Vain - Chapter 19 Los

After Edmund’s knighting celebration there weren’t many banquets or parties that were important to mention. So Aileene spends most of her days on a schedule of mundaneness, and the furthest thing she could expect from happening was for her long-time routine to be rudely interrupted. Especially when the year’s end was quickly approaching, Lumi was really such a troublemaker. Running off to somewhere without saying anything. She didn’t even get a goodbye letter, so immature.

“Aileene, shouldn’t you be a bit more concern?” Her mother asked clear distress audible in her voice, and by the expression she held, it was getting worse by the second. Lumi was Aileene’s pet and practically a crucial part of the Lovell family. But Aileene couldn’t seem to be more nonchalant about the whole ordeal, what with Lumi already being missing for more than a few hours.

“I am concern, but I just think calmness is required in all situations.” Aileene waves off her mother’s interrogation, as she walked alongside her in the garden, being less observant than ever in their search for Lumi. Really, it was just because she had a gut feeling that the issue would be resolved in no time, and usually, her instincts were pretty good. So she couldn’t blame herself for being so carefree. Plus, being too stressed or worry harms your beauty.

“Madam, Miss, we found Lumi!” A servant yelled out catching the pair’s attention when they neared them. Her mother reacted to the news with a bright smile and in no time she was dragged along, as they both followed the servant as fast as humanly possible.

When they had arrived at the location the servant talked about, a crowd had already formed. Most were servants and workers, but even from a short distance away, she could immediately catch her father’s voice in the center of the building horde of people. And so both her mother and her broke through the crowd, only to be caught off guard by the sight that was presented to them. It was her father, sleeves rolled up and all pretenses thrown away, as he kneels on the ground, trying to grab for something under the shed. That something was probably Lumi.

“That little rascal is hiding really well.” Her father grunted out a frustrated breath, as he lay on the dirt, one arm reaching as far as he can under the shed. It was a sight to behold, even the servants were watching with anticipation. Though Aileene and her mother weren’t as silent, as they had both broken into laughter and giggles at the sight of her father.

“Dad, dad, you can get up now. I’ll get Lumi.” Aileene said between her bouts of laughter when she had gotten closer to her determined and dedicated father. Her father spends a few more lingering seconds trying to reach for Lumi before his face fell and he conceded to let her try.

“Fine, I might as well let an amateur try for once.” Her father said bitterly, childishly crossing his arms. As her mother steps up to stand beside him, promptly watching her closely just as the crowd was too.

“Lumi, I think you’d had enough fun. Come out.” Aileene said softly, waiting for the little bunny to venture out from under the shed. And sure enough, just a few more seconds of silence before the snow white bunny was peeking its head out from under the shed. She crouched down holding her hands out for the bunny to run to, which Lumi immediately did once it saw her.

The crowd stared on in wonder and her father had his jaw lowered in shock. Aileene tried patting the dirt off Lumi’s fur, “See what happened, you’re all dirty now. What do you have to say for yourself, missy?” The bunny in response to her question simply hid itself further in her arms.

“Daughter is really talented, really talented.” Her father came up to her, briefly muttering the words, feeling pitiful for himself. He wasn’t even that old yet and he still couldn’t compete with his daughter. His pride as a father was completely extinguished.

Seeing her father’s forlorn expression, Aileene smiled with an empathic look in her eyes. But her mind was rolling with laughter on the inside, not in ridicule, rather she quite fond of her family’s antics. So she decided to be generous and improve her father’s mood a bit by handing him Lumi to take back. Her father swiftly took Lumi with a triumphant look, parading her off with the crowd and her mother.

Aileene stayed behind, briefly shaking her head. As she headed back inside at her own pace. Her birthday was fast approaching with the new year and then she would turn 12, only a mere two year away from her elaborate fairytale. She couldn’t tell if she was ready for it all, but she knew that when the time does come, she would do what she needed to do.

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17.) Do you enjoy harems in stories?

Answer:

In all honesty, you can like what you like. But personally I really hate harems, it’s just something I really dislike. Mostly because of the disloyalty factor and sometimes the characters too. It just I want honestly and trust in a romance, and you can’t really get that if you have you share yourself, or share your love one with 10 other people. I just feel like it isn’t sincere, and in some sense. I would even call it cheating.

18.) Do you like cannon-fodder villains? ie. Those jealous, always trying to cause trouble side characters

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