Chapter 18. Lunch
Emily’s point of view:
“Could Natalya be the one to take care and organize the inside of the building and the new schedules for the servants and such?” I asked him, while I looked over at her.
She was still standing at the door, waiting for something to do. I waved my hand for her to come closer. She had these big, wide-open eyes, shook her head in refusal and didn’t want to come to me. So, I walked over to her, took her hands and whispered to her that she should do this. She is the one, in particular, that got me to be so angry at my dad in the first place, so she should be the one to do this. Besides, even though she is still young, she definitely could pull this off. I hope she will get a better status this way in life also.
I told her to take a deep breath and walk with me to the table with her head held up high. She did as told and greeted the men with a nice smile.
“She is really intelligent and I believe that if this building is going to be a house for the servants, a servant at least should be involved in the choosing of interior and organizing the plans.” I said with a lot of hope in my eyes.
Father looked down at the table with his hand to his chin, thinking about what he was going to say next. I knew it was not normal to have a servant arrange anything other than the normal commands that were given. But as this was my gift, the least I could do, was try to ask for it, right?
“If it would be any relief for you my King, I could do it together with her. I don’t mind too and you know already that I like this idea very much.” Tom said suddenly, looking at Natalya with a smile.
“Alright, alright, Natalya is it? You can do this together with Tom then. But I don’t want anything that will cost me a fortune and you, Tom, will make sure of that!” My father pointed at Tom, looking very serious.
“Yes, my King.” They both answered at the same time.
We all talked about all the ideas we had and Natalya came up with a few good ones, just as I thought. I know this is my gift, but I wanted a better life for the servants. So, I let Natalya take over and her big smile and bright eyes told me I did the right thing.
In the meantime, Brock came standing behind me again. He put his hands on my hips and when I wanted to push his hands away again, I heard him growl softly. Nobody heard him, because they continued their conversation, so I wanted to push him further. He wouldn’t let go of my hips, so to agonize him I pushed my butt a bit back and made slow small movements. With my back, I could feel his manhood grow bigger and he almost hurt me by squeezing my hips tighter with his hands.
“So, what do you think about Natalya’s idea Brock?” I asked him, to see if I could embarrass him. But he didn’t do as much as even flinch from my question!
“Well, even though I think that the toilets and showers should be placed at the side of the building, as this is easier for the waste disposal, I think it could be possible to get water faucets without drains to each room for them to fill bowls or buckets of water. But disposal of the water should still be at the bathrooms on the side. Should we decide to build it this way, it would also save money, money that we could spend for fortifying the base floor because it has to carry two more floors.” He said without a hitch in his breath.
Shit! That was actually a good answer. Okay, I had to improve my efforts. But how?
After an hour of talking and discussing some more ideas, my father motioned for us to eat lunch. This project would take a lot of time to talk over, even before we could even start to build the house. So, it would be best not to skip a meal now. I gave my dad a huge hug and thanked him once more for the great gift he got me. Then I pulled Natalya to my side and walked with her through the inner garden to talk with her for a few moments before we went to the dining room.
I had noticed the garden before when we walked up to the war room. There was a roof with glass windows in it to let the sunshine reach the plants below. There were several pots and baskets filled with beautiful plants and flowers and It smelled good and fresh. When I looked closer, as I stepped between some of the big flower pots, I saw something odd. As in the back of the garden, there was a little doorway, so small that people couldn’t walk through it and it made me wonder why it was there. But then as we walked through the garden, a big rabbit jumped away, straight through that little doorway! I guess that this was my mother’s idea, as I doubt that this was my father’s.
Natalya giggled at my surprised reaction but then continued to walk on.
Natalya acted as if she was walking on soft clouds. She was so happy that she even hugged me! Afterwards, she jumped back and I had to laugh. Instantly she was back in her preserved behaviour but still thanked me a lot. She was worried she couldn’t be with me every time I needed help, now that she had to plan meetings with Tom and the other servants. But I assured her that I could easily help myself unless I got lost in the castle. She laughed again and let her worries go. We went to the dining room for some lunch and I saw the table was filled with buns, pancakes, fresh fruits, bacon, eggs, all kinds of desserts and much, much more.
My father sat at the head of the table and Brock sat on the long side. Tom sat across from Brock on the other side. There were also other people sitting on the other end of the long table. I don’t know who they are but maybe I would get to meet them later. For now, I just greeted them with a smile and sat next to Brock.
Natalya went to stand against the wall, next to the other servant that was already here.
“Dad?” I nodded my head towards Natalya and he understood what I wanted.
“My daughter, you are really pushing your boundaries…” He said.
“Well, I’m glad she does that to you as well my King.” Brock said suddenly and my father nearly choked on a piece of bread when he laughed out loud.
“Natalya, get over here and sit next to Tom and be quick before I change my mind!” He yelled at her.
She came running over and sat across from me at the table. Tom and Natalya shared the same smile they did earlier in the war room. Tom put some pancakes and strawberries on her plate for her to eat and she ate them hungrily and Tom chuckled at the sight of her.
I haven’t really taken the time to look at him and what he looked like but it wasn’t anything I had assumed him to be because last night when Natalya told me that a Financial Counsellor was meeting my father and Brock, I assumed him to be older because of his title. But he didn’t seem to have any wrinkles, nor did he have grey hair. Instead, it was all black and cut short, he was tall and wore a nice fitted shirt and a jacket over it. He didn’t have any big muscles or wide shoulders, but he looked nice and gentle.
After asking him about it, I found out that he was the acting counsellor at this moment. His father is the actual Financial Counsellor but he is advising at one of the nearby villages. He is now at the place where a flood ran down from the mountains when a big storm held on for two days. It took down several houses and they needed to be rebuilt again. Also, a wall or dam needed to be built to control the overload of water if it were to happen again.
During our conversation, I noticed that Tom and Natalya looked at each other from time to time... What are they brewing?
Then, I remembered to try to piss off Brock again, so laid my left hand on his thigh while I continued to speak to Tom. Every few seconds I would rub Brock’s thigh and with each movement, I moved my hand closer to his groin. Again, I felt his cock grow and when I looked at him, he lowered his head close to mine.
“If you don’t stop what you are doing, I’d have to take you right here, right now.” He whispered in my ear.
Finally, now we are getting somewhere! But his reaction wasn’t even close to how I wanted him to act. I was planning to play with him for quite some time…
I pulled my hand back and tried to make a sandwich with cheese, ham, cucumber and tomatoes. But there was no ham, so I grabbed some bacon and also a hard-boiled egg. Dennis used to make these sandwiches for lunch when I got a day off from school and I missed the normal days a bit. By now, the police on Earth were probably searching for two girls and an uncle who were missing and posters were hanging everywhere. Besides, I hated that I couldn’t finish my veterinary education properly. Of course, they couldn’t teach me anymore, because I knew everything and I was done with all my assignments. But still, I’d really like to have that stupid piece of paper which said that I was a vet.
Thinking of all of this, I became a little sad and I missed Dennis, Anna, my animals and the others so much, that a tear rolled over my cheek.
“Are you alright honey?” My dad asked me.
“Yes, nothing to worry about, I just miss the others.” I said with a slight smile and wiped away the tear. “How long would it take for them to reach the castle?” I asked Brock.
He told me that the others would probably take two and a half days to get to the portal. Then another three to four days, depending on the weather, to reach the castle. But the men we send towards the portal from here, were quicker to travel than they could, so they would reach the portal probably at the same time the others did on the other side.
So, a week from the moment Brock and I stepped through the portal of Ulrick. Four more days at least, five if the weather sucks. I couldn’t bear the thought of something bad happening to one of them. I just want them to get here soon!
“Come with me my daughter, let’s go find your mom.” My father snapped me out of my thoughts and I stood up from my chair.
“See you later, General.” I whispered in Brock’s ear and he rolled his eyes.
I grabbed a little bowl of strawberries and a small plate of chocolates from the table and went after my father. The bowl of strawberries I gave to the other servant that was standing at the wall and he accepted them with a low bow. My father disagreeing rolled his eyes but he didn’t say a thing.
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