The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress
Chapter 188: I am not free labor.

Chapter 188: I am not free labor.

Barely two hours after Sigrid told Roland’s panther not to go looking for her, it did exactly that. On the way back to the Vale, while Roland traveled in the same carriage with the ten new fluffy puppies they had brought back because he was afraid they would be scared and lonely, the panther had come looking for her.

It did not even request for her to hold it, the damn thing just jumped onto her lap and closed its eyes. Sigrid had felt the urge to say I told you saw but she didn’t.

"I am not free labor you know, my body is not the resting place for his pets." She said to it.

The kitten sized panther shook its butt and continued snoring, unbothered by words which held no threat. Its behavior made Mauve and Lanai who were riding with Sigrid laugh.

"Every animal loves you naturally, I am both envious and in awe of you." Mauve chuckled. "How do you make them love you without using magic? If I want birds to follow me I have to sing and throw out some seeds and bread."

Lanai snickered and said, "At least you can sing Lady Mauve. I cannot sing, if I did the birds would scatter away as if they had sighted a grey storm of rain. If I scatter grain and bread, they eat but when I get too close, they fly away."

Mauve and Sigrid laughed at the half-pout on Lanai’s lips. While they laughed, Mauve patted the lunar moth on her shoulders with one finger. It had flown to her during the familiar choosing ceremony. She had not even stepped into the circle or used any spells to catch its attention.

It was not the only familiar that clamored for her attention, a few other familiars had been restless when the Lord mage helped her awaken her magical talent. The Lord mage had called her a natural druid. Mauve had gone on to communicate with all the familiars and animals on the mage estate, astonishing everyone.

When it happened, Sigrid had simply clicked her tongue against her lips. As expected of the real female lead, she had the ability to shine above others.

If the bank and the system had not given her a few cheats, Sigrid would not even be allowed on the mage estate because she would be ordinary.

"I still cannot believe that I am a mage." Mauve chuckled. She looked down at the uniform in her hands which she had not let go of since it was handed to her. Lifting her eyes to Sigrid’s she said, "Do you realize that I don’t have to pay the same fee as non-mages for magical fruits and food. I can just walk onto any farm on the mage estate and pick what I want."

"Err...I don’t think it works like that." Sigrid responded in a skeptical voice.

Mauve was like a deaf individual, she just continued on with her wild ideas. "I can now harvest dark berries, blue berries, star fruits, dragon pears, celestial...."

"It doesn’t work like that." Again, Sigrid repeated herself.

"We can open the Little Thorin bakery and sell only cakes and doughnuts baked with ingredients from the mage farms. Oooh...this is exciting." Mauve pulled out her little notebook to start noting down recipe ideas on different kinds of cakes and doughnuts. The moth on her shoulders continued to shimmer and flutter as if it was excited too or engaged in a conversation with its mage.

"She will be pretty much useless for the rest of the day." Sigrid muttered. Turning her eyes to the panther, she sighed for some reason.

She couldn’t help wondering how she had come for dogs and ended up going home with a cat and a griffin. Her griffin had stubbornly refused to stay on the mage estate and followed her back. Like the panther it was sleeping too, except that it was on a comfortable small mattress rather than her body.

"Sunny is going to be so jealous." Lanai said and chuckled.

"Of the cat or the other dogs?" Sigrid let out a snort.

Lanai looked at the panther, her eyes were filled with adoration because it was just so cute. Of course, this only lasted for as long as it was kitten sized. As a large panther, she would rather not be anywhere close to it, "Probably all, and the jealousy will not be over the crown prince, it will be over you princess."

Sigrid sighed, she pushed a curtain open and looked out of the window. Everywhere their carriages passed, people stopped and stared because of the excited dog barks and yips.

"It is going to be noisy at home." Sigrid whispered to herself.

There was no moment to rest for as soon as they returned to The Vale, they were invited to the royal castle. The red knights and footmen that delivered the message said it was a matter of urgency. Both Sigrid and Roland were whisked away in a carriage pulled by magical horses, arriving at the royal castle in six minutes.

They followed the red knights to the throne room where they found the king, about a dozen noble lords and Duke Thorin. It was not just the duke, the duchess, Lord Paxton, Nathaniel, John and Elowin had been summoned too.

At the center of the gathering was the prime minister who was surprisingly not alone, Emmah and his son Lysander had accompanied him.

"You are just in time," The king said to Sigrid and Roland "Like both you I barely got a chance to breathe when the prime minister descended with these noble lords to make some troubling accusations. Crown princess, according to him and his adopted daughter, your family has been hiding gold mines from me."

Sigrid gave Roland a sideways quizzing glance. Was the gold mine matter still waiting to be settled? After the king turning down the prime minister’s requests to meet in person for over a month now, they had all assumed her would give up.

"Some people just keep digging holes for themselves no matter how much you try to give them a way out." she muttered.

Emmah decided to speak up then, her voice was very soft and sad, it cracked as if she was about to break down in tears. "Sigrid, Roland, I apologize for what is happening. You were both so good to me at the height of my sickness, Roland even sent me a face cream with a drop of fairy dew that helped my face heal. I have not repaid your mercy but rather betrayed you."

She slowly moved her a finger to her eyes and wiped away her tears.

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