Chapter 57

**Acacia Point of View**

What happened to this man suddenly?

Wasn't he being too arrogant and confident just a few minutes ago?

Why does he look pained now? Heck, I didn't even start mocking him for him to give me this expression.

Ignoring his unusual behavior, I got on the bicycle and stepped on the pedals. Taking a deep breath of anticipation, I started pedaling and the bicycle moved forward smoothly without any hitch.

Going into the bustling living room, I shouted for everyone to get out of my way as I circled around the living room in the midst of gaping staff.

Although these people weren't terrified by my sudden commotion, they did seems extremely interested in the thing I was riding on.

I could see astonishment in the eyes of my staff, guards and even in the eyes of Azar who doesn't dare show any reaction to anything.

For about twenty minutes, I continued to test the bicycle inside the palace, in the lawn and out on the driveway on a pebbled path.

The quality of the wheels and their strength was good. It seems like even if the roads are not improved, the wheels can easily roll smoothly over rocky path.

I nodded in approval and finally stopped in front of Mrs. Leto, who was giving me a mix of looks from astonishment to displeasure.

Don't tell me these people don't allow women to ride a vehicle!

Nonetheless, it can be changed.

"Mister Aguelli" I called out and looked at the man who has been giving me rather unusual, if not the heated glances.

"I suggest you make a choice, Mister Aguelli." I said calmly, yet giving him a sharp smile.

"My apologies, Milady. I did not get your meaning." He shook his head as he broke out from his trance.

"I suggest you choose whether you want your eyes or not. If you love still seeing this world, then keep them away from me. If you are vexed with the mundane life, then I don't mind asking someone to pull out your eyeballs from your sockets."

I got down and pulled down the side stand to keep it in place. Moving back to where Mister Aguelli was, I raised my brow waiting for his answer.

"My apologies for the misunderstanding, Milady. I was merely astonished to see that the thing actually worked fine and how you could come up with such a brilliance innovation. How dare I have any scores on a noble lady like you." He said with a small bow to which I nodded curtly.

I don't believe it though. I saw desire in his eyes and somehow I know this person is not as simple as he looks.

The familiar feeling I get from him makes me vigilant towards him and one of the reasons for my strict behavior towards him was to test and see who exactly he is and what his motive might be for getting close to me.

"The brakes are not smoother. You better work on the brakes and oil the chain well. The seat is too hard and sloppy so give it a balance. Once these small changes are made, we can release it into the market." Without giving him another glance, I walked off inside, leaving Azar to take care of the further proceedings.

These days, while the bicycle was being made, I have been occupied with political affairs of the province and simultaneous giving my attention to my son.

With the whole load of work I have, I take Igses everywhere I go so as to miss the good time with him.

Apart from work what occupied me the most these days were books.

Those books that has been specially translated for me, I have been reading them and reading thirty over books I got the brief idea of how this world and this kingdom works.

That Jerk is indeed considered a deity and was an immortal. There were several books that consists the heroic knightly achievements of that Jerk and to tell that I absolutely hated to even look at the titles of those books was an understatement.

However, the books that gave me an insight about the geography, the rules and regulations, the customs and rituals and the culture surprised me to no end.

This kingdom is not just a male dominated society but here, male are considered beyond Gods and female lives are not even worth that of ants.

The headache I got after reading the code of behavior of being a woman was greater than migraine would give.

Moreover, men has not a single code to follow and can be however they want. Only I know how much I controlled myself from wanting to kill every male of this world.

But then again, it's only the matter of time before I, a female, shall climb to the position in future that can change all the things that displeased me.

And I also can take Igses from this damned place to my own world.

One step at a time... I reminded myself before I go ahead of myself with unnecessary overconfidence.

Sighing, I took out the book that I was reading these past few days and got indulged in it immediately.

It was about the geography and history of Oudad province that got translated just ten days ago and got into my hands with another bunch of other books.

After reading it for a few days, I got to know a lot about the province and why it was so special. According to the book, Oudad is calm and a scenic world of its own because this place has better life force than any other places in this kingdom and other kingdoms as well.

While I don't know what exactly life force means in their context, I do think that it was referred to how the atmosphere here is so unpolluted and full of vitality.

It was only after reading the book to the third did I realize that I have not visited several places and cluster of islands that are counted under the province.

Not only that but what got me intrigued was that no one knows clearly how Oudad came into existence and why is it the way it is. This territory, although calms mind and soul, have several mysteries attached to it.

Flipping to the last page, I closed the book once I completed it. Even though this book only gave me a brief insight, it still helped me think about what I should do next.

I stood up from the cushion and looked ahead at the high rows of book shelves and thousands of books and felt disgruntled.

Thousands of books but still the thing I wanted to know and search about was not there. I know that the Jerk controlled what books should reach me and what should not and my anger rose.

"How long will you keep information from me? One day, even though it is not close, one day in the future I will surely know what I ought to." I voiced out putting determination and extreme hate for him in my voice.

Every secret, every mystery should see light one day.

One day...

Yes, one day I will go back and meet my parents again.

Picking my now awaken son, I grunted before walking back to my bedroom. "Igses, look how big you've grown. Mamma is already unable to carry you for a longer time." I chuckled kissing his chubby cheeks and since I was on it, I also took a small bite of those cheeks.

"How can you be so adorable!" I said blowing berries on his cheeks causing Igses to laugh out loudly.

His laughter resonated though the place and a few nearby staff even came out to see the spectacle of my lovely son laughing.

No wonder why people change after having a taste of parenthood. There is no wealth or treasure greater than their child.

I was having a happy time with my lovely son and heavens already couldn't bear it so they decided to send trouble for me.

"Milady, Milady." Eelk called out from the living room on the ground floor and I could hear the panic in his voice right away.

Mrs. Leto hates if someone talks loudly and Eelk directly came in and started shouting for me. I wonder if Mrs. Leto remembers about the kimchi recipe I shared with her once and converts Eelk into one.

Handing Igses to Circe, I raced downstairs to see what caused Eelk to be so panicked.

"Commander, you ought to know that a person of good family does not talk out louder than necessary." Mrs. Leto was already lecturing Eelk which the later did not give heed to.

One look at Eelk, I understood immediately that something was wrong.

"Mrs. Leto, I'll take over from here. Please send some tea over to the sitting area." Sending off Mrs. Leto's displeased self, I turned to Eelk to ask what is wrong when he opened his mouth and answered it without asking.

"Milady, it's the Lord of Uplon and the Lord Dignitary of commandment -"

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