It wasn’t like Cid needed more than two others working for the bcksmithing business and it wasn’t even situated in the capital, like where Leonard's jewellery crafting shop was and where he now lived, but the bcksmithing shop had done enough for them to live well back then…Back when both of his parents had been alive…
Agitated, because Leonard ‘acted’ like he wanted to do well, Cid knew that Leonard only wanted to own the bcksmithing shop and get all the ‘special and unique’ tricks that had apparently been up his father’s sleeve!
But really, was that all?
Was there really nothing else?
Maybe the bcksmithing shop was on a gold mine or something!
It really can’t just be the so called ‘special and unique’ tricks that was apparently located or hidden in the shop…
Cid found that piece of news quite comical actually…
At first, Cid had been forced to help his stepfather’s business but never did either of them think that Cid had a natural talent of making fine jewellery!
When Cid had made two things, that came out to become quite popur, Cid had stated that it was a ‘special’ trick of his father’s…And since then, Leonard had been antsy about the bcksmithing shop that had gone in Cid’s name upon his mother’s death.
Cid was sure that he hadn’t made it to become some legendary type of work…But now it seems to have become that over the years.
It was true that his father had tricks, but he had told most of them to Cid, never having written them down…In fact, the knowledge that his father gave him was more generalized, not as specific as he thinks Leonard might think it out to be.
For bcksmithing, and what Cid was using to make his Jewellery, his father had only stated three points on making a masterpiece…
First off, his father had said that the basic things matter! Like the colour and type of wood or how hard the metal was…So, Cid found that to also mean quality, when he grew up.
Then, his father had said that a design needs to have something that stands out from the rest! He had meant something like that of a signature or a type of finishing design on some armor…It needs to be an original!
Lastly, his father had stated that one size does not fit all! Again, his father had been talking about armor!
Cid had taken in all this knowledge from his father and just changed some of the words or ideas for jewellery crafting. So, instead of a good type of wood for a hammer, it was a smooth as jade stone or gem. He would also use the same type of thing for the design, making the piece of jewellery one of a kind. And, of course, the st one was something Cid had only gotten better at tely…Because of one certain person and a sudden attraction…
But no…There was no ‘secret notebook’ that held all his father’s ‘secrets’, and no secret compartment that had the secret notebook…
Cid really wasn’t sure how that came to be something ‘real’…
It had been a strange situation because Leonard had thought that anything that El, his mother, had owned, would have gone to him, after all, he had been the husband...But he did not realize that David and his parents had intervened along the lines, years beforehand, and had made things difficult!
Yes, from Cid’s father’s death, David’s parents had already managed the bcksmithing shop, keeping the shop quite private from Leonard’s eagle eyes…And it still didn’t stop Leonard from making his own books in ‘evidence’ for him to attempt take the shop for himself!
If he could just find that notebook then he wouldn’t be dependent on such an otherwise worthless spawn!
Cid wasn’t stupid, he knew that Leonard had already started to ‘manage’ the pce, slowly at first by going there once a month, to now going there once a week.
He’d ordered for the books for him to read and ended up making a copy for himself, yet, it had not been enough!
Secretly, it had been six months that he had been able to get a hold of those who were using the bcksmithing shop to stop using it, to make this ‘evidence’ of the shop to state it was now something that Cid should give to him to ‘help’ because of no profits were coming in anymore.
The problem was, even if Cid was thinking about moving out, Leonard seemed to have no intention of letting him go, only wanting him to work harder and harder!
Yes, he was more of a sve to this added family of his, not a stepson or stepbrother…
Leonard never used to be so popur, only having done jewellery with stones and had made bracelets and neckces. He hadn’t been that poor, but he had been far from rich, yet Leonard seemed to be known in the social circles and sometimes was able to see those who were rich.
But now, now that rings, tiaras and even earrings were being made, the demand for his jewellery had risen more than double in the st five years!
The problem was, anything new that came out, was because of Cid and his ‘special’ trick, which meant that Leonard was depending upon Cid to continue to bring out more different varieties…Which meant, never letting him go!
Cid could only shake his head, to Leonard still believing him that he was still using a ‘special trick’ from his father…How many tricks could his father had made in the way for jewellery, when he had been a bcksmith…
Could a man be this gullible?
His father’s ‘special’ tricks had run out long ago!
About two years after doing this job for most of his day, nearly every day, Cid had been coming up with ideas all on his own! It was only the guidelines of what his father had left for a masterpiece in bcksmithing that Cid was using now!
…It seemed that if Cid told Leonard that though, things would probably take an even worse route then the path he was on now…No, he was gd that he had something to hold over Leonard…If he could just keep up this act a little longer…
“Oh! Ethan, nice to see you!” Cid stated, really gd to see the person who was sneakily poking their head around the side.
“How could you! You know that is the Princess, yet you dare call her a male’s name!” Leonard stated, hitting Cid on the back of the head.
Cid frowned and put a hand to his head and then nodded to the princess, “Bethany.”
Again, another hit to the back of the head from Leonard, “It’s Princess Bethany, Boy! My…I sincerely apologize, Your Highness! Quick boy, get on your knees!”
“Please…Sir, it’s fine. Let me punish him myself!” The Princess stated, with all her strangeness coming away from the corner of the room.
“Yes, of course, Your Highness!” Leonard stated very formally, then, before walking off, he gred fiercely at Cid. Whether he wanted to or not, he had to stop the conversation…Which was a big reason why he disliked the Princess constantly coming to see Cid…
He had to go and find Steven or Freddie, to try and get them to somehow get the Princess away from Cid again…
For…As long as the Princess is there, he could only act like the stepfather…But, as soon as the Princess goes away today, he was going to tell that boy to work longer tonight! He was angry! He was always angry when it came to Cid!
Cid let out a deep breath and smiled at Princess Bethany, “You have come at a good time!”
The Princess smiled and sat down, not having to bother about a dress, because she wasn’t wearing one today! It wasn’t the first time, nor did Cid think it would be the st!
Princess Bethany had dressed up as a male and come out to py, which indeed was something strange to everyone else but him. No one seemed to be getting used it like him…No one seemed to accept her as she is…Unlike him…
No, he liked her very much just the way she was!
“I’m gd you think so!” She stated happily, “When I left st time, you were cranky!”
Cid nodded and hummed a reply, putting the books from the shop away, not wanting them to attract the same conversation again anytime soon.
“And when Cid is cranky, I think it would be good that he stays away from everyone!” The Princess continued to state, looking at two people nearby as though she wanted them to get the message.
“I stay away from everyone? I shouldn’t have to be the one to leave!” Cid stated, busying himself with getting his table ready to continue on with his job. Just another strange conversation…The silly Princess wants to bait him…
“But if you…Do you expect everyone else to leave? How is that fair?” The Princess asked with innocent eyes. “Is it not easier to move one, instead of many?”
Cid looked up at her for a moment, then looked away. Her eyes were too…Pretty, so he shouldn’t look and loss his concentration! “This is where I work, everyone else can leave!”
You’ll have to try harder Princess…
