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.

jaw gaped in

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

she spoke to the maid that

to help the maid up, she felt the poor woman's body shivering with so much fright as if she

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

at the two other maids and waiting knights, someone among them was a thief. The identity of that thief had not been revealed in the novel, this individual had stolen Sigrid's painting

by the queen, Emmah had unveiled the

warn the thief anyway in the hopes

go." she said

them close to her mid rib like most of the noble women of this era tended to do when they

hold my hands from now

lady Sigrid." The

one benefit of the old Sigrid's tyranny was that her maids and all of her servants were quite well behaved, fear for their lives

revolution in many households. The king had put a stop to

in the houses of the nobles. It also made Emmah the most loved woman

why nobles here raise peacocks."

They were coming around

and decorated ahead of the wedding so people were walking or running

seen a peacock

zoo, it was not part of her education, nothing normal

and smiled softly at the birds, to her great surprise, they turned and run in the opposite

a closer look and pet them." she asked a

hungry my lady." Lanai

Behind her, the servants were quaking or wiping

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