Yui i noticed the scent of tobacco wafting from the woman.
Tobacco was a luxury product that only the few wealthy people of this country enjoyed, but the woman got her hands on them from sowhere.
The fingertips peeking out of her sleeves as she received the sweet potato were thickly callused.
Is she a musician?
The hands of the perforrs who play stringed instrunts were usually like this.
Yui i recalled the hands of her fellow nurse who played guitar as a hobby. They had similar hands, although there was a difference in the amount of calluses.
Yui i wondered which instrunt she played the lute or the zither during her musical performances.
There was also another thing that bothered Yui i aside from the characteristics that point to her being a musician.
The womans joints looked swollen.
This is
The woman noticed Yui i staring at her hands intently, so she hurriedly withdrew her them in her sleeves.
Musicians dont have pretty fingers no matter how you look at it, right.
She muttered while averting her eyes.
Yui i shook her head in response.
Im sure you spent a lot of ti practicing in order to play beautifully, right? There hands are proof of your hardwork, I think.
The woman lifted her head in surprise when she heard Yui is words, but she scowled right after, as if she just swallowed sothing bitter.
Theres a fool here.
Those were the words that the woman spat out.
Oh, sounds like shes got a sharp tongue, huh.
Well, Yui i just thought that that was probably how she was.
She couldve just ended things here and ignored the woman, pretending not to know anything.
However, Yui i couldnt do that, so she tried to talk to her again, albeit hesitatingly.
Ahm, your handsdo they hurt?
The woman was stupefied for a brief mont when she heard that, then she glared at Yui i.
None of your business.
The woman spat those words out. She stood up and strode hurriedly away.
I failed, huh.
Yui i had been too direct with her words, apparently.
However, the woman still brought the sweet potato with her, so she probably didnt hate Yui i to the extre.
And so, this was how she t such a peculiar court courtesan.
A few hours passed after that, and now it was ti for dinner.
i Na had already finished her shift, so they had their dinner together.
Todays nu was stewed sinewy at.
It was such a delightful dish that ward the body after being chilled by the cold winter breeze, and it also tasted twice as good after dipping the manju that ca with it into the broth.
Hmm, its warming from my belly.
Even left-over sinewy stew can be enjoyable by eating it like this.
i Na laughed as she gazed at Yui i, who was gulping her food as if trying to gorge herself with all the warmth of the stew.
Indeed, this stew was made from the scraps of at from those served in the concubines palaces.
However, this particular part of the at unexpectedly provided more nutrition; it was also an environntally-friendly dish because it didnt contribute to more waste. Thus, Yui i thought it was a great dish.
Yui i focused on her food, but after a while, just when the plate was about to beco empty, she decided to bring the topic of the court courtesan that she saw earlier.
i Na, have you ever t a court courtesan before?
Whats up all of a sudden?
Actually
i Na seed perplexed, so Yui i recounted what happened earlier during todays trip.
i Na sighed in admiration when she learned that she t her at the dumping site.
eting a court courtesan is already rare as it is, and yet Ah i t one, huh.
Well, I guess youre right.
i Na was moved, so she said those words, and Yui i also nodded.
At any rate, a court courtesans job was to enliven banquets.
Usually, both large-scale and small-scale banquets were held in the evening, and banquets held during the dayti like Cherry Blossom Viewing were very rare.
And because the court courtesan had to work during such events, it was only natural that they were night-owls.
Moreover, these court courtesans spent most of their days practicing their dance and song, and they rarely step out of their residence.
In short, Yui is daily schedule was completely different from that of the courtesans, moreso because shes a certified morning person.
Thus, the courtesans were like rare people the so-called rare characters in her previous world.
Whats wrong with that courtesan? Did sothing happen? Did she disturb you while working, or did she play a prank on you?
No, its not like that, but
Yui i hemd and hawed for a bit at i Nas question.
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