Chapter 7 : Do you want to go on a Date?

After finishing debating with the scholars, Luna realized that all those ministers didn't really like her to be on their way. Otherwise, standing for women against the men's dominance was unpleasant for those men; especially her, to be called as the first lady to be a scholar.

Luna in the way back to her temple, she was mad with all of those men only saying Men are supposed to rule over the women, to rule their family. " All those narrowed minded people! Only think that they are the superior of everything, huh! I will prove it; letting them see that, women also being capable of any works, not only cooking for them, but rules the world and do the nation's work too." Luna complained alone when she was riding on per parade to the castle.

Suddenly, her parade was crossing with another parade coming opposite hers. The armies stop by because of the narrow road so they have to decide which parade should go first.

" Whose parade is this?" Luna who was been carried on the Royal Parade wondered and asked the maid in honor who was walking beside her parade, " Do you know who is this?"; the woman on the parade was very beautiful wearing all the treasure jewelry like a bride waiting for the groom. Her lips were red and her crown worn like a Naga, her Sbai (Veil) is long covered all her breast and her back, whereas her Sompot (Khmer Skirt Style) was all well adapted with the golden fancy belt. That was Neang Neak (Naga lady) traditional wedding dress. However, her face was in sadness.

" Is she going to marry someone in the palace?" Luna asked her maid.

The maid replies in lowly voice as she doesn't want others hear except the Princess Indradevi, " Your Royal Highness, that is the Snom Ek (first rank concubine) that has to married the emperor today, but he was in meeting so she was sent here by herself without the groom bringing her here."

Luna was surprised. Is today the wedding day of the emperor? To accept the new harem into the palace? The wedding considered such a special day, but instead, he was there in the Scholars Board's meeting room listening to all their useless debate; not caring about his marriage.

" So mean..." Luna exclaimed with her disgusted facial express, why even the king did that to his Snom Ek? Isn't Snom Ek considered as a second high rank of all the harem after the queen? Everyone would be happy to be in the palace as the king's harem, but for Luna she sees the wall-less prison like a bird in the golden cage.

" Huh! I'd rather marry a simple man than to marry a king and has to live like a bird in the golden cage." She speaks out her mind, but the maid in honor suddenly reminds her, " Your Royal Highness! Please do not say that in such a public place". Luna stops talking, as she also knows that it would not cool if these words were heard by the king.

However, what's surprise to her is that the chancellor Sukhothai, the right-hand of the emperor was also in that bride parade celebration; he walks after the parade.

" Stop! Stop the parade!" Luna asked the armies to stop and put her parade down. She called out the man," Hey Mister! Mister Global Cambodia!" but all her voice wasn't here since there are crowded with Khmer traditional music playing. Luna runs afterward and calls out to him against, " Mister! Mister I fell in love with!".

Her words were such powerful, even the lowly servant would stop and take a look at that voice, who falls in love with who? Why confess your love in public like this? Sukhothai also turns to the voice with doubtful, who is that shameless woman? But when he saw it was Princess Indradevi smiling at him, he was speechless. It wasn't too much to confess your love to your crush in early period, right?

Luna approached him with smile, asking as friendly as before without any shame about what she just said earlier.

" How are you? " Luna asked.

" I-I'm fine. But, your highness, why are you here?" The chancellor asked back.

" Oh, I just came back from the Scholars Board meeting, and coincidently meeting you by the way." Luna replied with a smile on her face never faded.

" Lately, who did you call?" Sukhothai asked.

" It's you! Who did I know except you?" Luna unhesitant answered. Her level of confidence makes the man dumbstruck. He greeted her with all his respect then said.

" But your highness, you shouldn't say such a personal thing in such a public place!" The man replied.

" What is personal? The celebration was so loud and crowded if I did not call out that, how could you turn over to look?" She answered by teasing him. Her shamelessness flirting only made the man shy more and more. He was wordless.

Luna saw that and she changed the topic as she gets the man shy now. " Well, it is because you didn't tell me your name yet, and I don't it then I call you as I thought it should be" Luna said. Call as it should be doesn't mean you can call everyone Mister I fell in love with in such a place! Luna you are savage.

The right hand of the emperor replied, " This lowly one's name is Sukhothai, I came from Sukhothai province to serve the emperor for many decades and was trusted by the emperor to be a chancellor in order to help the emperor doing the nation's work. Please the Princess have mercy on him!".

" Well, I'll have mercy on you if you go on a date with me." Luna continues teasing the man (she speaks the word Date in English). But how can he understand such a modern word that was never used in ancient times before? The same word has different meanings!

" What does 'Date' mean, your highness?" The man asked.

" It's a date! The way people set up the date to meet." Luna answered.

" What is a date, your highness? I remember that today is the 10th ascending moon, Cetra (5th month), Snake year. What date do you want me to go?" The man replied.

Luna was dumbfounded. She tried to explain him indirectly but still could not understand. However, don't give up on your crush, go on!

The woman thought to herself as her plan tend to fail again... " Huh Luna! In the future world there were many times you got rejected. It's ok to try more. However, it's not your first time to be shameless asking the man out, the new generation girl must be fully control in her life, be confident and patient." The girl went back to her senses and made a move.

" That's okay, but I just want to tell you that, if you want to talk about your feelings or anything else, you can come to me anytime; don't need to set a date." The Princess said.

" That would be rude if the guest visited without first notifying the host." The man replied with all his moral, of course, it was.

" Never mind! I don't mind it! Or you can go to talk with me about any problems you need help with, if I can" Luna said.

" That would also be considered to be rude; how can this lowly one brings the problems to your highness to solve for me?" The man replied.

Luna was out of her mind, thinking to herself " Ah Sukhothai! How can you be this stupid? I tried to flirt with you, don't you understand?"

However, she smiled and tried to suggest another idea " I wouldn't mind that! I like to solve problems. And if it is yours, I would be happily welcome."

Even though she was smiling, in her mind, she thought, " Will he try to reject me again? Or did I make him feel I'm clingy? Well, I just like him and I can't help it, this was my nature attracted to beautiful things."

The man sighed, this would make Luna thinks more on her head, " Oh, did he feel pressure? Sorry, I didn't mean that! I just wanted to meet you as often as I could..."

" Then I would bother you now!" The man replied after thought so long.

The two of them smiled, looking at each other. Luna thought that, after this proposal had been made, then she would meet him every day, and the two would start an intimate relationship soon. Nonetheless, maybe she can even change the main plot of the story that Princess Indradevi will have to marry the emperor. But suddenly all her hopes were in doubt...

" I heard that Princess Indradevi was very good at sewing work, if your highness doesn't mind, I would like some handmake sewing for my army as their promotion for their good works." Sukhothai said with all his hope.

Luna was stunned. Sewing work? I never even sew her clothes and only buy new ones if the old one tears; that called stylish. But, how can she deny his request after she just said that she would help him with anything?

Luna smiled with bitterness, couldn't imagine her future self-doing all those sewing works. But however, she still replies with pleasure before the man.

" That's alright! It won't be the hard work for women. So, how many do you want? And do you have a sample?" Luna asked.

The man showed his handkerchief to the Princess which has the Chan Flower fancy sewing on the corner of the handkerchief. He smiled and said, " This, and I need it for 300 pieces."

300 pieces with fancy Chan flower sewing work? Are you kidding? Luna was shocked, and suddenly the system popped up before her...

~~The System: Flirting point plus 20. Congratulations, you have unlocked the new section of the story~~