"How did you-
"What? How did I?" I acted as usual, but why is he being dramatic?
"Madam, you are so talented," he tells as if I had solved a tough chess ga.
"Why? Duke didn’t think about this?" I felt confused.
"No," he said, looking down.
Did I just make the duke look down in front of his employer? I have a feeling that I did.
"Sorry if I did sothing. But don’t tell this to the duke." I spoke.
"But-"
"I don’t know what you are thinking, but could you please not bring up this topic anymore? I’m not sure what is going on when the duke himself didn’t want to know, so I don’t think it is appropriate." I said this while checking the docunts.
"As you wish, madam," he said, bowing and walking away.
I was still so imrsed in the docunts, which made forget about the timing until Yuna knocked on the door.
"Yes?" I answered.
"Duke is waiting for dinner. Her voice has a loud pitch, as if she is annoyed.
"I will be there in a minute," I answered.
The voice disappeared with her. Such a peace until I heard her voice again.
Madam, the duke is waiting, "I was pissed.
I got up from the chair and walked toward the door. I opened the door in a hurry while she was about to knock. But I won’t be able to utter a single word, seeing the duke behind her as if it were all because of him. As if Yuna was pestering so many tis in a single mont because he couldn’t wait that much ti.
"Did I disturb you?" he said with a worried expression.
What if I say yes? What will you do? Will you show your angry side at last? Or will you kick out of your place because of this?
"Not at all," I said with a smile, and I walked with him toward the dinner table.
As I sat, he asked, "I heard you already took over your duties."
"Yes, I’ve already started working on it," I said while taking bites from the als.
"Do you have any doubt that I co-"
He didn’t even finish his sentence. I said, "I am already embracing everything I need to. I already took classes at a very young age. And I even heard that the butler was handling the mansion work, so he is here to help ."
"Oh yeah!" he said, his voice low.
"So there is nothing to worry about. You should focus on your parents."
I ssed it up.
"My parents..."
He asked.
"Oh, sorry, I didn’t an to eavesdrop, but I just accidentally ca to know about your parents," I said. My fingers were trembling when I accidentally picked up this subject. I know how my father used to look at when I did sothing he didn’t like, so I’m already aware of these feelings.
"Madam, could you finish what you just started?"
I’m getting scared.
"I wasn’t aware of the previous duke and duchess’s deaths." I didn’t know they were killed.
"Enough," his voice was loud, and even the way he hit his hand on the table was even louder than it looked, making my ears go numb for a second and making scared as hell.
"I’m sorry," I said in a low tone, but I think he didn’t hear and walked away from the table, leaving there in front of all the workers as if I were the laughing stock for them.
"Madam, should I take your al to your room?" Yuna breaks the silence.
"No, let it be. You guys can have your dinner. I’m returning to my room," I said while my feet led to my room.
My tears were again falling down my cheeks. I sohow reached in front of my room and locked myself inside until my surroundings turned dark all of a sudden.
"Yuna! "
"Yuna! "
"Can you hear ?"
I called in a high pitch but got no response.
I’ve already started trembling.
"Head butler," my voice started breaking already, but again there was no response, which made co out of my room and walk around in the dark. I already couldn’t see anything else around . The pitch dark is making blind, but still, I’m searching around to get a fire stick so that I can at least light up my room.
"Hello! "
"Is there anyone here?"
I asked nurous tis, but all of a sudden I heard footsteps from the north.
"Can you hear ?" I asked again but got no response.
Why does no one answer when I hear footsteps?
I still walked further so that I could reach his study, but suddenly sothing happened. My back hurts as if so kind of monster just tore so of my flesh from it. It hurts. I touched my back when I felt hot, watery things. Is this my blood?
"Who is it?" I still asked.
No response, but again, another slash hit my left shoulder, making fall to the floor. I did nothing. I couldn’t do it because I couldn’t see anything. I never get the training that a knight gets, so I’m all helpless while no one is answering my voice.
"Now you too will go to hell." Finally, I heard soone saying,
I’m not aware of this voice.
"Duchess of the North Region, Bernice Balliol, or should I say Bernice Balliol Agnes?"
That person is laughing at .
"Now please rest in peace. There is no need for you to be here anymore. Sleep for your entire life now," he said while a sharp object pierced through my stomach. I wasn’t able to utter a single word anymore. Not a single word ca out anymore, as if my vocal cord was broken.
Blood coming out of my mouth.
Now I can hear the footsteps going far from , and the lights too have started coming on their own, but I see no one beside .
Duke, where are you?
Are you that angry with that I made you unaware of your wedded wife’s death?
Am I the wife in your docunt?
I wonder.
My eyes slowly started closing, letting know I was dying.
But I don’t want to.
I don’t want to die.
Soone save !
Save , please!
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