That made sense. The people here took their traditions seriously and everyone adored Al and Katie.
Abby, as Katie's relative, had become surprisingly popular as well. Especially since she had become headmistress. Mothers everywhere were grateful for her taking their children off their hands for a while so they could get more chores done.
But she wasn't only popular with the mothers. Many of the young apprentices in town seemed to have a small crush on her because of her unique appearance. There were a few unmarried foreigners in Raisha but none here aside from her.
She simply smiled and inwardly rolled her eyes because none of them were over eighteen. They were babies in her eyes.
One of them, a seventeen-year-old son of the blacksmith, had even proposed. Abby was forced to let him down gently. After that anyone else was too afraid to do anything but admire her from afar.
