Chapter 9:HAPPY PARTNERSHIP-I

I clearly remember determining that I'd surely get Earl Emire's oath of allegiance to me by today and I'm not telling that I'm backing out from it. Nope!~ Not even over my dead body! Yesーno, I mean to avoid me being "DEAD" it's something I MUST DO and can't call out at the last moment as it's FOR MY SECURED LIFE! BUT!!!!

"WHY IS RIDING A CARRIAGE SO DAMN DIFFICULT?!! WHYYY???!!" My hip and peach like ass is so sore! I'm crying for help! And fuck this bumpy road with dumbass rocks lying as if taking a sunbath to beauty-tan it's skin?!

"My lady, please sit properly! don't lean on the seat and don't use curse words at least when we're outside!!"

"But Mary I feel like my assー"

"DERRIÈRE!! should be the word, my lady...!" Uwaa! look at her being all red with embarrassment. Why, are the girls of this world too "shy" to spell out buttocks? Oh! then they should have the same feeling of shame and embarrassment when they harass a person by their silver tongue! Jeez!

"tch!...you could say eongdong-i* as well..." I pouted. No wait! Aren't we a bit off the topic?!

"No, Mary! What I mean to say is the carriage is too shaky and bumpy! I can'tー"

"Oh! We're here my lady! Look!" Mary pointed out of the window with her shining eyes towards the Royal Blue colored mansion occupying no-joke of a property size in the midst of beautiful woods.

"whoaa....!" My eyes widened up as well dilating my pupils wide in awe of it. Finally, we're on doorsteps of the Earl Emire's mansion.

I stepped down of my not-so-happy-comfy carriage with Mary carrying my working bag and to my surprise there are few amount of servants to welcome me inside the Emire mansion. Hah! it must be because I'm the daughter of Galliois house, the Galliois house that's on verge of "bankruptcy" due to the splendid amount of money I loaned. Yeah! Anyone would treat a freeloader with hostility! And this much coldness should be expected.

Suddenly I hear sort of hurried footsteps approaching near me, and within minutes Earl Emire stood in front of me.

"Sara Galliois greets Earl Emire, may Goddess Aeiyara's goodness and mercy be with you today and always" I gently lift my skirt with both of my hands, bowed my head slightly with an elegant smile on my fairly smooth face bending my legs to make a perfect bow. HOW'S THAT FOR A MAN WHO VALUES MANNERS MORE!!! NOW YOU MUST BE SATISFIED NO?? To not get humiliated like our last meeting I practiced my ass off to learn a perfect bow thanks to my Mom! She's the best etiquette and manners teacher you'll fine in entire Slavikenz Empire!

"Miss Galliois, how crude. I guess Lady Galliois is being easy on you with your etiquettes and manners classes that she forgot to mention most important step before visiting someone's house." He stared down at me standing firmly with hands at the back waiting for my reply, but I'm still new in this world so, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MISTAKE I CAUSED THIS TIME!! Lord!! I even greeted you perfectly, what a jerk this old moustache burrito is! What else is missed?! I'm sweating already!

"Ahem!...my lady, the Earl must mean about us coming unannounced.." Mary whispered to me.

"Oh! Ahem! I apologise Earl Emire but...I HAD SENT YOU A LETTER ABOUT MY ARRIVAL FORMERLY."

"?! WHAT?? But I didn't receive any letters from Galliois house this morning!"

HAH!~ And you think I'll spare you with just that?! You were about to lecture me about me coming unannounced isn't it you "aged poise of mannerism" ! Look at your face now, panicking now are we??!~

"oh?~ but your negligence about my letter of arrival couldn't be ignore as well am I right Earl?~" Huhuhuhu~ I'm gonna show you who's the boss now!

"excuse me, umm Earl Emire, the letter from Galliois house has arrived right now" A servant hands over the letter to Earl Emire.

"Ah! that's my letter that I send to you!~"

Earl Emire takes a look at the letter in his hand and another look at me with his straight face. Even Mary is speechless, following rest of the servants. It's awkward.

"There's the letter I send to you so it's alright now isn't it?"

"NO IT ISN'T!!!"

"WHOA!" That surprised me! Why is Mary and Earl Emire in sync?

"*Gasp!* ーI apologise Earl Emire! Kindly pardon the rudeness of this servant!"

"sigh... It's alright, let's go to my wife's room to carry out the treatment."

"You should've done this sooner why waste my time so much on lecturing? I'm not an idler as I look like..."

"THAT SHOULD BE MY LINE!!!"

*Sara Galliois shrugs*

"Anyways please follow me Miss Galliois.." With a serious face he guided us upstairs towards Countess Emire's room. He asked his servants to stay out of the room and only me, Mary and Earl Emire were left in the room.

"Sara Galliois greets Countess Emire, may Goddess Aeiyara's goodness and mercy be with you today and always" I greeted the Countess Emire who was in her bed leaning comfortably and gently smiling at me. She looks so frail, she has beautiful black curls , dehydrated lips and heavy dark circles under her eyes. The headache must be severe that she couldn't even eat or drink, or even sleep properly. My face itself made an expression of feeling sorry for the person who's sitting in front of me, gently smiling at me.

"How beautifully you've grown Miss Sara Galliois. Please don't stand on ceremony with me, you can call me Aunt Naviera. Your mother and I were good friends back then."

"!..you knew my mother?"

"yes...and the more you're growing the more you look like her, fufufu~"

"ah, is that so? I'm honoured" somehow I don't feel that much awkward now than before. I turn at Earl Emire sending him eye signals [Countess Naviere Emire is more friendly than you!] And he replying me with a glare [Shut up!]

"oh! but your mother has pretty pink eyes and you've ruby red eyes, how beautiful!~"

"y-yes.." I'm embaressed to be suddenly praised like this!

"Alright now Naviere, Miss Galliois is here to TRY her skills to recover you. Give her your permission to proceed further." This cheeky old man! What do you mean by "TRY"?! I clearly told you "I WILL" recover her! I absolutely can! Just you wait!

"oh my! but sweetheart (Sara Galliois) you don't need to push so hard! Even the knowledgeable doctors couldn't heal me and you are still learning so much at this young age. It's alright I'm content with the fact that you've come to visit me. Thank you for worrying about me." NO!! DONT!!! DON'T SMILE LIKE THAT DAMN IT!! It's all fluffy and warm in my heart but I still feel AS IF YOU'RE SAYING I CAN'T DO IT!!!

"no ma'am, I give you my word. I WILL, SURELY, heal you..."

"oh my!.."

"...both of you, please put your trust in me, if not...then at least on my SKILLS. As it's something that doesn't lie..."

"... alright, I give you my permission Miss Sara Galliois; I'll be in your care..."

"Alright, then first pleaseー"

"WAIT" UGH! NOW WHAT EARL?! I'm starting to get frustrated.

"My lady! no! please control your anger! don't break the glass tubes of essence oils by squeezing it too hard! our money will go away!~" Mary whispered to me while pleading, but ... WHY ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT MONEY AND NOT ME GETTING HURT BY THE GLASS SHARDS?! But it does make sense, my essence oils have done no harm instead they're the money cows for me! let's keep calm.

"what's the matter Earl? something doubtful?"

"Yes You.."

"EXCUSE ME?!" OKAY! I HAD ENOUGー

"..you, need to sign some papers before you do the therapy"

"oh...what papers are these then?" I flip through the documents kept on the table beside where Earl Emire is standing, reading with my eyes. While going through every page of the document I found out that it was actually a CONTRACT.

The terms of this contract is pretty much simple, Number oneーthe contractor and the contractee entered the contract under their own will; Number twoーthe contractee will treat contractor's patient with utmost sincerity and will put their all to heal them COMPLETELY as soon as possible; Number threeーthe contractee MUST heal the contractor's patient completely WITHIN A MONTH'S TIME; Number fourーif the contractee is unable to heal the contractor's patient completely then the former are to COMPENSATE THE CONRACTOR WITH 10 MILLION DILLAS AND WOULD BE PUT BEHIND THE BARS FOR 3 MONTHS FOR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY; Number fiveーIf the contractee is able to heal the contractor's patient completely within the above stated time then the contractor will pay them HOWEVER THEY WISH and will make an OATH OF ALLEGIANCE to the contractee. They're pretty "SIMPLE", leaving the last one; I like that one.

Anyways it's a do or die situation for me while for Earl Emire it might just be gamble. I'm gambling as well, gambling for my life.

"....here, I have signed it" I put down the pen and then the Earl checks for any mistakes but finds none then he signed it as well.

"very well. You can proceed with your treatment now"

"thank you Earl. Now, Countess Emire please lie down without a pillow.."

"yes..."

After that I took out the cleanser, the scrub, then the face mask sheet and the essential oil I made. Firstly I cleansed her face with the cleanser I made, it contains activated charcoal and Aloe Vera then I did the scrub, it has the same components as that of the cleanser but the cleansing granules are of rock salt it's good for skin; then the face mask is of thin sheet of cotton and Chamomile essential oilーit has two reasons why I used itーFIRST, it has anti-oxidants that helps reduce signs of aging and prevents from radial damage; SECONDーits good for tension headaches and it's soothing, helpful for anxiety or depression that may cause her severe migraine.

She found the smells unique and I chuckled at her curious self. Now comes the most important thing, THE ACTUAL AROMA THERAPY FOR MIGRAINESーI take out the essential oil of EUCALYPTUS and gently massage her head with it, pressing all the acupoints that may relax her headaches. I'm thankful for my past life's knowledge! And especially my professor who taught me about acupuncture and acupoints! If it's not for them I would've died like the storyline follows.

Soon the Countess fell asleep(AS EXPECTED!) and then the perfume I made to use for THIS MOMENT! I REVEALED IT! The perfume is called "SWEET SLUMBER", its TOP NOTES are lavender and peppermint, MIDDLE NOTE is Chamomile, BASE NOTES are Ginger and Rosewood; I asked the Earl to spray this perfume in this room two times a day mostly during morning and night and the skin care routine I could do it for her when I'll come the following days for therapy.

While returning back home the Earl bowed to me and wished me a safe journey back (WHICH ABSOLUTELY WASN'T!) but throughout the way back home I kept on staring at the road as the face of the Earl when his wife finally slept peacefully keep flashing in front of my eyes, the happiness on his face with teary eyes gave me satisfaction as a seller I felt proud. The therapy followed for almost a whole month, luckily the results were shown before the end of the time period as in contract. The condition of the Countess exceeded the expectations. Now she looks even more younger than her age, the Earl seems happy yet distressed. I guess I put too much mana in my products but it helped right?

I received my promised oath of allegiance from Earl Emire and Countess as well; and the fees? huhuhuhu! what do you think?! of course! 15 million dillas!! I need money right now as considering the state of my family and my business. I thought of asking 20 million dillas but I don't want to be a heartless villainess so 15 million dillas is not bad as well~

A new day has begun and the renovation of my shop has completed now I can start off my business and more 2 weeks is left before Viscountess Vanessa's banquet but I'm getting chills out of no where. Is everything gonna be fine? OF COURSE IT WOULD!~ WHO DO YOU THINK I AM??! JANG JEONG-AH WHO HAS TRANSMIGRATED AS SARA GALLIOIS! I will make through any situation and survive in this world!