Isekai: Princess Marquess Becomes Entrepreneur of Tempe

Chapter 46. Friends of a Lifetime

The day before, on the shores of Lake Armelin.

"So, now what should I do?" ask Arthur to Iris. The woman took a breath for a moment.

"Hmm, just shut up" he said. Arthur scrunched his forehead.

"Shut up?"

"Yes, just shut up. The way to approach the woman is not by being taped constantly, but occasionally away from a little." explained Iris.

"To get close to a woman, should you stay away? Your own words are the opposite!" concluded Arthur. Iris was so sorry to see it.

"Huh, just do what I say! Let me work!"

"Yes, yes!"

******

Currently, in Rudiyart City, Eckart's residence.

Although asked to remain silent, Arthur was even more agitated. Many times he just spent time in his room, rolling around indistinctly on his bed. The young man wished for his cousin to give him a little news, but his hope was in vain.

"Kok falling in love is not good like this, anyway! Agh!" Arthur threw his sleeping pillow against the wall.

"What is this, too, that the girls felt when they expressed love for me?"

Arthur recalled the women who had been chasing him all along. All were rejected by the young man. There was even a letter that was silenced by Arthur at all without any reply.

Never mind being replied, once it comes, the letters go straight into the fireplace without being opened at all. Everything was used up as fireplace fuel in his room.

"I'm sorry I'm the same as them..."

Arthur felt guilty. All this time he didn't understand what love was. The man never felt a thumping heart when meeting a loved one, a trembling hand when writing a letter to him, and the uneasiness of not meeting. Arthur never experienced it all, that's why he got that hard on all the women who were after him.

At least until now, finally Arthur hit the stone. At this time the man fell in love with a girl who actually made him feel what the women experienced.

Arthur cupped his head with both hands on the edge of the bed and sighed. He rubbed his face hard and grumbled.

"Elonaaa why are you so different, anyway...! Why are you not like the others! If you were to pursue me like any other woman, I would definitely accept you right away! I'll propose to you right then and there!"

Arthur was screaming to himself. But a second later, he withdrew his words again.

"Wait a minute, I'm starting to like him, isn't it because he's different from the others? Agh, dizzy!"

*Shelf!!*

"Young Master, there are documents to be signed!"

"David!!" Arthur jumped out of his bed. The arrival of his secretary who did not knock on the door and just played in it made him shocked half to death.

"Can you just let me enjoy the excitement of imagining Elona?!" ask Arthur gusar.

But David doesn't care. He immediately shook his head, "Can't, sir. Work awaits. Because you didn't come to the study, so I brought the documents here."

"Review you yes! Kupecat-"

"Fired me? It won't." David smiled mockingly, making Arthur even more upset.

Then, David continued, "After all, Miss Elona is a hard worker, she will definitely like a Master who is more productive using her time rather than just unsettled like this."

"Oh, so it is..."

With one sentence, Arthur got out of his bed, and grabbed all the documents in David's hands.

"Come to the workspace" he said, then headed straight to the workspace and followed by his secretary.

David laughed in his heart. It turned out that just by mentioning the name of Elona, Arthur immediately moved. Thus, David had just found the ultimate way to be able to control his unruly young master.

*****

"Sister Stefan, where's Sister Iris?" elona asked her brother who was standing next to her. Stefan looked inside from the courtyard.

"Maybe he'll be ready soon. Your clothes just like that?" stefan asked who was astonished to see his sister wearing ordinary folk clothes.

"Yes, look at it, brother, hehe!" elona replied with a smile.

The sun had already risen since two hours ago, and Elona had been preparing to take her sister-in-law for a walk in the city. He and Stefan were already standing in the courtyard, next to the horse-drawn carriage that Elona and Iris would ride later.

The girl had been wearing her best folk clothes for today. Yes, Elona did not want her status that a noble was seen to stand out in the city. He wanted to see the city and its inhabitants closer and more blending in the way they wore the same clothes.

Elona did not intend to disguise, after all his face was already known by some residents. It's just that the girl felt, every time she wore her expensive dress, the citizens were more attractive than when she wore ordinary clothes, as if there was a visible level of status between them.

"Sister Iris, are you ready?" elona asked as soon as she saw Iris finally meet her on the front page.

Iris walked over to her sister-in-law in similar clothes. The woman then twisted her beautiful body and made her skirt float.

"Not match?"

Stefan was just stunned. Not one bit he made a comment. Intrigued by her husband's opinion, Iris walked up to the man.

"Hey, how do I look?" ask Iris.

Stefan still did not answer, but his hand moved quickly. In one pull on Iris's hip, Stefan pressed his lips closer to her ear, much to his surprise. Then Stefan whispered, and his breath tickled Iris' ear.

I don't know what he whispered, it made Iris's face glow a deep red. Iris turned to her husband in surprise, but Stefan just smiled. Then the man let go of his embrace, leaving Iris still stunned.

It was very curious Elona, "What's up, anyway? Brother Stefan, what was Iris whispering about?"

"Little kids don't know yet." said Stefan, making his sister upset.

"I'm not a kid anymore!"

"Here you go, you go! It'll be noon, the streets are hot."

****

"Sister, what was Stefan whispering about?" elona asked while in the cabin with Iris. He was still curious about what Stefan had told Iris secretly earlier.

Iris's face was red again. He covered it with a fan in his hand and replied in embarrassment, "Hehe, husband and wife business!"

Elona heard it. "Finally your relationship looks like husband and wife."

Iris scrunched her forehead and asked, "What is the usual snack?"

"Like a pair of friends." replied Elona innocently. "But lately you've been looking very friendly!"

"Hmm, isn't it so much better? Make friends with your partner first, become friends, then love him."

Elona and Iris began walking through the city on foot around the traditional market area. Iris was very happy with the jewelry, and the woman bought a line of bracelets typical of Armelin crafts made of glass and colorful. Elona remembered the bracelets typical of India when he saw the craft.

"So long ago, Brother was friends with Stefan?" elona continued the conversation.

"Yes, but not a close friend. Your sister was too busy at her job so was the youngest marquess at the time. We greeted each other back then, but we didn't chat much."

"So, how did you get married?" Elona was curious.

It's been over a year since Iris became the hostess of the Locke family, but none of Elona's previous self-memories show that she knows her brother's love life. Until that was the true inferiority of Elona in the past, until the girl really did not recognize anything about her sister-in-law at all.

Iris smiled listening to Elona question. Although he now knew that the current Elona was a different person, but the woman considered it a blessing. Elona wants to open up to him now.

"I used to help Stefan quite a lot with his marquess at the school library, hahaha!"

"Then, Stefan's sister declared love?"

Iris nodded quickly. "Never! He immediately proposed on the grounds that I was a friend who understood him. At least, until last night, hehe!"

"Friends yes..." Elona gave a small nod, trying to digest Iris' words.

"You know, getting married is actually looking for a lifelong chatter partner" Iris said. Elona scrunched her forehead in wonder.

"Chat?"

"Yes. Marry someone who could be your friend discussing anything, arguing about everything with you. Because later when you get old and have been equally not beautiful, that's when you still have him as your place to go home, talk about the tiredness of the world."

Elona was stunned listening to Iris' words. Never once did she think of finding a life companion in the truest sense, a lifelong friend and marrying him. Elona did not have a good love experience. His relationship with Louis, even with Geri in his previous life, was equally run agonizing.

"So.. If you want to get married, I have to find a good friend for me, then love her?" Elona concluded. Iris nodded her head.

"It could be so too. But it looks like you've met someone like that."

"Who?" ask Elona back.

Iris smiled seductively, "What is your friend in this world, who always helps you whenever you need to?"

"My friend seems to be just one, Art..."

At once, Elona understood what her sister-in-law meant. Spontaneous her face reddened in embarrassment. "I mean Sister Iris... the Art?! But he and I are just-"

"I didn't say anything, you're the one who concluded that he was, hohoho!"

Elona's face was getting red. Iris added.

"There's nothing wrong with him, right? He's handsome, kind, always there when you need him, and also a good friend to you, right?"

"Yes, but..." Elona. Inner raging. He said in his heart and was not heard by Iris.

But I'm afraid of falling in love again...

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