Chapter 69: Breakfast with Emmah.
The following day, Sigrid managed to wake up on time and joined Roland for breakfast at eight in the morning, no surprise, Emmah was at the table before she arrived, telling Roland about her potential new business.
"Good morning your highness." The servants and all knights greeted.
Sigrid responded softly as she took a seat in her usual chair, not even two seconds before she could settle in, Roland moved from where he was and sat down next her. It left Emmah feeling very unhappy as he had been sitting next to her and now she was alone, all the way alienated from the couple.
"Sigrid." she said with a forced cheerfulness in her voice."Good morning, I did not think that you would be joining us for breakfast, you seem to wake up late. I guess it’s because you grew up pampered as a noble lady so you have never needed to wake up at cock’s crow." She looked at Roland and smiled. "Roland and I are alike in so many ways, we are both early risers and we..."
Sigrid droned her out and raised her eyebrows at Roland, her face was saying, "Do you see what I mean?
Roland clenched his jaw, he could read the double meaning beneath Emmah’s words. By calling Sigrid a late riser and pampered noble lady she was inferring that she was lazy. He had been given an update on everything that his wife had been up to in his absence and lazy was not the right word to define her.
Sigrid tilted her head, "Handle it or I will." she muttered.
He drew in a breath and looked at Emmah. "Miss Emmah, you should address my wife and I by our titles, it’s only two words, I do not believe that it is troublesome for you to pronounce them."
Emmah’s face fell, she put her hands down and clenched them tightly on her dress. The halo on head buzzed and a fierce glowing light dashed out, shooting into Roland’s head.