Erella groaned in her sleep. She was having a nightmare. In her dream, she was chased by an old pervert. She was about to be caught then suddenly she woke up from her sleep. She gasped. Sweat on her forehead was dripping down her face. She was still catching her breath when she felt her body was aching. Her eyes went wide and she felt nervous. She looked around. She was all alone in the closed room.
'Don't tell me, someone sold me to an old pervert?' She murmured. Then an unthinkable scene came to her mind. She felt horrified and disgusted.
"NO! NO! NO! It can't be!" She exclaimed. The whole manor suddenly trembled. The air was gushing out from her and her magical powers went out of control.
KABOOOOOOOM! An explosion happened because of Erella's magical power that went out of control. Half of the manor was destroyed. She slumped against the floor still feeling humiliated. Then a young man with an intimidating aura came rushing towards Erella.
"What happened? Are you hurt?" The young man asked her worriedly while kneeling and checked her if she was fine. When he saw nothing was wrong with Erella, the young man sighed a relief. Then alertly looked for the person who was responsible for the destruction of his manor. On the other hand, Erella was speechless. The morning sun that shone on the young man's face made her mouth slightly open and forgot the scene she imagined earlier. The young man's short military hair danced as sweetly as a poet's ink and quill. His red sharp gaze, like he's ready to cut down anything or anyone that gets in his path. Also, his celestial nose was as pointy as the tip of a knife was in congregation with his sensual lips that looked like it was inviting her to taste it. She suddenly swallowed an imaginary lump. The young man was incredibly handsome!
"He is handsome!"She murmured. Maxwell who was leaning near her overheard her. The intimidating aura that he was exuded turned to soft pink. His face slowly became bright red. He quickly turned away his face.
'KYAAAAAA! He is sooo cute! I want him!' Her inner voice screamed.
'Oh my gosh! Is this the thing my friends told me before? It's ok to be laid on if the perpetrator is this extremely handsome?' She grinned while thinking of her friends back on Earth. Then all of a sudden she slapped her forehead.
'Jeez! Get a grip SANDY! You are not young anymore. Your body is sixteen years old but your soul is already twenty-six years old! You need to think straight! Skin him alive because he humiliated you!' Erella scolded herself.
"Ahem" Maxwell coughed to get her attention. She looked at him intently then took a deep breath. She grabbed his hand and swiftly stood up.
"You need to take responsibility!" She proclaimed.
Duh?! Why should I skin him alive? It is such a waste to skin him alive.'She grinned secretly at her thought.
"Wh---what?"Maxwell stuttered for the first time in his life.
'Responsibility? What is she talking about? Is she asking me for some compensation because of her minor injuries? Did she think that I was the one who did that to her so she's asking for responsibility?' Maxwell thought.
Maxwell wanted to correct her but he didn't have the time because the girl talked again.
"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! I made a mistake. Sorry -------------- Erella apologized. Maxwell nodded his head to accept her apology. He thought Erella already understood the situation. But his shoulder went down when he heard the girl's statement again.
"I should be the one to take the responsibility!" She exclaimed. Maxwell was stunned! His brain turned into knots. He couldn't think what responsibility the little girl was talking about. A burst of laughter brought Maxwell back to the present. His Aunt the Marchioness kept on laughing while the servant looked at Erella threateningly. They didn't notice that his Aunt, who took care of him when his parents died came in together with some of the servants.
"Aunt Camille!"Maxwell called his Aunt.
"Oh my! Oh my! My belly hurts looking and listening to you both." Marchioness Camille said still laughing. Then she went to Erella. She pinched her skinny cheeks and said.
"Little kid, don't poison the mind of my nephew." She said.
"But my body felt sore--------------Marchioness Camille cut her off and said.
"He's too pure and innocent to think about that. He didn't even have his first kiss yet." She grinned. It was so fun for the Marchioness to see the two adorable children misunderstood each other. Maxwell who heard the conversation of her Aunt and the girl realized what they meant. His face turned red beet.
"Miss you thought wrong! Nothing happened between us. I found you unconscious in the forest so I brought you here in my manor." Maxwell frantically explained while his face was bright red. Erella who heard his explanation felt ashamed. She wanted to hide in a hole. Now, she has two things to say sorry about. First for misunderstanding him and second is for destroying his manor. Erella bit her lip. She didn't want to tell them that she destroyed his manor. She didn't have money to pay for the damages she had done. She thought of escaping after thanking them but her thought was in vain.
"Milord, who destroyed the manor?" A servant asked Maxwell. Erella turned pale and sweats started to form on her forehead. Maxwell, who remembered the situation again immediately called his knight to command an order to find the culprit. But the Marchioness stopped them.
"Dear, you don't need to look for the person who was responsible for destroying your manor. The person is just with us."She said smiling then turn her gaze towards Erella.
"What do you mean Aunt Camille?" Maxwell asked with his brows knitted together. The servants who were with them looked at each other.
"Milady, it would be impossible the duke's manor has a traitor."The old butler butt in with confidence. He knew that all the people in von Heinlein duchy are all loyal. Because if there's one who isn't loyal, that person will meet his creator right away. They loved the young duke so much that they will kill or torture the one who dares to hurt him. But Maxwell had no idea what his servants were doing when he was not looking.
"Little girl, why not tell them about how you destroy half of his manor." Marchioness Camille said. Everyone turned their shocked gazes towards Erella.
"WHAT?!!!!"They exclaimed in surprised.
"What are you talking about Aunt Camille?" Maxwell asked the Marchioness. "That would be impossible for this little girl to have that magical powers Milady." A well-built servant spoke. "Don't judge the book by its cover." Marchioness Camille quoted. Maxwell wanted to refute his Aunt but he remembered his Aunt to have an ability of clairvoyance. She can perceive some of the past of the person she touches. He looked at Erella astonishingly, who was looking on the ground nervously. Then he recalled when they did their mission to find the bandits who were kidnapping kids to sell as slaves in the forest, he found the little girl lying on the ground with a trace of powerful mana. He thought she was just glazed by the mana of the person who helped the kids so he ignored it. Then now, his aunt was telling him that the skinny little girl was the one who destroyed half of his manor? He couldn't believe that the skinny littl
"KYAAAAAA!!!!!" Erella shouted in surprise and some of her mana went out of control causing a light destructive wave that threw the person who blindfolded her. She turned around to look who she sent flying away. She saw the young Duke groaning in pain while holding his behind. 'OH EM GEE! I'm dead!' She nervously bit her lips. She looked around to see if there were people around. When she saw no one, she sighed a great relief. Only the two of them in the garden. Staying in Von Heinlein's estate for a day, she uncovered how well love the young duke by all the people in the estate. Especially the Marchioness his aunt. When a messenger from the academy delivered a message to the young duke yesterday, he accidentally fell on the young duke and it caused his arm to have a small scratch. At that moment, the atmosphere of the room turned dark. Then she saw the bloody stare of all the servants and the Marchioness gave the messenger. It was like they wan
"Let her try that baby pink dress with lacy ribbons." Marchioness Camille said to the shopkeeper. Erella showed an unamused face to the Marchioness. It's already the tenth dress that she tried on and she was already exhausted. It seemed all her energy that she had earlier was dropped down to zero. The staff around her suddenly felt a cold chill ran down their spine when they saw the Marchioness staring at Erella coldly. They knew the Marchioness very well. She just looked like an angel but when she's angry, she could kill a person mercilessly. So whoever talked to her was always careful."Holy cow! What's wrong with you kid? Are you seeking death?""Mama mia! Is this my last day?""Beg on your knees kid!" The staff whispered to her in fright. She rolled her eyes to them.'I understand you guys. I felt that too before but that's just her normal stare when she wants something.' Erella tho
"Aunt Camille, can you put me down now? I am not a kid." Erella told the Marchioness. They were already out of the boutique but Marchioness Camille was still holding her in her arms. She felt ashamed because her mind is already twenty-six years old. She couldn't take it if they will still treat her like a kid."Aunt Camille------- Maxwell called his Aunt. Erella thought he will also agree with her but she raised her eyebrows when Maxwell spoke again."Give her to me, It's not good for you to hold her for too long," Maxwell said while blushing with his straight face. He also wanted to hold Erella but the Marchioness didn't listen to him."You talk gibberish, my dear nephew. I can still hold her even a day." The Marchioness said confidently. Maxwell wanted to refute his Aunt but Marchioness Camille let out a dangerous aura. So he who was scared of his aunt's anger stopped competing to hold
"Max, you need to take care of Erella."Marchioness Camille reminded her nephew. Today is the day she will return home but she felt unhappy. Because she didn't want to return home and see those three evil witches' faces. If not the reason she needed the consent of her stepmother for her engagement with the young duke, she will never see those evil witches' faces anymore. She will just sneak back home to take her little friends with her. But the Marchioness already informed her stepmother through the letter. So she didn't have any choice but to return home.'Tsk! For sure those suckers will give me trouble first before giving me consent with the engagement.' Erella thought nibbling her fingernail.'What should I do? Do I need to use my magic on them? Hmmm...' She thought. Then she shook her head.'I can't use my magic on them. Surely, I'll kill them accidentally because I can't still fully control how much ma
BOOM!A sudden blast came in the carriage where Erella and Max were. The carriage was burst into splinter. Then Max flew to the bushes while Erella was just standing where the carriage was before and emitting strong mana. Everyone was astounded while looking at the little girl who destroyed the carriage. They already heard about how strong Erella was but, experiencing it firsthand was really unbelievable! The monsters who were fighting the knight stopped for a moment. They greatly felt intimidated at Erella's exuding power. The monsters kept on looking at one another with fear in their faces, then decided to back down and retreat. Max's groan made Erella return to a normal state. Afterward, she ran towards Max and checked if he was alright."MAX!? Are you alright? Where did you get hurt? I'm really sorry Max! I can't still control my powers." She said apologetically while worrying about him. Max warmly smiled at her. The knights who were wit
"Our young lady was really awesome!" "You are right! I still can't believe that she executed mostly the monsters with her bare hands." "And to think she killed the strongest monster that our young duke had difficulty in fighting within seconds. She was really amazing!" "Now I'm afraid to make our young lady mad." "Yeah, you are right man!" Erella heard the knights talking to each other outside the carriage. They were traveling again with a new carriage that they bought on the nearby village that they passed when she woke up after an hour of sleep. "From now on, I will devote myself to milady!" A knight declared. Then everybody agreed on what he said. Erella's face turned red because she felt embarrassed hearing those praises coming from the knights. Max saw it thought that she was feeling unwell. "Are you sure
Everyone in the dining room gasped in surprise seeing how the young duke shyly served their young lady Erella. One of the servants tried to pinched herself to see if she was dreaming or not. When she felt pain, that was the time she realized she was not in a dream."This is not a dream, Jane. I'm really seeing the young duke trying to feed our young lady."Michelle who pinched herself earlier whispered to her friend beside her. But her friend didn't hear her. She was still stupefied. The same with the others with their eyes and mouth wide open. They couldn't believe that the most terrifying young man in the kingdom was feeding their young lady. But their surprise intensified when they saw the young duke smiled with his cheeks turning redder. They could really see that he was satisfied when the young lady took the food he was feeding her.While the servants were busy thinking if what they saw, were real or not, Erella's two stepsisters were gr