Gardenia of Blooming Desire Chapter 118: A Piece of the Past

'DDuchess of Arion!'

Aster frowned upon seeing Ramuja's extre reaction. His frightened reaction reminded him of soone who just got sentenced to death. Ramuja was shaking, even his lips were trembling. He was holding tears that only welled in his eyes, but didn't fall to his cheek.

It looked like soone who went through horrible trauma.

"Ramuja? What happened to you?" Aster approached Ramuja. He reached Ramuja's head with his hand and Ramuja reacted wildly. He slapped Aster's hand hard.

"Ah!"

"NO, GO AWAY!" Ramuja scread like a madman. He was still on the floor, but his expression was so bitter and scared that he didn't even recognize his master. His eyes were focused on Lady rse who frowned slightly, but seed nonchalant with his behavior.

Aster rubbed his hand who just got slapped by Ramuja. His skin was very thin, against Ramuja's force, it got bruised easily and so blood seeped out of his skin. However, what bothered him right now was the reaction of Ramuja. He had that frightened face, like a dog who got beaten by his master many tis.

Aster followed Ramuja's line of sight and caught him staring at Lady rse like seeing a monster. Aster didn't know what was in his servant's mind, but he decided to block Ramuja's line of sight and squatted in front of him.

He held Ramuja's shoulder gently, to which Ramuja still tried to struggle. But when he saw the golden circle in front of him, he instinctively hugged this figure in front of him and buried his face to this figure's stomach.

"I'm scared, I'm scared, please help " Ramuja begged. He found warmth and safety in this person's embrace. He trembled no more, he tightly hugged this person, as if he was scared that he would be left alone again.

Aster gently rubbed Ramuja's hair and said, "Relax, Ramuja. You are safe with ."

After few minutes, Ramuja seed to have regained his consciousness and opened his eyes. He just realized that his face was in Young Lord's stomach and he had been breathing heavily, seemingly intoxicated with Young Lord's sll for a while.

Ramuja raised his head slowly and stared at his master. He was expecting Young Lord to be mad, but Young Lord's pupils turned golden for few monts before dissipated back to golden circle, he still retained his small smile though.

"PPardon this servant impertinence, Young Lord" Ramuja begged softly. He was ashad to have lost control in front of his master.

"I'm not sure what just happened to you, but it is fine," Aster replied.

"Aster, who is he?" Lady rse who had beco a spectator finally asked Aster. Aster stood up and replied, "This is my servant, Ramuja. He is here to assist , but he seems to have lost control."

Lady rse frowned dissatisfiedly, "If a servant is unable to control himself, you are supposed to replace him. A useless servant is a dead servant, rember that wise word?"

Aster knew that was the common rule in Golden Callia. Because the disparity between the aristocrats and serfs or slaves was huge, a slave could die under his master's hand and no one batted an eye. There was even a carnage of slave as an entertainnt for nobles, where the slaves would need to fight to death so his master could win the bet.

However, Aster was disturbed with such remark against Ramuja, thus he rebuked, "This servant is my favorite servant, I bought it myself and I trained him. Begging for Aunt rse's forgiveness if he is unpleasant to your eyes."

Realizing that Aster was dissatisfied, Lady rse retracted her words back, "Oh, Aster, I was hasty to make such remark. You are a kind person to have pity to a servant."

"Thanking Aunt rse's complint, but Aunt rse is also a kind person to ."

"Oh, I am, only to you though" Lady rse replied. She saw Aster as a gentle person who wouldn't hurt anyone before, now her impression doubled.

'Aster is such a sweetheart, he even pities a worthless servant. Maybe he is the one that would' Lady rse pondered in her heart.

"Aunt rse?"

"Ah, yes? Well, I'm going back to my husband's room. Do you want to see him?" Lady rse offered.

"What a coincidence, I still have to check the top floor. And I never see General Wirgard Thana, they said he is a big and strong general!" Aster said excitedly. General Wirgard was a military hero back in the days, he was the one who subdued naval attack from Great Kingdom Arctyr before finally a peace treaty was signed.

Aster only read about his heroic deeds in the book. Since General Wirgard appeared in non-military conference and party, he also didn't have children. So he was particularly unreachable to everyone except royal family.

Aster followed Lady rse to one room at the end of the corridor in top floor. She opened the door and went inside first, Aster followed her behind, but his step halted and he turned his head.

Ramuja froze. His expression was still terrified, although he seed to be calr than before. "Are you okay?" Aster asked.

"YYes, Young Lord, this servant will always stay beside you," Ramuja replied. Aster didn't understand the aning of Ramuja's last sentence, but he entered the room anyway.

Aster was very familiar with this big room. Because he spent years here. However, Aster's eyes were focused to a man in his late fifties, but he still looked gallant. He had strands of white hairs and his eyes were closed tightly.

"He has been like this for few months now, we don't know his illness is, but he often went through series of nightmare and then fell into coma for weeks before he recovered. This has happened nurous tis already," Lady rse explained. She sat on a chair beside her husband and held his hand tightly.

"Aunt rse seems to love General so much" Aster said.

"I do," Lady rse sighed, "But sothing happened and our relationship fractured. After that, my husband purchased a sex slave, a young boy, and he played with that slave day and night. That young boy basically replaced in bed."

"That's" Aster was unsure how should he react. To hear the news that General Wirgard was a pedophile was too shocking.

"That young boy was a southeasterner? He has brown skin and handso feature for a sex slave" Lady rse glanced at Ramuja who got tense imdiately and said, "Well, that young boy was similar to your servant, but he was very skinny. He is dead now, though."

"You executed him?" Aster asked curiously.

"Yes, he is too much of a nuisance to and my husband. I had him tortured and executed," Lady rse said nonchalantly.

"I see, that is good," Aster added, he was also nonchalant about this, "Sex slave is the lowest slave one could have. But their presence could destroy many relationships"

Lady rse's gaze brightened. She was happy that Aster supported him, unlike his husband who kept wailing about that young boy, "You understand so much, Aster. I'm just trying to save my marriage."

"Yes, Aunt rse, I understand."

Aster glanced at Ramuja's hand who still tightly clenched the hem of his shirt. Ramuja still looked tense and trembled slightly. Which made Aster suspicious in his heart.

" little deer little deer little deer" a husky voice broke the silence. General Wirgard was calling soone.

"Who is little deer?"

"Little deer is the na that my husband gave to that young boy," Lady rse sighed, "He keeps calling that na."

"I'm sorry, Aunt rse"

"No, It's okay. Soon or later, my husband would forget that young slut anyway. I don't know what did that boy said to my husband that made him almost crazy. You should be careful if soday a sex slave entered your house, Aster," Lady rse suggested.

"Yes, I will keep that in mind."

Again, Aster could feel that Ramuja trembled even more. Which made him almost self-confird his suspicion.

'I will keep that in mind'