Isekai: Princess Marquess Becomes Entrepreneur of Tempe

Chapter 50. Heart Word

Morning, in the capital.

"Miss Kiara, eat it, it's been all day yesterday, no one's gotten into your stomach, miss!"

A waiter could be heard knocking and calling the name of her mistress, bringing a serving of food and a glass of milk in the tray. However, there was no response from inside the room.

"Miss, open the door!"

"What's this?"

A woman walked up to the servant at the door.

"Ah, Mrs Penny, look... Miss Kiara hasn't come out of her room since yesterday..."

"What?! The slightest?"

The waiter also told me the situation. The woman looked surprised afterwards, and then changed her who was knocking on the door now.

"Kiara, it's Mama! Open the door, honey. If there's a problem, let's tell Mama, okay?"

Again, the silence answered.

"Kiara..." Penny said in a soft tone.

"From the beginning, if you have a problem, you definitely do not want to tell Mama. You just tell me the fun part. You never want to look sad in front of me... Don't you trust Mama..."

A moment later, the door suddenly opened, and featured a girl with puffy and puffy eyes, as well as disheveled bright blue hair. His face withered like there was no hope for life.

"Geez, Kiara!" Penny screamed hysterically. "You why? What's going on?!!"

The question was only greeted by Kiara's blank stare. His mother also pulled his hand into the room. The waiter also brought in a tray filled with food, and left after closing the door, leaving Penny and Kiara in the room.

Penny invited her daughter to sit on the edge of the bed, then she stroked Kiara's head and tidied her hair with her hands.

"What's up, honey? Want to tell Mama?"

Still with her head bowed, Kiara started to open her voice slowly. There was a hoarse accompanying his speech. His voice seemed to be over from crying for too long.

"Everything is done... Ma's... In vain..."

Penny scrunched her forehead not understanding. "What's? What's done? What is in vain?"

"Everything, Ma... My story is finished...everything is out of the plot that should be..."

Tears fell back on the girl's cheeks. A sobbing sound rang out from his pale lips. Penny touched his daughter's shoulder with both hands, trying to make Kiara look him in the eye.

"Tell me from the beginning, yes, so that you can understand your distress..."

Kiara looked at her mother's eyes fixedly, then she took a deep breath and exhaled her to be calmer.

"Mama probably won't believe what I'm gonna say after this..."

"About what?"

"About me, Ma... I was reborn in this world by bringing memories from my previous world..."

Kiara explained everything to the woman who had become her biological mother in this world. One by one he told slowly, starting from his life in the previous world, the torture of his mother and half-sister, the biological mother who died, about the webtoon story he liked, and the webtoon he liked, about him that his sister sold. And in the end, about her rebirth in this world as the daughter of Baron Perez.

Penny covered her mouth with one hand, so stunned in disbelief. As soon as Kiara ends the story, Penny immediately hugs her princess. Her tears instantly dripped onto Kiara's shoulders.

"I'm sorry, sorry Mama! You experienced all those things in your previous world, it must have been very hard for you. Forgive the insensitive Mama!"

"I'm sorry, too, Ma..." Kiara said as she continued to sob,

"I don't tell you about my problems, not because I don't believe in Mama... I just don't want to burden you... I don't want Mama to get sick and leave me. Just like what happened to my mama in my old world..."

Penny let go of his embrace. The woman wiped away the tears on her cheek and said with certainty, "That's not going to happen! Look, Mama's healthy now, right?! If you are still worried too, fine, from now on Mama will be diligent in exercising and eating healthy, so as not to get sick, yes! So that you can always accompany me!"

"REally...?"

"Sure! So don't be sad anymore, yeah!" Penny smiled cheerfully, making her daughter also smile. The joy in Penny's smile reminded Kiara of her late mother on earth before she fell ill with cancer.

"Then, about Louis Vandyke. What are you going to do next?" penny asked, greeted with a weak belt from her only daughter.

"I don't know... Was I wrong all this time, huh, Ma? I've made Louis and Elona's engagement come to an end, but the storyline is like that..."

"What, Ma?"

"Take it honestly. Do you just think of Louis as your co-star in the story, or do you really see him as a man and love him?"

Penny asks about Kiara's feelings for Louis. The girl had actually known the answer a long time ago.

"I really love Louis, Ma. Not as a character, but as a man. I thought I would never have more feelings for her, but the more days I felt that I couldn't get away from her." Kiara replied, while removing the remains of tears on his cheeks.

"So, what should I do, Ma?" ask the girl again.

Penny smiled gently and said, "Then, it's easy. Don't follow the story."

"I mean Mama?"

"It's the real world, not the story you just said. And you've loved Louis for a long time because of him, not because he's the male protagonist. It's all been out of the plot since then, Kiara!"

"So..."

Penny pointed towards Kiara's chest. "Follow your heart. What do you really want? You gonna give up, or just shut up and wait for a response from Louis? Or are you going after him? The decision is in your hands now."

Kiara looked stunned after hearing her mother's reply. The girl thought for a moment, then suddenly got up from the side of the bed.

"I know what to do now, Ma. I'll get ready!"

*****

In the morning at Armelin.

"Miss, your horse is ready."

A waiter at Locke's residence was pulling a harness attached to a horse and carrying it in front of Elona Locke. Today, the plan to find waru leaves with mold will be implemented, after two days ago discussed with Art.

The day before, Elona had been training all day on a horse. Neither in her memory as Elona nor as Tara, the girl has ever touched a real horse. During this time he traveled everywhere in the fantasy world riding a cabin horse carriage. Just this time he had to sit in his horse saddle straight away.

Elona set her foot on the footing and carefully mounted the horse. The girl looked still not good at controlling her horse, but it was already much better than yesterday.

"Miss, are you okay?" asked Sir William worriedly. He and a female soldier named Mary will escort the young lady to explore the forest.

Elona smiled trying to calm the guards, "I'm fine. Just relax."

Before long, Art's entourage and his friends a number of 4 people came to approach Elona at the Locke residence. This time Art looks different. The one who usually only wears an ordinary tunic, this time equipped with a steel plate on the chest and a sword draped to his back. The friends she brought were dressed similarly.

"Girl!" Art calls. The girl looked up, "Hi!"

As soon as the Locke warriors saw Art, they reflexively instantly gave a gesture of respect.

"Ah, salute Mr. Art-"

"Darah!!" Art and his friends instantly prevented and coded the signal.

"Eh, what? 'Master'?" ask Elona not to understand. To the girl's knowledge, only the noble ones are usually called masters by soldiers.

"Ah, I'm sorry Miss, I misspoke." replied Sir William trying to keep looking authoritative. The knights looked at Art's friends one by one. He clearly knew that they were all actually Eckart's soldiers.

And those who were looked at felt a little awkward towards Sir William as well. The old man was their former mentor in the military academy. While Mary is also the best graduate in the academy, and her shrewdness in swordplay has outperformed many male warriors in various contests. Elona may have taken only two soldiers to escort him today, but the strength and toughness of Sir William and Mary in fighting was tantamount to bringing in twenty Eckart warriors.

"There are already Senior William and Mary, it seems we are not much needed." whispered one Eckart soldier.

"Here, come along first. Later punished Lord Arthur push up 100 times, know the taste of you!" reply to another.

"Geeh!!" Art cleared his throat, breaking the whispers of his soldiers disguised as his current companions.

"You ready? We're leaving now?" art asked Elona to make sure, while paying attention to the condition of the horse the girl was riding.

Elona nodded and said, "Yes, I'm ready. Come on!"

*****

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