Chapter XXXIII: Dinner in the Carriage

The Messira didn't know anything about the stars in the sky, and I could only tell her little by little, that when it rained, she couldn't see anything in the sky, and no matter how I compared, she couldn't figure out where the constellation of the cross was

I said, "No matter where you are, as long as you look north, you can see the brightest star, that is, the North Peak Star sees that star, down is the constellation of the Cross, and a little to the left is the constellation of the Fairy Corolla, which is very recognizable."

"Oh, I see," she said, laughing, and then asked, "but how do I know which side is north?" ”

I shook my head and put the dripping rain away, "You look for the brightest star in the sky, for most of the year, the North Ray Star is the brightest in the sky."

The droplets of water I put down splashed on her face, and she wiped it with the back of her hand, "It's annoying, don't get it"

She was very white and clean, and she was very cute when she wiped her face, I stared at her under the cloak, and she muttered, "Actually, I know the north, I'm not stupid, from the window in my bedroom, I can see the north, but after the carriage comes out, I can't tell the difference."

She stopped suddenly, and now that I was looking at her, she hesitated, "What are you looking at?" ”

"Uh, I'm sorry" I touched my nose and pulled the cloak down on top of my head, I was so embarrassed that I didn't know what to say, I was staring at her like an idiot

"Victor," she said solemnly, the corners of her mouth pursed like a lamb

"Huh?"

"Am I good-looking?"

I felt as if I was drinking the mare's milk of the Kugit, and the flames ran down my throat and I looked away, trying to look somewhere else, but my peripheral vision told me that she was staring at me and twisting my neck

"Miss Messira" I said with dry lips, "You are Miss, I am"

"Okay" Messira got angry, "It's this set again, it's not fun"

She closed the window of the carriage and shrank her head in

The lights in her car went out

The rain was pouring from the sky, as if it was about to get dark, but we were still more than two hours away from a campsite, and it was raining again, and it looked like we were going to be delayed in the time of our arrival, and I doubted that we would be able to get on the road the next day

Soon after, a knight came running and told everyone to speed up and move forward, and to spend the night on the carriage "No one get down to the ground"

A couple of servants on mules carried bags of dry bread and baked pine nuts and dried fish for the crowd, and there was a lot of food, which had been prepared yesterday, every two days, and cheese and the like, which had been prepared while I was in the castle, and a young man came up to me and gave me a piece of bread, a handful of pine nuts, and a boiled egg

I thanked him, and when he heard about my stealing of the fruit, he asked me to bring him some fruit the next day, and I said it was all right, wondering who had leaked it

He suddenly slapped himself on the head and said, "Oh, I forgot to bring the tea for the adults, I have to go first, Miss Messila's food, please help bring it?" What about Miss? ”

I looked at the carriage and whispered to him, "Maybe asleep, I just spoke."

He nodded and lowered his voice, "Oh, it's just ahead, we built a small shed in advance to guard the road in the afternoon, and now that the soup is ready, you can just serve it."

I promised and gave me a basket covered with a coarse cloth

I took the belly of the iron foot and let it go forward to the mud and potholes, and the horseshoe of the iron foot was removed, and the horseshoes were not polished, and it was always slippery when I walked, but fortunately it did not throw me down until the end, and soon after, I saw the little shed

I explained what I was trying to do, and a woman sniffed, uncovered the pot, scooped out the mushrooms and boiled lamb soup, and she sprinkled some ginger into it, and it was said that it was cold, and adding ginger to the soup would prevent colds, and the soup was packed in a small jar, and I put the jar away for fear of breaking it, and then she cut me a large piece of steaming bread, scraped a layer of butter with the back of a knife, and rubbed it on top of the bread, and then he gave me a boiled egg, a plate of sausage, and a slice of roast pork sprinkled with pepper

"Boy," said the woman to me, "if you dare to steal it, I'll throw you into the water, just like this afternoon," and she burst out laughing, as did the men and women around her

A man gave me a boiled head of garlic and half a roasted sausage, told me to save it until midnight, I thanked him, and I lowered my temperature as I walked back, and moved slowly along the road, waiting for the Messira's car to approach

As her carriage approached, I knocked on her door

I waited for a while before she lazily pulled the window open, "What?" She asked knowingly

"I've got something to eat for you," I handed over the basket, "it's still hot."

She pouted and lifted the basket cloth, "Eh, these things again"

"Very good," I sniffed, "I only have a few pieces of hard bread, and yours are freshly baked, fluffy like cotton, and they are hot."

I looked at her and said

"You watch me eat," she said with a smile

"It's better to go in and eat, it's windy outside, it's raining, and it's going to be cold later, how hot is that soup to drink now," I said, adding a lip

"Stupid," she said, putting the basket down, then poking her head out, looking back and forth, and now the riders around her were drowsy and not paying attention to it, "you come in and tie your horse to the carriage"

"No," I was surprised by the request, "your groom has just gone to eat, and if he comes back and I'm in your car, it won't be good."

"What's so bad? Would he dare to say one more word? What are you afraid of?"

"Eh," I shook my head, thinking to myself how to turn her down, but she leaned out of the carriage and tried to grab me, but she grabbed me by the arm, dragged me around, and almost fell off the horse, and she retracted into the carriage, giggling

"Hey, stupid, I'm mad if you don't come again"

I looked at her

She stared at me, a smile on her face that added another layer of hesitation

I jumped off the horse sideways, patted Iron Foot on the buttocks, told him to go to Kinov and climbed into her carriage, I scraped the mud off the bottom of my feet on the board, she opened the door and I suggested that I just sit in the door and not come in all of them

She dragged me in and closed the door

"Shhhh

"How are you?"

She stuck out her tongue, "Hee-hee, I'll trick you in first, and then I'll talk about it, and welcome to Miss Messira's boudoir."

I looked around, my eyes adjusting to the darkness a little, the space here was more spacious than it looked outside, a small incense stove kept the car dry, a chic wooden bed and a small stool, a few boxes piled on one side, and a table made out of it, on which were placed some small mirrors, books, small clothes, and so on

I looked at a very strange-looking silk garment, like a coat and a coachman's shirt, but it had to be served in half

Messira blushed and threw the dress into a basket next to the bed, "What do you see?" ”

"Huh? Didn't you welcome me to visit? ”

"Anyway, you are not allowed to look at it or anything," she opened the basket and flicked the food inside with her fingers somewhat absentmindedly, "Bread, pork, and mutton soup are these every day, are those chefs taught by a master?" Is that all there is to it? Victor, what do you eat every day? ”

"Dry bread, cold wheat crackers, moldy cheese, overcooked jī eggs"

"Sounds delicious."

"Why don't we change?"

"I dare to eat, do you dare to change?" She wrinkled her nose at me, "Daddy knows, you can't eat for a week"

"Yes, that's right."

"Alas," she said, handing over the plate of grilled sausages, the sliced sausages on top of each other, soft and juicy, "if you're hungry, we'll eat together anyway, I haven't eaten every day."

"No, if Yuri-sama knows, I really won't be able to eat for a week," I said in her tone

"Don't learn from me, you can't learn well at all"

"I see, right, Messirah?"

She took the little jar, took a small sip of the soup, and then forked up a small piece of mutton with a fork, and when she heard me call him, she said to me, "What's the matter?" ”

"Do you know all the maids of your family?"

"It's almost, but some can't be named, a few uncles are more diligent, I don't know what to do, damn it, it's ginger again, how many times have I said it, don't add this kind of ghost to come in, I won't drink it for you."

"Ginger is expensive, only Salander is the only such thing" I took her jar, and I felt like if I didn't do it, she might throw it out the window

"What about expensive? Gold is expensive, I'll take a look if you eat it."

"Not ladylike again," I teased her

"You're not a knight, and you're tired of pretending to be a lady all day long, so you have to let your true face surface and breathe."

"Okay," I covered the jar and put it in the basket, "Do you remember the time I went to your singing room and the time you took me downstairs?" Who's that maid we met? ”

"Is there one?" She took a bite of the bread, a small gap, "I don't remember," her voice whining from between the bread and her teeth

"It's the one who is a little slim and has a black head that seems to be called Tonya or something."

"Oh, Tonya, she's my mother's dressmaker, and it's a Rhodoc who married into my house with my mother, what's wrong?"

"It's okay, I've only seen it a few times, and I'm a little curious about your mother, why haven't I seen it? Who is she? No one ever introduced her to me."

Messira fell silent for a moment, and she ate the bread silently, and after a few words, a small piece of the white bread was gnawed off

Messella accidentally got the butter on her fingers, she flicked her fingers lightly, sucked it with her mouth, then pursed her lips She fumbled with the basket and handed me the boiled eggs, and gave me a small bottle of honey, "Help me peel it well, smear it with honey and I'll eat the egg whites, you eat the yolks" She shook her fingers, "Also, don't ask my mother, not a word"

"That" I felt like I had accidentally touched something off-limit

Messira's eyes were a little damp, as if tears were about to fall, and she sniffed and blinked, trying to hold back the tears

"What are you looking at, peeling jī eggs," she rolled her eyes at me

I stuck out my tongue and lowered my head to crack the eggshell

Messira's hand quickly wiped into her eyes

"Victor," she murmured, her voice a little low, "you're such an idiot"