"What the?!" was what Damon exclaimed after seeing Iris ran towards the running thief. She was chasing after him when Damon was picking up the ingredients that had fallen to the ground. With that in mind, he decided to go after her reflexively knowing that she could be in danger if he ignored their situation. He’s also considering that she’s not just someone to him. She’s the first commoner he made friends with his fake identity that’s why he needed to keep her safe
He immediately stood up and was about to go ahead where Iris was, if he didn't remember about the ingredients. So he immediately put all the ingredients that were on the ground earlier into the bag. He rearranges them and as he talks to a commoner guy watching the scene innocently
"Do take these ingredients to the Loughes bakeshop. If I found out that you didn't deliver these to the shop, I might hunt you for the rest of your life," the innocent commoner heard Damon’s venomous
"Iris?!" Damon said surprised at the sudden figure in front of him. She was wearing the brown coat that he gave earlier"What are you doing here?! You should've gone to Selby's shop by now!" Damon exclaimed making a point in their current situation. Yet, he only see how Iris was fuming with an angry expressions towards him'Uh oh, this means trouble. Have to get her out of here before she discovered something about me' Damon thought walking near the angry young woman in front of him - sighing"You don't know how worried I was for you that I had no choice to follow you here. What's gotten with you that time? Did you know who the guy was?" curiosity was what Iris had portrayed in her expressions and in her voice"I thought he's someone familiar, he’s figure was quite too familiar to me. Now let's probably go before some beasts appear out of nowhere," Damon said with concern look to her. He started pulling her towards him. that gesture made Iris blushe
"Just for once, make yourself appear like this when it's only the two of us," Damon said tightly gripping her hand that was soft enough to let him caress his face"If I knew better, you already thought I'm a noble. Let me make it clear to you again, El. I'm a commoner. If you want I could introduce you to my family later on," Iris suggested the idea for him to stop confusing her as a noble. Even if she's the only one misunderstanding the situation. He didn’t even said anything about her being a noble but she’s assuming. She’s assuming because that was what Mary had thought of her before'I did imagine her as a noble earlier but as time passed by after observing her, I already knew she's born a commoner. From the way, she acted as if she’s like a boy and the way she chased the thief earlier –she’s actually fearless. Those actions of hers surprises me even more'Damon thought who was now chuckling in front of her"I
'It would've been great if you two are just friends, alright?''It would've been great if you two are just friends, alright?''It would've been great if you two are just friends, alright?'Words that Selby said earlier kept playing in Iris' mind like a broken record. Those words made her blush and started daydreaming for a second – even after Selby had already left the shop.Damon, on the other hand, shrugged the thought while laughing inwardly. He’s trying to avoid angering Iris again by controlling his laugh. He had known that she’s somewhat short tempered after all just by knowing him by the day.He realized with that thought how Iris can make different expressions on Damon’s feelings. Everything she does was unexpected to him. Then to go back on what must be done, Damon hardly patted her back to bring her to reality. After doing so, Iris glared at Damon. She expresses how shocked and mad she was for what he’s done.
As soon as Princess Monique had already gotten what she wanted on the jewelry shop, they immediately headed to the imperial palace. Her court lady was carrying the box inside and it only contained an opal blue phoenix bracelet'I can't wait for my birthday to come, I'm sure he already has a gift for me, Ha! The rewards of being a princess, I can buy whatever I want, I can claim what I wanted the most. I have already claimed Damon so that's already enough'With that thought, she inwardly laughed heading to her room with her court lady but she was stopped in her tracks. She stopped in her tracks when suddenly Wilhelm was walking towards the opposite side as they meet each other"Brother Wilhelm, what brought you here at this hour? Have your private lessons already finished?" Princess Monique asked her brother who just smiled afterward at her"Not yet, Monique. I was called by our father in his office. Be careful and take a rest," Wilhelm said as he gently p
After Selby left, as well as after they have cleaned the bakeshop, Iris went to the kitchen to see that the bird. It had already woken up as it sat on the clothed box chirping its way in the kitchen. This made Iris smile at the sudden singing of the bird in its little boxed house"There you are little birdy, are you well enough now? You know I'm a good healer, right? Just kidding but seeing you all well now made my heart feel at ease. I should call you, Ellie from now on" Iris talked to the little bird, in the clothed box chirping, looking at her way. It was now twinkling its eyes as it agrees to its name"Okay, it seems like you've agreed to it. Ellie seems like a cute name after all," she said caressing Ellie's little face as it snuggled closer to her fingers. That gesture only made her smile grew wider'You made me think of El the first time I looked at you. The first meeting we had this day and the rest was just unexpected. I never thought to meet anot
'He's a very good friend. I hope I get to know him better one day’Iris thought about Damon and it only made her blush. She was now holding the box where Ellie was and looking into it, she suddenly smile. Knowing that the little bird earlier – named Ellie – was now sleeping soundly in the tiny box she’s holding. Upon stopping for a bit, she continued walking again to her house inside the Seil villageUpon walking around she looked at the surroundings and up to the sky knowing that night was already approaching. She walked faster until she heard someone groaning beside the path she's in. For a second there, shivers run down her spine thinking that some ghosts had been creeping into the forest she's heading. Most likely, to the trees beside the path she's walking but when she looked around, there was noneWith that, she decided to calm down. She closed her eyes for a moment breathing slowly, disregarding the groaning sounds she's hear
'She's the very first friend that made me feel alive for a moment. I could never forget you, Iris'Damon thought as he walked happily towards their duchy. But when he suddenly remembered that he forgot to buy a sword for his training he immediately shrugged his dismay. Thinking the first meeting he had with Iris'It's better that I've forgotten about buying a sword than not meeting Iris at all. She made me feel light and be myself than always pretending to like something even if I never did'Damon unconsciously smiled again after thinking about Iris. There he continued walking towards their duchy until he went on the back of the place and climb through the wall. Firstly, he was observing if there were knights around. Upon knowing that there weren't any in the place, he immediately step down on the ground and act like a spy or something just to get to the inside of the duchy. Without getting noticed that he sneaked out of the place, he successfully went ins
'Lucius come on!'A boy who resembled his father, smilingly said at Lucius from afar. He was lending his hands to him but the child Lucius wouldn't move a bit to reach it. Instead, he secluded himself at the farthest dark place where he is - in contrast with the little boy who's offering his hand to him. He was being surrounded by a full bright placeA tear escaped from the little Lucius' eyes upon seeing the boy smiling from afar. Like the little boy had no problems at all. That’s the moment he felt envious,
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,