Chapter 8 Time Square Part 1

"You said it's just not fair, the hell, why are we walking like 10 minutes? You are teasing me, are you!? " Yubin complained leaving Finn annoyed by her mumbling of complaints non-stop. They were looking for the dress shop that Finn told Yubin earlier.

"Stop complaining, we just walk like 4-5 minutes yet your making it as if we've walked for an hour. The shop is just there, if you're complaining because of your dress then let's hurry up so you could have changed," Finn said pointing to the nearest shop while looking at Yubin who seem to be annoyed by her dress.

"Fine!"

To her furious from Finn's cooperation, she cursed Finn to her thoughts like a wild boar ready to take over. She made her tiny legs following the 15-year-old jerk, and when she reached their destination, she sprints like an engine inside the shop leaving Finn to open the door for her.

She can't breathe that is because the dress is too tight that she might not bear using it. She came from the modern world where dresses only come on an important event or if there is such thing as good events.

They don't usually wear a dress because casual wear has taken over the modern era. So she hasn't worn dresses, only if she will be attending such a fancy event can she wear these dresses.

Her former clothing styles from the palace were more free size than today's dress. That is the reason for her frustration, she has to bear the dress for more than an hour.

"Good evening Lady and Lord. Welcome to Paradise Walls, where we make clothes for you, just seat back to be taken measurements and to wear a dress to your comfort zone." A girl with a bang as if she's a noble said, her hair that is silver looks like from a rich family, and her ethics as she welcomes a guest made Yubin startled.

It is because that lady seems to be the same age as her but she assumes she's more independent than her who live to bear the Royal Blood. Finn who stood beside Yubin looked at the lady and he bows.

"I like you to take her measurement and make a dress that should represent her appearance. We would also like to check some dress she could buy and a dress that she'd like to wear now." Finn said making the lady look at Yubin before she smile.

"Yes, I understand the demand... Lesia! You have a customer!" She said shouting the name of her colleague, she moved her sideways and the girl she called: Lesia, appeared from the counter of the cashier.

Lesia approached them with softness before she bows. "This is Lesia, one of our lady measurers who will take the Lady's Size." The lady who welcomed them introduced her colleague with her deepest sincerest.

"Good Eve, I will be taking care of the lady. Please follow me to the second floor, that is where we measure our ladies while the silver door at that path is where we display our dresses." Lesia said to Yubin and Finn nodded giving a warm smile that made Lesia blush Lesia is only a year older than Finn but when Lesia sees such handsome, she gives up a meaningful embarrassment.

Thought for Finn, he sees these natural moments of every woman. Yubin notices her embarrassment towards the smile Finn so she gives a glance to Lesia.

"I appreciate it if you take me to your measuring room now, I am quite impatient due to this dress that I'm wearing. You can flirt with him later when I'm out of this dress." Lesia looked at Yubin's when she notices that she still has a customer, she has forgotten her manners at all.

Lesia looked at Yubin's dress and she notice the texture of her dress design. For her, this is no ordinary design so she take her hands observing the dress and she looked once again at Yubin.

"Miss, this dress, I presume this is a creation of Durete Sevli, a famous dress designer in this kingdom. May I ask, who are you? " For Yubin to wear a dress of a maker she hasn't heard, only then she realized how foolish of her to discriminate her dress when it's made especially from a famous Dress Maker.

When Lesia asked her who she is, Yubin left with galp. She thought to herself, how foolish am I not to think that this is eye-catching to some people. She give Lesia her fake smile and bowed.

"I have lost some of my memories of who I was, however, I've been living on the Royal Palace as the Queen's Guests, and the King has given me a temporary nickname, I am Phine." Yubin introduced herself thought she knew, she had enough from lying to her name when she remembers that she is Sapphire. She give a grief sigh at the top of her lungs when Lesia started walking.

Finally... Lesia looked at her, before they enter the door of the measuring room, she first looked at Yubin. "Pardon me for asking, are you perhaps the rumored 'Slave' that was saved by the Queen?" The unexpected question made Yubin gulped, even though she expected this, to begin with, she can't hide but get less concerned about this matter.

She is Sapphire Pheobe Militia Adilara but she was to be referred to as 'Slave' instead of a 'Princess' a ruler rightfully heir to the Adilara Crown.

She gives her frail smile.

"Yes," she answered.

Lesia saw her face gone to gloom so she stopped asking to lead her to the room she was meant to lead her. Lesia softly opens the empty room appearing to them are three full-size body mirrors at both sides and a small platform at the middle.

"Miss come, will be taking your dress up before we proceed with the measurements." Lesia pointed at the side where different dresses were showcased to the customers who wanted to buy some dresses and to see their perfect sizes.

When Yubin followed her, Lesia nodded before she remove the ties on Yubin's back.

Having Yubin undress and be dressed, it took them quite a while to be done so Finn was looking at the dresses designed that were recommended to him by the crews of this shop. He touched the fabric of the dresses and then to another one until he found something he's looking for.

"These fabrics?" He asked.

"Oh, Lord, this is a very rare fabric. A fabric produced by the North, it's a high-quality fabric. Though it's a shame, this is the only fabric we had left since we can't enter the North anymore." She said pointing to the amazing texture of the fabric representing the moon-like stars surrounding the fabrics.

"Hmm, it's a common fabric that I do only seen rarely. The measurements are good for her, I'd take this and that dress over there." Pointing to the dress he was buying for Yubin the crew member nodded giving him the confirmation that they are listening to his orders.

Finn looked at another dress, it's a rather casual dress but the fabric and the design stole his glance. The purple crystals shining through the casual dress with the transparent clothe under the shoulders.

"This is the newest design, the crystals and the fabric used in this dress came from the Ethereal Kingdom. They are quite common as a summer dress on that kingdom so it's a very passionate dress. We also have sizes of which you prefer from, this dress is a free size unlike others that it has nothing such as sizes." Finn nodded and he touched the dress.

"Good, please make Pheobe wear this as a replacement for the dress she was wearing earlier. Send the dresses on the Palace under the Queen's name: Esmia Castaline and Lord Finn Delattre." Upon hearing the name of the biggest people, the crew lost her speech and she suddenly bowed like some servant who is not aware of their lord.

"Perhaps, are you Lord Finn, Milord? I apologize for not taking you seriously earlier. I will atone any punishments that you would like me to take." Honestly, Finn was on hiding his identity but seeing someone bowing to 'just' and 'soon' to be a lord made him looked back.

When it comes to status, Finn felted that he was only respected because of his status not because he was born as a human equal to them. He was taught how to become a perfect heir, but he lacks the 'passion' of becoming one so his father isn't fond of him.

For Finn, all people are equal. He rather seems to be displeased by how they treat him when they discover his identity. As a child born in a house which made him cruel, he lacks the understanding of why his father has to kill her mother to how is he enduring abandoning his child.

However, he didn't think of it seriously. He started reminiscing the day he meet Sapphire, the girl who slapped him despite being a slave. The girl who protected him from his malicious bully, Lord Wilhelm, and the girl who supported him in his fight for his father's affair.

She who has no status, no name but a slave was able to save him a Lord who has everything, has status, has a name to the brink of snapping.

Finn looked at the crew and he smirked. "You don't need to bow, I do not need an atonement to someone who does not take me seriously." The woman left galping to her lungs leaving Finn staring at the dress he preferred her.

It took few hours for Yubin to get her new dress in and to measure her size. When she was done, she was kinda surprised that the new dress picked by Finn is kind of her liking plus it's very comfortable.

She set her foot and she felt light, she moves her low heel boots and she felt comfortable. She looked at Lesia when she said, it's time for her to show Finn the dress he picked, Yubin warmly nodded.

She took her way down to the stairs when she saw Finn about the sofa taking the tea in his hand. Yubin waves her hands in excitement unable to hold her back but something strange happens, when she was about to go down, she stripped her foot creating her out balance.

She was looking for something to hold on to but she can't touch anything, when she was about to fall slowly to the ground, she closed her eye's and waited to feel the pain, however that didn't happen as she felt a soft and warm touch on her back.

"Goodness, you are always so clumsy." She started opening her eye's and what appears before her eyes were nonother than Finn, his shining gray eyes washing away like a worried on a deep moon.

Finn smiled but that made Yubin embarrassed of her action. It was at that moment she realize that Finn is lifting her in a princess style.

"I was just excited to show you the dress, I didn't think I'd fall. Can you put me down now, this is embarrassing seriously." Yubin mumbled under her reddish cheeks resulting in Finn chuckling.

He has never seen Yubin this embarrassed, might be because he sees Yubin as a woman with a strong will without the act of being cute like this. He lifts Yubin bringing her down to his arms and assisting her to stand.

"Be careful next time, I might not be here when you fall next. So always take good care of your surrounding, it might be also best if you try practicing not so clumsy all the time." Finn sounded like Yubin was a clumsy girl that it made Yubin misunderstood Finn's warning and she looked at him.

"I wasn't clumsy! This just happened because I was excited! Dammit, I'm out of here." Her furiousness was caused by Finn misinterpreting her attention and she run towards the door.

"PHEOBE, WAIT!" In shock, Finn followed her outside but what surprised him was Yubin's disappearance at the shop's door. He looked anywhere yet he can't see her, something isn't right at all, she looked everywhere but he can't find her trail.

His eyes glow, he immediately runs towards the places where she would be, looking around with only her appearance, he gulped in worries thinking that 'She disappeared out of nowhere!' he was about to panic when he remembers something.

Calling the Royal Shadow guards that were intended to watch her, he looked at the people at the crowds and the people following but they seem to also be out of sight.

"Shit! "

He cursed, thinking what has happened to Yubin.