She slowly walked up and heard sounds of cras.h.i.+ng and tras.h.i.+ng. Her face turned cold. That girl"s behavior is really in need of change.
She got an idea.
Kendra entered the room and looked at all the things she broke. She turned around and looked at servants that tried to avoid to get hurt from splinters.
"Go get a piece of paper and write it all down. Go to the office and ask them how much is usually in a hotel the price of the room and make it ten times the worth. One should go to the kitchen and count the worth of food she ate or wasted. Go..." She ordered them around and looked at Tyra coldly.
Her father tried to calm her down but after hearing Kendra"s words he stepped back. "After all those years I realize that I and your poor mother made a huge mistake. We let you go no matter what you did. This time we will not be able to clean your mess." He looked like a broken man. Ada helped him to sit down on the only chair that was not damaged and patted his back while he started crying.
Kendra was about to say something but Tyra was faster. "Like I care. The man told me that he will make me the most powerful person ever. The clan...pft. Like I care do the clan or the two of you get hurt...nope I do not. All these years you two were just nagging me, don"t do this, don"t do that. I was never truly free to do what I wanted."
Kendra couldn"t believe that there is a person so ungrateful to her own parents. From Ada"s and her own words the parents of the girls and their clan let them grow freely. They were worried about their life so of course they put some slight restriction or gave them warnings.
If she were just a normal child with such parents, she would appreciate them even more. Tyra"s ungratefulness topped everything she ever experienced so far.
Soon the servants and Thalis came. He started learning many things from the Secretary. He was now practically his right hand.
When he entered and saw the state of the room his face turned dark and he started counting. "This is state room. The beds are made of rare wood from the other side of the continent. Two beds mean 20 gold pieces, the beddings and covers are made from silkworm that gives silk only once in three years. Those cost 10 pieces of gold for both beds. The table is made of common wood and it costs 10 silver. The chairs are made from common wood but covered with felt of rare deer, 2 gold each. The food she ate so far was guest food made from our cook that makes food only for the Lord and his family. Worth of food that was so far eaten and wasted...15 gold. The staying in the low city is cheap as she lived like the Lord her staying should be worth 25 gold. All together...52 gold pieces and 10 silver. I ask who will pay for all this ?"
Tyra stood stubbornly in mid of room still holding big vase that Kendra was eyeing while time. That was in the floor actually and is one of the gifts her parents got for her wedding.
If this child really tries to smash that vase she will realize how dangerous she really is. Out corner, if her eye she saw Ada raising her hands and catching the vase as it slept out Tyra"s hands.Ada slowly took it to the hallway and slowly put it on the cabinet where it stood on the first place. Then she turned around and with big bang smacked Tyra so bad that she flew towards the other end if the room, hit with a body and fainted from impact.
The man stood up and smacked Ada and run to Tyra. Ada just looked at them, turned to Kendra with empty expression and looked at her without any emotion.
"I would like to ask you to let me pay the debt. But from this moment on I will give up all connection to this family. I still hope you will find our clan. They are actually nice people. Please..." She slowly went on her knees and started banging her head as she begged.
Kendra was for a second stunned but when she realized what Ada was doing she quickly stopped her and healed her wound that appeared already after a short time.
"As you wish. Thalis will give you a job. But your duty is not to pay the bills back for her doing. He will give you some menial work to do to pay your bills. But she can"t escape her punishment. I will cut her ability and turn her into a normal human from this moment on. She will have to work at street cleaning for one year. After that, she is to leave the fief and never come back. She is as well forbidden to get married here. Thalis job is to keep his eye on her. If she does something again she will be punished in public. Just like anyone else."
Kendra looked at the man indifferently. " It seems you made your choice. You will join her from tomorrow on. That will be your punishment as you didn"t teach her properly. Thalis, if I find out that you let them leave before time, I will give you even worse punishment. But, they will have working hours like all the other employees. The food and healthcare will be as well provided as the basic stuff like place to stay and clothes."
Thalis nodded. He already saw how many positive changes she made in the whole fief. Even the King was stunned and spoke about implementing some of them in the whole country.
Kendra motioned to servants to get the two out the room she healed Tyra when they pa.s.sed her. Ada saw her motion and felt real gratefulness.
When the servants pulled Tyra out she woke up and wanted to curse but suddenly she felt weak. She then realized that something seems to be off.
She looked at her father and saw him being escorted as well."What is going on? Why do I feel so weak?"
One of the servants snorted. "You really are dumb..." She wanted to say more but Thalis coughed behind her and she stopped. She shrugged and moved the two into small servants room.
"There is a bath, lavatory and food you will get three times a day in the main dining room. The servants that clean streets have their own uniform. Please be careful in your duties."
After leaving them two Tyra looked at her father and smiled. "It seems we are together in this mess and your beloved Ada won"t even help."
She looked at the simple but clean bed and felt disgusted. Since Kendra let them sleep in the palace she got spoiled even more. Before even sleeping in such clean bed wax luxury but now it felt dirty and disgusting.
"They want us to sleep here? This is so filthy." She looked at simple beds. In the room, there was just that two bed boxes for clothes or beddings and nothing else.
He calmly sat down and looked at her. "You didn"t hear their verdict. Your and mine powers are stripped. As you made great damage to the palace you need to clean the streets for one year. I will as well. Ada took on herself most of your damage and will have to do menial work as well for years. After this year we will be kicked out from here and will be forbidden to come back. You are even forbidden to get married to anyone on this fief."
She started laughing but then first time I. years she felt something strange. The pain from impact still lingered in her bones.
She looked at him coldly. "Do you think I will let that happen? Me living like this. Not even in dreams."
He gave a short laugh from himself and looked quietly through the window, ignoring her. Their life was of travelers. They never had a real home. He was grateful to Kendra for taking that awful thing that only harmed his tribe.
Now he can live like a normal human. Finally...
It is OK if he had to swipe the streets. After that, he will go and find a piece of land and plant something and live calmly rest if his life. He looked at Tyra. The regrets it deeply that he never could say no to her whims.
"From today on you are on your own. I will go to the office and ask for my own room. I will clean the streets as that is my punishment for not raising you to be a normal child. If you just had fewer needs..." He sighed and went to the door. He turned looked at her deeply to etch her in his mind one more time and left the room.
The officer understood his wish and transferred him to sleep with one more man in a room that worked in the garden. That man was kind and talkative and told him all he wanted to know about plants. But he never mentioned the palace, the Lord or anyone important.
A year later he told him that Kendra knew he will make that decision and wanted him to learn something he could use in a future life...But that is a story on its own.
In the room, Tyra laughed but suddenly one woman came in and started unpacking her bag. She completely ignored Tyra and sat on the bed while packing out the few things she had.
Tyra chuckled. "Yes, people like you bong in such habitat. I have no idea why am I here. "
The woman calmly rose her eyes and indifferently looked at her. "It seems you have no idea about real life outside the fief. I got this job luckily over my cousin that works in the kitchen. With the money I get played every month for work, my family can survive the whole year outside the fief." She snorted and took change if clothes to take a bath. "Such good conditions for someone like us that clean the streets is better than some high servants at n.o.bles home in the capital. You are really stupid."
Tyra looked after her and wanted to take the stuff from the bed and destroy it but then stopped herself.
If she makes trouble again, who knows what idea that d.a.m.n Kendra will get. She narrowed her eyes. Early or later she will make her pay for all the disgrace.
What Tyra only later understood was that without her powers she is unable to do anything. But till then...