Princess Thief part 3
The town is full of people and I am glad I stole some pedlar's clothes and a cloak, allowing me to move through the crowd without standing out too much as I wander through the streets. I begin to smell what I would assume to be a bakery, with the smell of wheat and yeast. I follow the smell and find my way to a corner bakery and walk in. Looking around, I inspect the products and I over hear the baker speaking to his wife: “We need a new apprentice to help run the shop while we are baking, we aren’t making enough product to help keep up with the demand!”
“We haven’t had any new apprentices come through since the spring, and with the harvest coming up, we will need all the help we can get.” Picking up the bread in front of me, I make my way over to the couple.
“Excuse me, but i couldn’t help but overhear your conversation. Could I perhaps be of assistance? I am wandering through the area and I appear to have no place to stay,” since I have enough gems to get me by, the experience of working could do me some good, “All I ask is for room and board in return for service.”
The couple exchange a look and seem to decide that they are desperate enough to accept me, the wife approaches me and begins to describe the tasks I would need to do to earn my stay: helping customers, doing money trade, and stocking shelves in the mornings and removing product at nights. I agree to the terms and ask when I begin.
“Well, dear. We are quite busy now so if you go clean up in the back, I could use your help with some customers,” she leads me to the back and shows me to the wash bin. “Clean off your face and put an apron on and come meet me back up front.” and she leaves me to prepare for my new life as a commoner. No longer am I the Princess Thief.
