Isekai: Princess Marquess Becomes Entrepreneur of Tempe

Chapter 47. Sedap Afternoon

"Wait a minute, where do you both want to go?"

A staff in charge of guarding the front of a fairly famous boutique stopped the footsteps of Iris and Elona who wanted to go inside. The officer looked at Iris and Elona in turn, from head to toe.

After shopping in a traditional market, Iris takes Elona to a boutique to buy some new clothes for her and Elona. However, just before the door, they were intercepted by a boutique staff.

Iris who stopped her steps suddenly felt astonished and replied, "Of course we want to go inside!"

"Sorry, Miss. But this boutique is only for the nobility." said the guard staff with a haughty look at Iris.

The woman scrunched her forehead, then turned her head towards her own body and Elona.

"Oh, my goodness. I forgot!" Iris realized that she was wearing folk clothes instead of the usual noble dress.

Elona advanced to the front of Iris' body and stared at the boutique staff with a huff. "What if we are ordinary people? Shouldn't we buy here, even if we have money?!"

Hearing this young lady before him getting angry, the staff sneered.

"Miss, I'm not even sure you have the money to pay for the things inside."

"What did you say?!!" Iris went straight up to hear the talk from the staff. Then, he took out a gold necklace with the Locke family symbol engraved as his pendulum and showed it to the staff.

"Listen, I'm not a 'miss', but a 'mistress'! I am the Marchioness Iris Locke, wife of Marquess Stefan Locke! And you know who he is?! This is Elona Locke, the temporary leader of the city. And you don't recognize him?!"

Iris was so angry. Upon seeing the symbol of the necklace, the staff's face turned pale. A chilly sweaty grain came out from his forehead.

"W-uh!! I'm sorry, Madam! Come on please come in! Please choose as you like!" the guard staff opened the door wide, and said nothing more. It is clear that he is now afraid of mistalking to the two Locke family members.

*****

Iris picked out some clothes for her and Elona. The two of them took turns wearing the clothes in the dressing room to find the most preferred model and color. Iris bought some clothes afterwards. The woman looked happy, but not so much as Elona. Since the incident was intercepted by the staff earlier, he became more quiet.

"You why? Don't like the clothes, do you?" ask Iris. Elona shook her head.

"It's not about the clothes, but I don't like the treatment of the staff" said the girl.

"That's it. He's already apologized. After all, it is we who come here in the clothes of ordinary people. And we don't bring servants. The soldiers were escorting from far away. So it's only natural that he does." said Iris. But Elona seemed to disagree with hearing it.

"But it shouldn't be like that. A person's self-esteem should not be seen from how rich and how fancy his clothes are, right?"

Iris seemed speechless to hear the defense from Elona. The woman actually agreed with her sister-in-law's words, but indeed in the kingdom where they live today, all were judged by caste. And Iris was used to living like that.

"Hmm, in your previous world..not like this, huh?" Iris asked slowly, trying not to reveal the old wounds his brother-in-law had suffered in the past.

Elona looked surprised to hear the question of her sister-in-law. "Sister Iris already knows about me...?"

Iris nodded with a smile, "Stefan told me everything."

Elona nodded softly and said, "Yes, there are still cases of intimidation, but there are laws governing it. And the people are more able to express opinions. Something like that can be protested by citizens until the business is closed."

"What is 'demo'?" Iris asked not understanding.

"Sort of a protest movement together" replied Elona briefly.

"Hmm.. Surely your world is fun, huh? More peaceful than here?" Iris said with a smile.

Iris and Elona arrive at the cabins of the horse-drawn carriage not far from the boutique. They put all the groceries there. However, because Iris still wanted to take a walk, Elona decided to take her on foot along the outskirts of the streets of Armelin City, while enjoying the air and the twilight sky.

"If you say it's fun, yes, there are good and bad things. It cannot be compared to this world." Elona answered her sister-in-law's question earlier.

"It's good?"

"Yes, like technology. There, there is an object that allows Brother Iris to speak directly to people far away even in just a matter of seconds. Even that thing can be taken anywhere. Called mobile. Or ordinary people abbreviate it by 'hape' only."

"REally?!" Iris looked at Elona in amazement. The girl nodded too.

"Yes, my previous world was already that advanced..."

"Then, the bad thing?" ask Iris again. Elona lowered her head while continuing to walk. Then he smiled thinly.

"The bad thing is that I'm alone there. So, even though I have a thing called a cell phone, there's nothing I can really call if I need someone. My parents are gone, and all the relatives don't like me.

Therefore, although in this world there is no technology as advanced as there, but I have you..."

Elona's smile when she said it was met with tears Iris. The woman held him tightly and warmly.

"Yes, you've got us. You're not alone anymore.so, don't ever feel lonely huh..."

"Yes..." Elona also shed tears, "Thank you, sister..."

*crucc*

The sound of the stomach disperse the sad atmosphere that enveloped Iris and Elona. The voice came from Elona's stomach, and made the girl's face red with embarrassment. Iris laughed at her.

"So there's a starving one, huh? Ahaha!"

"Can. Where do you want to eat?" ask Iris back.

Elona looked around. Not far from there was a wooden and stone walled tavern that seemed to be at the end of the road. Depending on the top, the name of the store is 'Sedap Afternoon'.

"Aren't you going to eat there?" Elona pointed at the shop. Iris frowned as soon as she saw the outer appearance of the building that looked very simple. However, many people come in and out of the tavern, marking this popular cukuo eatery in the area.

"Stores?" ask Iris to make sure. All ages, as the daughter of a viscount noble, when he was out he only ever ate at parties and famous restaurants and cafes. The shop was a place he had never touched.

"Yes, right there! Yuk, let's try!" Elona pulled her brother-in-law's hand closer to the Sedap Sore Shop.

*****

The wooden door of Kedai Sedap Afternoon opened as soon as Elona pushed it, then the door closed back to its original position as soon as the girl took it off, just like the bar door in western movies she had seen while on earth.

Elona invites Iris to sit at an empty table. Seen in the store many ordinary people who eat and drink voraciously. The atmosphere was so crowded with chatter and laughter. There are even those who bring toddlers to eat with their parents, so the fussy sound of young children is sometimes heard there. And Iris was so flabbergasted to see all that.

During this time Iris only eat in luxurious places, and visitors usually come dressed neatly and luxuriously, and act and speak elegant and polite words. Never had the woman eaten in such a free place without thinking of anything like in this tavern. As long as it is still polite to the store employees and other visitors, then it is enough.

What about Elona herself? The girl was instantly able to adapt to such a tavern environment. The atmosphere reminded him of a warteg on earth, where he ate and drank every day when he was not cooking in rented.

Elona's face was so bright when he saw everything in this tavern, the atmosphere, the people who were equal and did not look at caste, he said, and the way to eat that does not need a rigid dining table ethics as she did all this time as Elona Locke.

A waiter approached the table where Elona and Iris were, then gave a simple menu book. Inside there is a wide selection of food and drinks that are ready to order.

"Sister Iris, pick it up!" Elona pointed to the menu. Iris flipped open her courtyard, and once again she was amazed.

"Here..it's cheap! All worth silver coins?! Is the portion small?"

"No, Brother! The portions are enough to eat one person at a time!" elona Sahut.

"But... here there is no appetizer, main meal, dessert...what should I eat?" Iris asked again in confusion. Elona laughed when she heard it.

"Eating here is not like in a fancy restaurant, sister. Just order one type of food, directly to the main food. Then, order a drink too. It's just like that!"

"Oh so... You seem to know it all, don't you?" ask Iris again. Elona was smiling.

"Hehe, I used to eat in places like this."

"Oh..." Iris nodded in understanding that what Elona said 'forehand' must have been her previous world.

After Iris and Elona were determined to choose the food to be eaten, Elona called the waiter to order. The waiter recorded the order and went back to the kitchen to give the cook a note.

While waiting, Elona looked around. Most people ordered vegetables and rice. There are also those who order boiled eggs for their protein needs. Elona's smile expands when she sees her soy milk barrel drum in the corner of the room, and some residents queue to take turns to take milk from the drum.

"That's your soy milk, right?" ask Iris. Elona nodded happily, especially when the customers of the shop drank it to the end after eating food from the cook.

"Huh.. fresh!!" call one of the customers. Apparently no one realized that Elona and Iris were near them, because of the ordinary folk clothes they both wore.

"It's cow's milk instead, right? It's delicious!" call on other customers.

"Great yes, that Miss Elona, can make something like this!"

Hearing that, Elona blushed in embarrassment. Iris smiled at him.

"Ah, if meat can also be made from soy, yes!"

"Hey, look at you! That's impossible, right? Where there is soy meat, hahahaha!"

The visitors chuckled together, but not with Elona. The girl seemed to think hard.

"Meats from soy, yes.." he murmured.

Iris noticed Elona's thinking face and asked, "Why, Elona? Don't tell me you can make meat from soybeans, yeah!"

"Umm, I can, sister.." he muttered softly, and Iris was aghast.

"What?! How could? Meat from animals, but soybeans are plants!"

"It's not real meat, but I can do something similar. But. there's one obstacle..."

"What?"

"I'm not sure the material is in this world..."

*****

...\=\= original writing by @author.ryby \=\=...

...\=\= cover art by @fuheechi_ \=\=...

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