Katara heard her mother cough
so hard, she's starting to worry right now. They are already in the bed and it's midnight but her mother still can't sleep, she approached her and then patted her back gently.
"Are you okay mom? You look so pale." She worriedly says, the whole day Katara did what the maid should do. Good thing in her past life, she used to work as a maid as a disguise to kill someone. At her first work it was such a disaster, she almost burned the entire mansion of that family but it will not happen today or tomorrow. She learns how to be one, she learns that she's a personal maid of the Mistress Ave.
Katara decided to take some water, after that she helped her mother to drink it.
"Mother you should quit working here now, I'll talk to the head of maids and explain your situation."
"But I'm fine, Kat. You don't need to worry about me." Katara shakes her head as she disagrees.
"Mom, please listen to me. I can work perfectly now, you don't have to work together with me here. Obviously, you're not fine, please just do this one." She said, and then patted her back gently again.
"I'll talk to Mrs. Smith and I'll explain to her that you're quitting." She added, and her mother nodded. She helped her lay down on her bed, really her mother shouldn't work anymore. She is fully aware that their life is difficult but still now that she's okay and can work perfectly. She is hoping that they'll rely on her, at least this is what she can do.
Next morning, Katara wakes up early and then immediately approaches Mrs. Smith to discuss her mother's situation.
"Good morning Mrs. Smith, but can you spare for a second?" She politely asks, she's now in the kitchen.
"Of course, what can I do for you Katara?"
"About my mom, she's kinda sick. So can she quit working here? I promise I'll work twice as hard." Mrs. Smith gives her a warm smile and then touches her hair.
"I understand, I'm already expecting this since I'm worried about your mother too. I'm glad she had a child like you. I'll talk the secretary of Duke about this so we can settle for her last payment" Katara smile at her
"Thank you Mrs. Smith." She said,
"No problem, now let's work hard."
"Yes."
Katara was astonished while looking at the City of Feronia as their carriage approached that place, the castle is on the top of all and it's beautiful. Their carriage crosses the bridge, and then it stops at a massive gate. Someone checks who is the one who entered and then after the identification they continue to cross.
The carriage finally stops, they stop in the parking lot of the carriages. Too many carriages at the like, Katara opened the door and then got out, she supported her Mistress to get off the carriage. She offer her hand, and Ms. Ave accepts it. They're here for two things, one if for her Miss will meet her lover and to shop for something. Katara opens the umbrella because it's hot, they walk together while holding the umbrella for her.
As she can see the city is lively, she heard people from different stores. Different people and nobles are passing, Katara is surprised when her mistress holds the umbrella.
"Let's meet at the carriage after an hour, don't worry! I am safe." Before Katara can answer the mistress already gone by the crowds. She sighs, but what if she was hurt?! Arg!
Katara doesn't have any choice but to wait, and buy what Mrs. Smith requested her to buy.
She came close to a vegetable store and then picked some potatoes, egg plants, and other vegetables that were on the list. After buying vegetables, she put it on the carriage and waited there. But after five minutes she got bored so she decided to take a look at the place, she's really not used to just staying there huh?
While she's walking, she looks at the things in the jewelry she couldn't help but reluctantly buy food. She gets out from the store holding some delicious bread, and walks again as she looks around. Someone suddenly ran into her causing the bread she was carrying to fall. She watches her bread rolls to the ground and cried, her precious bread!
She hears the loud yelling.
"A thief!" Before even realising it Katara already chased such a thief to catch it to pay him for dumping her causing to her bread on the ground, she ran out of breath. She realised this is not her own body anymore, she stops and looks around to find something she could throw off when she sees a wall. And there it is, she found someone who's carrying such a sword. She approached the man.
I'm sorry but can I borrow this for a moment?" She asked, then she pulled the sword out of its sheath. The man seems surprised by what she did, but before he could even react Katara already threw the sword. She threw it as if it's a dagger and then just for a moment the thief was already stop from running, using the sword Katara wounds the thief on his one leg. He is now crying in agony while holding his leg, Katara runs towards him and then immediately rips the bottom part of her dress and then she ties it to the thief's wound. She also picks the sword in the ground and brushes the dusk and blood.
She handed the sword carefully to the owner and apologize after because she knows that what she did is wrong.
"I'm sorry for what I did, and thank you." The gold cold eyes of the man looked at her, she smiled at him awkwardly. His eyes is cold, but it was so mesmerizing.
"I'm really sorry sir." Then she bowed to ask his forgiveness one more time, the one man beside him whispered something but he saw the man shaking his head.
"Let's just go…"
The man who whispered looked at her with a fierce look, like he was warning her.
"Are you really sure you're highness that you didn't want me to kill her?" The crown prince's right hand asks, he nods.
"I think she didn't know who I was, so just let it go."
The crown prince's right hand just nodded but it was just strange because he never let anyone touch his sword, the last one did it was already at the grave.
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Two weeks before the beginning of the selection, the Duke Daughter vanished and the whole mansion is in chaos. She can hear the loud scream of the Duke from his library, and broken glasses. She doesn't really know what about the selection? She just knows that the selected after three months will be the future queen of the Feronia Empire, there are 30 Noble ladies from different families already chosen to attend the selection.But it's not Katara's concern, she doesn't really care about it. If the mistress is missing, she doesn't really care about it. Because she knows her reason, the mistress tried to talk to her father about it but he never listened. He is always busy, the mistress always jokes she just wanted to flee together with her lover. She heard her crying in her room because she doesn't want to enter the selection process, because she doesn't want to marry the person she didn't love. Karata understands her, who would want to marry the one they love. But
Katara is looking at the Duke with a serious face, he really blames her for her daughter's disappearance. She doesn't know his intention for kidnapping her, but she knows it's not good. She's starting to regret saying to the mistress to follow her heart because she really did, really sometimes we don't really need to follow our hearts but because the mistress's heart is with her lover she flees with him. Grrr!"What do you want from me, Duke Salazar?" She asks with a dangerous tone of voice, she just wakes up earlier in the bed after she faints. Her head is spinning for a little bit, and can still feel dizzy. She also feels sore in her neck because of the hit, damn! She let her guard down."I have an offer to you…" She knotted her forehead, she had a bad feeling about it."What is it? And do you really need to drag me here Duke?" She still managed to be nice to him, even though she was considering ki
Katara is walking straight like a lady full of elegance, with a book on her head while wearing such a heavy dress, the Duke is training her how to be a real daughter of such a noble family. Good thing training her is fast and good, the Duke was surprised when she already can walk properly like a noble, also how to eat properly with elegance, identify whines, etc. She also read different books, the duke said it was basic knowledge of nobles and Ave learned of it that's why she needs to learn it too. Now she wanted to flee and find the Mistress and bring her back if she really knew she would advise following her heart. Why always regret at the end?!Katara just laughed inside when the duke praised her for being the perfect substitute for her freaking daughter, he was so amused but the process of getting it isn't that easy. Some people really just cared about the result but not what you've been through.She was also
Katara didn't sleep even a blink, she can't help but think. She's starving, her head is spinning because of reading books, and now Mrs. Smith is changing her corset and tying it tightly as much as she can so they can see that she's fit and look freaking sexy.She took a deep breath, another layer of dress Mrs. Smith wanted her to wear. She doesn't have any choice, after almost five hours of preparing her appearance they finally finished and now she's outside of the Mansion waiting for the royal carriage to arrive. She's hoping that there is plenty of food in the academy after they arrive there, she'll not really care about others.She badly wanted to eat but the Duke was still observing her. She needs to be obedient so that he will send her mother to the hospital immediately, a minute later the Carriage of the royal arrives. It stops in front of the Mansion of the Duke and then it opens. There are more than ten knights around,
People are all hypocrites, people lie, people pretend to be nice, people have many faces depending who they are with. As the crown prince he already mastered all the masks of deceptions, he never got caught. People think he is kind because that's what they expect you to be, and as a prince you can't disappoint them.He needs to be perfect in their eyes, because they will believe what they see and what they want to to see. But he never expected anyone to unmask him that easily, anyone can foresee his real expression at the moment.He can say that she already knew that he hated this, and he hated everyone around him. That he just wanted to disappear.He saw her laugh at him, he felt so pissed but can't help but to smirk. Someone caught his attention again…She saw the Prince smirk, Katara doesn't know if he's provoking her or what? But she
Early in the morning and now Katara is in the banquet hall eating as her heart continent, she doesn't care about anyone at all. She's hungry, that's why she wants to eat as much as she can, her uniform, schedules, and other school stuff are already in her dorm.She already has all of her schedule and guess what? It's all about manners, and how to be royal. There is one executive subject for ladies who are selected, the subject that just selected Nobles are in.aSo for normal students, they have only five subjects minus the three subjects about their powers. For the extraordinary one, they have eight and for the selected one and extraordinary one has nine subjects. Good things she's normal so she had just six subjects, good for her.Every weekend, they get to know each other for selections. The prince will see each of them and get to know them. Even seeing the prince and talking to him is sched
Katara looks at the prince while sleeping, he has good features. Thick eyebrows, long lashes, a pointed nose and kissable lips. Damn! She would like to taste his lips just for once, she's curious what it would be like to kiss a prince. Maybe they also taste expensive, and royal. She's imagining a taste of gold, weird right? But of course she wouldn't do that, she wouldn't kiss him while sleeping because it doesn't mean he's a man he doesn't need a content. Consent should work vice versa, both men and women deserve it. Katara closes her eyes, and feels the breeze of the wind touches into her skin. It's peaceful, she can even heard the three branches sounds as it was blown by the wind. A second later she heard the Prince whimper, she looked at him and his forehead was knotting. It was like he's having a bad dream. Being a prince seems such a comfortable life but it seems like it's not that easy.
Early in the morning and now Katara is in the banquet hall eating as her heart continent, she doesn't care about anyone at all. She's hungry, that's why she wants to eat as much as she can, her uniform, schedules, and other school stuff are already in her dorm.She already has all of her schedule and guess what? It's all about manners, and how to be royal. There is one executive subject for ladies who are selected, the subject that just selected Nobles are in.aSo for normal students, they have only five subjects minus the three subjects about their powers. For extraordinary one they have eight and for selected one and extraordinary has nine subjects. Good things she's normal so she had just six subjects, good for her.Every weekend, they get to know each other for selections. The prince will see each of them and get to know them. Even seeing the prince and talking to him is scheduled, i
"This round is simple, you just need to fight each other. No rules, just do whatever you want." Katara wanted to laugh, yeah it was just simple. Simple my ass! He just told them to kill each other, she took a deep breath to relax. She scans the arena, the remaining playing number is five.Player 050 Armos who she fought in the previous rounds, and number 030 the woman who entered first on the portal in the very first round. Play 020 a man, his name she remembers Leo. He's a fire user, and he's strong too.Professor Alan continues to announce further pieces of information but Katara feels something strange on her body. She felt her energy gradually getting drain by something or someone, she look at her hand and tried to lift her finger but she can't. What is happening? She looks at the ground, and her sight becomes blurry. Her breathing slowly gets heavy, her head is aching. She closes her eyes tightly, damn! She's slowly getting out of balan
"What is your purpose in entering this game by the way?" Angus asks while they continue to walk, he's still in his black crow form. "I need to protect my family, I want the sword that is the prize if I will win this game." She answered. "And you think you'll win? Frankly, you'll not, not even the slightest chance." "How did you know?" "I feel the power of the man you fought before, good thing you use your brain. Don't be so full to yourself, yes you're assassin to your previous life but let me tell you something. People here is not ordinary, they are ten or hundred times more stronger than a average human being in your previous life. And the man you fought before is not even equally strong like the other players I feel. You have no chance." "But you'll help me right."
"What will you do now? M'lady?" Fina asks, Katara looks at Fina. "I told you to stop calling me M'lady, just call me by my name. Ave." She said, fina nodded. "I apologize Ave." She said, "That's good!" She said, fortunately Fina can transform herself into different animals. It was one of her abilities, so now she's just a small dog that follows her around. You won't believe it but she put the other wolves inside her pouch, good thing they fit because of that she needs to pull out her other things. "I need to save energy, and I need to learn how to control my elemental." "I thought you're just ordinary?" "I Lied, but because we have
Katara hears the mans laughs, it echoes in the area. Seems like he was trilled, and didn't expect a good fight."I see, so you're waiting me. Then, give me a warm welcome!" He yelled, and then started to attack Katara. A strong punch he throws, for just a blink of eye he reach Katara. Good thing she immediately dodge his punch, his eyes is widen because of excitement and a smile of being eager to saw some blood on his hand is visible on his lips.Katara jump to the left side, and balance herself. The man stand straight and look at her."Are you scared?" He ask, he's crazy. Said to Katara's mind, but she doesn't mind at all. She already fight any kind of psycho before, he is no different."As if!" She responded, and kneel for a little and then ran towards him. From the bottom, she raise her legs to him a front snap kick. She raise her knee and extended i
After walking for an hour, she was already exhausted. She decided to take a seat on the ground under the tree. She opened the map again, and as she continued to observe she realized something.Each of them seems like they landed on their own territory, every path was connected to where she saw the red dots. It means, wherever she goes. She will encounter anyone part of the game. She doesn't know who they are, so she can't choose the right path.She can't be reckless, even though they are forbidden to use their power it doesn't mean they are not strong. She feels like she is in a real battlefield where she needs to consider every move she takes, while thinking she should close her eyes to also save some energy. It was inevitable to fight someone, for her to be able to move forward she needed to put up a fight but as long as she can she'll avoid the fighting part
The blue sky reflects on the water, as Katara and Desmond continue to paddle to reach the Shibura island. The island is located in the middle of a sea, and only five boat was being provided. It's was obvious, because the one who created this game knows.She wonders what is the next level? And what is with this shibura island? They continue to paddle until they reach the island, Desmond first who went out from the boat and then offered his hand to help her. She accepted his assistance and then set her foot to the ground of Shibura. The island was covered in violet mist, she can't help but to feel something strange. Is this supposed to scare them?The sun was setting, it was getting dark. They can't really see what's more inside of the island because of the fogs, she heard the crows chirping."I have bad feelings of this." She heard Desmond said, she agreed. This is worse than the forest where s
They are back to the hall earlier, as they open the door and leave the room then come back. And Katara can see that they're not the only ones who are already here. There's some indifference with everyone's reactions, some seem satisfied and happy and some seem to haven't finished their task.Katara walks to the very corner of the room and sits on the floor, leaning her head against the wall and yawns. Her eyes are fluffy, tears coming from the edge of her eyes. Yeah, she's sleepy. It's not surprising since she wakes up early, and only has two to three hours sleep. She just needs a minute of sleep, just a little bit.Katara fights herself snoozing, but the most difficult to overcome is sleepiness. So in just a second she fell asleep, Desmond just looked at her and shook his head.While Katara was sleeping, the voice of a female started to speak again out of nowhere."Congratulations for
Desmond heard a loud screech, and next is a continuously blast from the middle of the forest, his eyes widen. What the? What happen? A beasts attack him again from one to another, he continue to fight them as he look around.He immediately felt something was wrong, the first thing that came to his mind was Katara. From where he stands, he activates his power. He needs to find him quickly before it's too late, his brother personally asks him to look for him. He stepped on the ground, and as his foot landed it sank and the soil broke as if it's just as soft as cotton candy.He gives all of his strength to his feet, and as he runs the ground obeys. The wind strongly blows as he passes causing all the beast to fly away from his way, the three dances, the leaves fall into the ground. For just a second, he reached the area and saw Katara."You're here..." She said and then wipes the blood from the side of her lip
Katara is running faster in the middle of the forest while the wolves are chasing her down, she jumps when she sees a rock. The grass touches her clothes, the sounds of dry leaves in the ground echoes as she runs. She saw a branch of a three on her way, she bent her waist to avoid being hit and continued. As she mouthed the white wolf immediately aggressively attacked her, she was now separated with Desmond. But she's not in critical continuation or whatsoever, she's not running to the Forest because she was chased but because of some reason.She looked around, she still saw a water drip recorder."Awooooooo!" She heard the white wolf howl, and use it's eyes the wolf told her the next way she need to take. She turn around, and then it didn't take long when suddenly she step something and then boom she's out of the surface of the forest. She fall into a hole in the ground, she didn't expect that but she thinks it's a perfect spot