Isekai: Princess Marquess Becomes Entrepreneur of Tempe

Chapter 38. Alone

"David, any reply from Elona to me?"

Arthur asked hurriedly as he brought in a pile of letters that had come for the Locke family. It had been almost a week since Arthur sent the letter, but none of the replies he received. Armelin and Rudiyart were quite close. Supposedly, for a noble who had his own message introduction, a letter from Elona could get to the destination in less than three days.

David the secretary was so upset to see his master that way. "Attent."

David opened the letters he put on the table and read them.

"There are letters coming from various nobles, wanting to introduce his daughter to you, Mr. Arthur. Hmm one, two, three..."

David appears to count letters containing engagement proposals from the nobles to Arthur with their daughters.

Arthur immediately dismisses him with a huff when David handed over the cover letters and immediately put them in the trash.

"I don't care! All I want to know is, is there a reply from Elona or not?!"

David let out a heavy sigh and started looking around for Elona's name in the sender section listed on the back of the mail envelope. Finally David finds it, a letter with the sender's name Elona Locke, located in the final pile.

"Some, Young Master."

"Is he?!"

Arthur immediately approached the secretary. But David's face showed a confused look.

"Yes, it's from Elona Locke, but it's not for you, Young Master."

"What?!"

Arthur snatches the letter from David's hand and reads the front of the envelope. The letter was written to her mother, Duchess Nania Eckart, and not to her.

"Cock for mom, anyway?!" Arthur shouted in anger. Then he opened the letter. It contained a cooperative offer for the next soybean product from the Elona business.

"David! You're sure, right, that my letter is right up to Elona?!" arthur asked in annoyance and suspicion.

"Yes, Sir. Yesterday I went to Locke's mansion, there was Miss Elona's maid of honor, so she was the"

"So, don't you tell the guy straight, huh?!" Arthur asked as he held David's upper arm and shook it. Instantly, the Scretary also felt dizzy.

"Kan Tuan is disguised as a village youth! If I, the Eckart family secretary, were to pass it on directly, Miss Elona would be suspicious!"

Arthur let go of his grasp and murmured, "Don't he haven't read yet...?"

David could only sit still and grunt going to his desk to continue the work, with his arm in pain.

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One week before.

After discussing a new type of snack called tofu with Ryndall, Elona decided to go around the soybean field the next few days. The girl, along with her sister's secretary, wanted to check the circumstances around the land whether it was suitable for a building to be erected for a factory to know.

"Miss, it seems that in this area it is suitable for building." Ryndall pointed at an empty area with calf-high grass. The area is not far from the land area. There is some wood still stuck there, as there has been a building before.

"It's..." Elona examined the wood. In addition to wood, there are also large stones that are stacked like a stove.

"It used to be a temporary residence for miners. They make temporary houses out of wood to stay and rest." explains Ryndall.

Elona looked around. Not far from the area there is a small river flowing.

"Hmm, we have to get the sewage reservoir away from the river, brother." Elona gave an opinion.

"The waste is liquid, right? How about just making a pipe and flowing into the ground?" ryndall. Elona shook her head.

"Can't be sis, the toxic effect is the same as if it were flowed into a river. We have to make the reservoir like a tank, and then it's gonna flow there."

"If the tank is in the ground?" ask Ryndall again.

"That could. But the tank must be deep enough so that the smell does not smell out. Probably about three meters."

"Then, we need to go to the copper expert to order a tank that tall. But, are we just going to hold it?"

"Later I'll think about it."

*****

A week later, that is, the present. In the kitchen, Elona had prepared ingredients to make tofu. The process and ingredients used are almost the same as soybeans. Only this time, Elona also prepared a squeeze of lemon to thicken soy milk into tofu.

After the soy milk begins to warm, add lemon juice to the milk liquid. The blobs will know they'll show up. Then Elona stirred it very slowly so that the blob did not disintegrate.

After feeling the rest of the water began to look clear, Elona prepared a hollow box container and a filter cloth. The clump will know put in it, and the rest of the cloth folded up covering the dough. Then Elona covered it with wood and overcame it with a heavy load on it.

After 20 minutes, a box of white tofu was ready. The shape is not as neat as tofu boxes produced by tofu factories on earth, because this one is made with simple prints.

But at the very least, the year has become without any constraints.

*****

The sky shows the night. Elona returned to her room on the second floor. The girl carried a plate of tofu that had been cut into squares the size of a small fork prick on it.

Usually, tofu is eaten with rice as a side dish. But in this world, Elona wanted to try different things. The girl wanted to experiment by presenting tofu in the form of small pieces that could be eaten in one mouthful with a small fork. He did it because the nobles have a high dining table ethics, especially the women. They won't want to look inelegant by eating food with large pieces.

Elona tried to bribe a piece of tofu into her mouth. When pricked with a fork, the lump is not strong enough to hold the prick.

"Hmm, when pierced even cut in two. means the clumps are less dense. Maybe I can just shut it down for another ten minutes before the dough is ready to open."

Elona muttered to herself. He thinks if the year is more solid, the meal will be more suitable served as a snack for friends to drink tea or even soy milk made.

Geck!

Elona was aghast upon hearing the knock from a typical window, amidst her daydreams in making out the next. The girl almost jumped out of her seat. For a long time he had not listened to the knocking of the stone in the window of his room.

Elona immediately turned her eyes. He saw Art perched on the branch just like last night. But this time, his face looked irritated.

Elona opened the window of her room. "That!"

Art quickly jumped into the window frame and entered the girl's room.

Unfinished Elona spoke, suddenly the man before her walked up to the girl and pulled his arm into the embrace.

*****

Arthur did everything quickly and unknowingly. This time, his longing defeated his prestige. The man held Elona tightly in his arms, as if unwilling to let the girl go again forever.

"Art...?" Elona was so shocked when the man clenched her tightly. His face was directly opposite the man's chest which was firm and warm. Elona only realized that the man before her was quite tall after hugging like this.

Arthur did not answer Elona's puzzled question. He also did not let go of his embrace.

"What's up, Art-"

"Shut up!" Art said with a witty. Instead of saying that he misses, he even replied tightly.

Elona scrunched her forehead, "You got it"

"Here you go, shut up! Let me stay like this for longer!"

Elona decided for him. Faintly, he could hear the voice of the heart of the man before him.

"Why didn't you return my letter?!" Arthur finally made his voice. He asked with rage.

"Eh, letter?" Elona asked back confused. Arthur let go of his embrace and looked at the girl fixedly.

"Yes, letter! Didn't your servant Mai deliver it to you?"

"Letter... oh! So that's a letter from you? Sorry, accidentally stacked with other papers on my desk. I'm sorry!"

Elona lowered her head many times.

"That's it. Why have you been so hard to find lately? I can't go to your room anymore because you must have gone to bed earlier!"

Arthur still expressed his frustration.

Elona took the man in front of her and invited her to sit down.

"I'm sorry, I've been busy lately. I don't even have time to relax anymore. I have to take care of the land and the factory at once, and also..."

Elona kept telling me about her work. Arthur was getting upset to hear it.

Why is he crazy about this job, anyway!

"I don't want to hear any excuses. Anyway, I want you to make time for me every day! Every day we have to meet at least an hour, I don't want to know!" Arthur started to demand, leaving the girl confused.

"Why should that be?"

Asked that way, Arthur began to respond. "Yes-Yes, it should be! There's no reason!"

"Hmm? Okay..." Elona tries to understand the man in front of her. The girl did not want her only friend to be so upset with her. Elona turned her gaze towards the tofu plate on the table. He stabbed a piece and thrust it into the mouth of the man before him.

"I'm sorry, yeah. Here, eat."

Arthur, still upset, glanced at what Elona had fed him. A small piece of white food is propped up with a small fork.

"What's this?"

"name knows. Eat it, it's delicious!"

Arthur took the fork from Elona's hand and bribed it. The savory taste of the cow inside his mouth was enough to shock him.

"Nake too..."

"Yes right?! Eat it, as my apology. You're the first one to try it!"

Feeling special, Arthur immediately devoured all the pieces of tofu that exist. When she was finished, she saw Elona had fallen asleep with her head drooping on the table.

Tskkk! Just met, been left asleep again!

Arthur clucked in his heart. The moonlight entered through the window, hitting the face of Elona who was fast asleep without any defense.

And Arthur looked at it with great anxiety.

This girl really doesn't know that she can be attacked at any time by me?!

Hold it. I have to hold it...

"Elona! Wake up!" Arthur tried to wake the girl, but she still slept in her sleep. His position looks not so comfortable.

"Did I just move it, to her bed?" Arthur muttered to himself.

"Dad... Mum..."

There was a sound coming from Elona's lips. The girl still closed her eyes, but there was a drop of tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Elona.. are you dreaming?" Arthur asked slowly. There was a stinging feeling in his heart when he saw the girl shed tears.

"Dad... Mother.. don't go.. later I'm alone... hiks..."

By himself?

Arthur has heard a lot about Elona, from his cousin Iris and his father. The girl's parents had died since she was a child in an accident. What Arthur surprised me was, why did the girl say that she was alone? He still has an older brother named Stefan.

"Why did you say you were alone...? There's Stefan, Iris, and me..." Arthur answered quietly even though he knew the girl could not possibly say his words from within the dream.

"Dad... Mother.I'm afraid.everything is evil to me... Tara's scared, Dad... Mothers... Tara's alone..."

Arthur scrunched his forehead. He was very confused by what Elona said.

Tara...? Who is Tara?

Her name is Elona Locke?

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