477 Friendship Bracelet
"I see," Maxim nodded in satisfaction. He could accept that Edgar was Emmelyn's friend, even though he was a little bit irked that she had another male friend.
However, knowing that she wanted to send Edgar so far away, back to Draec, he was more than happy to find the man.
"Can you do that?" Emmelyn asked Maxim with her big eyes. "I need to find him as soon as we arrive in Castilse."
"Of course. Leave it to me."
"Please don't hurt him. He is a friend, a good one. I only want to talk to him and give this scarf," Emmelyn said again.
"Huh? Why would I hurt him? He is your friend." Maxim furrowed his brows.
"No, I mean, if you sent people to find him, please talk to him nicely. Don't force him to come. He is a strong man and might not take it too well being summoned by strangers," Emmelyn explained. "Please treat him well."
"Oh, I see what you mean. I will have my people track him down and then invite him to my palace when we arrive in Castilse. Is that okay?"
"Yes, that will be perfect." Emmelyn felt so relieved. It's so good having Maxim by her side. She didn't have to do the hard work by herself. She could share the burden with her friend. Ahh.. truly, she felt so lucky to have him with her.
"Consider it done." Maxim patted his chest smugly. "I will not let you down."
"Thank you so much, Max."
"Okay, so, let me take this picture and talk to my men," Maxim took the sketch and rolled it up. "Is there anything else you need?"
"No, nothing. Thank you."
"Very well. Then I hope you can rest well and we will see each other again tomorrow."
"Have a good night, Maxim."
"You too, Em."
After Maxim left, Emmelyn took another cup of wine and sat on the windowsill, sipping her drink. She missed Southberry wine, but this one was good too.
Emmelyn didn't want to hear Kira's reply and decided to change the subject. "The bread is really nice. Can we have some for the journey? It's difficult to find good bread these days."
Lady Marius was happy to hear the compliment. She smiled from ear to ear. "Really? I will ask my servant to pack some for you, Lady Emmelyn."
"Thank you! That is so lovely." Emmelyn pointed at the wine jug. "What about the wine? Can we have some for the road too?"
"Absolutely!"
"I mean, I am from Terra and over there we have really good wine from a region called Southberry. I have been missing Southberry wine all these months. Only here in Belem I finally found the wine of the same level or maybe even higher quality than Southberry wine," she added. "I love it!"
Maxim understood what Emmelyn was trying to do and he nodded too. "Yes. I would like to bring this wine with us. It's good."
"Definitely!" Lady Marius's face beamed in happiness. She was happy that the king needed something from them. "I will have our servant prepare the logistics for you, Your Majesty. Bread and wine. Noted."
The conversation shifted to all types of good wine and they no longer talked about Kira's ship.
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From the author:
Speaking of friendship bracelets, I have a friend who uses bracelets to remember important people or moments in his life. His name is Pablo from Spain.
He would wear all bracelets and never took them off for years until they snapped/broke on their own, and then he would store them in his wooden box.
He said he loved having those bracelets on his wrist because looking at them would remind him of the friends and the memory they have together. I think it's very simple but meaningful.
PS: He is a very manly man but the many friendship bracelets look nice on his wrist ^^
PPS: Did you ever have one when you were younger?
PPPS: Kelly Goodwin, thank you so much for all the massage chairs, luxury cars, and dragons! OMG