I Am Your Death
Chapter 07's
The birthday party went on very well. However, the guests present were busy looking for the whereabouts of the main character today. Shortly after the Marquis' speech ended, Bella appeared with Varya.
Everyone greeted him with a clap of hands. Bella who became the center of attention certainly bowed respectfully to the audience.
Bella then delivered a word, two on the show. Varya took a position a bit away from the crowd. He doesn't want to share his attention with Bella. That girl who should be the center of attention today is not him. Despite Varya's presence beyond people's expectations.
Varya leaned her back against the wall. He is not the kind of person who likes a lot of places. Here even he feels claustrophobic. The kingdom is a place where there will be crowds.
"Your Majesty, please drink it" Finix handed wine to Varya.
"Ah~ I don't like wine. Just find some fruit juice for me" asked Varya who was directly obeyed by her bodyguard.
Varya did not like wine, but there were times when he had to drink it for example at a big royal banquet, and sometimes he drank it when he experienced prolonged stress.
"Hm~" muttered Varya when she saw three girls approaching her.
The front girl seems to be their leader and the girl who really likes dealing with Varya.
"Greetings to Her Highness Princess Astra" bowed their respects in unison.
Varya simply replied with a nod of her head. Now Varya manages the position of the body well. He has to position himself to be appreciated, right?
"We are very happy to see His Majesty come here. Is this not a miracle? Her Highness the Princess attended something unofficial." The blond girl was Grace Natalie Lawrence.
"You're right~ but isn't it a must to attend a friend's birthday?"
"What's? Friends?" Grace is confused, because Varya never had any friends.
"Ah~ so you think that I'm Princess Astra doesn't have a friend? You want to insult me Lady?" Varya squinted her eyes making Grace and her two followers surprised.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. But I just heard rumors that you have no friends other than your fiancee. Oops" Grace chuckled slightly after saying that.
"What about you guys?"
"We? Are we your friends?" Grace asked trying to hold back her laughter.
"Of course not. You are my subordinates, aren't you?" Now it was Varya's turn to chuckle a little.
Grace looks upset about it. But now Grace is trying to control her emotions. He doesn't want to embarrass himself in public right now.
"Pfttt" Varya could barely hold back her laughter. Fortunately, they did not attract attention.
The growing annoyance made Grace think of her evil plan. He deliberately blocked the path of a servant who was passing by while carrying a glass of wine. Until the waiter accidentally drops the drink into Varya's pink dress.
"I-I'm sorry, Your Majesty! I made a mistake!" Shouted the waiter, now attention was on them.
Varya stared intently at Grace, this is too childish for her. Varya walked up to Grace, she stared fixedly at the girl.
"Lady... Do you want to acknowledge your request and apologize?" Varya asked with her delicate tone.
"Huh? What have I done, Your Majesty? The waiter was wrong for not being careful. So what does this have to do with me?" Elak Grace was calm.
Grace is very confident that Bella will defend him and Varya will definitely be ashamed by herself. Varya doesn't have anyone supporting her, Grace thought.
"What do you say Lady? I witnessed for myself that you were the one who made the maid fall to make Her Royal Highness Princess's dress dirty." Grace rolled her eyes, not believing what she was hearing.
"W-what did you say Bella?!"
"I was just telling the truth, there were even witnesses other than me here" Grace began to frantically look at her surroundings who were staring at her sharply.
He saw Varya grinning now. The blonde girl was cornered.
"So how's lady? Or do you need me to tell Duke what you're doing?".
"No, Your Majesty.! I'm sorry, it's purely my fault and I'm sorry" Grace said, looking down in shame.
"Ah~ You're not apologizing to me, but to the waiter" Varya pointed to the fallen waiter earlier.
"Why should it be to the waiter?"
"Do you want to break my orders!" Varya raised her voice.
"I'm sorry about you" Grace said, then walked away from there.
Varya smiled looking directly at the girl who was unbalanced he must be very embarrassed now. The friend he trusted betrayed him. It was his karma, and Varya would be his karma for the rest of his life.
"Bella, I have to say goodbye. The thing you did earlier, really helped me. Hopefully we can be good friends in the future"
"Of course Your Majesty. I'll always be there for you"Bella bowed respectfully.
Varya then stepped home. He hoped that the incident could be a warning for other nobles not to underestimate him again at will.
It's just the beginning, he has to have a longer day. And he had to keep strengthening himself to keep fighting even though being alone was painful.
"Your Majesty!" Shouting someone made Varya stop in that dark passageway.
"Finix.." -...." Varya saw the man running towards her with a glass of orange-colored drink.
"Why did you leave immediately? I've been holding drinks for you?" Varya did not expect that Finix still brought the drink he had requested earlier.
"Please drink Your Majesty, you have been very tired of fighting to this day. Thanks for the hard work" Finix smiled at Varya.
Varya was stunned to hear the sentence that came out of the man's mouth. How could Finix know he was so tired right now? And that word of thanks really touched the part that no one ever touched on Varya.
"Haha, my cute bodyguard" Varya chuckled and took the drink.
He gulped down the drink with a single gulp, making Finix smile with relief. Varya's attitude is now like a child, so adorable for Finix. True his guess, Varya is still a fragile girl but she does not seem to want the world to know it. He was very much looking forward to what else the dark blue haired girl would do, as if Astra would now be in his grasp.
"Let's go home. We have to fight again for tomorrow!"
...To Be Continued ...