Became A Blind Villain
Outsider.

Ashlyn arrives at the Daren Lynx Mansion and is immediately greeted by the servants as well as Duke Damien with Duchess Arabella.

Previously, one of the two knights who managed to find Ashlyn with Vincent immediately reported this to Duke, that Ashlyn had been found and would return along with Vincent, Vincent, that's why now they all gathered to welcome the arrival of Ashlyn who had made the Duke worried to the point of not being able to sleep as it continued to search for Ashlyn all night.

Duke Damien wanted to go to Ashlyn and ask her how she was, where she lived last night and what happened to her last night. However, the resulting awkwardness after years of their far-flung relationship and after what blinded Ashlyn, as well as what Ashlyn told her that day brought Duke Damien's steps to a standstill, and made all those words get stuck in his throat.

He could only look at his daughter and feel relieved that Ashlyn was fine.

Ashlyn had felt the presence of many people since she got off the train, but none of them had asked her how she was after a night away from home. Ashlyn could only smile bitterly, really! It seemed like because this figure was so evil and after that scene of the cross-section, they had dared to ignore him and no one cared about him.

All right, no problem. Ashlyn could still think of a way to survive in this harsh world of novels, but he would also never bow his head what more kneel before them just to beg for mercy and to be merciful for the sake of his life. He is the innocent!

"Lady Ashlyn, where you've been all this time, we're all very worried about you." 

Eventually Carolin was the only one who spoke up and greeted Ashlyn after Duke Damien looked at her as well as gestured at her.

Carolin was actually very afraid, even he could not shake the anxiety of being beaten up once this master got home.

Ashlyn, on the contrary, does not reject her helping hand, and it does not seem to matter when Carolin helps her walk, because Ashlyn can feel the compulsion of Carolin when asking her and the fear of this girl to him. Ah, my God, even his hands are shaking.

Was Carolin so scared of her that he thought he was going to beat her up? Surely yes. 

"Take me to my room and prepare some warm water for me."

"Mm, b-well, Lady Ashlyn."

Vincent also descended upon Ashlyn and seeing this sight, his elder sister walked in assisted by a servant while everyone who was there just stared in silence.

How could they not ask Ashlyn the condition when she finally returned?

Vincent looked at his mother, Duchess Arabella who was looking at Ashlyn with a dislike look, even so noticeable that the woman did not want to be here at all to welcome Ashlyn. While his famous great father was even helpless and could only stare at Ashlyn walking past him in silence.

Vincent sighed and walked a little faster.

"I'll take her to her room, just get her warm water ready." Saying this, Vincent grabs Ashlyn's hand and leaves everyone there shocked, especially Duchess Arabella.

His son who was so precious as the rarest gemstone the world had ever seen had never even delivered and touched his hand like that, when he was his mother.

However, what about Ashlyn this child actually offered himself.

Arabella stared unhappily until the hand holding the fan clenched tightly. 

What happened to his son? How could this child suddenly behave like this?

Ashlyn, meanwhile, does not reject Vincent and continues on her journey. The child who was currently holding his hand was his sister in this novel world. Ashlyn would not refuse if this child wanted to be close to her, after all in the real world he had no younger brother and was quite curious about this younger brother because he rarely appeared in the Be Mine Price story. 

Ashlyn wanted to know what her younger brother was like and might be able to teach him a little about life lessons so that this child would not be the same person as Duke Damien.

However, Ashlyn had not yet stepped on the terrace, Ashlyn began to hear hurried footsteps and a gasping sound.

Ashlyn's brows furrowed as she began to realize that this voice belonged to Annabel.

"Lady Ashlyn."

Ashlyn and Vincent's footsteps stopped.

Annabel stood behind the two of them and as she looked at Ashlyn's hand that Vincent was holding, Annabel couldn't help but be stunned and envied. Her younger brother had never held her hand like that.

But that's not the problem now. Annabel carried a brown paper bag that felt warm because it contained a fish cake that had just come out of the grill, it smelled so fragrant that Ashlyn could smell the sweet aroma.

Ashlyn did not turn around, so Vincent turned his head and asked. "What's wrong?"

Annabel blinked, she always felt nervous while in front of her own little brother because this person was very similar to Duke Damien who had an outstanding appearance, she said, a calm yet firm and impressed face did not care while speaking. That, made him uncomfortable and made it difficult for him to be close to his own sister.

This kid, always busy studying and spending his time in the Academy. When they first met, Vincent was only five years old, Annabel was very happy, but even her five-year-old sister already knew how to be cool and judge which things she should do or things she shouldn't do.

Still fresh in his memory as Annabel invites Vincent to play in the park. The reaction of the boy when he saw the neatly lined collection of dolls surrounding the teapot on the carpet was to wrinkle his forehead before his facial expression calmed down again.

And how the boy answered when he invited him to sit down to join a simple tea party. 

"How old are you? Still playing this, don't you feel that you need to catch up with Lady Ashlyn? I'm sorry, but I don't have time for this."

At that time, Annabel realized that being a member of a noble family was not at all as beautiful as her shadow. They were so busy studying even since they were very young. It is not at all pleasant if they cannot enjoy their childhood by playing and relaxing.

How can they live in a pile of books every day and with all the demands to master several skills at once.

Annabel always thought that her life would always be full of happiness even if she did not study so hard as the descendants of Daren Lynx, after all, he does not have Daren Lynx blood and does not need to be like them.

However, now Annabel sees how Vincent and Ashlyn join hands like a caring brother. Annabel could not help but feel envious and increasingly aware that it turned out that she had only been an outsider in this family.

All this time Annabel always thought everything was fine, even if she was not a descendant of Daren Lynx, her mother was the wife of an extraordinary Duke Damien and she was already considered the Duke's own daughter. So why was there such a feeling of displeasure in his heart now?

Vincent who saw Annabel kept silent and did not answer her question could not wait any longer, for him time was such a precious thing and he had no time to wait for something unfavorable for him.

"If you don't have anything to say, I should go to drop off, Lady Ashlyn ...."

"What did you say?" 

Vincent's words were cut short when Ashlyn said this.

Vincent was silent before coughing deeply, as if there was a fish bone in his throat.

"I have to take my sister to her room to rest."

This answer was even more shocking than Vincent's previous actions. 

Vincent, who is always famous for being calm, restrained like a solid iceberg, always keeps his politeness even always talking formally to anyone, never calling his two older sisters, older brother. He always called out their names with respect. However, now that this child has just called Ashlyn the "sister sister" which is true, Arabella and Annabel will feel sad for this.

Annabel was really struck, even Vincent never called her 'brother', what this was because she didn't have Daren's blood on her body. Are they not from the same mother?

Annabel tried to suppress her emotions and as best as possible developed a smile.

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to give this to Lady Ashlyn. I heard Lady Ashlyn wanted to eat fish cakes, I bought them this morning for Lady Ashlyn."

Annabel held out the brown paper packet. However, Ashlyn did not even turn her body around. His attitude like this is really the attitude of the main antagonist in the world of the novel Be Mine Prince, he will not be willing to accept anything from Annabel, he said, because he hated this man so much for what this man made in his life.

Take everything from her with just a sweet smile and a little humility. Pei! Ashlyn spit in his heart.

Vincent sees Ashlyn as silent, thinking that Ashlyn may not want to talk to Annabel, though she is rarely home, he had heard all the news coming from the Daren Lynx Mansion and understood how the two sisters were related.

Although Ashlyn does not want to talk to Annabel, Vincent knows that the cause of Ashlyn's disappearance that day was because of this fish cake. Ashlyn wants to eat it, so Vincent will take it for her. However, Ashlyn suddenly said, "Did you just say buy it?"

Ashlyn turned around as if her gray eyes could see exactly where Annabel was.

Ashlyn smiled cynically, "Don't the Crown Prince have already bought an entire store for you so that others can't buy that bread and eat it?"

Arabella who saw her daughter would be treated unfairly again soon came forward and held her daughter.

"Ashlyn, Annabel's intentions are good. So, why don't you take it, didn't you want this cake yesterday?" ask Arabella.

Ashlyn smiled again. "Of all the people who are here, who feel themselves suffering the most because of me, the evil Ashlyn who made Annabel suffer, the wicked Ashlyn who always beat Annabel, the evil one who always beat her up, The evil Ashlyn who told Annabel to take the ring that fell into the lake, the evil Ashlyn who told Annabel ... Ah, how many crimes have I committed against him?"

"What do you really want to say, Ashlyn?" Arabella did not understand.

"So many crimes I committed against Annabel that you said Annabel was treated unfairly by me. Tell me, if I've been torturing her all this time, isn't she a long time dead?"

Of course, if Annabel had received all the treatment Ashlyn had done all this time, the girl would have already died from suffering from fractures, blood loss or shivering in the cold lake. However, Annabel is fine as there are always crazy people willing to take the place of Annabel like Peter and Edmund. 

Meanwhile the reason Ashlyn said this was nothing but to open everyone's eyes that this person who had always been said to be persecuted was fine and could still run around scattering smiles and kindness the full of hypocrisy.

"Ashlyn, is it appropriate for you to say that to your own sister? Annabel just wanted to give you the fishcake you wanted, the intention was so good so why did you say this to her, you hurt her."

Ashlyn again smiled, "Mm, I hurt her heart almost every time, but isn't she okay?"

Arabella was stunned when she heard this. "Ashlyn, why do you have to act like this to Annabel, she's your sister, can't you be nice to her and not hurt her anymore?"

Ashlyn's eyebrows shot up, "Sister?" ask her before nodding her head and making an "Oh" sound"

Ashlyn then smiled, "No, I don't want to accept anything from her and didn't I tell you to never appear before me again. You're really happy to be in trouble with me, huh."

Ashlyn then turned and walked ahead of Vincent who soon followed him, leaving a crowd of people there including Annabel who was now starting to shed tears, squeezing the bread paper that was in his hand after hearing all of Ashlyn's words and what he saw between Ashlyn and Vincent.

"Why is he so hard on me, Mom? what mistake did I make with her?"

Arabella who saw her sad daughter immediately hugged her. "People like Ashlyn will never understand your kindness, stop crying, you guarantee your happiness."

Meanwhile Duke Damien could only be speechless when he saw this scene. How bad has their relationship been, and he is still confused about how to make his family a real family, how to bring them together if their relationship has been this bad?

How'd he fix it?