The Queen
*Sarah's POV*
God I'm tired and exhausted, but I made some good money. Let's see how much I got. I got...$2,000!?! This is way more than what I thought I would have.
[Astra]: "That is because you made food that had never existed before in this world."
"Oh...yeah that makes sense. Is there any storage I can get or use and is there a place I can rent nearby?"
[Astra]: "Yes actually, but this one can only store things, not living things. If you want the one where you can store living things, then it's going to cost you points. There's an inn nearby you could stay at."
"It's fine, the storage is fine for now. Thanks Astra."
*No One's POV*
When Sarah arrived at the inn, she rented a room to stay in. Once she was all settled in, she lay in the bed. Not long after, she fell asleep due to the exhaustion, not giving a care in the world.
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*1 month later*
Sarah was able to make enough money to buy her own house to stay at. Her food became popular among many groups of people. What she didn't know was that someone else had also heard about her cooking being delicious and she was looking for Sarah.
Today was the same as usual for Sarah, getting up and ready to go to her stall to go and cook more food to earn more money. When she got there, there were already a whole bunch of people waiting. Soon she started cooking.
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*3 Hours Later*
*Sarah's POV*
Finally!! There are less people waiting. Now I am just going to relax a little bit after I finish making this dish. As soon as I finished, I noticed that there were less people than it was regularly in the street and more guards.
"Astra, do you know why there are so many guards around the place? Usually there are around 5 but this seems to be much more than 5 today."
[Astra]: "Give me a second...it seems the queen is looking for someone."
"I wonder who. Oh well, it must be their bad luck to be having THE queen look for them. Anyways, I am going to close the stall for to-"
[Astra]: "Um...host, the guards look like they are looking at you."
"Pff...yeah right. They can't be looking for me. I haven't done anything wrong."
[Astra]: "Uh...10 guards are approaching with a woman in the middle. What are you going to do?"
Uhm...I haven't done anything wrong but if I run, they might see me as suspicious. I guess we have no choice but to just greet them. God my luck today just is not getting any better. So unlucky today, if I had known this would happen, I would have stayed home today.
*No One's POV*
As Sarah was rumbling to herself in her head, the guards and the woman approached her stall. They were waiting for Sarah to notice them, but she was still rumbling to herself about her bad luck today.
"Ahem." As a woman cleared her throat, Sarah turned around, facing the 10 guards and the woman.
??? woman: "Are you the owner of this stall?"
"Yes. Yes, I am. Is something wrong?"
??? woman: "My name is Anne. I am here on behalf of the queen who has requested your presence."
"What does the queen want from me?"
Anne: "You will find out once you get there."
*Sarah's POV*
Can't she just tell me, so I know what I am getting into. Fine. Fine. I guess I have no other choice than to go.
"Fine. When do we leave?"
Anne: "We leave now."
I am going to pray with all my might to whoever is listening that I don't die.
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After packing and leaving, I found out that the queen does not live in that town. She lives 2 weeks away from the town.
[Astra]: "Host, what about your stall and house?"
I forgot about my stall and my house. Uhm...let me ask Anne.
"What would happen to my stall and house since I left?"
Anne: "Your stall and house will be sold. Don't worry the money will be transferred to you and if you choose to stay in the capital, you will be given a stall and a house to compensate you for traveling 2 weeks to get to the capital."
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It has been 4 days since we left, and everything is going okay so far except their cooking kind of sucks and my back sort of hurts. I was able to talk to Anne about some of the questions I have about why I was going to meet the queen. She said that it might not be anything bad and since she is the queen's right-hand woman, I am going to try and believe her. Hopefully nothing happens.
Anne: "Duck!!!"
Duck? Why would she scream-
Before I could finish my thought process, Anne grabbed my arms and pulled me to the ground. I was about to yell at Anne about why she pulled me down when I noticed that an arrow had gone right past my head and there were armed people in front of us. Dang it. Me and my stupid thought just had to go and jinx it.