Chapter 43: My Lady’s Unreasonable Command
“The king will be making his appearance with the Duchess Isabella so I thought that it would be best to present them with a gift that they would both admire. Someone close to Duchess Isabella gave me a valuable clue that the Duchess is very fond of a particular flower. Please have a look at this,” Lady Regina said as she held a small piece of paper towards me.
I slowly approached her and while keeping my eyes down, I carefully took the paper from her hand. The moment that my eyes lowered to take a look at the paper, I found out that it was actually a photograph of a flower. It’s mix of red and purple color along with the shape made it look unique. I had never seen a flower shaped like this before and perhaps that was why the Duchess was attracted to its exotic beauty.
“The flower is called Hermiosa and it can only be found in the wild. This special flower cannot be cultivated and must be picked from up in the mountain only. Unfortunately, I don’t have much time left because my meeting with the King and the Duchess is tomorrow. Surely, you can help me out with this, right?” she asked before she smiled sweetly at me again.
Although she phrased it as a question as if she was asking me for a favor, I knew that it was a command and that I didn’t have choice or a say in the matter. This was the command that she had chosen to give me as My Lady, and it was my responsibility to accept it.
“Yes, My Lady,” I replied as expected of me.
“Brilliant! I knew that I could count on you and that you would never disappoint me. Get me that flower and I will make sure that you will be rewarded. What about some new riding gears? You can use it when we go riding together...” Lady Regina suggested as she got up from her seat and approached me.
Before I could react, her hands clasped mind in between her much softer ones. Her hands felt soft, and she skin looked so fine. Her nails were long and shapely with beautiful light pink nail polish. These are the hands of someone who had never done any labor work before in her life.
“I will do my best...” I whispered softly.
“I’m sure that you will. You should leave immediately. Sophie will lead you to the car,” Lady Regina said before she waved both of us away.