Steven found out that Cid had broken free from the bcksmith, but it didn’t matter to him. He might go as far as taking possessions and locking people up, but he was not a murderer, he would have let him go at some point. It seemed a good time to change things, as he thought about the person he was and even for a moment found he disliked it but…It was gone moments ter, and he was the man he ever was once again. He was a rich heir, someone with a business, a thriving business!

  Perhaps if he had not suffered such a humiliating experience of being dumped by a Princess, Stephan may have had a chance to change at this time…But humiliation can do such things to a person…As well as that of being afraid of change and what would happen if one does change…

  For Steven, this is only the first time, and it won’t be the st, of not only feeling the chance to change and feeling disgust within himself but also that for humiliation…

  It was Leonard that even had the inclination to continue to come to Pauletta and Benjamin’s house to look around, like a sneaky, old man!

  As far as he was aware, his ‘son’ had gone missing and as a ‘good father’, he had to find him and bring him back home! Of course, Leonard had a suspicion that a certain ring was done by a certain someone, but he had absolutely no evidence! He pyed the caring and doting father on the outside, so that no one would question his actions but…When no one was looking, he was swearing and growling at mainly Benjamin, who continued to stand in the way!

  Whether the ring was done by Cid or not, Leonard had to get him back! It wasn’t just the prospect of perhaps being the father of the person who may marry the princess but…It was of course about his own business! He needed Cid back simply because his own business was already showing signs of slightly less of a profit!

  It would only be a matter of time before Leonard’s faithful customers realize that there isn’t anymore ‘Cid like’ new productions coming and might end up turning their heads…No! Leonard had to get Cid to return and work for him again, even if he had to chain him to the desk!

  Benjamin did have other work to do and really should tend to it but keeping Leonard away from Cid was more important!

  They were so close in organizing everything, so hopefully Cid then can never be touched again by the cruel people, so Benjamin was willing to put everything on the line!

  The ring needed to be made, it needed to be finished and then taken all the way to the Princess, it had to be done!

  David, on the other hand, was in charge of Cid’s safety, when he wasn’t at their house, and did a great job!

  If there was one thing that David knew, it was trouble and that people were trouble themselves! He pyed what he called ‘little tricks’ to deceive and basically made Cid something that was non existing…

  Cid found it remarkable that he could even travel down a normally busy main walkway, to never been ‘seen’, simply because David had created a fight or something else, not too far away.

  Seeing David smirking, seeing him having fun, gave Cid the shivers while remembering some tricks from the past.

  “That time, when something happened not far from where we met up with the Princess…” Cid started to ask.

  David interrupted him, “Yes, that was me! I’d already realized then then you liked her and gave you some alone time!”

  For a moment, Cid was angry but…He got over it extremely fast…

  While they continued to walk like ghosts, Cid smiled, “You knew much earlier than myself.”

  “That’s because I’m smarter than you.” David stated, so simply and bluntly that Cid gred at him!

  On times that David didn’t have much to do, he did go and see the prince but that had not happened as often as it used to, simply because he was still annoyed at the prince for telling his father that he worked in the bck market.

  He wasn’t angry anymore, just annoyed. His father brings it up on occasion, talking to him about it. ‘How can you remove yourself from that pce?’ ‘How dangerous is it?’

  It was…Annoying!

  Then, on top of that, the prince wanted him to do things like a servant!

  There was no ‘Please’ or ‘Thank you’, when it came to that man!

  ‘Go and search out the noble family of bh bh bh’!

  Yes, Your Majesty! I’ll just go and expect absolutely nothing in return!

  Being his friend...Is too much!

  What no one expected, was the big line up at the pace.

  There were so many people with rings, ciming to be the Princess’s new fiancé!

  Was half of the capital here!?

  Upon Cid seeing this, with minimal work left to do on the ring, he was dumbfounded.

  Actually, the ring would have been done by now if ‘engraving’ had not had to be done. Cid calls it ‘engraving’ simply because he didn’t want the words to disappear…He wanted to engrave the words into her heart, forever…

  But yes, that is what was taking so long. The new idea of making an ‘engrave’ upon jewellery was made from scratch and Cid was just about to engrave words on this day…The new ‘engraver’ was indeed almost like a very small fire poker. To Cid, who would like to create something even better and more reliable, he could only wait…At least the engraving shouldn’t take as long as it did st time…Maybe…

  “So many…” Cid muttered.

  The line of people, to show off their ‘rings’, were men that wanted his bride!

  “Whoa! Make your ring and she’ll only be yours then! Fighting today is not a good idea!” David stated, knowing himself that a brawl had already been started the day before and those men were now not allowed to line up any longer. Funnily enough, that had absolutely nothing to do with David!

  “They say that a real master is the one seeing to the rings and not someone of the royal family. It’s…Supposed to be fair…”

  It also seemed…That there was another type of way that things will be done now, as lining up seemed to be a problem. Well, he could be wrong but to David, lining up was not working and they needed to make things better!

  As he was watching, to see what was happening, David tripped and knocked into a woman.

  “Sorry, sorry!” He uttered, noticing that she hadn’t really moved.

  Was she a rock?

  A big rock…

  Looking up at the woman, David could tell straight away that she was not from here…

  “Do you want to know what I do to men who bump into me?” The woman stated, looking at him with so much…

  Stunned, David stood there, staring at what he would call ‘the feminine core’. She was oozing out the charms of a woman completely!

  He could see her arms, he could see a tattoo! She really wasn’t a dy at all yet that was the word that sprung to his mind…Feminine…

  Already, the bird part of the tattoo made him like her a lot…She was a free, feminine core!

  Perfect!

  In just a split second he was then punched directly on the face, and he took two steps back…Nearly falling over on his butt!

  Uh?

  The woman sat down and put her feet up on the table and ughed, alongside to what looked like…Pirates…

  She…Was a pirate?

  Dam…They had a lot of guts…Right near the pace too…

  Ow!

  Where she hit him finally became known as he felt it. She really was a rock! A hard, big rock!

  David quickly got his ‘senses’ back and found Cid, running back to him like nothing happened…That there was nothing that existed like ‘the perfect, free, feminine core’!

  What woman punches other men!?

  What woman is a pirate!?

  Ludicrous!

  Yet…He looked back once and could not help but sigh…From a distance, that was indeed what she was to him…Even with her feet on a table like that…

  Really? Was that his kind of woman!?

  No way!

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