Whatever is in this pouch, can change your life."
After saying this I opened it and showed her it's inside,
"This.., were you going to change my life with this. These are just seeds and that too probably of the Demausa plants, that plant is poisonous isn't it? why do you have them".
"Adriana, I know you are having your doubts about this, but believe me. These are no ordinary seeds. It's gold, gold for us.
This will be the first product of your merchant company."
"You know if I sell this whatever nonsense that you are giving me, my company will sink. This is not gold, it is a curse."
Adriana's interest had totally vanished so I continued, trying to catch her attention. "Adriana, you try and understand. There is going to be a drought in your area this year and most of the people will not have anything to eat and people will need something to replace their usual food, Just think about it, if we are able to sell these seeds then we can make a huge profit and cherry on the top is that this demausa plant needs only one month to grow. Yes, I know people think that this entire plant is poisonous. But I am telling you, only the leaves of this plant are poisonous, seeds are harmless.
And you probably have forgotten that, you and I are bound by a magic contract. Meaning, you and I are in the same team.
I can't do you any harm, nor can you. If you still don't trust me even after hearing so much, then I can show you by eating it."
I was about to take one and put it in my mouth when she stopped me and said, "Yes yes, I believe in you.Now leave all this aside and tell me one thing. How do you know that there is going to be a drought this year?"
I placed my hand on her waist and while pulling her towards me I said, "do you really want to know?"
My sudden action startled her, Adriana's throat became dry and she hurriedly said, "What are you doing, you promised me you wouldn't do this without my permission"
I was internally laughing looking at her panicked expression but controlled it and said, "I just promised you that I won't do anything wrong with you. I had not promised that I would not even come near you. What did you think, I am like your husband who will not even touch such a beautiful girl even after having her nearby. Whenever you try to know more about me, I will keep doing the same thing with you. I will also keep trying to come closer to you."
After listening to me, her mouth hung open and understanding what I said, she said. "n..o.. no, why do I have to know, what will I do after knowing?, it is getting too late. My husband must be looking for me right now. I should go. I will leave now."
But before she could make it out, I held her tightly, caressing her hair with my fingers and looking her in the eye said, "Adriana You probably don't know much about me so let me tell you. I am a slightly crazy man. I don't know who was there in your life till now, what was there, why was there but now your life is with me. So it will be good for both of us that no one else comes into your life after this, you know I'm quite the jealous type. I don't like it when someone tries to come between me and the person I thought as mine, especially the slave you brought here, disguised as a guard, he seemed to be spending a little too much energy trying to listen our conversation. When someone does things like this, it takes a lot of effort for me to calm down my anger. You might feel like I am warning you. But I am not, really just talking about myself, If you think I will try and force myself upon you then you are absolutely wrong. I am not doing anything with you, unless you want me to. I will never take you for granted. I will respect every single thing about you. You understand what I am trying to say right? "
Adriana nodded her head and said "you don't need to worry about that. I am not going to betray your trust."
This is my first victory, my first ally after coming into this world, an ally I found myself without relying on Prince and I was so happy that it couldn't be expressed in words,
In my happiness, I picked up Adriana and started spinning around.
Adriana was sacred by my sudden show of excitement and she grabbed my collar, out of instinct and closed her eyes, before shouting, "Hey, hey put me down you're scaring me"
After a while I put her down and said, "do one thing, sow these seeds and I promise that by the time of it's harvest, I will come back to you. You have suffered that man's oppression for years, But give me one month, just one month's time, I will come and destroy that man and free you from this bond".
Adriana was perplexed as I released a tiny amount of my blood lust to show the truth of my words, but soon relaxed after realising it wasn't directed at her.
"I will wait for you but you still haven't told me your name"
I clicked my tongue at my idiocy and said, "Christopher don't worry, it's my real name."
"Christopher happy Cooperation and hope you will keep your promise."
Adriana said, and left the room.
Adriana didn't say much. But I knew, she was very happy deep inside, not because she was going to marry someone else, but because she was at least getting freedom.