<h4>Chapter 126: Husband and wife aligned.</h4>


    Rnd cocked his head, regarding his wife with amusement.


    "You were mighty quick with that rejection."


    "Because it’s not a date." she answered with a shrug.


    He took a sip of the Faerie Fizz Cocktail, a drink that was new to his tongue but nevertheless refreshing. "Mmm, this is actually good."


    His tone wasced with wonder, almost as if he thought that it would be bad. "What is it made of or from?"


    She smiled and leaned forward with both elbows on the table, the tip of fork dangled from her handzily.


    "Elderflower which is grown by me secretly and enchanted citrus fruits from the mage estate. Now that the king has passed aw making magic legal among women and banning the stripping abomination which was wrong in the first ce." She spread her hands out and smiled proudly, "I can now grow magic fruits and foods out in the open so the menu is being expanded."


    "You know___" he started and cut himself off because the door was opened and a waitress peeked inside. She did note in but stayed where she was which was awkward.


    "What do you need?" Lanai stepped up and blocked the waitress’s view of the crown prince and princess.


    "The third prince was asking if he and his friends coulde up and join the crown prince and princess for dinner. They want a private room but there are no no avable private rooms and I told them about the special room for the crown princess so....."


    Lanai shoved the door and mmed the door shut. Then she turned around and told Sigrid what the waitress wanted.


    "Did you hear that?" she asked Rnd. Sigrid continued to eat her food as if she had heard nothing. She was waiting to see what Rnd would choose.


    "Don’t let them in." he answered.


    He picked up his ss and they both clinked their sses together. They were now in mutual agreement because their interests aligned.


    "Go and tell Miss May to fire that waitress." Sigrid ordered Lama.


    When Lama left, she turned to Rnd, expecting to see some disapproval or pity for the waitress. She was surprised to see him enjoying his meal, undisturbed. His lips even had a hint of a smile as he chewed.


    "Aren’t you going to defend her?" she asked.


    "Why should I? She is your worker, not mine and if you are firing her them it means she broke a rule." he stated calmly.


    Sigrid was pleased with his answer. "Indeed, she has broken my rule. My private room is not knowledge I want to share with everyone first of all and secondly, it ismon knowledge in Eldoria that you and Emmah have been tangled in a web of misconceptions and unseemly gossip.


    A smart person would know better than to put you, Emmah and I in the same room. I need smart workers, not stupid ones and she is stupid. A person like that can be used to poison the ingredients or drug me."


    Rnd agreed with her reasoning and frankly he was a little disappointed in his brother Benjamin for the same reason. Why bring over a woman that he knew Rnd needed to avoid? For once, he thought of his brother as stupid perhaps.


    They continued to have their meal in peace but downstairs, all was not peaceful. Emmah was not very happy about the rejection and she had tears in her eyes already.


    Naturally, as it was with the fake female lead Benjamin and Lysander wereforting her. She was iming that Sigrid had denied them ess to the private room because she suspected that her and Rnd were involved.


    Emmah them when on to add that they were just close friends and she was Rnd’s savior. She did not forget to add that he had promised to take care of her for the rest of her life.


    "I am sorry." she sniveled, "You would all be eating infort in that private room if it was not for meing with you all. It is my fault...I am sorry."


    She was sessful in painting Sigrid as the jealous viin of the story, forgetting that it was Sigrid’s restaurant and her private room. She had a right to grant or deny ess to anyone as she pleased.


    Princess Thssa meanwhile was making a ruckus, disturbing the peace of the diners that were now ufortable.


    The stairs leading to the private rooms were guarded by knights, and they were denying Thssa passage. She was screaming her identity for all to hear and demanding that Sigride down and meet her. The more she creamed, the more she made a fool of herself.


    Thirty minutester, after polishing off the main course, dessert was delivered to Sigrid’s private room. Ice cream, which was also new on the menu and only avable to customers in private rooms for now was wheeled in on a cart.


    "Midnight mint and enchanted berry ice cream." Miss May announced with pride as if the recipes were her own.


    The vors were limited as some of the ingredients Sigrid wanted were not avable in Eldoria like chocte and mango. Others were limited like vani which was not popr in the kingdom.


    "What is going on downstairs? Are the unruly guests still there?" Rnd asked.


    He and Sigrid had both heard about the tantrum Thssa had thrown on Emmah’s behalf.


    "We kicked them out as per the rules of the restaurant." Miss May answered. "All unruly customers can be denied service irrespective of identity and standing in society."


    Rnd groaned slightly, "You....we can expect summons from the king tomorrow. I am sure that Thssa will be going straight there from here."


    Sigrid disagreed, but first she finished half of her ice cream before responding. "With Rina’s death, Thssa’s days of foolish endless pampering havee to an end. Besides, haven’t you noticed that the king has some of his people watching the restaurant and acting as customers?"


    "I have heard about that." Rnd frowned. "Why?"


    "Because he is waiting for the merchants from Sndor to return and then he can make a connection with them. I have it on good authority that one of their prince’s travels around anonymously, disguised as an ordinary merchant. The king is looking to marry off Thssa to Sndor for some benefits."


    Rnd’s eyes widened. "Benefits!! flying ships!" he eximed.


    "And military might." Sigrid added. "We are done with the eating, what do you say to taking a walk with me through town? I have never walked through the streets of the city before."


    She extended her hand to him and he took it with a smile. "Now why am I not surprised to learn that the Thorin princess who is also my wife has never walked through the streets?"


    He frowned. "That’s not right, I have seen you on different asions when you were shopping for jewelry and dresses or whatever else noble women spend their money on."


    Sigrid recognized her blunder, she had misspoken because she had made herself a tad bit toofortable. It was not her that he had seen but the original owner of the body. And she had not been shopping, she was stalking Rnd!