When Elvire stepped out from the house, it was still early morning, but the streets were bustling with people already. It stressed her out already, but she just said to herself that she would do it for her new family, that her new family would be proud of her and not disappointed with her immediately. She stuck close to Jaana and took her hand and squeezed it and looked comfort from it.
When Levin saw that, he started to sulk and pout, as Elvire didn't choose him instead, and he knew that he will hear about this from her wife and that Jaana will rub more salt to his wounds in the night.
Jaana just smiled towards her sulking husband and took the girl's hand and hold it and showed a smug face, as she had won the girls' trust first, and the girl depended on her more than to her husband.
The servants who saw this family comedy in front of them started to giggle a little bit, and it made Levin's mood plummet down more, but he admitted that his wife maybe did win this round, but he will get his revenge and capture the girl's attention to himself.
They both didn't know that this simple trip to the market was going to start a war between husband and wife to capture their child's attention to themselves.
Elvire was so nervous when they moved towards the market, but she was also excited, as she saw so many new things that captured her attention. And it was her first time to see some other races than humans. There were beastfolk, dwarfs, and elves along with the humans, and there were even some races that the girl couldn't name at all.
She was amazed at how different the other races could be and how they lived alongside humans here, and some even had partners from another race. She was also amazed by the clothes that the people used to wear, as there were so many different kinds of clothes and colors mixed in. She slowly started to forget her fear and stress and started to behave like a child. She was now so excited by the new things she would see and could maybe even touch. When Jaana and Levin saw this, they were happy, and Levin started to plan his move to get the child's attention to himself for now, and when he saw the honey-coated peanuts that the girl loved, he went and bought a small bag for the girl.
"This was the first thing you tasted here, and I remember how much you liked, so here you go for my princess," Levin said and gave the bag to Elvire.
"For me?" Elvire asked and released Jaana's hand and took the bag. Levin, who saw the situation, immediately took the girl and lifted her to his shoulder and said.
"I think you are safer here and have a better view of things while you eat those peanuts. So hold on tight and just look around, as I will protect you."
Elvire, who was amazed by the new view of things, said to Levin. "Thank you so much. It is amazing to view here, and the peanuts are great."
Levin, who heard this, was so happy, and his smile was so wide that it was sickening his wife, who thought when his husband has been so sly.
Everything was alright, and she was holding the girl's hand first, so shouldn't it be her right to be with the girl and introduce her to the new things and buy the stuff to her.
She slowly started to think about her war plan to capture the girl's attention back to her and take her revenge against her husband.
Elvire just enjoyed the new view of the city. She saw how the streets were bustling with people and how there were people in restaurants eating their breakfasts and how the shops were trying to attract people inside of there and sell their products to the people.
She saw how the city guards were patrolling the streets and ensuring the safety of the citizens and how the people of the church were spreading their religions and messages from the others. She saw adventures that were looking for an inn or place to spend their coins.
It was all so new to her and exciting that she didn't know how to react and behave. She also didn't know how to act there at all, as she has been most of her life traveling around and living nomads life. And now, when everything that you needed was in front of you, and you just needed to spend a coin to get them. It was so new to her who was used for hunting her own food and cooking it and making her clothes out from the leather what she got when she skinned the prey she caught.
So she still needs time to process all of this new information and things she could do before she could believe that this all was real.