" Achoo !"
" Mi'lady are you alright?" asked Cici with concern stopping patting on Chelsea's hair as she was drying it .
" Am Fine " said Chelsea thickly as she sniffed was she coming down with a flu or something ?
Cici nodded and then continued patting Chelsea's hair with a fluffy white towel . Even though Chelsea took a bath before dinner , she was so covered in blood and grime , that Cici had to send her back into the bathtub and wash off the remain in blood stuck in her hair .
" Cici?"
" Hmm, Mi'lady "
" Don't you think everyone is different than before, I mean they no longer scream or throw taunts at me " asked Chelsea as she leaned forward Chelsea rested her head on her knees.
Cici stopped her actions again and whipped Chelsea around to have her look into her eyes .
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" And pray tell , why in Etah's saggy bottom you're here ?" barely hiding his contempt and rudeness , Leo asked Lulu ." I'm here to protect , Mi'lady " answered Lulu simply ." And why do we need you to protect her ? I'm more than enough to protect my beloved Lady!"" Yeah sure why not ?, a squire who is not even a complete Knight ?" said Lulu scathingly" All right , that's enough , you two " Chelsea seperated , Leo and Lulu as Lulu's sarcastic remarks hadn't sit well with Leo and he had gone red in face .She didn't know why and where things went downhill .Cici refused to come along with them as she still had work to do in the mansion , hence Chelsea had no other choice but to bring Lulu along , who had point blank refused to stray away from her .Everything was alright
At first Chelsea was indeed clueless about the situation going on between the two men but as they kept glaring and clamping on each other hands, Chelsea too started to realize that something was really off in the situation between the two of them." Leo ? Sir Rogue," called Chelsea in a small voice trying to attract the attention of the two man to her but they ignored her , still clasping each other palm .Frowning Chelsea looked at Remus , tipping her chin at him with a pointed look .Remus shrugged with a bless your heart expression , he knew what Chelsea wanted to say but nonethless he wasn't stupid to step into Rogue's attempt at war for claiming his property .Not to forget that by the looks of the two men , they don't look like as if they will care about anything he said .These men they were here t
" Are you okay ?"asked Rogue sweeping his sweat dripping hair behind, he glanced around the gloomy street maybe trying to sense any intruder or enemy , all mischievousness and playfulness gone ." I'm fine " nursing the stitch going on her side , Chelswa stood up straight . She was feeling slightly uneasy with being alone with Rogue but there was no point on brooding over this matter anymore. Rogue had just helped her get away from whatever trap there was laid for her , it will be quite rude if she didn't appreciate him for that ." Where are we ?" straightening up Chelsea asked , she was a complete stranger to the down town streets , and had no idea about where exactly they were .Rogue stopped looking around and started tapping on his wrist watch like bracelet at Chelsea's question . And Chelsea got a better look at his bracelet when the clouds drifted away from the moon , letting moonlight shine upon the
" How did it go ?" asked Lord Kaisen anxiously as soon as his two son came to the living room .It was four in the morning yet Lord Kaisen and Regulus weren't asleep , instead they were waiting for Robin and Rubeus's return . Chelsea was curled on a sofa next to them , having refused to go to sleep in her room , leaving Lord Kaisen with no choice but to sneak in a drop sleeping potion in her hot cocoa .Robin slumped on one of the armchair dramatically , waving Hubert to get two cup of coffee for them . While Rubeus handed a thick stack of documents to his father , who hurriedly flipped them ." fifty thousand golds??And what's this a job as a page boy? " said Lord in bewilderment as soon as he had finished reading the report of the aftermath ." The family turned out to be a family full of tricksters " said Rubeus looking up from his cup of coffee " They demanded that we take responsib
" How about this , Mi'lady?"" No too flashy " Chelsea rejected at once , the dress Cici was showing her didn't suit the occasion of her coming of age ceremony .That's right , Her coming of age ceremony was looming on her back like a grim reaper and yet here was she, sitting in Madam Rose boutique selecting dresses for a party that was going to be an absolute failure !" But it's so pretty , Mi'lady!" whined Cici simply reluctant to let go of the white dress inlaid with jewels ." Choose something simple " said Chelsea as she watched Cici turn around to put the dress back on the slim velvet dress hanger ." That won't do ! Milady its your coming of age ceremony ! How can we make do with a simple dress " Cici rejected Chelsea's suggestion at once , in her eyes it was her lady's once in a life time occasion, how can a simple dress be suitabl
" Just put them in detention , I will come tomorrow to question them " .Chelsea heard Regulus 's irritable voice as she walked out of the store . Regulus seemed to be arguing with one of his squadron member and by the looks of it , the fellow was quite troublesome as Regulus was looking slightly harassed ." I said - I will be there tomorrow! Will you get off my case , now , Please ? Yes ; thank you so much !" said Regulus looking throughly upset ." oh, you're done ?" he asked disconnection the call and putting his communicator back in his pocket ." Young master , that-""No , the store doesn't have anything to my liking " said Chelsea interrupting Cici from lodging a complaint against the Clodis in front of Regulus . Even though Regulus was the leader of his squadron , he was a little too volatile . If Cici told him about what happened between her and Count Clod
Rogue watched as Madam Mary Qins took Chelsea to the changing room and he only turned his gaze away from them , when both of them turned into a corner right next to the entrance hall.He looked at Felix who was trying really hard to hide his heartache , he looked throughly mutinous at him but Rogue paid no mind to his anger and heartache . Yes, it was his fault , if only he didn't reject Chelsea before maybe Felix wouldn't have these undesirable feelings for her . If he was the good guy as he projected himself to be then he would have done the gentlemanly act and gave up on Chelsea because somewhere deep in his heart existed a forlorn thought , that he wasn't good enough for Chelsea , especially not after how he had treated her for so long .But he wasn't the good guy here , he was the exact opposite of it , his feelings for Chelsea had corrupted him to his core , led him astray from the path that he originally wan
Little silvery butterflies floated inside the ball room , lighting it up with their lustrous pearly glow . The entrance was decorated with millions of oceanic blue peonies quite similar to Chelsea eyes . Flitter bushes of tiny golden roses , were placed inside the hall , their charming scent attraction the passer-by's .A huge Sculpture of glass shimmering with a translucent fuchsia glow , was kept in the centre of the room .People were laughing , golfing glasses full of champagne . Children were shrieking in joy , playing tag with their friends . The hall was full of laughter and joy , a joy that Chelsea couldn't feel . She was looking down the hall from the guest room on the first floor , with a heavy experssion on her face, there were no traces of smile or elation .Finally , it was here .The day when her entire destiny took a complete turn for the worst in her past life , one would have believed that hav
Chelsea walked out of the Kaisen mansion, beside her was a young knight who was humming a funny tune . Listening to that annoying tune , Chelsea nearly lost her mind " Have you played enough, Wilson Clodis?"The young knight laughed and snapped his fingers , the apperance of Brown hair and emerald eyes morphed and was replaced by Wilson's true apperance , he shrugged innocently and clicked his fingers once again , so as the handcuffs on her wrist loosened and fell on the ground ." You sure were having your fun " said Chelsea rubbing her wrist as she looked at Wilson who somehow have gone through incredible changes, before he was a gloomy sort of man , whose expression was brooding but ever since he surrendered in front of the high priest , who secretly returned back to the Empire .Wilson has changed greatly , his eyes were twinkling and he looked refreshing and sunny ." O
" See ! Lord Kaisen now what do you have to say?" seeing that the golden string was tied to Chelsea's wrist , Count Clodis forgot his previous fear and jumped up , pointing his finger at her , while he looked at her father with a maddening gleam " I always said that half bloods like these should never be allowed to have the right to be brought in the noble household, yet you were the one who opposed me , now see what this dirty mutt did to your own daughter , to her own sister ! She attempted to murder her !"" Hah , so I attempted to murder my own sister ?" Chelsea let go of Rogue's hand and stepped forward , her eyes cold and icy . ' Dirty mutt ' , ' rotten bastard ' , ' slut ', ' whore of a mother ' , when she was in the prison , these nobles made it their daily habit to come to Abarcus and insult her on a daily basis , for months she had listened to the nobles insulting her and she has always been patient regarding them but now , she can
Unbeknownst to both Lilian and Chelsea, Felix heart had taken a turn for the worst . However, neither of them had the power to peek into someone's mind and had no idea about what was going in Felix's mind as he let his hand fell down limply by his side .Chelsea gazed at the pair of rings that now tied Lilian and Felix together for all eternity and looked away , she couldn't watch it anymore . It was done and yet she could only watch as a passive onlooker , however , this wasn't the end .Lilian has played her part now it was her turn , her eyes grew cold as her gaze lightly drifted over to Agnis , who was already looking at her . Agnis 's gaze was soft yet the contempt and jeer hidden in them could no longer be masked .She was looking at her as if she was looking at someone who was already dead , Chelsea arched a brow and smiled comtemptously at Agnis , whose brows furrowed as her gaze darkened .
Agnis sudden apperance took her by surprise , Chelsea for a while didn't know how to deal with this so suddenly , Why was Agnis here ? This woman was clearly someone who naturally dealt in the dark arts , why was she with Priest Rudolf ? and why was Priest Rudolf walking along side Agnis with so much ease ? Being the follower of Lord Etah priest Rudolf should have easily decipher her mana .If priest Rudolf was walking beside Agnis it could only mean that Agnis was really good at hiding her true essence which was almost impossible given that Priest Rudolf was a priest of high calibre then it only left one reason-Priest Rudolf was colluding with Agnis !Chelsea closed her eyes and clenched her teeth , in her past life even though she wasn't allowed to have any contact with the outside world . But she knew that without the church's agreement , no one could execute her . She trusted
" Its seriously annoying " growled Chelsea sounding like a cornered animal " will you just look at the way they are watching me. If I didn't knew myself better I swear I would have thought I am standing here in my night wear "" Mistress , please calm down and stop drinking " Cici took away the fifth glass of champagne from her but Chelsea simply rolled her eyes and took another one from the passing waiter making Cici hiss indignantly " Mi'lady "" Calm down " said Chelsea, her mind wandered to the magical floating tables that were revolving around the ball room with apparent ease , On the left , their father has magicked a vineyard and orchid where the nobles were clustered around joking and giggling , once in a while they would look at her way and Chelsea would raise her glass in a mock greeting to them .On the right were the fluttering jasmine bushes , that shimmered like tiny
" You still haven't given up , my dear " said a man in white silky robe that flickered with rainbow lights quite similar to the one that shimmered when oil and water mixed , he was sipping on his tea and , every time his robes moved a new living being was born first it was a canary then it was a rabbit , one by one small creatures kept forming and he was surrounded with a bunch of animals like snow white ." I will never give up, Never! " replied a voice in a snake like croon , he was standing a bit farther away from the man in robes, his body completely distorted with nothing left other than black mana that floated around like smoke . He tried to materialize in a human form and for a while he succeded , a man with light blue hair and golden eyes appeared but only for a second , the next minute he doubled over groaning and coughing slowly dissolving in the black mist once again ." You could have bee
" Wilson! Wilson!" Jezebel screamed at the top of her lungs , a sense of fear rising in her heart . She could deal with just anybody just not the high priest without Wilson and his contacts , there will be a huge mess left for her to clear up " If that happens , how will I become the Empress!" shouted Jezebel flinging everything off from the table near her , sounds or broken glass and china resonated inside her room .She was afraid and angry , she wanted to kill Wilson for abandoning her in between but she knew that without his help , she wouldn't be able to ascend as the Empress ." This - Wilson ! How dare you leave me !" she screeched at the open window hoping to see any signs of Wilson but nothing happened , he was gone and left her ..Abandoning her in the middle of everything .Jezebel bit on her thumb nail an extremely malevolent expression on her face as she muttered furiously under her breath . She knew that her actions
" Your majesty , be as it may ..the second lady Kaisen is rumoured to be the child of the devil , how can we let this rumour circulate?" demanded Count Clodis , his smarmy eyes flickered with disgust as he took Chelsea's name . In his eyes taking the name of a half blood was as bad as stepping on a pile of cow dung ! That too when the woman was born by a prostitute , to say that woman 's name was a huge blow at his pride ." Count Clodis , pay heed to your words who said that my daughter is a devil's child ? She is born and raised by me !" shouted Lord Kaisen though he had always behaved in a gentlemanly way but when he daughter's life was concerned he could no longer control himself . To be claimed as a devil's child , dear Lord, he would have to use the blessings of his seven generations to get Chelsea out of this predicament, if he failed , No ! There was no , way he could fail , there was no option other than to fight till death !
" Chelsea? Chelsea ? can you hear me ?" Rogue shook Chelsea by her shoulders but she seemed as if she couldn't hear him at all . Her body was shaking , and she was writhing in pain , the deadened look her eyes became even more profound as she clutched her neck and screamed ." Chelsea! speak to me ! " he wrapped his arms around her but Chelsea didn't respond , she turned silent all of a sudden , too silent as if she was dead staring at him with no emotions , no light in those dark blue eyes and that scared the shit out of him . His heart twisted in agony and if he wasn't worried about Chelsea so much , he too might have lost his head ." Chelsea ! Come back to me " cupping her face he made her look right in his eyes hoping to see some kind of flicker of recognition, but nothing ." I can't " she murmured sticky like a doll reciting its line " I don't want to die , not , aga