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 this young miss of hers. However, she could not exactly put a finger on what made her feel like that.
The other party sure had the same feature as before; the same beauty that could cause a downfall of a nation. However, unlike before, the other party was already sporting an expression that she never saw before; the expression that she saw on her Lady Audrey's face was a completely different one. At the same time, it was as though a veil of mystery was shrouding the other party's very presence. Something that she never noticed before despite them spending most of their times together.
In the past, her young miss did not have any other expression aside from a smiling lady just like how she was trained since childhood. However, those smiles never reached her eyes which betrayed its purpose. One glance was all that it took for one to tell that she never flashed anyone with a genuine smile, not even once. It was also for that same reason why many lamented for her beauty. They felt like it was such a shame for such beauty to be wasted with some hollow, and emotionless husk, a girl no different from a doll; pretty face with no emotion, or so as to how others used to term it.
They saw the eldest young miss of the Lee Clan as nothing but a beautiful figurine that was empty inside. However, the expression that Audrey was sporting at the moment was completely different. For the first time, Sabel felt warmth from those set of ice-cold eyes. It was far from the usual aloof expression of her young miss. As such, the maidservant could not help but wonder what might be the reason that lead to this sudden change. Her curiosity was killing her, but of course, a servant like her have no right to ask.
Sabel waited for a while, in case her Lady Audrey wished her to do something. But after a few minutes of silence with nothing but the sound of their breathing, she did a well trained curtsied all the while saying,
"If young miss does not need anything, this servant shall leave now."
Her voice was as as soft as feather brushing on one's ear that the Aundrey found herself being conforted by speaking to the other party alone.
"You may go now."
Audrey muttered under her breath and it was only when she heard her young miss' reply did Sabel finally turned around and leave. Right after she was granted to leave, she no longer imposed and started walking away. After she left, Audrey, on the other hand, cleaned herself and change into a new set of fresh and clean clothes.
She sat on her bed and stared at her newfound pet. At this point, Nero was busy attending to himself as he appeared to be in the middle of licking himself clean. At the same time, up until that very moment, Audrey still could not bring herself to fully believe that the little black cat was not only capable of talking like a human but he could also turn into a large black panther at will. Apparently, the black cat reverted back to its normal size before they entered the city so as to not to draw too much attention to the two them.
"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
After the incident with Selene, Audrey decided to be more careful. She knew that it would be best for her if she could avoid any form of conflict.The last thing that she would want was to make an enemy and risk drawing more attention towards her existence.But at the same time, she alsoswore to herself that she would not let others bully her anymore.Definitely not in this life again. She had enough already.She also took it as her responsibility to live her newfound life happier and more meaningful.Before going back inside her room, Audrey called Sabel and issued a command."Sabel, I want you to prepare me and yourself a pair of clothes for commoners. You would have to go with me outside tonight. I wish to go and see the city."Meanwhile, when Sabel heard her young miss' plan, her eyes glowed with obvious anticipation.It was a rare opportunity for a maidservant like her to go outside the residence especially at night.