Never did everyone in the village could imagine what would have happened to the house of their commoners' friend - Victor. He's one of the responsible people there. He’s everyone's friend and companion. No one would have held a grudge against him in the village so everyone was confused, hurt, and pained about what had happened to him and his family. They can feel his loss that greatly affected the whole village regarding that he’s one of the good people they’ve all known in their lives.
Especially that the family never offended anyone there. All of the family members were hard-working with their own money. So they have no clue why did it all happen. The village that morning went to confusion and worry. Their reason was - they might think that if there was one house in the village that was composed of a friendly person got burned - then the next thing they'll know was one of their houses will be the next target
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░37░ Gordon'I know that the duke was behind this mess, but why? Guess I'll just have to play along with what game he's leading us into'He thought as he looked seriously averting his sight at the house and looking from afar with such distant cold lonely eyes he had'The world is full of evilness. Yet, there’s only rare people who do good to another'He deeply thought as he sighed a long one. He was now walking back to where he was before being followed by the knights respectfully. He went there until the knights had left the burned house and set their feet a meter outside of it continuing to bow in front of him.After walking out of the burned house, he immediately looked at the small book inside his pocket containing all the information about the commoners living inside the village. When he looked at the name Victor Polly his whole body went numbed and paused for a moment'That's why his name felt familiar with the overall information that I've gotten about him from one knight - it
Early morning, inside the imperial palace All were seemed like doing their normal routine as the servants do the assigned tasks they were doing. While the emperor was busy with some paper works, the empress, on the other hand, was having her morning tea in the garden with her two princesses.Wilhelm, being the crown prince, must have already woken up and have already attended his first private lesson for the day. But because of his exhaustion and curiosity of reading the book, he went to sleep only after he finished reading half of it as he put it again on his bedside table's drawerThat night was the night that he barely have time to sleep considering sleeping at past midnight just by reading a book. There, inside his room he was peacefully sleeping with his messy silver hair all over his gorgeous pale face pointed nose, red thin lips, and perfect body. He sleeps in an unusual position but that doesn't matter to him, what matters is that he got to sleep comfortably. Even if it means
"You never really cared about me in the first place, you just used me as one of your tools for revenge, right Psyche?" a sad torn broken man said in front of the lady who was drinking wine inside the library of the Killford dukedom.Instead of answering, the Lady just smirked at the man's reflection from the large window she's facing while the man faced her long backless dress making him see her pale body."Shouldn't you worry more about your fiancée than just a mere stranger like me?" Psyche had finally said sighing as she faced the guy who's so gorgeousThat his blonde hair was shining brightly at the rays of the sun striking his figure in place with his blue eyes seeking for an answer, pleading that the lady in front of her was just lying or angry for the moment."Stranger? Psyche we're family, you're my sister! Yet you made me fall in love with you!" the blonde-haired boy - who was Aiden K
"These apples seem nice, Mary! Going to buy them for my little brother" Iris who was turning thirteen for a few days said to Mary, the daughter of the fruit vendor as well as her best friendThey were in Laufer's street where vendors sell goods, it's part of the market in the empire.She knew that her brother loves apples so much and so after working part-time in cleaning the bakery that hired her, she always bought food for her family as her father and mother are also working on their mini-farm."You always seemed happy, Iris! I hope you can stay that way!" Mary said smiling while Iris was handling the apples that she bought and just smiled and winked at Mary."That's just my personality, Mary! Trust this girl will never change and will always be the girl you'll see buying apples for her little brother and family!" Iris said smiling brightly at Mary as the sun shines captivated her view for a while
"So have you finally thought about my proposal?" the sister of the emperor, who was formerly known as Princess Analize was now Duchess Orden, said to Arthur in the imperial palace who was currently sitting on the large chair as the emperor while she sat for the guest's seat"Are you sure you want this? I think Duke Maxwell's eldest son Damon was against the idea of tying him up with my daughter knowing how he reacts when my daughter gets overly obsessive towards him" Arthur, the emperor, said worrying about his daughter's behavior"Oh please let her be, Damon was just playing hard to get. What I want you to understand is about the proposal of the Morgan family, about their mining business" Duchess Analize cleared what she was saying earlier making the emperor's worried face wash instantly replacing a large grin"Yes and consequently, because of the said evidence, they've been stripped out of their titles. We're curre
The knights in our duchy were so easy to manipulate. Not minding some cat's noiseDamon thought while walking ahead to town with his long brown coat he put on earlierNever did he know that he was being observed by the shadow knights of the dukeSome of the shadow knights were assigned to spy on him reporting back what he's been doingUnless Damon knew he was being watched and decided to escape from their grasps but for the moment, he's still in the dark about itDuring his walk, he was mesmerized at how beautiful the surrounding is with the leaves of the cherry blossoms falling to places having sun's rays all overHe felt nostalgia after watching such gentle scenery for the second time after getting out of Maxwell's householdThis was the second time I've watched cherry blossoms' leaves falling like they are pieces into place
Not again?!Iris thought frustratingly while she's trying to arrange her hair upward again even without her cloth covering it that must have slipped away after running"You must be thinking, I'm a noble in disguise because of my appearance but trust me, I'm just a commoner Mister so there's no used stealing away something from me' Iris said truthfully while looking for a way to escape her situation to buy the ingredients Selby asked him earlierBut to no avail, she couldn't find any spot to escape as he well blocked them considering he's way faster than those bad guys earlierCalming herself, she just sighed while looking at the mysterious guy in front of himDamon was surprised to know but he didn't make it obvious enough to let her knowInstead, he removed his brown coat and handed it to her body covering her whole beingIris was surprised by th
"I'm El, nice to meet you," Damon said introducing himself smiling confidently at Selby who was astounded and surprised by him"Hmmm, fair enough, I'm Selby Loughes the son's owner of Loughes bakeshop" Selby introduced himself being arrogant for once because of the unexpected person having excellent baking skills than himInstead of being offended, Damon chuckled while looking at Selby who was now seriously looking back at him"Consider yourself lucky that Iris had introduced you to me. You may start tomorrow but if you have time today then do assist Iris on the ingredients to be used here. The list and money were already on her" Selby said still eyeing Damon who was smiling at him only to look at Iris after mentioning her nameSelby looked at how astounded and surprised Iris was just like him earlier but regained her posture immediately after being eyed by the twoAfter Selby fake a
Early morning, inside the imperial palace All were seemed like doing their normal routine as the servants do the assigned tasks they were doing. While the emperor was busy with some paper works, the empress, on the other hand, was having her morning tea in the garden with her two princesses.Wilhelm, being the crown prince, must have already woken up and have already attended his first private lesson for the day. But because of his exhaustion and curiosity of reading the book, he went to sleep only after he finished reading half of it as he put it again on his bedside table's drawerThat night was the night that he barely have time to sleep considering sleeping at past midnight just by reading a book. There, inside his room he was peacefully sleeping with his messy silver hair all over his gorgeous pale face pointed nose, red thin lips, and perfect body. He sleeps in an unusual position but that doesn't matter to him, what matters is that he got to sleep comfortably. Even if it means
░37░ Gordon'I know that the duke was behind this mess, but why? Guess I'll just have to play along with what game he's leading us into'He thought as he looked seriously averting his sight at the house and looking from afar with such distant cold lonely eyes he had'The world is full of evilness. Yet, there’s only rare people who do good to another'He deeply thought as he sighed a long one. He was now walking back to where he was before being followed by the knights respectfully. He went there until the knights had left the burned house and set their feet a meter outside of it continuing to bow in front of him.After walking out of the burned house, he immediately looked at the small book inside his pocket containing all the information about the commoners living inside the village. When he looked at the name Victor Polly his whole body went numbed and paused for a moment'That's why his name felt familiar with the overall information that I've gotten about him from one knight - it
Never did everyone in the village could imagine what would have happened to the house of their commoners' friend - Victor. He's one of the responsible people there. He’s everyone's friend and companion. No one would have held a grudge against him in the village so everyone was confused, hurt, and pained about what had happened to him and his family. They can feel his loss that greatly affected the whole village regarding that he’s one of the good people they’ve all known in their lives.Especially that the family never offended anyone there. All of the family members were hard-working with their own money. So they have no clue why did it all happen. The village that morning went to confusion and worry. Their reason was - they might think that if there was one house in the village that was composed of a friendly person got burned - then the next thing they'll know was one of their houses will be the next targetMurmurs and different expressions c
It was two hours before it gets midnight that the fire inside the commoner's village had happened and the other neighbor didn't notice such fire because their house was a bit far from where the other neighboring houses were. The incident was only founded by a - hunter man that hunt's prey animals at night inside the villageThe man shouted and shouted until all of the people came out of their houses and only then that they find a house burning inside their village. That made them shocked and surprised at the same time as it was the first time that a fire inside the village happened for a long time. There, the villagers knew that they can't report to the town at the moment because all were closed. So they have no choice but to look at the raging fire until the hunter man shouts for them to take water from the near lake and pour them all on the house. All cooperated except for the children that were shocked as they were prohibited to go outside for the night.The others
'What the hell did I just read?'And before he could even process everything he heard some footstep nearing where he wasDamon wanted to process everything about the information that he had finished reading but he can't seem to face process it all. For the moment, he was left standing at his position because he had already heard some nearing steps to the secret place thinking it might be the duke. He can’t seem to moved, like his whole body was paralyzed the moment he had red those information from the duke. He feels like it was another’s diary. He felt like – it was a diary of a long forgotten person within the empire. There, he was unconsciously shocked that the book that he had held tightly in his hands earlier had now already fallen to the floor. Yet, his sight was focused elsewhere with his mouth wide open.With the sudden footsteps that he's hearing, he immediately went back to reality as he shook his head, closed his mouth
"They remind me of Yragus Mestia, the emperor's brother," the witch said reminiscing the past"Wait, Yragus Mestia? Yragus, Yragus, I've heard that name before it was a different Yragus, it was Yragus Gordon. The empire's previous emperor from years ago but why was it called Yragus Mestia here? Considering it was based on true characters that or maybe the book was lying? Did Mestia exist in the first place?"Aiden whispered through the silence of the night. He was truly shocked by the information that the book had when it wrote the name of the brother's emperor. He knew that the name Yragus was the one that implemented, for the people in the empire, to build schools - and that was because he was fascinated by the idea that nobles should also socialize as a matter of young acquaintances and so the empire built the Yrag Academy. But the Yrag academy was now known to be Hermonia. Aiden knew of those because his tutors taught him while he was reading the empire’s his
'So this night, another tragedy happened to one of Lucius' missions, and to think that I could witness him like that - bloody all over his body - injured and wounded. His body is bleeding all over but he still managed to come here with a bag and a young woman. Speaking of that young woman, Lucius was never wrong when he say something like his instincts about me - and the way that he said about the young woman having similar features as the duke was true. I never expected this. It is rare for the late duke to have something resembling him that is unrelated'Grindel deeply thought as he was looking outside through the window in his office at the Killford duchy. He was smiling sadly at the scene that he just witnessed earlier thinking about Lucius. How he had fainted with almost running out of breathing - while still holding the young woman in his arms.He knew that the duke was a rare kind so he needed to investigate the young woman – but not right now bec
Inside the Maxwell DuchyIt was already night that Damon had entered the duchy. He was never searched by the servants as well as his tutors because he had notified them in advance about him being sick and he needed time alone to recover himself from such illness. He knew that the duchess and his two sisters will be worried to him but he asked them not to call any physicians, he just let them know that he wanted some space. Then, they give him that. They can’t oppose him when he seriously said those words because they know how bad it was for them if he was angered in the first place, lucky for Damon that the duke wasn’t in the household.Not wanting to make the same problem arise the servants - as well as the duchess and Damon’s two sisters - continued to their routine, including his private tutors. They were notified by him to only come next week for his tutoring because he wasn’t feeling well. It’s true that Duchess Emerlize Maxwell was w
"So tell me all the details, did you all succeed in killing Victor and putting his house on fire?" Derius, the duke of Maxwell duchy, said to one of the shadow knights he ordered – who was kneeling and bowing in front of the duke’s back. The duke, on the other hand, looked at the outside underground market built in his room as his own built property beside a caféHe was informed by the shadow knight, that the name of the man that had been long anonymously sending him his illegal activities, was Victor Polly. Never did he knew anything deeper than that man. All he knew was he’s a former spy of a ruined noble. But he’s originally one of the throne claimers that Arthur left to live in a faraway land – yet he also didn’t expected to find his death at the duke’s hands"Yes my lord, we killed him and all of his family together inside the house as well as setting fire on the house. We leave it like it was done with an accident,