Not Knowing The Betrayal Of That Day - Chapter 117
Translator and Editor: Effe and Yonnee
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Chapter 117
After she finished all the overdue work at home in the morning, Tessa went out to the downtown area in the afternoon and headed to her store, which was just about to open.
Her shop wasn’t big, but it was full of fabrics, laces, and ornaments. Although it was still disorganized because she hasn’t finished tidying up yet, a sense of pride wells up in her heart every time she would look around her shop.
‘The shop is going to have its grand opening next week… I have to work harder today!’
Tessa first left the door wide open for ventilation, then looked for her apron and wrapped it around her waist. Then she started to walk all over her store with a duster to shake off the dust that had accumulated overnight. After she dusted off all the dust, she unpacked the unorganized things and took them out one by one on the shelf.
“Tessa, are you inside?”
As she was just about to open a new box, someone outside the store called Tessa. When she looked up, there was Janet, the lord’s daughter, with whom Tessa is friends. Janet was holding a bouquet of tulips. Tessa called her with wide eyes.
“Janet…?”
“Ah, what a relief! You’re here!”
“Heavens, what are you doing here?”
“I heard that the store opening is just around the corner. To celebrate in advance, I came out after a long time. Here, take this. I chose orange to match Tessa’s hair color!”
Janet came quickly with a smiling face and she handed Tessa a bouquet of flowers. As Janet said, it was a bunch of reddish-orange tulips that resembled Tessa’s ginger hair. Tessa looked up at Janet with thrilled eyes and smiled softly at the scent of the fragrant flowers.
“Thank you, Janet. The flowers are really pretty. Would you like to sit down for a while? I will get a vase.”
“Yes, sure.”
Tessa walked inside, holding the bouquet, to find a vase.
“By the way, the store is very pretty. I’ll be sure to come back often when it opens. Will you welcome me every time?”
“Of course. You’re my friend, Janet.”
Tessa answered as she searched for a vase and carefully moved the bouquet. Eventually, she returned with the vase and left it by the window, where the sun was shining. Then the petals soaked in water shimmered as it was hit by the sunlight.
“See, doesn’t it look good?”
“Indeed. Thank you so much, Janet. Oh, would you like to have a cup of tea? The store hasn’t been tidied up right now, so I can’t treat you right…”
“That’s okay about the tea, let’s walk together for a while. It’s even better if you enjoy a picnic with me in front of the lake.”
“Aha, I see it now. A picnic was the purpose!”
“Will you follow me now that you know it?”
Tessa nodded her head without even deliberating about Janet’s brazen question. She could just clean the store later this evening anyway, right? When Tessa agreed, Janet let out a little cheer and led Tessa outside. Eventually, Tessa closed the store again and took Janet’s carriage to the lake, not far from the main street.
As they spread out a mat on the lakeside, they sat on it and chatted. It was mostly about each other’s current situation.
“I think I will be leaving for the royal capital next month. Ha, there were so many things to prepare. I am tired to death. I just don’t want to go. To be honest, there is really nothing to do there.”
Janet sighed, saying that the social season was coming soon. She couldn’t stand to go up to the royal capital during the social season because she thought it was a bore and was just an utter waste of time where she’d do nothing. Tessa patted Janet on the back and said,
“The one you like… you still haven’t found it?”
As Janet was a young lady from a local noble house, she was meant to go up to the royal capital every social season for just one purpose: to find a good marriage partner. The social season was, in a way, serving as a place for young noble men and women to gather.
“They all look the same, Tessa. All of them are stupid and ugly… I really envy Tessa at times like this!”
Suddenly, Janet glanced at Tessa and exclaimed in a low voice. Confused, Tessa blinked her eyes.
“…Me?”
“Tessa, you already have the one for you—Sir Shine.”
“Ah…”
Janet’s words caused Tessa to blush for some reason. Teasing Tessa, Janet raised her voice and continued to speak.
“Sir Shine is lucky. He gets Tessa, who is this pretty, lovely, cute, and has all the charms. Did he save the country in his previous life? Anyway, Sir Shine should be good to you for the rest of his life. How could he meet a woman like this?”
Tessa’s face grew redder as Janet’s words continued. It felt like her face was getting ripening from the scorching heat. In the end, Janet giggled and teased Tessa until Tessa yelled at her to stop.
“But I’m not lying. Every time I see you and Sir Shine, I think I’ve never seen a pair as good together as you two. You said that you two met at an orphanage and grew up together, right?”
“Yes, we practically grew up together. So we are like family to each other.”
Since meeting each other at the orphanage, the two had been completely attached at the hip. They were always together wherever they went. It was the same even after leaving the orphanage and becoming independent. Even though they were struggling with all sorts of anxiety and worries about how to eat and live in the future, they were able to endure it because they had each other.
“But I have a question, may I ask you?”
Janet asked, resting her chin on one hand.
“What is it…?”
“The two of you, when are you going to get married?”
“…What?”
Tessa looked dazed at Janet’s question. A wedding. She had never thought of it.
Since Hert and Tessa had lived together for a long time, like a married couple, no one asked them when they would get married. They didn’t really feel the need to have a wedding.
“You never thought about it?”
“…….”
“Really? For real?”
Janet lost her words at Tessa’s response as she didn’t deny it. Tessa hurriedly made an excuse.
“Do I have to get married…”
“You have to. Now Sir Shine has officially become a knight. Now, he is not a commoner, but a quasi-noble. Tessa can’t just remain a commoner. Don’t you want to be Missus Shine?”
“Umm…”
Listening to Janet, she felt some truth in what Janet said. Having become an official knight, Hert was no longer a commoner, but a quasi-noble. Even if he was not a nobleman whose title was directly recognized by the king, Hert worked closest to a high noble like the lord of the estate and was treated accordingly. He could have become a noble running the estate if he had made some merit here.
“Did Sir Shine say anything? Like a marriage proposal…”
Tessa shook her head. They were very happy that Hert became an official knight, but there was not much change in their lives after that day. As usual, they ate together, went to sleep together, and started a new day together. Hert’s attitude did not change from before.
The same was true about a proposal. Looking back, Tessa realized that although she often received jewelry such as pins and bracelets from Hert, she had never received a ring. He had never asked her to marry him. Even though he always said he wanted them to be together.
Tessa hadn’t given it much thought because she thought they were all the same. So this came as a shock.
“I don’t think there was anything…”
“Then shall I nudge him a bit? He might be secretly planning it. Ah, then is it a surprise proposal? Anyway, let’s take a closer look starting today. If I was Sir Shine, he would have already made a marriage proposal, of course. You’re a bit complacent in this regard.”
At Janet’s words, Tessa suddenly became concerned if she really was not complacent. It could be that Hert hadn’t thought much of it like her. But at the same time she wondered why he hadn’t proposed to her.
When her mind was getting more and more complex.
‘Please wake up, Tessa.’
Someone whispered to her.
Tessa looked around in surprise and saw Janet tilting her head at Tessa.
“What’s wrong?”
“Janet, I just… no, it’s nothing… it’s nothing.”
It was too low and heavy to be Janet’s voice, so Tessa quickly gestured that it was nothing. She must have misheard it.
Janet got up with a smile.
“Really? Then, shall we go?”
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