Few days later, at the break of dawn, the air smelled earthly due to the previous night rainfall complimented with crisp sweet smell of a freshly baked cake.
As an early riser, lady Eun-hye takes her morning ritual seriously, baking. Coupled with the fact that she loves food. That morning, she woke up with a throbbing pain at her pelvis. Her monthly visitor and deadly enemy visited , this time with a grudging fierceness that woke her up earlier than usual.
Taking solace in her baking, she made alot of sweet cakes defying her body's natural command to sleep more.
At the main courtyard where the master of the compound resides is her father seething in anger. He received a letter from the prime minister last night, seeking apology from his troublesome daughter to the prime minister's daughter. According to the letter, the incident happened in the city's library.
Being unable to contain his anger any longer, he sought for her at once personally. Threatening to cut her monthly allowance, he stormed out to her courtyard breathing fire.
Eun-hye rubbed over her stomach trying to ease the pain a little. On the fire besides her is a pot brewing ginger tea. A strong relief to dysmenorrhea. Waiting impatiently for it to be done , she heard her father's angry voice screaming her name. She knows what happens when that voice addresses her. Seeking a corner to hide she knocked over the pot of tea and cursed under her breath.
Just then , like a savior, her personal maid arrived and cajoled the man into leaving, promising to find the young miss herself and relay the message.
The whole household awakened to the sound of the master's angry voice and scurried out to their respective duties taking care not to annoy him.
The maid walked into the kitchen where her young miss was baking. Bringing up the knocked over pot, she added ginger and other medicinal herbs and set it on fire.
"Miss, you can come out now. He is gone". The maid said while fanning the fire making sure it gets strong.
Lady Eun-hye gave out a strangled exasperated groan, pressing both hands on top of pelvis she came out of her hiding place. Her maid saw the cold sweat coming out of her miss's forehead and let out a low muffled cry. She looked at her maid feeling amused and waved her aside telling her to concentrate on brewing the medicine for her. Settling herself down , she winced in pain uttering profanity under her breath.
"Why was father looking for me?". She finally asked while drumming her fingers over her stomach. The maid gave her a summarized rundown of what happened.
Smirking, she thought to herself. (So the little arrogant lass is really the prime minister's daughter?). Her maid saw her miss's lips curving upwards and couldn't help but ask her why she's smiling under such situation when it's clear she will receive some scolding from her father.
"Why would father scold me when I clearly had a little misunderstanding with my friend?" .She answered her lips curving wider. (Little lass, you just woke up a sleeping tiger. pft... trying to get my father to punish me? In your dreams! Watch and see how I frustrate you.)
The poor maid shuddered when she saw her miss's sinister smile. It means only one thing, she's about to play with someone... in a very bad way. But wait a minute, something is very wrong. Since when did her miss make friends with the prime minister's daughter? Well, it's not like she follows her around. Dismissing her suspicions , she poured the tea into a cup handing it over to her.
The miss hurriedly drank her tea . Feeling a little bit of refreshing relief, she dragged her maid to execute her first set of plan.
"Father! I heard you have been looking for me". Lady Eun-hye ran towards her father acting innocent. Her father's earlier anger lessened when he saw her cute innocent face.
"What did you do to the prime minister's daughter at the library?". She folded her hands akimbo acting like a spoilt child. Looking at her father with a moistened eyes she told him that they were just playing. "My beautiful sweet potato refused to allow me go home so I poured a tiny pinch of ink on her dress". She demonstrated the tiny pinch with the coming together of her thumb and index finger.
The man looked at her daughter with confused expression. The girl narrated the well thought out lie she composed. She went to the library to read with her sweet potato but had wanted to go home when her sweet potato urged her to stay longer refusing to allow her go so she 'accidentally' poured ink on her friend's cloth. "I even paid for it".She added and completed her story.
He almost bought the story, but wait a minute. What's up with the sweet potato part? He asked her why she's not not using her formal name. Eun-hye nearly cursed out but composed herself. Who knew the arrogant girl would try to find her . It's not like she asked for her name so how in heaven's name was she supposed to know her ugly name.
"Father, that's how we address ourselves. She calls me sweet banana". She grinned.(What? Sweet banana? what in hell's name popped banana into my mind. I don't even like banana that much.)
Still maintaining her delighted face. She asked"Father, what did they write in the letter? I can't believe my sweet potato will tell on me".
The man burst into a fit of giggles. Who knew the prime minister's daughter had such a hilarious nickname. Sweet potato?. Well, it's something his daughter can do. Composing himself back , he asked her to go visit and pacify her 'friend'.
"No!". The word left her mouth before she could stop it. The man raised his left brow as in asking her what she meant by no.
She flashed a cute smile and told him she has to buy something from the market for her first before making a visit. He laughed happily."And here I thought you didn't want to go see your sweet potato".
She begged her father not to call her friend that name as it is a secret name they use in addressing themselves. (What secret name? Father don't even go disgracing me with that name before I'm found out) .He agreed and turned serious. "Eun-hye, lady Seo-yun is someone you should treat with care. I'm glad you are friends with her so I advise you should keep her close".
Eun-hye almost strangled herself. Keep her close? She can't even stand her arrogance but now she is being stuck with her. Friend? well, she will show her what that word mean . Keep her close? well that's exactly what she will do. She will keep her close and drive her crazy.
With a final warning to behave herself, she hugged her father goodbye fretting over what to buy for her dear friend. She grimaced the moment she left her father's courtyard, throwing away her fake looks she seethed in anger.
"Little lass, so your name is Seo-yun?Hmm... Seo-yun wait for your worst nightmare. EUN-HYE is setting into combat mode . Wait for my second coming!!!". She shouted. Walking back into her room, she ordered them to dress her up in the most exquisite dress.
Several collection of different colors were displayed before her. Running her hands on the red and black dress with intricate design embroidered with her favorite rose flower, she nodded in satisfaction. Dressing up in the dress and most glamorous make up, she styled her hair into a half ponytail and used a single hairpin to complete her looks.
"Choi Seo-yun, here l come". Menacing laughter erupted from her throat sending her servants reeling in fear. For the first time in a long time, their miss is up to something evil.