I opened my eyes slowly, as the bright sun shine in my face. Another day of people staring at me, I get out of bed to bathe and change into my baby blue dress.
After bathing and putting on my dress, I look at myself in the mirror. I'm so beautiful, I put on my shoes on and headed out the door. I live on a small cottage in the forest, I walk down a path that takes me to the village market.
"Good morning Ms. Marylee" the butcher waved at me.
"Good morning you too"
"Good morning Ms. Marylee" the florist waved at me.
"Good morning you too"
After ten good mornings, I made it to the veggie stand. "Ah Ms. Marylee my daily customer, what can I get you today?" Mr. Woodwork said
"My usual please"
"Minnie can you get me Ms. Marylee order"
Minnie nodded her head from behind the stand.
"That'll be 200 toins"
"That's a lot, just yesterday it was 60 toins" I said as I counted my toins
"Yea things got crazy, the queen raised up the fee on the stands" he shook his head "now it's 700 toins a moon to keep the stand, so I had to raised the prices"
I put the toins in his hands and took my veggies and put them in my bag I made. Wow 700 toins to keep stands now, it's not long until she raise the taxes to the point I can't pay.
As I'm walking I see there's empty spots where stand usually be. Wow the fee is hurting a lot of people, as im looking around a nobleman stopped in front of me.
He got on one knee, oh no not this again he pulled out a box.
"Mary Marylee can I have your hand in marriage"
"Sorry but I'm a lowborn"
"I don't care if you're a lowborn, you're the most beautiful woman I have ever laid my eyes on"
I looked around there's eyes on me everywhere. I looked down at the man, my heart started to race.
"Sorry but I have to say no"
I walked away from him, I don't even like men ugh.
The next day
More stands disappeared Mr. Woodwork said the queen went into a rage. He said she came here and destroyed some stands, but she was nice enough to pay for the damage.
She truly is a tyrant, then he told me there's a rumor that made her mad. People say that she's cheating on the king, she's having intercourse with the maids.
It's weird that a queen is having intercourse, it's just lie right?. As I'm walking another nobleman was in front of me, on one knee with a ring in his hand. Saying the usual words instead of my usual excuse I slapped him really hard.
"YOU WITCH, YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT" he yelled as I walked away. I can survive for three days without eating I'm planning to stay in my home for three weeks.
Two weeks later
It's been half a moon since I slapped the nobleman, yesterday I payed my taxes that was 300 toins. I'm sitting on my chair in my room reading a book.
Until I got startled from someone banging on my door, "Coming!" I get up and run to the door.
"How may I help youuuuuuuuu"
"Well hello there"
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