Behind The Castle's

**CITY MOTHER II**

Victoria looked around her to assess and pay attention to the surroundings while waiting for their meal order to come.

Fredrick takes Victoria to lunch at a simple diner that is quite crowded but, with the power of money, Fredrick can get an empty table for them. Victoria was still staring around. Some tables were filled with laughter of men who were busy telling stories and then turned strong to make his desk also vibrate. A few more tables were filled with people in simple clothes like himself who seemed only to intend to fill the stomach and, in the corner of the room at one of the tables, he said, filled by four women who continue to be busy staring at his desk, more precisely in the direction of Fredrick. Victoria rolled her eyes lazily.

"Why?"

Fredrick, realizing that Victoria had just rolled her eyeballs, immediately followed Victoria's line of sight at a table in the corner of the room. Where the women there immediately smiled shyly, smiled invitingly, and smiled shamelessly at Fredrick. Fredeick kindly returned their smiles which instantly made them squeal and giggle amusedly. All of those sights disgust Victoria.

"Are you throwing Bash charms now?"

One of Fredrick's eyebrows shot up and immediately turned his head back to look at Victoria's face which had also swooped one eyebrow high.

"Didn't you like it, baby? if you're jealous I won't return their friendly smile"

Fredrick's annoying voice almost made Victoria spit out her non-existent entrails, and was about to reply, but, her mouth immediately clenched back as someone carried their order.

"Good fun"

"Thank you"

After giving a sincere smile and thank you, Victoria looked back at Fredrick with a face that returned flat.

"You're so confident Bash"

Fredrick chuckled and began to lift his fork and knife.

"Of course, I'm very handsome"

Fredrick's words made one pea float into his body. Fredrick chuckled again.

Victoria's chats and questions filled their conversation at the dinner table. They played their role as commoners with a natural, until, Fredrick's focus was centered on the hand of Victoria who raised a beer glass. Fredrick raised one eyebrow

"You sure?"

"Hmm. I'm curious"

With a feeling of anxiety and amused Fredrick only let Victoria gulp the contents of the glass in her handle. Vicroria frowned

"It's kind of good"

"But your face doesn't show Vic's 'humayan"

Victoria chuckled and grabbed a glass of water and looked at Fredrick who sipped up to the toilet of his cheap beer. The glass immediately disappeared in an instant. Understandingly, Victoria shifted her glass to get closer to Fredrick's hand, who had just landed an empty glass on the table.

With a seductive smile and a snarling mischievous Fredrick looked at Victoria

"You want to frame me by getting me drunk?"

Victoria's eyebrows are shrinking. Fredrick continued

"After getting drunk you'll take me to the hotel right? you want to do the no-no to me?"

With a face that had changed dramatically even his hands were crossed in front of his chest, Fredrick said confidently. Victoria almost lost her eyes in disbelief, and she even teased after Fredrick's words reached her ears.

"Bash. You need to stop coming to the theater, stop watching cheap operas"

Fredrick's laughter immediately echoed, to make the focus of some people around them diverted to Fredrick who continued to be broken until his face reddened.

After Fredrick's laughter subsided, rubbing the wet end of his eyes, Fredrick looked at Victoria and pinched Victoria's cheek anxiously.

"You're so adorable Vic"

With her chin held high, Victoria replied

"Of course"

Fredrick chuckled, which made Victoria chuckle, and all the sights did not escape the sight of Jeremmy and the knights sitting far away from their table. Guarding and controlling them from afar.

"Walk?"

A smile as often as Victoria rises.

After the tummy affair was over, Fredrick again took Victoria by the hand and carried her around the market, letting Victoria look around and judge anything. Fredrick also followed Victoria's will to explore the small alleys, or the gargling settlements, and again, Fredrick nodded obediently and led their way.

Fredrick looked silently at Victoria's face full of judgment and observation. Whatever is in the amateurs and whatever is in value especially when they are in the slums near the market. Fredrick saw that, both eyeballs as green as the leaves were shaking when he saw how the residents in the area were doing.

How sad scenery like a mother who is very thin to leave the bones and skin on her body is giving asi the head of her child whose condition is not much different from the mother. The mother came up to them and raised her hand to ask for money. Both of Victoria's eyeballs shook and smiled wryly while giving the mother four gold coins. The mother smiled and when she saw the coin in her hand, the cry broke. All the thanks he gave, all the gratitude he said and all the good prayers he said to Victoria.

With teary eyes, Victoria pulled the mother to take her to a long chair that looked neat, so Fredrick had to repeatedly inspect the chair so as not to harm Victoria.

Leaning against a tree, arms folded in front of his chest, Fredrick continued to observe from a not-so-close distance, observing his extraordinary sweet fiancee. His smile, way of looking, tone of voice, gesture was very visible if it was natural and sincere. Fredrick could have believed that, because all his life he had seen too many people with a sweet mouth or good face who wanted to lick him, but Victoria was different. Victoria, her fiance will be a very extraordinary candidate for queen, accompanying her in her married life or work. All of those thoughts made Fredrick's heart beat, a sigh he didn't understand what, creeping swiftly on his chest.

"Your Highnesses".

Jeremmy's voice made Fredrick return to his world, then looked around.

"How much?"

"There are eight men of Your Highness, and we've kept them away. But I think we better get out of here"

Fredrick was silent for a moment, his face seemed to think while looking at Victoria who was now holding the skinny baby. Every now and then Victoria chuckles at the baby in her hand, wanting it to feel like Fredrick is not putting an end to all the unusual facial sights Victoria is showing as she is now but, this region is indeed very vulnerable. Poverty and hardship make criminality craze. With wide strides, Fredrick approached Victoria and whispered but, Victoria shook her head strongly. A sign that he doesn't want to get out of there. Fredrick had to explain the real reason a little. Victoria finally nodded.

"Will the lady be safe?"

With confidence Fredrick shook his head and looked at the mother

"Do you have a hostess?"

The mother nodded confidently with a warm smile imprinted on her dry lips

"Have you, I have, would you like to stop by my hut?"

With a warm smile, Fredrick shook his head

"Later my men will accompany you and escort you to the market, and then take the lady home" Fredrick paused and looked at Gregory who had appeared from behind a tree. "Do you understand my max, madam?"

"I understand sir, thank you sir, thank you very much. May your marriage always be accompanied by God's blessing and you quickly get offspring"

The water that would pass through Victoria's throat immediately turned a little as her ears caught the mother's speech which made her choke and cough strongly until her face turned red.

Fredrick continued to smile until Gregory, who was carrying the mother, disappeared from his perspective.

Victoria's cough began to subside but her face turned red which made Fredrick's lips twitch want to laugh

"Want to go around again?"

With an occasional chortle Victoria nodded and looked at Fredrick with resolute eyes

"Can we go to a quiet place with a nice view?"

Fredrick immediately nodded in confidence

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