Chapter 7

                                    

                                          
"Aha! Found it!" Leilin sounded victorious. They have been walking around for nearly an hour before finding the right shop that their feet hurt even before they can start looking around inside the boutique. "Welcome to my humble shop. Please look around for as long as you like" Keira was speechless. The entire shop was filled with extravagant clothes, some of them were even covered with pearls. 
    "This place is amazing" Keira admired the dresses one by one, the texture was soft and she just knew that they were comfortable to wear. "Do you like them?" Leilin knelt down beside her and Keira nodded, "I don't know what to get though. They're all so pretty" Leilin smiled "Then let's get all of them!" 
    "Okay su- WAIT WHAT?!" Keira looked at Leilin who was still smiling. "Let's buy all of the clothes" She repeated, throwing her arms up in joy. "Sister, that wouldn't be necessary" Keira tried to talk her out of the decision but Leilin was persistent. 
    "It's fine Keira. Also you need to start filling up your closet with new clothes. You're unfortunately starting to grow up" she heaved a sad sigh. Keira knew that they were rich but didn't think that it would get to this extent. "This is already the tenth boutique where she bought all of the clothes. Start getting used to it" Lucas's face was in his hands. She was actually serious when she said she'd buy all the clothes, she even bought all the men's clothes for Lucas and Benjamin. What a thoughtful sister. 
    "Just send them all to the Agriche Estate, I don't care how long it'll take just make sure they get there without any problems" Leilin passed bags of gold after gold to the owner who happily accepted them with tears in his eyes while repeatedly saying 'thank you' or 'this will be enough to feed my family for the next 30 years' 
    "Alright now that we're done with clothes. Should we get accessories next?" Oh dear lord. 
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    "Sister~" Keira wanted to drop right then and there. Her feet were killing her and Leilin didn't seem like she was close to stopping from looking around. "Leilin, we're staying here for half the month, we can look around again tomorrow" Benjamin was also tired but Leilin refused to listen, "Look! There's something going on over there" Leilin pointed at the center of the square where people were gathering up, they tried to peek but to no avail. 
    "This won't do" Lucas swished his fingers and all of them were floating, he brought the four of them to a nearby roof so that they could watch from above. In the middle of the crowd was Cosette, she was showing off her power to the people around her. "No wonder there's a lot of people," Benjamin scoffed and Keira clenched. 
    Seeing Cosette use the power of Beatrice so recklessly was making her blood boil so much she feels like she'll explode. "I couldn't believe she could be recklessly exposing her power, especially with this many people around her. Does she know that assassins exist?" Lucas commented
	"I honestly expected more from the so-called saintess. I guess I should have not had my hopes up" Leilin shook her head in disappointment. Benjamin looked like he was amused with how Cosette was freely using her powers. "If only you knew" Keira muttered under her breath but Leilin heard her, "What did you say Keira?" The black haired girl looked up to the older female, "Hm? I didn't say anything sister" she smiled and Leilin didn't push the question further. 
	"Let's head back. If we stay out until late then mom and dad might send out search parties" Keira offered, wanting to get the hell away from Cosette. They got down and walked away but were of course stopped by Cosette. 
	"Oh Keira!" Cosette yelled and broke through the crowd to run to them, catching her breath once she caught up. "I was hoping to see you guys here. What do you think about the festival so far?" Leilin stepped forward, arms crossed. "It's good, we've enjoyed it so far" her voice did not match her movements. She said that with such a kind and soft voice but her body movements were screaming 'go away' 
	"I'm glad to hear that. I heard that you just bought everything in Highland Boutique earlier. It's a shame since I was looking forward to visiting the famous shop." She placed her hand on her cheek and made a face that made her look sad. "But wouldn't your parents be mad that you spent so much money solely on dresses?" She smirked 
	Of course that news broke out like wildfire. 'Everything?' 'I knew they were spoiled but I never thought that it was to that extent' people started whispering and Keira clenched even harder that her palm was starting to hurt. "Pfft" Benjamin broke out laughing. Seriously this guy laughs at the worst times possible, "Oh I'm sorry" he wiped a tear that formed in his eyes for laughing so hard. 
	"It's true that my sister brought every single clothing from that boutique and it's also true that we used money from Agriche but our parents make millions every second that they wouldn't even notice if millions also left the bank" Benjamin said matter-of-factly. 
	"They make 10 million crimson kyats a day, make that 7 so they will have at least one gold bar at the end of the week. There are four weeks in a month so that means they make four golden bars each month. Using a million crimson kyats is nothing to them. In fact, our father might even get mad at us because we only used a million and say that we shouldn't live cheap" They all looked at him dumbfounded. Cosette blinked a few times before speaking 
	"1-10 million crimsons a day?! How is that even possible?" Benjamin smiled "Our family has produced a lot of successful merchants over the years and also because they have connections with companies that produce good amounts of money in only a mere second" he shrugged as if it was an obvious answer. Cosette bit her lip until they bled, now she was the one who was clenching. Keira couldn't help but smile, she felt satisfied with the way that Benjamin casually unfolded the net worth of the Agriches. 
	Call it bragging but it was enough to make Cosette shut up. "Brother, I'm tired. Can we leave now?" Keira tugged on Benjamin's sleeve, "Well, it seems like Keira is tired now. We'll be taking our leave" they turned around and started to recount their steps until they ended up at the entrance of the hotel they were staying in. 
	The earlier events could've turned ugly if the duke caught them. She was thankful that Benjamin was the one who handled the situation since Lucas would've eaten her alive.