Hellbents
Chapter 114: Misunderstanding
Ava did not want to attract unnecessary attention, which is why she specifically asked the king to keep her departure a secret. So Ava, Ellijah, and Rose entered the horse-drawn carriage quietly at 4am, blind in the morning. Rose was the personal servant she randomly chose, either why the maid almost fainted when she was appointed, or why the other two maids were saying goodbye to her as if they would never meet. On the other hand, despite the eye bags on Ellijah's listless face, the man had a fresh, cheerful look even.
Ugh, Ava could already imagine her days ahead that would not be quiet. It was obvious that the man would take advantage of this opportunity to disturb him.
So, even though interspersed with grumbling, Ava still welcomed the man's hand to ride the horse carriage.
"U-um, Princess, where are we going?" Rose glanced timidly while wrapping her master's body in a thick hairy coat. The count of the autumn date has passed, the wind that blows more and more days is freezing, especially when they leave even before sunrise. Although Rose was afraid that half-dead would be used as the subject of experiments according to the rumors, she had to diligently carry out her duties to serve Princess Eve. Maybe he will be released as a guinea pig if Rose does his job well. Looking at Princess Eve who liked competent people, there was no way she would be sacrificed if the princess was satisfied with her service, right?
"Finding inspiration" Ava answered briefly without explanation. From Eve's sentence a few days ago, he suspected that there was already a plan prepared or at least useful to satisfy the king in this project. So Ava wasn't lying.
Eve's journal that she read seems to emphasize the secrecy of the lab that Ava is currently aiming for, so it's better if she does not discuss the location specifically.
Rose who responded instantly understood, he did not ask again. This time it was Ellijah who broke the silence in the dock. "First of all, I want to apologize, Princess. It seems like my reaction a few days ago formed a misunderstanding between the two of us."
So he wants to give up now?
Ava looked flatly at the man before her, uninterested. Men everywhere are the same. Even so, Ellijah continued, "I used the blindfold that time."
Ava did not respond.
"Oh, cleaning artifacts? So a few nights ago Duke Frost woke up the butler to help the Princess?" Rose unconsciously chattered. He unintentionally heard the butler venting due to the sleep deprivation caused by Duke Frost. But the quiet atmosphere made Rose aware that she had slipped. His hand immediately patted his mouth softly.
But that's why Ava realized there was a puzzle part that she had not realized, so she urged Ellijah to continue, "Next, what about my clothes?" Still, Ava woke up in a different outfit that morning.
"Head maid took care of it, I thought once it was clean, no one would suspect what really happened."
Even so Ava did not immediately believe it just like that. Among the three of them in the horse-drawn carriage, only the perpetrator could testify. Ava was an unconscious victim. Rose was a third party who knew nothing. Ava had to ask directly to the butler to make sure.
After all, there was no guarantee Ellijah used a cleaning artifact with her eyes closed. Moreover, his reaction when he woke up was also strange.
"Then why is your face flushed?"
For a moment of silence, before Ellijah opened her mouth again, "Because I was fathoming-"
Ava reflexively kicked the man's shin.
Rose who still did not understand the context of her master's conversation with Duke Frost only gasped in confusion.