Early at the commoner's village
The rays of the sun strike the whole face of Iris inside her room who was sleeping peacefully. Before the rays hit her face she was sleeping soundly until she felt the heat it brought her. It was making a hot temperature leading her to wake up suddenly. There, she groaned and blinked her eyes many times to adjust to the brightness around the surroundings
Trying to focus her eyesight on her room, she rubbed her eyes. Then she removed some of the morning glory she has on her eyes. Every morning after waking up, she was trying to look fresh even after waking in such a bright room. When she already had a fine sight compared to a blurry one earlier, she immediately moved out of her bed. Then, she proceeded to her window's curtain to open them wider
After doing so, she looked at the outside surrounding and beamed at the sudden brightness it gave her. The scenario is making her feel a little nostalgic, the warm gold rays of the sun towar
'It seems like the perfect time to sneak out of the imperial household for the first time. I need to know what it feels like to live on the outside, not being blinded by such hypocrisy but by the reality of what's currently ongoing within the empire'Wilhelm thought after his private lessons for the day have been finished. He thought about those after Sebastian - his private tutor left him inside the room alone. There, he looked again on the outside view only to see that the knights were training on their training ground. While, the butlers and maids were the only servants around on the outside. Looking at such an opportunity to sneak out of the palace he suddenly smirksHe thought that if he became a tyrant emperor whose title was passed down from his father, then he'll be eventually controlling all the people - either commoner or noble. He swears that everyone who disobeys him will feel such wrath and punishment. That thought from the previous days had kept him livin
"I'm glad that I've found you that night. If not, I wouldn't know that the one who had saved me from almost bumping to the carriages. That he would be lying on the path towards our house cause you kind of look creepy, honestly at first sight," Iris said starting a conversation with Lucius in the dining area. It’s where Grey was already eating his food which is apples for breakfast while Lucius was the one who peeled them earlierShe was pouring their glasses with water on their jag. Then, Iris started a conversation with Lucius again after a long silence. There, after pouring water on the glass, she immediately handed Lucius and Grey a glass of water. She put it down near her the glass of water she'll drink. Lucius, upon hearing such words, from Iris after being silent for a while, looked up to her with an unbothered expression. Iris, in return sat in front of Lucius as she looked brightly smiling at him after realizing that he's a nice guy after he talked with her litt
'So all in all those bastards just want to trick someone to save the lady they cornered when in fact they're partners in crime, huh?'Wilhelm thought when he looked at how the lady that was about to save them was cornered instead. They immediately cornered her and the lady who was being cornered earlier was laughing hard enough. Afterward, she puts something inside of the lady's mouth making her gulp with the sudden act"Ugh!"The lady – who was Iris herself – shouted. She was in pain but everyone just laughed at her and was about to do something to her when Wilhelm took a step to save her. He unconsciously took a step making a sound of hitting a bottle that was beside his feet. Then, later on it made the bad guys turn to look at the guy"Oh, oh oh! Looks like this girl has some company, let's see if you can catch the guy Elvie," one of the bad guys said eyeing Wilhelm while licking his lips and looking at the messy lady who was their partner
After a while Iris had woken up from the long sleep. She thought she was still in her room as she gently rubbed her eyes. When the rays of the sun strikes her figure she blinked her eyes to avoid the brightness. When she clearly avoided the rays of the run, she yawns and stretches herself. Then she looked around completely surprised knowing that she was already in the forest instead of her room'Wait, did I teleport? What in the world---- Oh I remembered that I had already said my goodbyes with Grey and Lucius. I was about to enter the market when some bad guys cornered a lady but I can't remember anything else from then on’She thought as her head slightly hurt when she tried remembering such things. Her head hurt because one of the after-effects of the aphrodisiac that was shoved into her mouth earlier. The after-effects were forgetting how she was pleasured early on. She can’t remember that one thing ever again unless she keeps on wanting to remember it
"Holand's Fuel, hmmm," Wilhelm whispers through the busy streets of the black market where they were currently.He is observing the surrounding secretly while taking a sip on his hot coffee. He’s sitting across Nigel, his attendant which is also his shadow knight. The whispers and the footsteps on the streets seemed to be heard everywhere. Seeing the people walking, he knew that they have their dress code like there's always black clothes attachedWilhelm sees the sign across the café where they were in as he took another sip of his hot coffee that Nigel ordered earlier. While his attendant was alert at observing things, pretending to also take a sip of his hot coffee. Upon seeing the sign, he was curious about how many people entered the place – showing a token to identify such peopleIt's lucky for them about entering the said market because of Nigel had stolen a token from someone he attacked earlier to enter the market with Wilhelm –
After Iris went inside the market to do her part-time job, Grey immediately grabbed Lucius' hands and dragged him inside their house after looking at the back of Iris walking towards the market. Grey sensed something after he looked at Lucius and that was his sad eyes, he felt that he was sad so he needed to divert such feelings. So he held his hands and dragged him insideEven at such a young age, he never lacks such understanding because that was what his family had thought of him. That everyone had some problems on their own that's why they became who they were. It's not like they became like that just because of themselves but they became like that because of something that triggers themAs a young child, he knew very well that his parents, as well as his sister, work their jobs just to have some food and money to buy them food and necessary things for a living and he understands those. Sometimes he saw other people come to inexpensive stores to buy something after
"So all in all, you’ve already found out about the man who was anonymous for a long time, huh?" Derius, the duke of the Maxwell duchy, said to one of his shadow knights that reported behind him as he is facing the large window in his built property on the underground marketHe was actually inside the underground market pretending to be on a business-related meeting outside the empire on his family. Because it's the easy way to stay on the underground property he bought while doing such things behind his family's back - as well as building training ground on its basement"Yes my lord, it was on the commoner's village and it was the one with a brown roof among the small houses there. He had lived there for about 10 years or more now. As far as I've conducted from my inquiry on the villagers there, he had also built a family when he first moved in there," the shadow knight said respectfully kneeling behind the duke as Derius only smirked while imagining the things h
That night was the most tragic night that Iris could ever imagine in her whole life. The way she saw everything that had happened from their precious house to her precious family, she couldn't help but be in a dream where all that had happened was just a nightmare. That all she could do is dream of a nightmare inside her tiny world, so in her mind she kept sleeping and sleeping until she never know what world she's already in. If she's in the real world or still in her tiny hope of dream worldWithout further hesitation after resting, Lucius took her. He was carrying her in a bridal position as he took the bag to his other shoulder carrying it like a mad man. Yet his gorgeous face was never scratched one bit even if his whole body was bloody - wounded and injuredHe breathed hard enough to continue walking to the dukedom where he knew that the young woman he was carrying resembled the family. With great pain and sudden dizziness, he never let it overrule him. As he sti