It's been a few days since I was asked to go on a trip to another kingdom, but this time it's political matters or that I think, I don't really know how all this crap about being noble or commitments works.
(A couple of days ago)
I was studying a little about this world, until I got a call from my mother.
Clara: Young master, my mother-in-law wants to see you.
Jack: Huh? For what?
Clara: I don't know, she just told me it was important.
Jack: Ahh, I guess it's okay, let's go then.
Clara: Yes.
Leave what I was doing and Clara took me between her hands to my dad's office.
"Tock" "Tock"
Maribel: Go ahead.
Clara: With your permission.
Once inside, I saw my mom writing on some papers. She seemed a little serious as she wrote.
Maribel: Take a seat.
Clara sat in the chair opposite, until my mom ended up doing what she was doing.
Maribel: Uff, it's hard to do so much paperwork.
Jack: You can tell just by watching mom.
Jack: By the way, why did you call me?
Maribel: Oh right, I almost forgot what I called you for.
Maribel: Look, I've been busy lately so be straight with this.
Maribel: Your father and I have decided to send you to the other kingdom to clear up this whole marriage thing.
Jack: What!?
Maribel: So as you heard, we were forced to send you.
Jack: How's that? Isn't my dad supposed to go fix everything he did?
Maribel: That would be the most logical thing, but unfortunately, the girl's family refuses to cancel the engagement.
Clara: ...!!
Jack: ...?
He could feel how the hands of Clara began to tremble, although on the outside she could look calm, inside it is very likely that this containing all his anger.
Now I understand why they say the quieter the girl, the stronger the storm.
Jack: Calm down Clara, even if the family of that girl does not want to, we will find a way to break the engagement.
Clara when she heard my words calmed down, then under the gaze and I smiled.
Clara: You're right, not everything is lost.
Maribel: How cute you both look, I did well to put them together~
Clara and I are blushed, it seemed a whole romantic scene.
Jack: Cof~
Jack: Back to the subject, so we need to make the other family want to break off the engagement.
Jack: But I still don't understand, isn't it enough just for us to refuse?
Maribel: Unfortunately not, you must take into account that we are only 1 gold star nobles.
Jack: A star? How is that?
Clara: I will explain it to you, the hierarchy works with stars, people who are noble are assigned a golden star symbol, the more stars they have, the higher their status.
Jack: I see, can't we earn more stars?
Maribel: It's not easy to climb son, to climb stars you must have connections, high status, capital power, etc.
Maribel: Our family barely has a capital decent enough to have a gold star, more than the family your father engaged you to is two gold stars.
Maribel: So they have much more priority than us.
Jack: So if they wanted to do something bad to our family, they could...
Maribel: Calm down, I understand that concern, but having a higher rank doesn't mean you can do everything they want... At least to the eyes of other nobles or the public eye.
This is very fucked up, although I already had a feeling that something like this could exist in this world. I do not want to imagine, what will be those real problems that the elite hides.
Maribel: Better, let's change the subject.
Maribel: For now, it is better to resolve this commitment of yours.
Jack: Yeah, but how?
Maribel: A few days ago I had sent a letter about your engagement, but in response they told me that you should go and talk to them.
Jack: You speak wax!?
Maribel: Of course I speak wax.
Maribel: But you don't have to worry, I've got everything ready for your trip.
From the desk I take out a medallion.
Jack: And that? Isn't it too big for me?
Maribel: Don't be such a poor son, I'll give this medallion to Clara.
Maribel: This accessory will make it much easier for her to find you, in case you get lost.
Maribel: I can't let my little boy be kidnapped or something bad happen to him.
Jack: Something like GPS?
Both: A what? - They did not understand what Jack-said
Jack: I mean, it's like a tracker.
Maribel: You could say that yes, Clara would quickly notice if you were too far away from her.
Maribel gave the necklace to Clara, Clara holding it with her other hand, I don't hesitate to put it on.
Clara: Thank you very much mother-in-law, I promise to take good care of my husband.
Maribel: Also take care of the medallion, nothing came cheap because it has elven magic inside.
Maribel: An accessory so are quite expensive within the market.
Clara: Got it.
Jack: Hey mom where's dad?
Jack: I haven't seen him lately.
Maribel: It's easy.
My mother put her hand on her chest and there I pulled out a small cage. Inside, my father was trapped.
-Ho... hello son...
Jack: So, that's where you ended up.
-If...
Maribel: Your father is still punished, his punishment is to be part of my accessories, so today he has to be a necklace.
-I'm really sorry, my dear! I should have seen him talk to you first!
Maribel: Demaciated late dear~
Maribel: Don't you know what the problems are, that you put us in making deals with a family, with a higher rank than ours?
-Yes... It was my fault for being greedy.
Maribel: Now that you know what your sin was, you must pay the consequences.
At the end of his talk, he put my father back in his bosom. All I have left is to pray for him, so he doesn't end up drowning in there.
Maribel: Since everything is settled, they will leave first thing tomorrow morning.
Jack: Just the two of us?
Maribel: Obviously not, they will go with some gentlemen and some maids with you.
Maribel: But the one who will take care of you, it will always be Clara.
(currently)
And so it was that I ended up on this long and boring sea trip, along with some women. Of course, Clara had already set several rules for how to behave and deal with me.
I feel that, it's more like Clara trying to mark her territory.
As soon as I made things clear, we went to our room. In there it was comfortable, there was only one bed for Clara to sleep and mine, which was made of cotton and very well accommodated too.
Being small had its advantages, a single shrimp could fill me without problems, and not to mention the water. But the real challenge for me was to find a way to kill boredom.
Jack: Hey, Clara.
Clara: Yes? - He was reading a book in his bed
Jack: When do we get to that place?
Clara: Mmm, if the weather is still calm, we will arrive about noon the next day.
Jack: Doesn't sound so bad, I thought it would take several days.
Clara: We are only 3 days at sea, to reach the next port takes 5 days at most, that is if there is a good weather.
Jack: Sounds good.
On second thought, having a giant girlfriend is not so bad. Right now I'm sitting on top of Clara's breasts while she's reading.
These over here is like being on a giant and soft pillow, what makes it twice as good, is that she is of big breasts, so it feels to be on a mountain, from my point of view is clear.
Jack: Ahh... Small is sometimes boring.
Clara: Mmm... maybe we can play a game so you don't feel bored.
Jack: Sounds pretty good, but... what are we playing?
Jack: With my size, doing physical activities or playing heavy stuff is too complicated for me.
Clara: You don't have to worry, I know a game that is simple.
Clara pulled out a few pieces of paper that each had numbers from 1 to 10 written on them.
Clara: The rules are simple, whoever gets the highest number wins.
Jack: I like it, so we start
Clara: Yes.
She would start scrambling all the little pieces of paper, until it was already confused to know what number it was, I stopped moving them.
Jack: Let's see, Hmmm... -I watched carefully-
Jack: All right, I pick this one in the corner.
Clara: Let's see.
When I opened it, I hit number 3.
Jack: A three? Apparently already lost...
Clara: Jiji~ Pity for you young master.
Now I touch Clara, but for her bad luck of it, I end up with a two.
Clear: ...
Jack: Ja! Win apparently! - Smile-
Clara seeing me all happy, I turn to see myself with a smile on her face.
Clara: Young master, it is bad manners to make fun of your future wife~
Jack: ...!!
Seeing her smile in that quiet way made me shiver.
Jack: Sorry, I will reflect on my actions.
Clara: That's my husband~
Clara: Now let's continue.
Jack: Yeah...
We played again, we were there for half an hour. But the funny thing about this is that Clara didn't win even once, so she's making a little tantrum.
Clara: It's not fair -He made a tender puchero-
Jack: What can I say, even I did not expect to win in each of the games.
Clara: Hump it!
Jack: Relax, it's no big deal.
Clara: You just say that, because you never lost.
Seeing her all sad, made me feel sorry for her. Though I must admit, all this time we were playing, he couldn't beat me once.
Jack: Ahh... -I let out a sigh
Jack: Look, how about we do this.
Jack: Let's play for one last time, but this time, I'll keep number two, without the need to pick it.
Jack: What do you think?
Clara looked at herself with doubt, feeling that she was cheating by playing this way with Jack.
Clara: Are you sure?
Clara: I don't think it's right to cheat.
Jack: Don't worry, even with that I'm choosing number two so you have a better chance of winning.
Jack: It's okay if I lose.
Clara: Okay, if you say so.
Clara wiped the small tears in her eyes and we started playing again, but this time I already had the paper with number two written.
Clara: Now I will win! - She said excited-
She would start to stir up the rest of the pieces of paper, until finally I took a random one.
Clara: Hehe~ I'll finally win one.
When I opened the paper, the number one came out.
Clear: ...
Jack: ...
Clara was completely frozen, looking at the result she had obtained.
Jack: Clara?
Clear: ...
She still did not respond, was in shock for almost 2 full minutes, until she moved.
Clara: Excuse me a minute dear~
Calmly, he picked up all the papers, put on his shoes and went to the desk.
Jack: What will you do, Clara?
Clara: Nothing important, my husband~
With a gloomy look and her gaze focused on the candle, she would begin to burn, one by one, each little piece of paper.
Jack: Wait! What the fuck are you doing!?
Clara: This game hates me, so I hate it too.
Clara: To settle our grudges, I must eliminate him before he tries to take me out of my judgment.
Jack: ...
If you think about it, it is a rather macabre scene. I do not want to imagine if you get to exceed your limits with it.
Clara: Oh! My dear husband, you better not do anything wrong, don't think ill of me after all, these things are only material.
Clara: I would never hurt you~
Jack: All right...
I think he realized, that I was feeling a little scared about this.
Clara: Anyway, I have my limits.
Clara: As a woman, I must learn from this mistake of mine.
Jack: What good, if you already burned the papers.
Debio to be controlled and not to see them burned.
Clara: So I will learn to have much more control of myself, not like the time I had a fight with a maid.
Jack: Did you have a fight?
Clara: Yes, let's say we had a little dispute, nothing out of the ordinary, but anyway.
Clara: Let's go to sleep, because tomorrow is a great day.
Jack: You're right, I'm feeling a bit exhausted.
Now seeing her much more relaxed, she went to her suitcase to take out her pajamas, changed, then come with me and put me in my small bed that was on the side.
Not without first giving me a sweet goodnight kiss.
Clara: May you rest~
Jack: All right, get some rest.
This day was very strange, it was the first time I saw Clara, acting almost like a Yandere, that really scares me.
But I'm glad he's letting off steam with the game, instead of me.
Ahh... I just hope tomorrow is much quieter than today.