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The Prince promptly brings me to the type of store that I would have only snuck into if I were pulling a job. The fabrics themselves are more expensive than any I had ever hoped to be able to lay my hands on. Not even the marks that I pickpocket wear clothing that is this expensive. If I were to try to steal from anybody wearing clothing like this and I got caught it would be a fast trip to jail."Why do you look so nervous?" He asks me as we walk into the store."It's just, these clothes are way nicer than anything I have ever worn before." I tell him."So, they are just clothes. It is not like it changes who you are." He says naively.To him they might not change much but to others how they are dressed makes a huge difference. Clothing tells a person's place in this world. To be dressed in clothes such as these would mean that I am royalty. That is something that I most certainly am not."To you, maybe not. But to others, it will change a great deal. If I were to go back to the Guil
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As soon as the dress settles on me I know that this is the one that I want. This is the one that I am going to feel the most comfortable in. It is amazing. There are so many pockets that it is going to take a while for me to even find all of them. The fact that it is a little low cut only draws away from the fact that I am concealing so many things underneath my dress. It stops right at the ground when I wear slippers so that I also do not have to worry about trying to wear noisy boots to make me taller."I cannot believe that this fits you. I have been hoping to find somebody that could buy this dress for months now. It looks like it was made for you." The seamstress gushes from behind me.Even though I was hesitant to come into this shop, I have to admit that she is right. This really does fit me amazingly. When I step over to look in the mirror I can hardly recognize myself. It is not an orphan that is looking back at me but it is somebody that deserves respect. I cannot imagine ow
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"I am sorry that it took me so long to get back. I was trying to give you your space while you shopped for dresses. As soon as I heard the whispers that the Guild Master was in town I rushed back over here." He says to me."Why would you do that? I have been dealing with him for years." I say."I watched outside for a bit but it did not seem as if he had any plans to just allow you to walk out of here." He tells me.As much as I appreciate his help I can only hope that this does not come back to bite me. Sure, I was struggling but I always find a way to talk my way out of things. This time, I was a little caught off guard and struggling but I definitely could have found a different way out of that. One that would still allow me to go back to the Guild in the future."I would have figured something out." I say indignantly.In truth, I am not completely sure that I would have talked my way out of it but I am still hopeful. I have always managed to talk my way out in the past. This time,
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The next store that he leads me to is still not quite the quality of cloth that I am looking for. As I do not want to hurt his feelings after already insisting that we go to another store, I decide to keep this one to myself. To be completely fair, it is not like I normally buy clothes anyways. Actually, I had never been in a clothing store as a customer before so this is all kind of a novel experience.To his credit though, this store does have more wool in it than the last one. Even though the winters are really cold and the wool is nice on those days, the summers are extremely hot and that is what we are witnessing right now. The wool is going to have me feeling like I am dying. Maybe I should have just gotten a few more at the first store?"Do you want me to leave you here again?" He asks me after telling the seamstress what all I still need."Just for a short period. This should not take as long as the first store. Besides, I will not k now if he is watching me or plans to come b
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"What are the rest of your plans for today then?" I ask him after we leave the store."I thought that maybe we could just go and get some lunch at the Inn and talk for a while. All I plan on doing for the rest of the day is trying to convince you to leave with me in the morning." He admits."Considering what is going on with Hunt I do not think that you could make me stay at this point." I tell him honestly."That is not exactly the way that I wanted you to agree to leave with me but I guess that I will take it. I guess we could just make sure that you have everything ready to leave with me tomorrow then. After we eat a decent meal of course. You need to put a little more meat on you." He says.I look down at myself and have to admit that I could use a little more. I have spent my entire life half starved. I cannot imagine myself looking any other way. The fact that there is any meat on me at all is quite an accomplishment. The time spent washing dishes has helped since I have receive
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When we arrive back at the Inn I am amazed to see that the clothing from the first store is already being delivered. It was lucky that she had that much stock that fit me or else we would not have seen any of it for weeks. Still, the fact that it is already here shows just how much he had to spend to get them to move it this fast. Most likely cost him what I would consider to be a small fortune.He immediately makes his way to his usual table while everyone stares at the fact that we both walked in together. Some of the ladies are giving me dirty looks as he places his hand on my back to steer me towards his table. I give them back an answering glare as they all give me looks that could maim.As soon as we sit down, Mary brings us out some water for us to drink before rushing back to grab us some lunch. As opposed to all of the dirty looks that the other ladies have given me, she gives me a hesitant smile as if she is judging my mood and reaction to all of the attention. I give her a
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Did he really just ask me to marry him? Hypothetically, of course, but still. He did just mention that word. I am not ready to even come close to thinking about something like this. There is no way that he would ever accept me either. It takes me a few moments to realize that I am staring at him with my mouth hanging slightly open. I have not replied to his 'proposal' at all. I guess that in the least I could just agree to think about it. Even if I have no real intention of entertaining the idea of marrying him by any means. Still, if it is going to keep me on his good side for now then I could at least pretend to think about it."Are you okay? I understand if this is rather sudden but I really expected that you would have expected it a little more after everything I have told you." He says sounding worried."It is rather sudden. I know that you have brought up the idea of us being meant for each other and all, but I just never really considered that you would ask something like this
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As soon as we finish our food some of his Knights sit down to join us. They are all staring at me curiously as we are sitting rather close together. After the way he kept me on his lap the other day I am a little surprised by their antics. Maybe, they are more surprised at the fact that I am still around than the fact that I am getting closer to the Prince."Your Highness, we made sure to follow him out of town. I have one other person tailing him to make sure that he does not circle back." One of the Knights says addressing the Prince."Good, I do not want to have to have him killed before I am able to save Hunt. That would really put a damper in my plans." He says turning to look at me.I warm a little inside as I realize that he really is planning to help me rescue Hunt. So far, I would not have been surprised if he had just used that to get closer to me. Knowing that he actually intends to help has me feeling things that I did not expect. There might be a bit more to him after all
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