Hilda is now in her room, just reading a book about the history of Trolberg.
Then Johanna calls Hilda to come down for dinner.
Johanna: Hilda! Dinner's ready!
Hilda: Coming!
Hilda closes her book with a pencil on the page she was in as a bookmark. Hilda then proceeds to go down with Dagger to eat dinner with her mum.
Hilda: What's the meal?
Johanna: I made beef steaks to try and stop eating meat pies all day.
Hilda: Cool, let's eat.
Johanna: Let's begin, then.
While they were eating, they heard a knock on the door.
Johanna: I'm opening the door.
Johanna got up from her chair and walked towards the door. She opens it and sees David's parents.
Johanna: Hey, do you agree now?
Stephen: Yep, we do.
Hilda is now listening to whatever they were talking about, since some agreement that she hasn't heard is now in her ears.
Mary: The arrangement is set.
David agreed.
Hilda now backs up her chair to hear more about this. She knows the word "arrangement" in school and now is realizing the full truth.
Johanna: That's good, and when is he staying?
Stephen: Tomorrow.
Hilda now stands up to listen to them.
Johanna: And how long is he staying?
Mary: 1 month
Hilda now goes closer to the door.
Stephen: Are you sure about this?
Mary: Don't worry, it's for his sake.
Johanna: It is agreed then.
Stephen: Agreed.
Mary: Agreed.
Hilda now goes back to her chair to confront her about this "arrangement".
Hilda: Mum, what was that?
Johanna: I know it's hard to say b-
Hilda: I have heard it all.
Hilda knows Johanna is shocked to hear by looking at her eyes stretched to the limit.
Hilda: I'm being arranged to David, haven't I?
Johanna: Uuuhhh, yes you are.
Hilda: Why?!
Johanna: I think you need a better way of recovery.
Hilda: But I got Dagger! How is he not enough?!
Johanna: Because he is still a wolf and a rabid one. You can't domesticate that animal.
Hilda: I can try! Give me the entire month! Whenever David enters this very house, the bet begins!
Hilda now walks upstairs to the detriment of Johanna, now sighing to herself over her decision to put her in an arranged marriage but she knows what she was doing.
She is getting her married to David because her current job is now lowering their salaries due to their company now being outbested by merchant companies and is forced to lower their worker's salaries to save money.
If the marriage is successful, she may be able to leech off David's family's money and their inheritance for themselves.
Thankfully they didn't know her scheme.
While at her bedroom,Hilda is in her room, trashing her desk in anger due to Johanna's decision to be forcefully married to David.
Hilda: Dagger, I have a plan and it involves you listening to it. So tomorrow is David's day in the house so I need to pretend that I'm fine with him so that they don't know what will come next. And I have this that I found in the alleyway I found you.
Hilda shows steel knuckles and Dagger whimpers at the sight of it.
Hilda: Don't worry,this isn't for you. This is for David. Alright,the plan is se- Oh, I forgot something! Then I am going to wake up early to hide his shoes and have him wear my mum's slippers and then I would distract them by giving his breakfast to you. Then while she is cooking, I would eat my breakfast and then I would drench the shoes with the garden hose outside and then I'll show him to make him look like a fool. If he threatens to tell, I'll pull out my knuckles to show him mercy. Now are we ready, now let's go.
Hilda sleeps with joy in her mind as she imagines how she would torment him the day after.
The Big Day
Hilda now wakes up early to see David's carriage outside the house with all the items and things he has from his home to live with her for 1 month.
David knocks on the door to see Hilda opening it.
David: Hey Hilda.
Hilda: Hey David.
David: You still know what you did,right?
Hilda: Yeah, looking back to it. It's stupid to think that I pushed you off over a breakdown. Can we be friends once again?
David: Yeah,friends. Not the one my parents want us to be.
Hilda: Yeah, we've been forced.
Hilda hugs David out of fabircated grace.
David: Hilda! Not this early into my visit!
Hilda: I know, I just missed you!
Hilda in her thoughts: Welcome to my Hell.