Mizu: So as an apology I am uploading two chapters back to back...
Chapter Seven
"Young Madam please wake up. We need to make sure that you are all right." A guy I have never seen before says pulling me up to sit up straight. He begins to check my pulse and temperature. "It seems Young Madam is fine, she must be feeling very stressed, I would suggest sending her to go visit her parents. They will probably help relieve the stress and help improve her health, she might be a little homesick."
"Thank you very much doctor, you have served me faithfully all this time. I have no way to thank you, here take this as a small little bonus." Katsuro says handing the doctor a few coins as the doctor leaves. Katsuro then stares at me for awhile as I collect my thoughts, that stuff Mother-in-law used was quit potent but seems to leave the body fairly quickly. "What happened?"
"I drank some tea with sleeping herbs in them, it was a gift from Mother-in-law." I said rubbing my eyes and looking up at him. I then stretch out my arms and jump back into bed, this is a good time to get some extra sleep.
"What are you doing?" Katsuro asks me from where he is sitting, I roll over to face away from him.
"I am very stressed, I need extra sleep. Leave me alone." I say as an excuse, we both know that I am not stressed in the slightest.
"You have to meet with the ladies of the town today." He says getting up and forcing me to sit up.
"I didn't have to do it in the past." I say jumping back into the bed, Katsuro grabs me before I can and begins to drag me towards Hana.
"Please prepare Mizuki to meet with the ladies of the town." He says giving me to Hana, what am I, an item for you to use whenever you want!
"Of course, I wouldn't dream of failing Young Master." Hana says giving Katsuro a bow and then drags me to get dressed. Within a matter of minutes I am thrust in a pretty dressed and my hair is styled, though they couldn't do anything extreme cause I refused to wear those hairstyles.
"What are you so afraid of, you are somebody who rushes in where angels fear to tread." Katsuro says in a mocking tone, I think he is implying I jump into any scenario no matter the risk because I believe I can always handle it.
"It's not that I am afraid, it's just that I am too lazy to deal with girls who like to squabble over nothing." I reply, the things they probably cry over could be found walking on in a straight line for a few meters.
"Well then don't worry, you are probably the worst one so they should be afraid of you. If you are good I will have some fresh meat cooked for you, it was just brought in today." He says giving me one of his gleeful smiles, I look down at my red dress and get lost in thought. I realize I haven't had any meat since I came here, how can I call myself a man and not have any meat. "Dear? Are you going to answer me?"
"Sure no problem, just make sure to keep up your end of the bargain." I respond and I swear I hear him cough, he puts his hand over his mouth and clears his throat. Why is he coughing, I mean nothing seems to faze him, why would he be affected by me agreeing to eat meat... does that mean Mizuki was a vegetarian.
"Wait! Was I a vegetarian in the past?" I ask as soon as the thought pops into my head, Katsuro just starts laughing and nods his head in a yes motion. "You are kidding me! How can anybody be vegetarian at this day in age! I mean you don't even have fake meat!"
"Fake meat?" Katsuro asks me after my sudden outburst, I forgot that he wouldn't understand what I just said.
"It's nothing, just answer my question." I yell at him, this is the worst thing that I can think of happening. No offence to vegetarians, that is your choice but I would rather not be known as a vegetarian. I rather like my meat!
"Not that I remember, why do you ask?" He says giving me that smile, I mean who in their right mind would trust the smile he is giving me.
"No reason, don't worry about it." I sigh and begin walking towards wherever I have to go... wait a second I was never told where I had to go. "By the way... um, where do I go?"
"Courtyard, make sure not to embarrass yourself." He says pulling out a book and beginning to read. "Oh, you probably forgot to ask but it's been an entire day since Mother put you to sleep."
"I already knew, based off of the smell." I said giving him a look over the shoulder and then walking off towards the courtyard. I see a group of four girls talking, they probably haven't noticed me yet.
"I hear that Katsuro's wife is finally coming here." Bafoon number one says, she is in a pink dress and appears to be the youngest. To be honest she is quite the looker as well, her hair is a silky brown and her eyes are a brilliant jade green.
"I hear she is rude and loud, not lady like in the slightest." Number three says, She seems super generic to the point that her hair, face, and body shape scream boring. Not worth me talking about.
"Not only that but the one time she went to eat with her husband she ate the food too fast and it was an unsightly event." Number two adds on, she is a modest looking girl with an ugly heart. Not that hard to spot based off of what she has already said.
"Well she will probably embarrass herself when she gets here so we should all be merciful to the pitiful girl." Number four finishes, she is in a green dress and appears to be the oldest.
In the two years Mizuki has been married to her husband she has managed to get such a low reputation. What kind of prestige was she trying to aim for, court jester for the emperor.
"Why hello ladies, sorry for being late. I was sleeping because my health has been poor as of late." I say giving them a delicate smile, one where I show no teeth. In this time period showing no teeth as you smile is kind of a good thing, makes you seem more graceful.
"Oh, you should be more careful in the future. If you ever need some help on maintaining your health then come to me. I have many years of experience." Number four says, she should keep her offer to herself. If I ever agreed she would poison me in an instant! "I am Kim Hye, but you can just call me Hye."
"Nice to meet you Miss Kim, I think you already know who I am but I will tell you anyway. I am Izo Mizuki, please call me Izo." I say giving her a smile, pretty much I just refused her friendship. Flat out rejected it, causing her to lose face for acting to forward. You can tell because she tried to laugh her embarrassment off.
"Let me introduce you to the rest of the girls, this is Lee Nari, Park Ara, And finally Ro Yeon." Kim Hye says after embarrassing herself, she is really aggressive with her momentum.
"Pleasure to meet you all, here let me pour you guys some more tea." I say waving a maid over, I grab the teapot and gracefully pull my sleeve pouring tea into each cup.
"We have heard many rumors about you..." Number one or Lee Nari begins, I think she is walking into a trap. Well if she walks into it there is no reason to be angry if I punish her for it, right? "You are nothing like the rumors."
"Of course, what person believes in rumors. The person is probably nearsighted and wicked in the heart, the only people who can judge somebody is the person who has met them before." I respond, not like I really believe what I am saying, sure you shouldn't judge based off of rumors but we all know everybody does it.
"Yes, it's very rude to judge people based on rumors..." Number two or Park Ara says. I sit there with a slight smile and just nod my head. Number three, Ro Yeon, then begins to talk about girly things. Why would I need make up in this day and age, I mean it's not exactly amazing. Had this been the twenty-first century I might have considered it but all I really use is lipstick, Hana practically forces me to.
"What kind of makeup do you wear Miss Izo?" Yeon asks me, I feel my eyebrows begin to twitch. Instead of that I make my smile a tad bit larger and answer her.
"I just use some for my lips." I keep my hands on my laps, the way I am sitting is very formal. You would probably mistake me for a well bred lady, right now I am just nervous because I am trying not to do anything rash.
Time passes on and they continue to talk about worthless things, they talk about dresses, fashion and how nice it would be to have a child. I want to groan, I want to hear none of it. In this lifetime I refuse to give birth to a child, do you know how painful it can be to give birth.
The stuff mothers go through to give birth is incredible. Actually interestingly enough the female body is designed to give birth to a child so it is able to take more pain than the male body. But that is me getting sidetracked, almost how I am about to get sidetracked talking about the amazing snacks that they serve here. The fruit here is amazing!
Suddenly I feel a pain seep into my body... I really have no way to explain it but I guess the easiest way to explain the pain is to describe it as if I am feeling the pain of dying.
I walk out all the ladies from the building the pain growing worse by the minute, when they leave I start to limp back to my room. Halfway there I begin to breathe heavily, what is happening!
"What's wrong?" I hear somebody ask me in a calm tone, probably Katsuro. I just shake my head and continue moving, right now the only thing that is on my mind is making it to my bed.
I suddenly feel somebody help me up, I start growing weaker by the second so I let him drag me wherever he plans on taking me. Soon somebody joins him and I open my eyes to see my room. I feel myself sigh in relief but as soon as I finish I cough out something, I think I hear somebody say blood but I can't be too sure.
I look around but I can't make out the people around me, I think I hear somebody say that I am extremely hot and my heart rate is incredibly high. I feel really sweaty too for the record, just hurry up and fix this. You guys can't understand the pain I am in.
Mizu: I really am sorry.