduria doesn't appear in 1 month the Empire will start a war.

"Curse that princess!"

"What will happen to our Empire!?"

"How brainless are those royals and nobles!"

"This is why taxes are high nowadays tsk tsk!"

Disappointed rants and murmurs of the people whilst reading the paper plastered on the plaza's bulletin board.

Sighing you went off to the market and bought what you need to buy.

"How much is that all?"

"Let's see hmmm.... Vegetables 13 bronzes, dairy 29 bronzes and fruits 19 bronzes, 61 bronze coins in total miss."

The shopkeeper said while putting all of my purchased goods in my basket. You handed the money to the old lady and walked away. As you exit out of the crowded market you started walk down in the streets filled with many fancy shops that only can be afforded by the wealthy.

Passing by a*****e, something caught my eye. It was a rose pink dress sewed with laces and rose patterns, heels, gloves, parasol along with an feathered hat in the display. The glass window illuminated your figure in the fancy dress.

It must be nice wearing those clothes and walking around the streets or tea parties.

I wonder how much is this set?

As you were about to enter the shop, someone pushed you off causing you to fall off the floor on your butt and drop your food basket making your glass of milk and jam shatter. "Filthy peasant, get out of my shop your scaring away my customers! or are you planning on stealing something on my shop!?" The owner yelled. You glared at him and picked up the food that was left on the floor. Your dress was soaked in milk, jam and dirt making you look unsightly and sticky.

"I was only looking, I'm not planning either in stealing anything."

A crowd started gather around you.

"Thats why i hate peasants."

"Ew she looks unsightly."

"Who let such an peasant to roam around the royal capital?"

You only sat in the dirty ground tightly holding the basket doing nothing but feeling humiliated. A few moments later you felt someone draping an coat behind your back. A man draped his coat onto my back. Feeling overwhelmed with anxiety, you just stood down and held your basket tightly.

"L-lord Wilheim!"

The crowd gasped as they heard that name.

"Finally an imperial knight is here!, this peasant is planning to steal something from my shop!"

The owner yelled and pointed at your figure. The man chuckled and step up infront of you.

SHIT! An imperial knight?! how possibly worse this day could be?

"I-i was only looking at the beautiful dress, i did not steal anything."

You protested and stood up, acting innocent to do not blew up your cover and act like an innocent girl.

"Well no one's harmed or nothing is stolen mister shop owner, i think you need to let this slide or next time if you accuse an innocent person you might face 1-4 years in prison."

The man said in an threatful voice and you lifted up your face to see a handsome man dressed in uniform with a cocky smirk and you quickly looked away your face turning into an slight blush as he smiled at you sincerely.

What was that?

"Tsk, fine."

The shop owner sneered and locked his shop doors and the crowd quickly disappeared. Phew! what a relief!

Dusting off the dirt from your clothes you started walking away.

"Aren't you going to thank me miss?"

The man asked and crossed his arms looking at you head to toe.

"I did not ask for your help."

I pointed at him and started walking away in fury.

"And also, you can have your coat back."

You coldly added and dropped in on the ground.

"Sir Isaac Wilheim is my name and don't forget to repay your debt to me one day!"

The knight yelled and you started sprinting out of that street dispersing onto the crowd. Half an hour later you left the royal capital after that incident you find yourself wandering in the forest with an unknown trail that led to an grassy path to an mesmerizing waterfall.

What a good place to wash your clothes and take a bath.

Surely no one will see if i have a quick dip right?

Still feeling irritated, you removed your clothes and dipped yourself onto the waterfall lake.

The temperature of the water makes you feel relaxed and suddenly all of your problems in life seemed to doesn't exist anymore.

Humming yourself to an song you danced amongst the aligned rocks on the falls as your flowy brown hair and dainty fingers move to an arabesque position on top of the highest rock. You used to do ballet lessons before but you have forgotten what are the other steps are so you just compromised making own steps and positions of yours.

Suddenly you heard rustling in the bushes and you quickly covered yourself with your wet clothes.

"WHO'S THERE!!!!!?"

I yelled as a big figure started emerging in the shadows. You quickly pulled out an dagger on your dress's pocket as a defense just incase someone attacked you.

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Oh, never mind it's just a deer.

Despite your dress still being soaked in water, you wore it. Well at least it doesn't smell like rotten anymore you thought to yourself.