![]() ![]() “Oh my! Is this your fiance? A sweet little strawberry!” he chuckled at you. He paused for a moment and his eyes focused on you. “I’m Anthony Carmelle! I’ve been waiting for your arrival! Come! This way! This way!” This man was made of sunshine and rainbows. He had fluffy, caramel hair and hazel eyes, with deep dimples in his cheeks when he smiled. “Good Morning Archduke!” a handsome man in an apron beamed, wiping flour off of his hands. Airies assured me we must have one of his cakes.” I don’t personally care for this baker, but his cakes are the best in the city. It must represent the bride and the groom’s taste and the theme. I’m told the cake flavor and design are essential to the guest’s experience. “This isn’t the only stop today,” he said, “We have a number of decisions to make regarding our wedding. Idreod set his jaw as if he were going to war. You blinked up at the shop sign above your head. “Don’t worry,” he said, “I had the maid’s choose your dress for the occasion.” It was very cute, covered in bows, but probably not appropriate for a meeting with dignitaries. You looked down at the violet dress you were wearing. “Come,” he said, holding out his hand, “there are important meetings we must attend together.” “Oh…ah…nothing,” you said, “just working out who I’m going to hire for the orphanage.” You glanced up to find him looming over you. “What are you thinking about?” Idreod asked. He seemed like the reckless type and you hoped he wouldn’t do something foolish that would get him into trouble. “Mmm” you said noncommittally and tried to return to your work. ![]() He’ll come back when he’s run out of money for females and booze.” “Don’t worry about him, (Y?N),” he said, “he’s most likely gone to a pleasure house. What could he have meant by that? Idreod snorted. You hoped this didn’t have anything to do with the plan he’d been talking about. “I don’t know my lady,” Airies said, “he didn’t present a destination, he only said he wouldn’t be here to pick up his stipend this month.” ![]() You wouldn’t handle the operations personally, of course, but you needed to hire a responsible manager. Since Idreod had gifted it to you, you were serious about managing it. “Master Dessin has told me to inform you he will be away from the tower for the near future,” Airies said, as you looked over the orphanages accounts in the morning. ![]()
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