Chapter 262: Callis’s Shopping Spree
"Oh, look at that! That one is beautiful!" Callis exclaimed, her eyes lighting up as she spotted an intricately embroidered piece hanging on one of the bustling stalls at the festival.
"Callis, please! Would you take a look at us?" came the exasperated voice of Kiev, her brother. He stood behind her, accompanied by the nanny, maid, and guards, their hands laden with the items she had already purchased.
"Oh, dear!" Callis gasped, her hand instinctively covering her surprised, open mouth. She hadn’t realised just how much they had accumulated.
"If you keep buying, we might need to rent another carriage just to bring back all these items!" Kiev exclaimed, a note of frustration evident in his voice.
Callis couldn’t help but chuckle softly, finally understanding that her impulsive shopping spree was burdening her brother, who now had to carry some of her purchases. She hadn’t considered the practicality of their situation, especially given her own injury that exempted her from holding anything.
"All right, all right! I won’t buy any more," Callis relented, a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. "Well, maybe... just one or two more things."
"Callis!" Kiev’s tone turned grouchy, his patience wearing thin.
"Oh, come on! We don’t have this festival back on the island! It’s not an everyday occasion!" Callis pleaded with her brother.
"We have all kinds of other festivals! Lantern festival, Thankful festival, Love festival, you name it!" Kiev reprimanded her, his tone stern. "The items you bought from those events last year haven’t even been fully utilised yet, and now you’re adding to your collection again! I will report this to father and mother when we return home!"
Callis stuck out her tongue, defiantly mocking her brother.
"Go ahead! Father and mother won’t scold me!" she retorted, her voice laced with rebellion.