Kendra looked at the woman with curiosity. She looked at officer Luar and it seems he didn"t know that person as well. He put on his smile and asked politely. ""How may I help you?""The woman just smiled and her smile reminded her of someone but she couldn"t remember who.
""You must be Kendra.""she said with a smile.""I heard so much about you from Xara. ""
Kendra realized now where that similarity came from. She still looked at her with hesitance.
""You can see we are similar. Don"t you trust me,"" she asked looking aggrieved.
""Number one: I don"t know you, Number two: even if you are Xara"s family member, I still don"t know you, Number three: even if you ARE her family member, what does that has to do with me. Do not include me into your plans whatever they are and whoever you are,""she said coldly.
The woman looked stunned at the small child that stood still and with eyes filled with apprehension and annoyance. This is the first time in her life that someone treated her this way. And she likes it. Most people just curry favors with her.
""I am current...""but was stopped with a wave of Kendra"s hand.""I ...do ...not ...care...""said Kendra while saying it. She really didn"t, she just wants the money to go faster so she can pay workers.
""Officer Luar, how long do I have to wait...I am worried about the workers. They are waiting for their pay. As well I wait for mine.""
"I will go outside and check it out
Stay here for a while, please." he said politely.
The woman looked at Kendra, but Kendra ignored her fully. She wanted to say something but she met Kendra"s indifferent eyes and stopped her intention.
Officer Luar was not long away from the office.
"Kendra, I think you should get out, " he said with a secretive smile.
She sighed and went out. Xara was standing next to a carriage and had a huge smile. "Kendra, come into the carriage, we need to talk." she entered.
Kendra looked at Goluk and smiled apologetically. " I"m sorry for waiting. I will be right back."
"Don"t worry about it. We have time today." he smiled at her and nodded. It seems he understood.
She entered the carriage and saw Xara and the Lord sitting and waiting for her with a smile. "Hmmm. It seems that two of you have to much time on hand. Maybe I should think of more things to make you busier."
She had a wide smile but the two people almost cried. They shook their heads."No, no. We are busy. We just found something big in one of the houses and wanted to take you to see."
She scowled. "Not interested. I am not free to run around and see other people business."
Xara looked at her and almost laughed." This time it"s better if you come. I am saying it for your good. "
""Will it take to much time?" she didn"t want them to wait too long.
"No. Tell the man that you will be coming soon."
She nodded and went out of the carriage. "Goluk, I plan to prepare something for them. You go back and tell them we will celebrate tonight the ending of work. Go to the Ice house and get what you think it"s needed for celebration." she said politely.
He got happy. Yes after doing work to celebrate is actually normal. He nodded. "Then we will be waiting for you. We will watch over your little sister so don"t worry."
She nodded and get back into the carriage. "I hope there are some coins as I need them badly."
They looked at each other and laughed. Xara nodded and pulled her to sit down next to her.
"You will get your money. Today," she said and patted Kendra"s head.
"Let"s hope so. And by the way, tell me what is this about." she looked at them questioningly.
"Today we had an inspection of one of the houses and got a message about what happened on the gate. We went to that man house and entered when he got a big present from his cousin." he smiled ironically.
"Gold?" she guessed and he nodded.
"It seems that cousin of his was bringing him loads of gold from outside. And he was h.o.a.rding it like some maniac." he looked at her. But saw her thinking about something. She looked at Xara.
"Uhm, your cousin seemed to be in the office. You really wanna leave her there alone?" she then saw two people whose faces got white.
"What are you talking about?" asked Xara with a stiff smile. But then they heard a melodic voice outside.
"Are you not taking me with you?"
When they heard the voice they almost jumped in fright. The carriage is still moving after all.
Xara opened the carriage door and saw a woman sitting on a horse and following the carriage. She almost started cursing, but then remembered Kendra. She just opened the door wide and said short"Jump in" trough her teeth.
She laughed and literally jumped off the horse and flew into the carriage. Xara sat down and stared at her." It seems young to have to much time on hand? Maybe we should send you more work." but woman laughed.
"Do not steal the word from someone else. Right, Kendra" she winked at Kendra but she just looked at her without emotions.
"That little child is actually annoyed as she has so much to do, but we call her to come with us. By the way, its good you are here. The things we found out...are not good at all. They made rat nest here and we think there are more cities filled with those nasty things." said the Lord respectfully to the woman.
Kendra looked at her and understood that this woman is not simple. She felt annoyed even more. They saw her face and could literally see her taught and started to laugh.
""Kendra, you will come just to take what"s yours and you can go. We will take care of the rest."" said the Lord while turning very serious.""I think this time we really poked into the wesp nest. That gold could fill national tresury.No joke.""he said while looking at the woman. She rose her eyebrows.
""Does that mean you are giving me all the gold?""he sook his head.
""I will not. I plan to keep it. You know that my land is small and has no special earning abilities yet. I need gold. If you want it I will give it to you of course.""he said calmly.
""No need. The national treasury is not that empty that we need that bit of gold from you,""she said with a smile. He shook his head.
""It"s not a small amount. I plan to see how much can it go into our treasury, after that, I will give rest to you.""
She furrowed her eyebrows.""Is the amount that big?"" He nodded.
""It seems you have lots rats at your home as well, I recognized some of the stuff from the treasury.""
""What. They really dare?""she started getting red from anger.
He nodded.""They really do...""