
At night, Ashlyn could not even stop smiling as she recalled what happened today in the Hall, The duke actually agreed to it despite some requirements he had to do such as eating together with the two parasitic women.
Ai, Ashlyn could hardly even swallow her food because the nausea caused by the smell of perfume used by Arabella was very pungent to the nose. How could Duke survive with such a type of woman, and how could Duke continue to love that woman with all the changes that happened to that woman.
In the story of Be Mine Prince! It is little told how the Duke fell in love with Arabella and wanted Arabella to be a good mother to Ashlyn. That was all because at the beginning of their meeting, Arabella was a widow left dead by her husband who also happened to be a knight.
At first Duke Damien only felt sorry for Arabella and helped Arabella after the death of her husband, but slowly with more and more Duke Damien met Arabella, who was a, The Duke saw that Arabella was a woman who looked so strong and strong, even after her husband left, Arabella could still continue her life and take good care of her daughter. Not only that, Arabella also looks like a good person who likes to help others. All these positive points made Duke fall in love and decide to marry her.
Ashlyn almost vomited while recalling this part.
Because now is not Arabella very much different from the Arabella that used to be, there is no simplicity of what is the kindness of a mother. The woman will not even want to miss if there are new products out in the capital, always following the trend and likes to squander money to buy luxury goods.
Is Duke really unable to see the change in this woman?
Ah, really! Ashlyn massaged her temple and felt a little dizzy, why would she think of this matter? He should not care, as soon as he mastered martial arts, Ashlyn would lift foot from this golden cage and continue her own life.
Let the Duke be with his greedy wife. He did not care because it was the Duke's own choice who decided to marry and continued to trust Arabella.
Perhaps, the Duke is already in love with Arabella, which is why in the story he prefers to kill Ashlyn rather than kill Arabella and Annabel.
Sighing, Ashlyn lay on her bed and tried to sleep. She did not need to think about this family matter anymore, as she did not intend to take revenge and just wanted to live quietly, moving away so that she would not need to live together with Arabella and Annabel anymore. In fact, if he wanted revenge for Ashlyn's character, he wouldn't kill people, he said, success is the best way to get revenge.
He will prove that he will live well even better than the lives of Annabel and Arabella!
Ashlyn closed her eyes with determination in her heart, catch her breath, get ready for sleep, but then she heard a knock coming from the window.
Ashlyn tried to ignore him, but the knocking kept coming and a voice like the person trying to open the window started to sound.
The window completely opened and a black figure fell onto the floor. The figure groaned in pain while the floor where the figure began to be covered in blood.
Ashlyn smelled it, the smell of blood and the smell of wood and the smell of earth. Then, the voice ...
"Ashlan?"
Ashlyn tried to get close to ensure this voice belonged to the person who nearly strangled her to death. Ashlans.
Edmund who was writhing on the floor felt his body in pain with all the injuries he had sustained. He muttered so Ashlyn could recognize his voice.
Previously, Edmund was just doing his usual job in the forest to find firewood.
However, Edmund's mood was not good because he lost the opportunity to kill Ashlyn, so he vented his anger by cutting down many trees and cutting them into pieces as if the one he cut was Ashlyn. He did so and unknowingly time passed by so quickly that the forest became dark.
Edmund sighed and thought that he should return home soon or that his mother and father would worry about him. However, on his way home, he was suddenly attacked by an unknown person and unfortunately that person was the same person who was chasing after him when he was with Ashlyn back then.
Edmund does not know why, but Edmund knows that the two men are after his life and want to kill him. Edmund tries to fight them and find out who they are as well as what they want, but it turns out that the two men are not ordinary people, they master magic and Edmund has no chance of winning. He received many injuries and was only able to escape.
Unfortunately, the man continued to pursue. Edmund thought of going to a community of bad guys and seeking refuge, but then he thought that those people might not accept him and would wonder why he wasn't with Ashlyn because he lied to them saying that he was Ashlyn's bodyguard. Those people are probably going to ask more and more questions.
So he rejected the idea of going to that place and continued to escape from the pursuit of the two men at night, until he ended up in the courtyard beside the Daren Lynx Mansion after almost half a night of running away from them, strangely as he entered the area of the Daren Lynx Mansion, the two people just looked at him from behind the mask they were wearing before leaving the place as if it was a forbidden place for them.
However, it was a stroke of luck for Edmund as not only were the two dangerous men gone, he was also at the Daren Lynx Mansion, where Annabel lived.
The girl was so kind and she missed him too, although she did not want to make Annabel worry and trouble her, either, but this was all Edmund could do to survive because the stab wound on his stomach had to be treated immediately or he would literally bleed to death.
With no other choice, she had to meet Annabel and ask Annabel to treat her injuries like she used to. Edmund was sure that a good girl like Annabel would help him out, even the girl might be worried about him too and it would make Edmund feel happy because he could be with Annabel even if only for a while.
However, as Edmund endured his pain by holding onto his wounded stomach and walking to find Annabel where Annabel used to be, Edmund saw Annabel and the Crown Prince hugging and kissing.
Edmund knows that Annabel does not love him, and Edmund also knows that Annabel loves the Crown Prince, they love each other. However, still when Edmund saw this, he couldn't help but get jealous and feel the anger splashing on his chest.
What could Edmund do?
Annabel doesn't love him and Edmund just wants Annabel to be happy. So, despite his burned heart of jealousy and anger, Edmund went silently and jumped onto the roof, hiding from the guards and searching for Ashlyn's whereabouts.
It's his only hope of survival, though, the wicked girl offered him three requests and Edmund would ask to be treated as his first request even though Edmund was not sure whether the wicked girl would fulfill his request or not. However, Edmund goes to look for her as if he is desperate, having to go and ask for help from someone he hates so much.
Edmund managed to find Ashlyn sitting on the bed and slowly laid her body down. Edmund approaches the window and knocks on it so that the girl can open the window, but the evil girl actually ignores him!
What an evil girl pretended not to hear! Edmund felt annoyed and knocked on the window many times. However, the girl completely ignored him.
Edmund could not make any more noise or the guards would know of his whereabouts, even though he was angry and upset at Ashlyn, he could only put hope in this person and forcefully try to open the window before jumping inside, and it seemed like it was the time limit.
The wound got worse as he fell and spat out a lot of blood. Edmund heard Ashlyn say, "Ahslan?"
True, this girl knew her name as Ashlan and because of the injuries sustained by her she could only mutter before falling unconscious.
Before falling unconscious, Edmund laughed at himself in his mind. What he expected from this wicked girl, this heartless, merciless girl might help him. He's really stupid by coming at Ashlyn. Wasn't he just humiliating himself and dying miserably in front of the person he hated so much. Suppose ... Had Edmund still had a bit of strength, he would have broken this girl's neck and brought her to death with him.
With just that, Annabel would live quietly.
Annabel will live happily only if this girl dies. However, in the end he could do nothing to this evil girl and instead fell down miserably, like a dead mouse in front of this evil girl.
Ashlyn, who was so evil must have laughed at him and dumped her body into the ocean without a second thought.
However, when Edmund opened his eyes again the first thing he saw was the person he hated so much, Ashlyn. The girl sat on the chair that was placed right beside her bed, as if she was not blind, her white face and gray eyes were staring at the window. However, just by looking, Edmund could tell that Ashlyn was just enjoying the warm morning sunlight, even Edmund himself could feel the warmth of the light that pierced through the glass.
Edmund felt very weak and tried to move, but this made Ashlyn realize that she was conscious.
"Away awake?" Ashlyn asked.
Edmund was glued for a moment and just looked at Ashlyn who was now turning her face towards him, the girl's hair was left to wiggle past his shoulders and her gray eyes never lost their courage, as she looked at Ashlyn, she said, Edmund had always found that this girl had a sharp and bold gaze, even when her eyes became blind, the girl did not lose the courage in her eyes, Edmund had never seen the girl's eyes bowed lethargic and sad.
Did this evil girl never suffer as long as she lived in this world? If this wicked girl had never felt it, then Edmund would be the one who would make this girl lose her courage from her eyes, he would make the light in this person's eyes dim and make him shed tears until his tears dried.
Edmund thought of this and the hatred in his soul flared up again. Seeing Ashlyn, the person he hated so much being right in front of him, Edmund could not help but stretch out his hand to break Ashlyn's neck.
However, due to the injuries sustained by his body, Edmund did not even have the strength to be able to get out of bed. Because as he tried to move, his body felt excruciating pain.
Edmund scrunched his forehead as Ashlyn spoke and he realized what had happened. Last night he was hunted by two unknown people and suffered many injuries, he ran away and intended to enlist Annabel's help, but she finds Annabel with the Crown Prince and she decides to meet Ashlyn and ask for one of her three requests like a fool.
Then he fell unconscious, Edmund thought he was dead and it was this wicked girl who let him die. However, it turned out that he was still alive, even sleeping on a soft bed that he had never tried before.
Edmund stared around, he was in a foreign room, but the room really looked amazing and luxurious. Paintings hanging on the wall, lavender vases in the corner of the room and some other furniture such as tables and chairs, are all of the best quality.
Ashlyn could not see the confusion on Edmund's face, so she could only say. "What happened to you, why did you suffer so many injuries, not only was the flow of blood and energy in your body also problematic, did you ...." Ashlyn continued to talk about what she knew after examining Ashlan's state.
This man .. how Ashlyn explained it, he had lived for eighteen years and from a young age he had been taught the science of traditional Chinese medicine. However, the science he studied was not a simple science like memorizing the names of medicines and potions. However, he was also taught how to treat and find out the patient's body problems using acupuncture techniques.
This man, Ashlan for some reason while examining him last night, not only did Ashlyn find some injuries on Ashlan's body, but she also discovered a problem while examining this person's meridians. This man's energy was actually constantly gathering around the thing ticking and the energy Ashlyn felt was very different from the energy that the real world had ever encountered. Perhaps because this was a novel world with a sub genre of fantasy where magic and monsters also existed in this world, then Ashlyn also felt a different energy in Ashlan's body.
Very strong energy was like a blazing fire, but unfortunately it was like it was locked up in one place and could not spread throughout Ashlan's body tissues. If, this energy was released, Ashlyn even thought that this person might become a human with superpowers.
However, even though Ashlyn had a way to make that trapped energy free, Ashlyn would not do so before she got bail. After all this person was the one who nearly strangled him to death.
"Why don't you kill me or let me die?"
Edmund did not understand a single word coming out of Ashlyn's mouth. The blood and energy circulation in her body were obstructed, what did she mean by all that, this girl must be bragging! And rather than that he was more curious, why did this girl save him?
Ashlyn's eyebrows rose upon hearing this. "Why? Do you want me to kill you and do you come to my room like a thief to deliver your useless body to me?" Ashlyn asked as she folded her hands on her chest.
Edmund lost his words after hearing this.
Ashlyn then continued. "If you want to die, why did you come to my room, disturb my sleep and dirty my room with your stinking blood. If you want to die why don't you go to the grave and dig your own grave?"
Edmund stuttered, but Ashlyn had not even finished speaking. "I did not dirty my precious hands to kill people nor did I dirty my precious hands to bury someone's corpse. You think who I am and how dare you come to this place just to die. At least if you want to die, don't trouble others with your death, what do you think of when you come to this place, handing over your innards for sale? Tsk, is the sale of organs here already exist?"
Edmund was completely speechless. Edmund hated this man so much because of Ashlyn's evil treatment. She still remembered how it felt for the whip to hit and tear her skin so many times and how this evil girl did not even feel sorry for her as she was whipped so many times and ignored Annabel's begging cries to stop his lash. However, what this wicked girl did was to look at her coldly and push Annabel down and allow her servants to continue whipping Edmund to the full 30 lashes.
Edmund suffered so much from the treatment that even the scars were still there and would never disappear from his body as if he could not forget the painful event. Then now, even though this girl did not tell her servant to kill her and somehow saved her. However, the girl's tongue was still very sharp and continued to make Edmund hate her even more.
"Caroline!" Ashlyn suddenly stood up and shouted to her servant. The frail Edmund could only look at him from the bed hatefully inside his chest.
Staring sharply at the back of the girl who was now walking towards the door, Edmund was determined that he would kill the girl one day and make the girl feel the same way as she felt. Edmund will make sure that Ashlyn will receive 30 lashes from him!
Meanwhile, Carolin immediately entered as soon as he heard Ashlyn calling out to him.
"You call me, Lady Ashlyn?"
Ashlyn nonchalantly folded her hands on her chest and pointed with her chin. "The guy said he wanted to die, get him out ...."
"I've come to take away the three requests you gave me."
Ashlyn's speech was not finished when Edmund cut her off with those words.
Ashlyn raised her eyebrows while Edmund smiled sinisterly. He'll use this opportunity to kill Ashlyn.
"Three requests?" Ashlyn turned around and asked in surprise.
"Don't you say you're going to grant three requests to make amends?"
Ashlyn's brows furrowed deeper as if trying to recall and as she recalled, she did say that as they came out of the hideout of the community of evil people.
"So what are your three requests, say."
Edmund could not help but laugh in his heart. Three requests, this wicked girl thought three requests were enough to make up for what she had done. Because of the girl, she had to suffer 30 lashes and had to lie on the bed for almost half a month, because of this he could not work and his sick father had to work so that they could eat, they would even starve if Annabel did not visit her and she might not recover if Annabel did not give her medicine. Thank you to Annabel who was so kind and noble. However, that does not mean Edmund can forget what happened, it will never even be forgotten in his lifetime.
And this wicked girl thought that those three requests were enough to make herself forget everything! No way!
However, if this wicked girl thought so, Edmund would help her to make these three requests enough to make this girl suffer. Perhaps, with that Edmund could forget about it.
So Edmund smiled sinisterly as he thought of a plan in his head.
"First, let me be your servant."
Ashlyn raised her eyebrows, but not saying anything, she would listen to it to the finish even though this person's request was a little unexpected. Ashlyn thought this person would ask for a treasure or something, she did not expect that this person would ask to be her servant. However, it was because of this that he felt that something was strange.
Is this guy planning something?
"Second, make me join forces with Daren Lynx and third knight, give me a bag of gold and gemstones."
Carolin who heard it was shocked, this man actually asked for so much. One bag of gold and diamonds is probably a meager sum for Lady Ashlyn. However, for ordinary people, it could be used to buy a house and build a business.
Yes, indeed it was Edmund's plan, the treasure he requested would be used to improve his family's life. The result of working to sell firewood will never be able to make that much money to build a house. With all those gold coins and gemstones, he would build a house and a small tavern to start his mother's bread-baking business, he was sure his mother could do it, his mother's bread was delicious to him and others had to taste it too.
Edmund plotted this out because he might be involved with the death of wanting the death of this wicked girl. However, he did not care if he could make his family's life better before he died.
"Your third wish is easy to do, but for your first and second wishes, why would you want that. If you want to be a servant then you can't be a knight, and vice versa."
Ashlyn tried to get this guy to express his intentions.
"I want to be your servant no more because those people already know me as your servant. I don't want to be a fraud."
Ashlyn frowned, "Those people?"
Edmund, "Community of the ja-people"
"Stop getting there." Ashlyn immediately cut it off. "I understand, then the second."
"The second, because I want to raise my status from a lower class person to a more distinguished person."
Ashlyn sighed, after hearing Ashlan's explanation. He could understand and understand the person's wishes, and felt there was nothing strange about Ashlan's request anymore.
This person was quite smart and used the opportunity he gave well. Not only did he ask for treasures, but this person also asked for jobs to improve his life. Good, this guy is forward-thinking, Ashlyn can take it.
"All right, I agree."