The viewpoint of the director continues.
The Princess of Lidea went home with the carriage left by his Highness, then the next morning, she came back by foot bringing along one maid. Normally, it is unconceivable imagining the Crown Princess going on foot from the castle no matter how close it is to this place. From this, I can guess what kind of treatment this Princess is receiving in the castle. In addition, his Highness didn"t seem concerned about women"s dresses, but her clothes were secondhanded dresses whereas the clothes of the young n.o.ble ladies who came for sympathy were much more extravagant.
After the Princess of Lidea finished preparing breakfast with her maid called Maria, without eating together with the children since she was feeling anxious, she went to the back to do the laundry. After the preparation for lunch were also finished flawlessly, she repaired things and went as far as weeding the garden. I thought that this kind of work would not last, but the following day and the day after that, the Princess of Lidea worked harder than anyone.
Coming here, my impression of Lidea"s Princess changed to the exact opposite of how it was in the beginning. When I saw her for the first time, I thought she was a Princess from royalty who was not able to do anything, like a secluded young lady just based from her appearance. But now, I think she is a hard-working, capable, good natured and gentle young lady rather than a royalty. Even now, even if she is in the middle of doing the laundry, she is talking to a little child who came to play with a smile.
The children were smart. The younger the children, the better they could see through a person"s true nature. It didn"t take long for the very young children starting with Paul, to become emotionally attached to the Princess of Lidea.
Dan, his senior friends and the helping sisters were dubious at first, but gradually became confused and kept quiet. When the little girls who had renounced to help nervously offered to help, the Princess of Lidea was surprised and gratefully accepted.
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"Wow, I look like a princess!"
The six years old Lily raised her voice, in high spirit. While the Princess of Lidea was fixing clothes, it looked like she had done embroidery on her skirt.
"Well, thank you. Lily, I am glad for you."
I got to see the embroidery of Lily who had a big smile on her face, and I was overwhelmed by its sophistication. The embroidery with flowers as a motif was extended all around the skirt and finished very conscientiously.
"A beautiful embroidery like this…, it took you a while, did it not?"
As I enquired looking worried, the Princess of Lidea only laughed gently saying that it was alright. As I became more and more worried, Maria started talking from the side.
"It is alright. Tina is very skilled at embroidery, if it is that much, she can sew it immediately.
Of course, if she were to do something unreasonable, I would stop her!"
Maria threw out her chest a little with pride. Indeed, it is certainly an astonishing princess up to here to her embroidery skills.
"Well then, this embroidery of celebration is certainly beautiful."
Looking at them while I said that, the Princess of Lidea and her maid both made a strange face.
"What is an embroidery of celebration?"
"Eh?… Ah, come to think of it, you both don"t know because you are not from Baldin.
In Baldin, there is a custom for the bride to give to her bridegroom a handkerchief embroidered with flowers. It has gotten a little late, but why don"t the Crown Princess too send one to his Highness? To be done like this by beautiful hands, I am sure he would be pleased."
When I said that, the Princess of Lidea suddenly blushed and started panicking.
"Is, is that so? Bu, but I don"t have a handkerchief of good quality I can send to Keithfalt…"
I wanted to help the Princess of Lidea who suddenly became dejected.
"Well then, I will prepare a handkerchief for you. Because you have worked so much, and yet I didn"t give you anything as thanks."
"Such a thing, I didn"t ask for anything…"
"Let"s accept her token of grat.i.tude, Tina! You want to give one to his Highness, right?"
Seeing her doing a small nod while blushing, I understood a little how much she loved his Highness.
Sarah felt that it was very unfortunate that all the people didn"t know that such a kind-hearted woman was this country"s Crown Princess.