The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress
Chapter 163: Dreaming of ten thousand dogs.

Chapter 163: Dreaming of ten thousand dogs.

"We are not getting another dog." Sigrid hissed at Roland as they made their way to the basement of the castle to join the rest of the family for dinner and a movie.

Roland had no idea where the words came from, he certainly had not voiced his desire to have another dog that looked like Sunny around. Sigrid had called it a Samoyed, a breed that was new to Eldoria. Roland didn’t just want one, he wanted a whole litter of them. If he knew where he had purchased Sunny from, he would have bought more but she refused to share the name and location of her god vendor.

As for her maids, he could not even question them because they would not be honest with him. In fact, as soon as he finished questioning them they would run off and tattle tale.

"Who said I want another dog?" He denied, his voice had a raised pitch to it. He caressed Sunny’s fur and sparks of joy went off in his heart. It would be amazing if he had more to pinch like this.

"We are not getting another dog." Sigrid repeated.

"I heard you the first time." He stopped walking and pulled her aside to stand next to the wall between two silver and gold knight armor decorations. "My love, I do think that you should reconsider this decision. It is not for me, it’s for Sunny. The other two dogs we own don’t play with him or look like him. He must be lonely, the least we can do is get him a wife. In future....."

"You are just looking for a way to raise a litter of furry white puppies. If we get a female dog of Sunny’s breed, he will have puppies in future. The puppies will have puppies and then we will be that royal couple with ten thousand dogs."

What she was describing in a slightly irritated voice was taken in the opposite way by her husband who was smiling. Roland was picturing them laying on the highland, surrounded by those ten thousand white fluff balls.

In his mind, they were older, with grandchildren who would be playing with the dogs.

"What a nice thought." he said.

"Oh my God! you are a dog lunatic." Sigrid groaned. She knew that eventually she was going to give him the second dog. It was best to be given after the baby was lost. He would be hurting for sure, as would she.

She had come to accept what was going to happen and every hour that passed, it hurt a little less.

The servants who passed them kept a distance for they assumed the royal couple was discussing something serious, a secret that could not fall in the ears of others. If they had known that they were arguing on whether or not to get a second dog, they would have fallen to the floor in shock.

The argument was left in-concluded and it was forgotten when they entered the home theater and Jennie screamed in surprise.

"What have you done to yourselves?"

Roland and Sigrid had both been expecting this reaction, the changes in them after that bath were too noticeable.

"It’s your hair, its too outstanding." Sigrid told Roland. She gestured for Lanai and the others to distribute the large sized bottles. "Fairy dew water, no need to thank me, just add some to your bath and you will look as good as us."

"Half as good." Roland pitched in, correcting the narrative. They had used at least three of those bottles he figured.

"I would ask how you managed to get your hands on so much fairy dew but I won’t." Deanne kissed the bottle that she had been given and hugged it. "Nathaniel, yours is mine too."

"Whatever you want dear."

General Paxton groaned, he had a feeling none of the men in the family would be keeping their fairy dew water. Before his wife could demand for his share, he handed it over like a good husband.

"Who needs to look good anyway. Not all of us need long hair to qualify as handsome." He shot a challenging smirk at Roland and then sat down.

Roland folded his arms and smirked back. "You might not need the long hair but those grey hairs on your head tell another story old man."

The Thorin brothers were amused, and they laughed greatly. They approved of this new Roland, he was a better fit for their family than the uptight crown prince they knew him to be.

"Old!!!" General Paxton exclaimed. "I am not old. Face me in an arena and I will prove that I am still young and strong."

"I don’t fight old men, Sigrid will not like me very much if I break your break." Roland answered.

The laughter got more intense, as did the general’s frown. He pulled up the arms of his shirt as if he was ready to do battle there and then. He did not believe that he could not handle a brat like Roland.

Sigrid tapped Roland on the shoulder, "You are on your own kid." She stepped away to let him fight his battle.

Everyone else found a seat, waiting to watch what they considered to be friendly sparring. Duchess Mila shook her head, she found Roland and her son irresponsible. Why spar in the newly renovated room? They would ruin the furniture.

"Will you two stop it?" Lady Iryne spat. She pulled on her husbands shirt and dragged him to sit down. "I am not going to miss my series because you want to compare the size of your egos."

The general shot Roland one glare and a snarl then he settled down. With disappointed groans, Elowin, John and Nathaniel settled down too.

"Serve the food before Sigrid makes a scene." Lady Iryne ordered the servants.

"Mother!" Sigrid exclaimed. "You make it sound as if I am a glutton."

"You ate after lady Chloe’s death, I will never forgive you for it." Lady Iryne huffed.

In the midst of the giggles, Sigrid rolled her eyes. There was no appropriate response to her mother’s childishness.

"For heavens sake Iryne, let it go." The duke was fed up of hearing about lady Chloe’s sad death. "Complain about it one more time and I will enter that television, bring Lady Chloe back to life and stab her to death myself."

Lady Iryne gasped loudly.

"He doesn’t mean it." Her husband quickly assured her. "I saw him secretly wiping away a tear when she died."

"There was sand in my eyes, we are next to the sea there is sand and wind everywhere." The duke bellowed out his defense.

"Tear filled sand." Elowin whispered and everyone cackled.

"Have I mentioned how much I love your family?" Roland whispered to her.

Sigrid once again rolled her eyes, he just loved the carefree chaos and absence of scheming. He needed to experience what it was like playing a game with the Thorin’s---any game at all. Thorin’s liked to win and they played