The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 10: Peacock killer!

The horse carriages pulled into the wide arched entrance of Thorin manor, the homestead of the Thorin family in the capital city.

Sigrid eyes were captivated by the sheer large size of her family home. The manor was built like a mid sized castle, smaller than that of the royal family but nevertheless, just as impressive and very secure.

Two guard towers stood tall on opposite sides of the wall, armed knights and guards that were employed as watchmen were on duty.

The grand stone manor stood tall with wide arched buildings and purple and pink ivy creepers on the walls which drew her eyes, their beauty under the afternoon sun was marvelous and worth a thousand pictures.

"I have always wanted to live in a house like this." she whispered.

It looked like one of those beautiful bed and breakfasts that you found in a nice quiet countryside.

"You will not be living here much longer." Cosmos reminded her.

She ignored the pessimistic guard and stepped out of the carriage, aided by Lanai that took one of her hands, holding it as if Sigrid was so precious.

When her feet touched the cobblestone ground, another maid appeared by her side, standing to her left while Lanai stayed to the right.

The other maid was called Lama and she took Sigrid's left hand, holding it as carefully as Lanai was holding the left one.

Sigrid turned her head from left to right, for a moment she felt lost, puzzled as to why her hands needed to be held while she walked.

"What is this?" she asked them.

Lama let go of the hand and fell to her knees with fright in her skittish eyes.

"I am sorry Lady Sigrid, my hands are a little sticky because I saved a jar of your honey from falling down. Please don't cut my hands off, I promise not to touch you carelessly ever again." she pleaded.

Sigrid's jaw gaped in

body truly that bad? How could she have someone's hands cut off for something so

spoke to the maid that was weeping

felt the poor woman's body shivering with so much fright as if she had been caught

Lama." she tipped the woman's chin up and smiled. "Unless you steal from

The identity of that thief had not been revealed in the novel, this individual had stolen Sigrid's painting and

the painting competition for young ladies which was held by the queen, Emmah had unveiled the

road but Sigrid wanted to warn the thief

she

like most of the noble women of this era tended to do when they were

hold my hands from now on." She

lady Sigrid." The maids

maids and all of her servants were quite well behaved,

households.

servants were treated in the houses of the nobles. It also made Emmah the most loved woman in Eldoria

will never understand why nobles here raise peacocks."

side ways at the three peacocks which were wandering the grounds freely. They were coming around the

manor was being renovated and decorated ahead of the wedding so people were walking or running around, attending to

have never actually seen a peacock before." she

to the zoo, it was not part of her education, nothing

softly at the birds, to her

asked

my lady."

house. Behind her, the servants were quaking or

could believe that Sigrid was asking why the peacocks were running away when she often captured them forcefully if she was in the mood to paint them. If a bird resisted, it was killed