I'M A Villains In My Second Life
Chapter 21's
Anne carefully led Leathina walking, the two of them walking in the corridor leading to Leathina's room. There was no conversation between the two, Leathina was just quietly busy thinking about what had just happened to her while Anne was too focused on leading Leathina to walk so that her shoulders would not move and was always watching Leathina's footsteps make sure lest Leathina stumble over something and fall.
After walking through the corridor they both arrived in front of Leathina's room, Anne quickly opened the door and let Leathina in and led her back to Leathina's bed.
“Limited Anne.” Leathina thanked Anne for leading Leathina so carefully to her room.
“Nona shouldn't thank me because it's my duty, but miss.. “
Anne stopped her words hesitating to continue what she wanted to say out of fear of making Leathina angry with her.
“Iya what's up Anne, say!” Seeing Anne not continue her words Leathina instead became curious to know what Anne would say next.
“I'm sorry Miss, but is it true Miss Leathina has cancelled the engagement of the miss with prince Yardly?”
“Iya's right, my engagement with prince Yardly I've canceled.”
“But why?”
“You heard what I said to Nora, sometimes you have to give up at the right time before it's too late and regret it.”
“But the lady has fought for everything only for prince Yardly.”
“I am not engaged even you are disappointed Anne.” Leathina replied to Anne in a joking tone so that the atmosphere was not too depressing anymore now that Leathina was injured.
“That's because I know as hard as what the lady has been trying just for prince Yardly.”
“Umm, Anne? Why are you even emotional, it's okay because now I'm fine. But why do you know I've been trying so hard just to get the heart of Yardly?”
“It.. that's. because all this time I've been watching miss.”
“What? Wh why? What are you watching me for?” Leathina was very surprised to hear Anne's statement that turned out to always keep an eye on Leathina.
“That's because I owe Miss Leathina.” a favor
“Grace? My mom?” Leathina was even more confused to hear Anne's explanation that she could not understand from earlier.
“Yes I used to be a slave sold on the black market, then I accidentally met Miss Leathina's mother, she felt sorry when she saw me and bought me from my old master. because he felt sorry for my dying state because at that time there we slaves were not treated humanely we were forced to work and only fed once a day we were also beaten if err. My life changed after being taken by Miss Leathina's mother, since Miss Leathina's mother had died then I promised myself I would devote myself to Miss Leathina the son of the one who had saved me.”
“So that's how it happened so you want to be my personal servant Anne?”
“Iya miss, but not only that I also like miss so I just want to devote my life to miss.”
“You will devote yourself to an evil and heartless employer like me? It is not necessary that Anne serve me well when the time comes I will set you free and set you free so that you can live freely as you wish.”
“No, no it doesn't need Miss Leathina.”
“But Anne, your life would be a waste if you devoted it only to women like me Anne, you would even be hated by people just for serving me, you could even be killed.”
“It's okay miss, it doesn't matter to me. I've been very happy to be by Miss Leathina's side.”
“As far as you are Anne, obviously I have warned you.”
“Iya miss.” Anne nodded quickly in agreement with Leathina's words, a sign that she was fully prepared for what would happen to her in the future.
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My name is Anne, before coming to this mansion I had no name because I was just a slave whose life was no more precious than a working animal so I was only called by numbers. Anne's name was given by Miss Leathina's mother when she bought me from my former employer. I accidentally met him in an alley for trying to escape my ruthless employer.
“Hey caught you goddamn slave!”
“I'm sorry sir. please.”
“Plak.” A man thoughtlessly slapped the face of a child so hard.
“Plak.”
The first slap successfully made the little boy bounce because of his small body and could not hold the slap, the second slap had made the child's nose and lips bleed.
“Mr..mister I'm moho.”.
“Plak.”
“Bags like you need to be taught a lesson first in order to kapok.”
“Mr I moho.” Not yet had the little boy finish his words the man who had slapped him back slapped him in the face.
“Plak”
“You think I bought you with leaves!”
“Plak.”
“Hey! What do you do.”
When going to throw his slap again suddenly a woman yelled at him and tried to stop the – man to slap the little boy.
“Do not try to interfere miss, this is none of your business and take it easy he is just a slave who tried to run away from his master.”
“Whatever you do to such a child, are you a demon!”
“Nona don't get me wrong, she's just a slave.”
“I'll take it.”
“But he belongs to me miss, I have bought him.” The man faced the woman who rebuked him.
“Then sell him to me.”
“But I bought it for 10 gold, miss. The price is not cheap.”
“I'll buy it double.”
“Really? Then will you also buy it if I sell it for 30 gold.”
“Iya I will buy.”
“Really? Then just take it miss, after all this brash child is not useful at all.”
The woman immediately gave the bag of money containing as much as 30 gold to the man, then the woman approached the little boy who had been lying helpless on the ground and put the child on his lap.
“Are you okay, son?”
“A.. i.. “
“No need to answer me, just relax I will take you home with me.”
In this world slaves means you have no rights, not even rights over yourself, you are free to be treated and tortured by your owner or someone who has bought you. Maybe that day God really loved me so much that it brought me to a woman who would change my life for the better.
Miss Leathina's mother took me to the Yarnell residence when I was five and she was carrying her baby, Miss Leathina. Unfortunately the good woman died while giving birth to Miss Leathina.
When Miss Leathina was born I thought she would be raised with love and affection because Duke Leonard loved his wife so much at the time but the fact is inversely Duke Leonard hated her daughter and even her daughter ignoring her, she instead remarried in search of a son's successor just because she didn't recognize her daughter as her son.
Seeing Miss Leathina grow up without love and affection made me who was just a servant feel pity, she said, I even thought that my life was still better than her because I could still freely express my feelings while Miss Leathina was forced to lock her own feelings of not laughing, angry and never even crying. That's why I want to be by his side to continue helping him.
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