Chapter6: festival

In the dead of the night, the autumn festival starts. little ones were running around and people were with their loved ones. The busy street was decorated with beautiful lanterns and various stalls (food stands, gaming stands, toy stands, etc.). I heard that it was the perfect time to watch many stars together.

"aren't you gonna buy anything?" asten questioned.

"a fancy lantern!"

"you came here for fun but you aren't doing anything, are you bored?"

"huh, let's go to that stall."

they walk toward a shop, and there we many jewelry items, hair pins, necklaces, and rings. I looked at the white pin, it was a pearl feather shape pin.

it suits me. I picked up the pin and put it on.

"lady that pin was made for you."

the shopkeeper praised me. she was an old lady . she started showing me other items.

"Are you a noble! "

"uhh yes."

"oh anyone can tell by seeing your hair and eye colors."

the woman was first excited to know but in the end,she started staring at me . that old lady is wried.

"do you want to change your hair and eye colors?"

the old lady inquires me while putting her hand in her old dress.

"hey, you..... are you witch ?"

at that moment David interrupted their conversation and asten pulled her back by the shoulder. the witches were not allowed in their country, and there were resisted rules about using a black magic items.

"no no my lord! it's a magic item."

she pulled a ring from her pocket and clean it with her apron.

"it changes the hair and eyes color just by wearing it, and it is quite rare. "

" and you are selling it here in black because it is from anvilia... right?"

"hahaha... it's not... in black ?"

because of Asten's sudden remark, the old lady was stunned. she was selling anvilia items in black and it was also against their country's rules.

"hey I have sold enough things now I am going."

the woman was afraid of getting caught by the guards, but the ring had caught lia eye because in her previous soul she always used to dye her hair color.

"wait! "

lia stopped the old lady because she wanted that ring and the old lady obtain a hint.

"I want this ring and that pin."

she looked at the ring and pointed at the fur pin.

" lia do you want them?"

" you always told me to cover my hair with a hood but with this ring, I don't need a hood ....don't you think...."

she talked slowly to asten in a begging way. since she knew that her puppy look can never let her down.

the old lady within a moment put the ring on lia index finger and her hair turned red and her eyes turned hazel.

the two, David and asten were astonied by lia new look.

"two hundred gold coins for the ring and take the pin and as a gift for the young lady."

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"hey, why do the two of you keep staring at me."

"red hair suits you better than him, he looks like a rose. haha..."

the two of them started teasing asten but he did just frown when they called him rose.

"When the firework are gonna start?"

lia questioned asten to change the topic and also she was tired of walking but can't miss this festival. then they start walking toward different stalls and asten held her hand.

"don't get lost otherwise you know mom will hang my neck on the front gate."

asten reminded her with a laugh and lia laughed at his remark.

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they were strolling around different stalls when lia felt that some people were following them but she ignored it and suddenly a wave of people came and she felt that someone has taken her purse. she turned around to look.

'who was there? '

she saw a small child running with her purse, she then turn to tell asten about it but they were not there.

"OH MY GOD"

"I m done!"

"where are they ...."

two big and scary men with cut marks on their faces came near me.

"Ma'am, do you need anything?"

one of the men questioned me in a thug manner.

"Are you lost may we help you find your parent?"

the other men spotted the cheesiest kidnapping lines of every dimension.

'even a kid would notice that you guys are thieves.'

"no!"

"ma'am you are lying we saw you getting separated from your brother."

' they were keeping an eye on me!'

she knew that she was in danger but she trusted that her brother will come for help.

"you two can go I can find them."

"she...bit**h, we say we can help you come with us!"

one of the men with a big scar held my wrist and forced her to the back of a dark street where there were some old wooden boxes and canes.

'what can I do.'

"what do you want ?... I don't have any money, my purse was stolen!"

"it is okay! you bit**h. we can make money from you even these red hair will be sold at a high price..."

the man with the scar touched her hair and get a knife from the other men to cut her hair.

'no! what if my hair turns white after cutting...'

she was afraid that if these people will found out that her hair color is white they will make her bold.

"excuse me ."

A man came into the dark alley and excused them. he was wearing a cape as a consequence the face was not revealed.

"if you don't mind can you let the lady go she doesn't seem to enjoy your company?"

"Who are you? are you her brother?"

"no, but are you ?..."

the man spotted out a nonsense. the big scary men look confused at his question.

"no we aren't! and what's your problem mind your own business"

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