Chapter 442 - A Place For Nobles

Lisa and Elina were trying to appear like nobles while trying to hide the fact that they were princesses, which was why Lisa went with a wig in the first place.

They walked into a clothing store and Ning waited for nearly half an hour before the two princesses could finish choosing 10 sets of clothes, including ones for Reever. Now that he was a prince consort, he needed to stop dressing like a commoner.

Once they were done, they left the area and went to another place at the behest of Elina. It was a jewelry shop with many different kinds of necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets, etc hanging on the wall in full display. There was a high-ranking Aether user there at all times to protect the store.

Elina seemed to really like the jewelry and started buying a bunch of it. Lisa, after having lived as a peasant for the last 10 or so years, didn't really care much for such materialistic needs.

After many requests from Elina, she bought a simple-looking necklace that also doubled as a storage device at a rather hefty price. Her heart bled when she saw the price, but as a princess the amount she had to spend was astronomical. Such that she could buy thousands of such jewelry in a year, and still have enough to buy it all over again.

Due to Lisa's insistence, they didn't stay in this place for a very long time and moved on to a food market.

"What are we doing here?

" Elina asked, looking around at what she would call a low-status market.

"Just buying some food ingredients,

" Lisa said, walking around the market. As Elina and the rest watched, she bought many things such as flour, vegetables, rice, etc.

She also bought quite a lot of spices before she was done.

"What are you planning to do with that?

" Elina asked.

"I've been wanting to cook for a while. After coming here, I've been missing my bakery, so I will cook this food,

" Lisa said.

"Why did you buy the ingredients then? There should be a lot of ingredients back at the palace,

" Elina said.

"Yes, but that's the royal pantry. I wouldn't know how much trouble I would create if I wanted to use as many ingredients as I wanted. So, it's better that I just buy what I will be using,

" Lisa said.

"But… isn't that a lot? You bought nearly 25 kilos of flour alone. How much food will you be able to make with that? You aren't planning to feed the entire palace, are you?

" Elina asked.

"Of course not,

" Lisa said.

"I will donate the food I make. There are less fortunate out there that can use the food.

"

"You've changed, sister,

" Elina said.

"Of course,

" Lisa said.

"I've lived as a commoner for over 10 years. While I may have been one of the more fortunate ones, I've seen how the less fortunate have to suffer each and every day just to fill their stomach.

"

"I know I can't change that, at least not with the status I have right now, but I can hopefully fill their stomach for even if it's just one day now,

" Lisa said.

Reever smiled when he heard his wife say that, and also got a little sad at the same time.

"What's wrong?

" Ning asked, seeing his sad face.

"Oh, it's nothing,

" Reever said.

"I'm just sad remembering that I won't be able to go help those people in the deserts now. I hope they find a way to get their food somehow with me not around.

"

"I see,

" Ning said. He made a mental note to go let those people know later on that they could go to the city on their own and sell their stuff for more money.

"Alright, I'm done,

" Lisa said after buying the final ingredient from the market.

"Let's go back now.

"

"What?

" Elina cried out.

"It's barely 2 in the afternoon. We still have a lot of time before we need to leave,

" she said.

"Where do you want to go now then?

" Lisa asked.

Elina thought for a while, and said,

"There's a place opened up not far from here where only the nobles are allowed to visit. Do you want to go there?

"

"Hmm? What is this place?

" Lisa asked. Reever got curious too.

"Hehe, I bet you've never visited a place like this before since it was only established in the capital two years ago and took the high ranking people by a storm,

" Elina described.

"What are you talking about?

" Lisa asked.

"Come, it's better to show you,

" Elina said and took the lead. They walked out of the place and went to a location that was a bit more… wealthy.

After walking for just 3 minutes, they reached a large building with flashy lights on it even during the day.

Ning looked up at the building and read the name,

"JERRY'S DELUXE CASINO?

"

Elina was trying to show off a casino place.

"What is this fancy place?

" Lisa asked.

"It's a casino, sister,

" Elina said.

"What's a casino, sister-in-law?

" Reever asked with his head tilted upwards to look at all the words in the building.

"It's a place where you can earn a lot of money using very little money,

" Elina said.

"It's a gambling place. You put in your money and play against other players or the casino itself and see if you can win money,

" Ning explained from behind.

"Gambling? Did you take us to a gambling den?

" Lisa suddenly got angry.

"No! This is more sophisticated than that,

" Elina explained.

"Come on in, you will understand when you go inside.

"

Elina walked first and walked in. The guards of the casino seemed to recognize her and let her in without question.

"They're with me,

" she explained to them and they let Reever and Lisa enter as well.

"What about the guards?

" Reever asked.

"Since miss has so many people in her group, you may take in 1 servant,

" the guard explained.

Without even deciding amongst themselves who would get to go in, Ning walked into the casino.

"Let's go in.

"