"FRESH ALUXIAN CORN!!! You will not see any stall selling this variety, sweet and delicious!!! Many women in my homeland consume it daily for their bebes!" A young with a tan complexion, black hair and red eyes shouted amongst the lively market.
He had many bushels of vibrant red corns and even had some young corn starts!
Kaida got a little curious when she heard it enriches breast milk, and then wondered if this variety has special properties.
"Yes excuse me! Are these first generation starts? And are they really from the Kaax territory?, if so I wish to buy all of them!" Suddenly, a lovely, young yumbo woman with two braids and green eyes approaches the stall and begins analyzing the plants for sale.
Carefully the girl looked and examine the young corn starts, from touching the leaves to testing the moisture of pots, as well as checking for pests.
"All of them? Young lady while they are for sale these particular plants are hard to transport and they're not cheap, so I would...." But as the seller was immediately cut off as the young girl pulled out three metallic bars and offered them. "Why these are!!!"
"Pure karat, polished platinum bouillons officiated by the top trade merchants of Aldenburg! This should be more than enough!" She smirked!
The man gasped at the girl's offer! It was worth 7 times more than what he anticipated to make!
Firion then recognized who this woman was!
"That is Lady Fara! She is Derek's daughter and princess of the Lunaria territory!" He revealed to Kaida.
"Wait, she's the daughter of that creepy man? But then again her mother is very pretty and nice!" She replied.
Her husband added in, "He can definitely come off as weird, but HE did help us by bring us the papers we need to travel."
While they chit-chatting, Fara wiggled her elf ears with slight annoyance, as she could identify that someone was talking ill of her father!
She pouted her face slightly, "Hey now I know papa can cause mischief but he does a lot for the people here and our citizens back home! Wait a minute...."
As she turned around she met the candid gaze of Firion and Kaida!
"AH....I know you!" She jumped with joy!
The next scene switches the three of them walking towards the estate of Nkiri's family, and as they do so, they understand more about her as the noble who carries the blood of an elf elite and her mother's white fang deva heritage
"I am relieved to see you are alive captain Firion! You and Kaida make a very lovely couple! Though my parents bring me here to visit and play with my extended family, I really wanted check the markets for rare crops to add to my personal garden at home, as future duchess of Lunaria I wanna learn all I can so papa can retire fast and spend more time with mama!"
As they walked along many villagers recognized Fara, with men and women, yumboes and devas all marvel at her stunning charisma and beauty! Wherever she walks, she captures the hearts of all who lay eyes on her.
"The moon princess graces us again!" "Do you think she's engaged yet? Do I have a chance?" "Everyone in the Ironearth clan is beautiful in case you have not noticed."
"Hmmm...Ironearth whats an Ironearth?" Kaida questioned.
Fara provided an explanation, as Nkiri was originally from a nomadic clan called the Ola, after they died off she met her husband Arafa, who also hails from an ancient group, and settled here in Taraji where they built their family over centuries and became well known for their contributions in society.
By extension, Fara is also a member of the Ironearth family as her mother is Nkiri's long lost niece, so she is seen as another grandchild.
"I still remember when I was just still learning how to walk when I first met Bibi, she did not like my dad very because he was not from Junai, but mama did not accept that, as she told her that her name was Nafula Moonspeaker now and that he was family regardless! Though papa still gets on her nerves, she realized her bias and acknowledged him as family as she loved her niece too much. She also wanted to get know me because I was too cute!" She casually explained in great detail as her braid swished back and forth as hands remained folded behind her back.
Firion was surprised this, for a man who always appeared as cold and indifferent, he is learning that Derek may not be the cruel duke he perceived him as, but rather a humble man who understood his position and the earthly humility that keeps him more grounded.