When Audrey and her huge cat Nero arrived at the entrance of the Lee clan's courtyard, the sun had already taken a deep dive at the western horizon. The moon which was in the shape of a sickle was now hanging high above the sky and was shining brightly at the dark night. Likewise, countless stars had already littered the vast night sky as though thousand tiny needles had punctured their way through them.
Also, the massive cat started to shrink and became as small as a kitten. But given everything that she had witnessed so far ever since she accepted that she transmigrated to another world, Audrey was no longer surprised to see Nero perform a transformation right before her eyes.
Audrey was more concerned by the fact that the gate of their residence was tightly closed and there were two muscular men standing guard at its entrance. Left with no choice, she decided to approach one of them.
"Who are you and what business do you have with the Lee clan? The clan head is not available for the meantime so I suggest you better go back next time."
Said one of the guards without even giving the lady before her a proper glance. It seemed like they were instructed to turn down all of the guests for today and that did not sound as good news for Audrey. She did not know what to say anymore. If she failed to enter the residence, then where the heck would she spend her night?!!
She knew nothing next to that darn place!!!
"Err,----", Audrey trailed off as she tried to come up with something to say. Then she deliberately cleared her throat and imitate the 'Audrey' she has in her memory.
"Am I not allowed to enter my own residence?!"
Audrey sounded awkward but the guards seemed so terrified to even notice that.
Who would not????
The troublemaker young miss that they used to know was standing right before their eyes, and not just only that, she was even dressed in blood-soaked clothes!
"Y...you...young miss???"
With a quivering voice, the guards gave Audrey a salute.
"Quick, go tell the clan head that young miss is back...and call the doctors"
One of the guards instructed his colleague as he hurriedly walked towards Audrey.
"Please forgive this servant for my ignorance. We fail to recognize young miss."
The guard made a ninety-degree bow when he talked to Audrey, afraid that he might incur the ire of their young miss. Meanwhile, Audrey was not sure how she should respond so she just nodded her head slightly to acknowledge the other party.
Soon dozens of people came running out of the residence to welcome Audrey. They assisted her as they go back inside the residence. For the first time in her life, Audrey got to feel how to be treated special. She even had attendants to take care of her. As soon as she reached her room, there was already a hot bath waiting for her.
"Young miss, this servant will be staying just outside your room. If you will need anything just call me."
Audrey remembered the owner of the voice as someone that came by the name of Sabel.
"Sabel, that is your name, right? I have something to ask you."
Sabel was startled when Audrey called her name. But she was quick to recover. Her young miss never called her by her name even once, but despite her surprise, she was still able to respond to Audrey in the nick of time.
"This servant will answer."
"Tell me. Where is your Lady Selene right now? And also, do you happen to know her whereabouts while I was away?"
"Young miss, Lady Selene just came back this morning. She was currently being treated by the house doctors as she came injured. She claimed to get ambushed while following you. The clan head was so furious and worried for both of you that he sends out troops to look for you. They might be back any minute now."
Sabel answered without hiding anything. This maidservant also knew that the two young misses had animosity toward each other.
"Injured? Well played, Selene."
Audrey scoffed and she was once reminded about the scheming personality of this cousin of hers.
She must admit, Selene was truly cunning. She even planned out her alibi very well. Turning herself into a kind-hearted lady as she used to be. She made it looked like she was just genuinely concerned for the well-being of her willful cousin and thus she followed Audrey without minding her own safety. Putting all the blame on Audrey if anything bad happened after. Perhaps she was even anticipating the news of her cousin's death from the guards that were sent to scout the area once she returned.
"Too bad, she will get to see the new Audrey this time."
A smirk broke out from Audrey's face when that thought crossed her mind.
As Audrey was left thinking on her own, she also turned silent. Meanwhile, as she was in the midst of deep contemplation, Sabel, on the other hand, observed her young miss and upon paying close attention to the other party, Sabel, saw a completely different Lady Audrey.If there was anyone in the Lee Residence who knew Audrey very well, that would be her handmaiden, Sabel. In fact, it would not be an exagerration if Sabel dare claimed and say that she knew her ladyship more than the head clan ever knew his doted grand daughter. She knew Audrey like the back of her hand because they were no different from bossom buddies. They technically grew up together and if only it was not because of the difference in their status, the two girls would be as good as bestfriends.However, at this point, in Sabel's eyes, it was as though the girl standing before her was not the same Lady Audrey that she used to know and served before.For some reason, she felt like something was off to
"You told me that its the power within your blood that saved me and brought us to this place, how was that possible?""What do you think about this Selene girl?"Out of nowhere, Audrey found hersef inquiring at Nero. She did not intend to start a conversation with a cat, but given the situation that no other than the two of them shared, she was left with no choice but to satiate her curiosity by asking the question to the other party.However, Nero did not give her a reply right away so she no longer expected to get a response from the him. Yet, after a few minutes, perhaps out of boredom she still ended up asking Nero another question. She thought that her question would only fell in deaf ear just like before, but to her surprise, Nero answered her this time."If I were you, I will steer clear of her."Nero deliberately warned the girl."With all this transmigration thing going on, I am prety sure that there was no need f
When the next day came, Sabel was ordered by the head clan to bring Audrey to the main hall so without wasting another second Sabel came to fetch Audrey first thing in the morning. The first ray from the sun had just descended on the land from the eastern horizon when Sabe arrived on the manor. Learning throught experience, she already knew how to effectively wake up the other party so as soon as she got inside, she immediately headed to where the windows were and pulled its blinds. This in return allowed the sunlight to slip through the verticle slits of the blind and as it settled on the floor, specks of morning dust also started dancing along side it."Lady Audrey, your grandfather wished to meet you. He asked me to brought you this instant."Sabel deliberately spoke louder to make herself heard because apparently, Audrey was still buried beneteh the comfort of her mattress despite of her effort of opening all the windows and allowing all the light to get inside the
"My little girl."The old man said ever so softly as though he was afraid that his granddaughter would get scared if he would raise his voice even just for a bit."Grandfather..."Audrey replied then she smiled at him as sweetly as she could.Again, she tried to act as naturally as possible and purposely copied the behavior of the Audrey she has on her memory, who had a tendency to act cute whenever she was with her grandfather."HAHAHA!"When Johnson saw his granddaughter acting cute in front of him, he burst into hearty laughter."This granddaughter of mine never failed to amaze grandpa."The old man muttered under his breath as soon as he was done laughing to his heart's content.Audrey happened to look exactly just like her mother, Calantha, who just like what her name suggested was like a beautiful flower. But even though Audrey got her face to her mother, her character on the other hand was taken after her dad. She
After sharing the joyous air for the bout of a good half a tea's time, Audrey and her grandfather went back to their respective seat.When they had finally rested enough, that was the only time that Johnson had a chance to observe the black cat that her granddaughter brought with her.If his memory was not failing him yet, he believed that it was actually his first time seeing Audrey with a pet."I guess I still have a lot of things that I have to learn about my lovely granddaughter," he said while staring intently at Audrey, to which the other party only replied with a smile."Tell me, dear, where did you go last time? Why did you choose to sneak in the middle of the night, rather than asking our guards to escort you? Be honest with me. What are you up to this time?"The head clan inquired as he tried to sound as authoritative as he could, but the tenderness on his eyes betrayed his purpose.Audrey, on the other hand, felt warm inside when
"I am glad that you finally had your own contractual beast. Now we just have to wait for your cousin to get well and you guys will be ready to set off to Iridos."All of sudden, the old man mentioned a place that managed to ring a bell on Audrey's consciousness. She was not sure how she got to know the place before but she said,"Iridos??? Is that where girls and boys around my age were being sent to undergo strict training?"Audrey gulped down a mouthful of saliva after hearing the other party's plan because she did not expect to be sent away somewhere else again."Exactly, I am thinking of sending you and your cousin to this special school to learn magic.""Magic?!! But how?"Audrey blurted out in surprise. She was obviously startled when she heard the entirety of her grandfather's plan. As such, her emotion got the better of her and she failed to keep her cool.It was one thing to be sent to a training camp right after
Audrey was busy talking to her cat so she was not exactly paying attention to where she was going and was blindly walking as per her memory and just as when she was about to turn left at a corner, she accidentally bumped with someone. As a result, they both fell to the ground."I'm sorry..."She mumbled and as they got up.Sabel helped her up of course, but Audrey automatically dusted the other party's skirt just like what she used to do whenever she bumped into someone before."It's ok Audrey, I can just change to a new set of a dress. You don't have to trouble yourself over my dirty dress."A feminine voice that sounded like the jingling of bells registered at Audrey's ear and when she raised her head to meet the owner of that voice, she saw a familiar face."It seems like you're totally fine. I'm glad to see that you're not hurt."The lady added as she gave Audrey a once over. This lady was no other than Audrey's cousin, Sele
"Who gave you the right to question our young miss? You are just a lowly servant you don't have the right to talk to her! You insolent brat!"Sabel exclaimed in defense of her young miss.She was familiar with this kind of scenario since she used to work as Audrey's maidservant for the longest time.This kind of people who knew better than to hold their tongues was not enough to faze her young miss into making a personal move. So without waiting to be told, Sabel directly hit the girl straight on the face; sending a resounding slap to the audacious party.The slap was so hard that Sabel's hand seemed to leave a red handprinton the maidservant's cheek.She might be someone from the side family of an influential clan. But in this place, she was still a servant just like Sabel, and Sabel had already handled more than a handful of those brats before.Those ladies-in-waiting used to do things that would please Ling Hua so as to put themselv