Xena
10. Are you an important person?

Shortly after, the door opened along with Grandma Gloria's exit from the house. He looked at Aiden while keeping the laundry basket he was carrying.

"There's a guest apparently." He said a little surprised to see the arrival of Aiden who came so early to his house.

"Good morning grandma!! Sapa Aiden friendly.

"Good morning!! Reply grandma Gloria.

"I'm sorry I came so early. I'm here because my grandmother's granddaughter Xena invited me to have breakfast here." Alaric told a lie, making Xena jerk and reflexively look at him sharply. "What?." Xena muttered unhappily.

Grandma Gloria looked at Xena at a glance, made Xena again flinch and then said" No grandma!! It's not...."

"Why are you guys standing? Come, comein!! Grandma said Gloria cut Xena's words. Xena was still standing in her place, staring with a sharp look at Alaric.

Gloria's grandmother asked Xena to take Alaric in, while she herself stepped into the side yard, carrying the laundry basket she had saved earlier. Xena quickly snatched the laundry basket.

"Why is Grandma carrying this basket?. Where's Audrey?." Ask Xena.

"Your sister is taking a bath. Let the grandmother who was drying clothes, you just go in, take our guests inside." Grandma Gloria replied.

"No grandma, let me hang this outfit. Grandma just come in." Reply Xena.

"All right." Gloria's grandmother invites Alaric in, but Alaric replies that he will wait and enter with Xena.

Xena started drying clothes with a feeling of resentment towards the man in front of her now. It felt like Xena wanted to beat him up right then and there, but she didn't.

Alaric looked at Xena with a smile that continued to expand on her lips, making Xena even more upset. Alaric intends to help Xena dry the clothes, but Xena refuses and brushes off Alaric's hand. "Life I've only met a shitty person like you for the first time" Xena said.

"Oh yeah? Really?. Me either. All my life I've only met a girl as beautiful as you." Alaric.

"I really hope you leave this village soon, and never come back." Xena.

Alaric chuckles. "I'm not leaving here. I might leave a lover as beautiful as you. Only a fool would do it." Alaric replied, making Xena even more upset because she did not really think of him as a lover. He said yes, just because he had promised, but he did not take any of this seriously.

"Listen to me, foreign man. I don't think you're really my lover, so don't ever try to say a no to my family. Copy that!! Sergey Xena. "This time I forgive you, but not next time. If you do it again, you'll know the consequences." Xena threatened Alaric and entered the house, followed by Alaric.

Abraham's grandfather invited Alaric to sit at a simple dining table by the fireplace. He sat down next to Xena, "Hey this is my sister's place. Sit in another chair." Xena protested, pointing at the empty chair in front of her, right next to her grandmother's chair. Alaric was about to move into the chair, but Abraham's grandfather prevented him. "It's okay. Just sit there Audrey won't mind." Her speech.

Audrey came there shortly after. He was surprised to see Alaric(Aiden) sitting in his place. "There's a guest." He said as he sat near Grandma Gloria. He greeted Alaric at a glance, then they had breakfast together, because today the family did not go to the fields.

Abraham's grandfather and Gloria's grandmother treated Alaric well, for to them he was a guest to be honored. Unlike Xena who was very upset and ignored Alaric. As for Audrey, she seemed to be not too affected by her presence.

After breakfast, Abraham's grandfather invited Alaric to a chat. He inquired about Alaric's origins, making him flinch and pause for a moment. But later, Alaric answered Abraham's grandfather's question, though hesitated a little, because he was lying.

"If you may know, why do you want to buy our flowers?." Ask Abraham's grandfather.

"I'll sell it to the cake palace. I have a friend there, and I'll sell him the flowers. Because it just so happened that the queen was very fond of roses, and she loved to decorate the palace with roses." Answer Alaric.

"Stana?." Grandpa Abraham

"Stana?." Timpal Audrey.

They compactly turned their head towards Alaric, making him a little surprised to see the reaction to the four people before him.

"So you have friends in the palace?." Ask Audrey enthusiastically.

"Can you help me......."

"Emmmmm....." The voice of Abraham's grandfather Deheman stopped Audrey's words. He knew his grandfather did not want him to continue his words.

"So you're a zephyrus?." Investigate Xena, with a tone and a dislike look.

"Oh no, no. I'm.I'm just a wanderer. But I do have a good friend there." Alaric is lying.

"Then we won't sell the flowers to you." Xena.

All looked surprised and compactly staring towards Xena.

"Why?. Is the price I'm offering too low?." Ask Alaric.

"You don't need to know why, which obviously we're not going to sell to you." Xena replied with a cynical tone.

"alright. Then I'll pay double the price I offered yesterday." Reply Alaric

"Twice as much?." Audrey muttered slightly.

"I told you I wouldn't sell it to you." Firm Xena. Audrey pulled Xena's hand, taking her to the end of the room.

"Are you crazy, Xena?. What are you thinking?. He wants to buy our flowers at a high price, and you refuse him?. You're healthy, right?." Audrey asked while keeping her palm on Xena's forehead, and Xena immediately brushed it off.

"I don't like it when he sells my flowers to the palace." Answer Xena.

"Why?. Oh Xena you don't look like a child like this. What if he sold the flowers to the palace?. What harm?. I think this is something good. The flowers we can decorate the royal palace, isn't that an honor?. Did you forget that we used to live in the palace?. So....."

"Of course I didn't forget that. Until I'll never forget what they did to our father and mother." Xena answered starting to get emotional.

"Listen to me Xena. I know you might hate them. But I think it's just about the flowers. Do not link it to your hatred. At least think of Grandpa and Grandma. If we sell our flowers to the man, with that money, grandparents can buy what they've been wanting." Audrey. Xena seemed to think. Audrey continues to convince Xena, until Xena finally says." Whatever." Then he left from there.

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Tomorrow

Audrey who wanted to ask Aiden for help to enter the palace, secretly went to see him. He tells Aiden his wish to introduce him to Aiden's friend at the palace. Audrey said she wanted to go in or work at the palace. Aiden said he would help her on one condition.

"What's the condition?." Ask Audrey.

"I wonder, why does your brother seem so dislikeful of the Zephyra kingdom?." Ask Alaric.

"Why do you say that?." Audrey asked back.

"I could see it yesterday. When I said I was going to sell the flowers to the palace, your sister immediately refused to sell them to me." Answer the curious Alaric to Xena. From the beginning of his meeting in the forest and at this time, it seemed true that Xena hated the kingdom of Zephyra very much. That's what Alaric thinks.

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