The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress
Chapter 67: A husband bridging gaps.

Chapter 67: A husband bridging gaps.

Sigrid understood human nature, it had been her job as a lawyer to learn what drove people and what irked them. What buttons she could push to get what she desired and how to motivate and manipulate others to make them do as she wished.

Roland, was the kind of person that worked best if he was working for the good of others, that’s why she used ’we’ and not you.

It was a subtle reminder that every decision he was making was not just for his benefit but hers and those around him.

Roland clapped his hands and the doors were opened, a group of knights entered, carrying in their hands four large chests and one had a document in hand which he handed to Roland.

When they excused themselves, he pushed the document towards Sigrid.

He placed a hand over hers and looked into her eyes with genuine sincerity. "This is a town house which I acquired today morning, you were right, its not appropriate for Emmah to live with us with a vague identity. I bought the house under your name, it is near the edge of the city, towards the gates as one is leaving Doria.

If you are not against it, she can live there as your guest for a while until she has recovered and then I will reward her with one thousand gold and send her out of our lives. What do you think of my plan?"

Sigrid looked down at his hand first and then the document, apparently Roland had more surprises for her than just a change in his behavior.

[Congratulations host for stealing another plot, the house which the crown prince bought for Emmah in the novel is now owned by you.

Reward: The location of a luminite magical stone mine and knowledge on how the stones can be used for long range broadcasting.]

Sigrid blinked, luminite mine, wasn’t this mine discovered by Emmah in the novel? She remembered clearly that Emmah found a mine and purchased it’s ownership at a small fee from a farmer whose life she saved.

As a commoner, she could not obtain rights to mine the stones so she cooperated with the Ye family. On the outside, the Ye’s owned another magical stone mine but on the inside, Emmah was the one sitting on a pile of money.

This happened two years into the plot, it seemed the bank was speeding up the plot for some reason. Perhaps they were in a hurry to acquire the Eclipsion sword and get there halo back.

Emmah had used the stones to create magical technology like mobile phones, radios, and live television. It looked like this pie was going to land in Sigrid’s lap as well.

She smiled at Roland, wondering if it would be too much to hug him. Truly, if she had known that there would be many benefits from sleeping with him, she would have it on day one, before the wedding in fact.

"You are smiling, it seems you are pleased." Roland raised a hand to her cheek, he pushed back a strand of her hair that was misbehaving.

"No," Sigrid blurted out quickly.

Roland blinked, confused by her rejection of his offer. "What are you saying no to exactly?"

Sigrid pulled the real estate document closer to her side. "This is the first gift that you have given to me since our marriage, how can I allow another woman to live there? Emmah can stay with us for a while longer, I will take care of her accommodations when its time for her to move out. Besides, you may not be aware but my grandmother gave Emmah’s mother a house, it is not like she is going to sleep on the streets if you do not find her accommodation."

Roland scowled in frustration as his mind realized the foolishness he had been displaying, why had he been running around under the impression that he needed to provide accommodation for Emmah when his wife’s family had already given Emmah’s mother a house?

"I don’t think I was aware of that." He said slowly.

"Well it’s true, not only did we give them a house but we gave them thousands in gold, a carriage and a horse. In addition to that, my grandmother is willing to take Emmah in for the duration of her healing, after all her mother lived on the Thorin duchy for years." Sigrid added to the information she had already provided.

Roland let out a full hearted laugh and squeezed Sigrid’s hand. "You are truly generous, forgive me for my presumptions I was under the impression that you disliked her immensely and were unwilling to assist her in any way."

"Look," Sigrid turned her body and leaned forward, taking both of his hands in hers. "I will not lie to you, I don’t like the way she carries herself, I find it deceitful and if you doubt my words, you can observe her for a while and see for yourself what I mean. She is just like consort Rina, her words are always double layered and she acts as if she is so fragile and everyone else in the world that does not agree with her is against her.

Because she has magic, she allowed others to refer to her as a divine messenger. When it turned out that there are other women with magic, she did not correct the misunderstanding.

She knows that you are married and yet she does not hesitate to hold your hand or wear your cloak in public despite the fact that she can see people discussing how inappropriate it is.

I am glad that she saved your life, but please do not expect me to embrace her warmly when she openly disrespects me."

"Okay, I understand." Roland replied with one head nod.

He felt Sigrid’s hands relax and he figured his response was the correct one. She was right, he could not expect her to become Emmah’s best friend all of a sudden, they were strangers at the end of the day.

Come to think of it, she was a stranger to him as well and the only reason why he was allowing her to be around was because she had saved his life.

Roland frowned, was he being excessive? Truly, holding his hand and Benjamin’s at the same time in public was cause for frown. Why in the world had he behaved that way?

"What’s in the boxes?" Sigrid looked at the chests that had been lined up against the wall.

Roland let go of her hands and he personally walked towards the chests and opened them one by one. A golden light poured out of the very first chest which was filled with gold bars.

The second had gold as well, the third silver and magic stones and the forth jewelry like necklaces, brooches and hair pins.

"It for you, my second gift for you, an apology for the pain you suffered last night."

"Oh wow!" Sigrid exclaimed as she pushed the chair back and walked to the chests eagerly. First, she picked up a few bars of gold and felt their weight, then, she moved towards the jewelry.

Roland picked up one of the pins that had two strings with three pearls each and pushed it into her hair.

Sigrid touched it and she smiled. "If this is how you reward me each time we have sex then we are going to be consummating a whole lot."

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