I'M The Villainess Sister
Chapter 14.5: Too late? (fr. 2)
Schnee's carriage, which Edna and Sophia were riding, stopped in front of a gate, and the two knights who saw the logo of the Edna family glanced at each other before walking closer to the carriage
One of them spoke to the guard knight before knocking on the door, bowing respectfully as Sophia opened the door, "Sorry, My Lady. You seem to have walked in the wrong direction, this gate is a teleportation gate used for emergency matters of an important nature"
"Then we're in the right place" Sophia retorted, making the two knights frown.
"Lady Edna Schnee wants to pass through this gate to the Diven area because there are emergency things to do so open the gate"
"Sorry, we can't do it. Although we do not know what emergency is going on, we cannot open the gate to anyone because His Majesty the King forbids us if there is no direct warrant from him"
"We do not intend to pass for free, we will pay the entrance fee"
"Although so-"
"I am Jeffrey Diven's fiancee who often uses this teleportation gate to go to the Schnee region. I'll pay the entrance fee just as much as he paid"
The two gatekeepers looked up to see Edna who had just interrupted their words. Then look at each other as if discussing using telepathy
"You can't let it pass if it's worth the King's terms so just tell me what price Jeffrey paid and I'll pay that price. I don't have much time"
"..... The young lord of the Diven family paid the entrance tax for 100 million pounds in one pass, Lady"
"100 Ju-Omong blank what did you guys just say this?! Why is the price so expensive!" sophia exclaimed in annoyance, surprised by what she had just heard. The woman looked at the two knights in front of her with guts before turning her head towards Edna. "Miss, they must have lied to us. There's no way Mr. Jeffrey would pay such an expensive fee"
"Sophia, we don't have much time. Just give them the 100 million they want" Edna broke up impatiently. Sophia glanced around with an awkward gesture then shook her head slowly at her miss
".... We don't have that kind of money, miss. I did bring all your monthly funds as instructed, but it was only 50 million pounds left" he whispered
'Ck, fuck!' edna's mind was upset, the purple unraveling girl was forced to rack her brain in search of another way. Unfortunately to think of it however, he could not get to the Diven region quickly other than using the teleportation gate
"It seems you don't have enough money. Please turn around and go back home, don't interfere with our work" remove one of the gate guard knights who made Sophia clench her hands in annoyance
"Based on lowly knights, seeing them humbling you makes me upset so we should just go, miss" the lady asked, she frowned as the lady raised her hand to stop her
Perhaps thanks to time, Edna suddenly remembered something from her previous life that was interesting. "Sophia," called out to him but his gaze was still straight towards the two knights
"Yes, miss?"
"How do you think His Majesty's King and the other nobles responded when they found out the real reason Jeffrey Diven was able to go back and forth using the all-important teleportation gate?" the girl asked, her antagonist grin widened when she saw the knights looking at her while involuntarily gulping
"You mean.... Any other reason? Do you know, miss?"
"Either.... But I can make a guess. You want to hear me, Sophia?"
"What are you doing, Lady Schnee?! Your Majesty the King will not be silent to let you interfere with our work like this!" threatening one of the guards in a panic, the Schnee guards frowned seeing their mistress being belittled and were about to advance to pull out the sword, leaving behind, but stopped by Edna who did not look shaky at all with their threats
"Is that so? Hm... It seemed like the King would also not be silent if the actual entrance price of the 70 million pound teleportation gate suddenly turned into 100 million. He might be curious, about disappearing where the remaining 30 million money belongs to his cousin's nephew, right?"
Realizing that the little girl was actually getting more attacked, the other guard also twisted his brain for fear of being caught, but even though he was very panicked, he seemed to be more sane than his partner because he still used polite sentences.
"La-Lady Schnee! Please do not do this, if you continue to do this then your fiance will also be affected. You certainly do not want your fiancee to be dragged and gossiped all over the people for bribing us, right?" he pretended to persuade
Edna closed her lips with a palm, putting on a shocked expression. "Geez, so Jeffrey really bribed you??"
The deg!
As if the durian was hit in the head, the two knights paled after indirectly getting into a trap and admitting that they received bribes from Jeffrey.
"Ti-No, that... "
"You all heard that? Oh my... Jeffrey Diven's cousin to the King, if this thing were leaked, would your position be the same as that kid for being equally guilty? Though he's the only puppet Duke Diven and nephew of the King's cousin while you're just a commoner who's lucky to be a knight?"
Terror adorned the pale faces of the two men. Edna's words were right, Jeffrey Diven who was a great noble would probably only end up being scolded or the worst that could happen to him was that he had to lose his position as the future Duke, whereas they..... It will be immediately lost the head once the King knows they are embezzling the teleportation gate funds as well as the money of his cousin's nephew
"Do I have to ask His Majesty the King directly huh? You guys don't seem to be able to answer my question" The purple-browed girl crossed her arms across her chest, the corner of her lips raised
"... Help us, Lady Schnee. We could die if this thing leaks out, we'll do everything as long as you don't expose this to His Majesty the King"
One guard ran and knelt pleading before the door of Schnee's horse-drawn carriage. While one seemed doubtful, his pride did not accept having to beg a 12-year-old girl even though Edna did not act like a child at all
"We? Looks like your friend doesn't think the same"
The kneeling bodyguard looked up at his co-worker and pulled him to his knees by force. "M-Sorry, miss.. Looks like my colleague was a bit surprised"
"Hm.... But you're sure of everything?"
".... Y-Yes, we can do everything for you. We beg you, My Lady..."
'Good, it's exactly what I wanted' Edna was pleased with looking down at them
".... Alright. I won't divulge this fund embezzlement problem and I won't let anyone leak it" he said, causing the two guards to breathe a sigh of relief
"Thank you, Lady Schnee"
"But of course, there are conditions.. "
"We'll do whatever you want, My Lady"
"Then you must open this teleportation gate every time I need it, and that.... No charge for a penny"
".... Pardon you? Gratis... Every time, you mean?"
Edna nodded with a sweet smile, inversely proportional to the knights who kept glancing at each other while swallowing their hard-earned saliva
"..... All right, we agree. But we can't let you go on horse-drawn carriages and bodyguards because the magic tower that monitors this gate will feel strange if the financial statements don't change much but the Schnee family's horse-drawn carriage continuescontinuous passing"
"So what's your solution?"
The two knights nodded at each other before one of them stood up and ran to pick something up. A black robe with a leopard emblem
Edna recognized the robe. The people wearing the robes were the King's hidden knights specially assigned to dangerous missions of a secret nature.
"You can use one horse and wear this robe. The magic tower would not be suspicious at all"
'of course. The magic tower could not possibly be suspicious since this special forces consisted of various people, men and women, as well as his inner parents and children, Edna reached out to receive the robe but Sophia raised her hand high
"What does this mean, Sophia?"
"Sorry, miss. I can't let you go alone. The knight's bodyguard is leaving"
Edna shook her head, "While they're one of our people, I still can't entrust a potion as important as this to them just like that" he refused. She had been betrayed too often by her people at such an important time that now the girl was skeptical of giving other people important tasks
"Miss, then I'll go. You are still not healed, and they only allow one horse for one person. I'm a person that you can trust this will convey your orders to Mr. Jeffrey without a single mistake" Sophia said venturing out, Edna looked at her nanny and sighed.
"No. You just don't know how to ride a horse how to go? I'll go alone. I've made a full recovery and know how to ride a horse." he replied, which caused confusion and curiosity in Sophia
"Np? Waita minute... When did you learn to ride a horse? I never knew you had such a learning schedule"
"... I-It doesn't matter now. The point is I'm leaving, you come back and wait for me at home. Mother and father definitely need your explanation because we came out without their permission earlier" the girl ordered while hurriedly wearing her robe, Sophia sighed before finally nodding
"I'm actually still not willing to allow it but please be careful on the road, miss" she said, staring at the guards standing by the carriage. "Supply the horse that Miss Edna will be wearing, make sure the saddle is comfortable"
"Well, we'll be ready soon"
Waiting for the horse to be carried, Edna rushed into the arms of her babysitter to seek mental support. "I'll be right back with good news, Sophia" he muttered promised
"Yes. I pray that this time there will be no problem, miss"
"This time?"
Sophia took off her hug and put on the hood of Edna's robe. "Yes. You always get into trouble in unexpected moments so I hope there are no problems this time. And please don't do anything extreme like this again in the future" she said, smiling slightly and then getting off the horse-drawn carriage as soon as someone approached.
The expression of the boy as fast as lightning returned seriously, to the point of making two men who were much older than him so disinclined even if they only saw him walking
A black horse complete with a comfortable looking saddle was led by one of the bodyguards. Edna rode on horseback assisted by her guards because her legs were now too short
"Lady Edna,"
Without even bothering to turn his head towards those guards, he already understood what they were going to tell him
"I understand. Neither His Majesty the King nor Jeffrey and his parents would know anything about what happened today"
They bowed respectfully to the girl, "Thank you, My Lady. Good luck to the destination"
Edna stomped her foot into the belly of the horse and the horse led her into the opened teleportation gate
The distance that should have been covered in a few days in an instant had already been passed once he exited the teleportation gate, truly great. The purple girl arrived in the northern region of Diven and only took 3 hours to get to the mansion when taken by a normal speed horse
But because he thought the 3 hours were still too long, Edna also tightened her legs tightly on the horse's body and made him run at high speed. Both of her thighs tightened just under the saddle, and she held tightly to the control rope
Edna no longer cared about the fate of her dress and just drove the horse as fast as possible, because this time she could not be late anymore
The horse that the girl was riding on made a mess in the crowded streets because of its speed, in addition to damaging some small shops, people who were walking there were victims by falling to the side of the road. And finally the knights patrolling the region chased him from behind with horses to stop him
"Hey, stop! Miss, stop your horse right now or we'll catch you!" they remembered from behind, but Edna ignored them completely
They chased each other for a long time, the knights were astonished how could there be a woman riding a horse as fast as this? The girl also looked like a child, but they could not match her speed at all
Edna focused herself only on the road ahead while continuing to hope in her heart that she could give the Duchess lecitel. Her eyes lit up as the gates of the Duke Diven mansion came into sight, the purple-grained girl added speed again
"Damn it, he's adding speed! Quickly catch him, he must be the villain who was about to break through the mansion of master Duke!" shouted the knight leader who was chasing after Edna before one by one began to add speed
Meanwhile the gatekeeper of the mansion frowned seeing a horse walking towards them at a very high speed, behind the horse were several patrolmen following
"What's this about? Who's that?" asked one of them puzzled, they squinted their eyes as Edna waved her hand asking for the gate to be opened. "Do we have to open the gates for them?"
"We don't know who's in front, but if it's escorted by the patrol, doesn't that mean there's something important to tell the Duke?"
"You're right. Hey, open the gate!" shouted the gatekeeper, the mansion gate was opened
The patrolling knights were trying to warn them to close back the gate because that person could have been a criminal, but the gate knights who could not see clearly thought they were waving to thank them for opening the gate, so they waved back happily
Thanks to that misunderstanding, Edna's horse made it inside. He stopped a few steps in front of the main house door, then rushed down from the horse
But when he was about to run into the house, a knight brandished a sword right around his neck
"Stop there or your neck will break, son" he said. Edna stopped moving, her hands clenched firmly realizing that she was right in front of the door and was just entering to save the Duchess, but now it had to be stopped
"Who are you? What was your purpose in coming here?"
"I want to see the Duchess as soon as possible, please let me go" Edna replied
"Why would a brat like you want to meet a big madam? Get your headscarf down and tell me what you really want here and go"
"I want to meet the Duchess, I brought medicine for her!" edna exclaimed in annoyance, "Can't you get rid of this sword? I must quickly give you the medicinal herbs!"
"What potion did you bring? We can't let you give the big madam a medicine that isn't clear of its origin, son!"
The hooded girl glanced at the knight sharply, 'I want to kill him' her grunts inwardly. But he took a deep breath trying patiently for the Duchess
"Then call Charles Felstead's butler chief, I'll just explain to him" he said in an informal and quieter voice. It is also useless for him to speak politely or explain drugs as valuable as lecitel to fools who only rely on this muscle, a waste of time
"Did you just say we didn't deserve your explanation for this obscure drug? How dare a boy like you to a noble knight, who are you?!"
'For God's sake, these fools... ' Edna was about to open the hood of her robe and silence the knights when by chance the mansion door opened and a neatly dressed middle-aged man typical of butlers came out
"What is this so much? Didn't you know your voice could be interfering with the Duchess's break?" said it. Although his voice sounded calm and like a simple rebuke, Charles Felstead managed to make the knights flinch and move back one step
"I'm sorry, butler head. These boys have made some district roads messed up by riding horses with recklessness, then when we tried to catch him he fled here and said he had medicine for the big lady"
"I don't quibble, my goal is indeed to give the Duchess medicine" Edna argued, she opened her hood and her purple hair immediately looks very striking because it is around a man with black eyes. "Please take me to the Duchess's room, butler's head"
"We told you you wouldn't"
"Oh my God, if it's not wrong.... You're young Miss Edna Schnee... Right, right?" as Charles gasped, Edna smiled faintly and nodded. The man walked over before bowing respectfully in front of Edna
"Charles Felstead butler's head greets young lady Edna Schnee, welcome to the Diven residence, miss. As a representative here I would like to apologize for not welcoming you properly and also for the disrespectful treatment of these knights to you"
"It's okay, I myself came without notifying and only with a horse in a hurry to deliver medicine to the Duchess"
"Medicine? May I ask you about the cure, young lady?"
Edna glanced at the knights who had been bothering her, then smiled faintly at the butler's head. "Of course, with pleasure. We can talk while you take me to the Duchess's room" she said
"Well, if that's your wish" Charles gestured to let Edna enter first, only then did he stare resentfully at the knights
"You know who you just treated badly? She is the future wife of Mr. Jeffrey"
"A-What? That girl is young master's fiancee?" the response of the Knights was shocked
"... Okay, butler's head"
"If you understand quickly return to your respective work"
After driving them away, Edna was ushered into the Duchess' room, and along the way the girl explained some things about the lecitel while several glances around.
'Seeing everything was exactly the same as in his previous life, it felt like he was dreaming of walking in this mansion again' Inner Edan nostalgia
"This is the room of the great madam, young lady" said Charles, pointing to a large door. Edna nodded and the man knocked on the door
"Mr Jeffrey, this is Charles. I want to let you know that Miss Edna wants to ask permission to enter the Duchess's room because there's something to say"
"Edna? Edna Schnee's my fiance?"
"Yes, sir"
For a moment there was no reply from within, Edna had thought things out but fortunately Jeffrey again replied. ".... Let him in"
'It looks like Jeffrey in this life chose not to leave his mother' Edna said in her heart, Charles opened the door of the Duchess' room and invited the girl to enter
"Thank you, chief bulter"
"That's my duty, miss. Then I say retreat first because there is something to do"
The purple girl smiled and stepped into the room, and the butler's head closed the door behind her
"Why are you here?"
"... What's?"
Jeffrey got up from the chair and turned to look at Edna. "Is your body okay? Why are your clothes so dirty? Did something happen on the way? I didn't see your waitress—"
"Jeffrey, you're gonna confuse Edna if you ask that much in person. She just got here anyway, right?" cut the Duchess reprimanding, Edna smiled faintly as she approached
"Ah... I'm fine, Duchess" he replied
"Who told you about my mother? Though I've already banned everyone because you're sick" asked Jeffrey as he reached out, and the helping hand was received by Edna unconsciously because he was too focused on observing the Duchess' condition
Bizarrely. If it were to be in Edna's reckoning, the Duchess couldn't possibly still be able to speak fluently enough and smile like this. He should be on the verge of consciousness that makes him no longer able to communicate
"I'm sorry to see you now, Duchess" Edna said, looking down. Jeffrey's mother smiled gently at the girl
"It's okay, Edna herself was sick at the time" she replied, observing for a moment the puzzled expression of her son's fiance before deciding to ask directly. "It feels good to be picked up but the head bulter said there was something you wanted to say, what was that?"
Edna raised a conscious eyebrow from her mind and took something from her dress pocket
"I brought a potent herb to cure blue spider lily disease. It's a Schnee family doctor, named Lecitel. Please drink this, Duchess"
"Chitel? I've never heard of it, who made this medicine?"
"Ah, this medicine was made by a genius doctor from my region specifically for the Duchess. This drug is guaranteed efficacy because the doctor said he accidentally discovered that in a remote area of a country, the disease blue spider lily is not an incurable disease, and this drug is the way out"
"really? But why didn't anyone know about this before you told me about the doctor?"
"That's.... Our doctor found out about it recently and immediately made a prescription for it from the area after I asked him to help me find an antidote for the Duchess"
'That means this drug has never been tested on anyone other than the area and there is no solid evidence that they are cured because of this drug' Jeffrey's inner mother hesitates, but her gaze focused on how Edna looked so sincerely bringing the medicine to her. The girl seemed to care less about her appearance which seemed disheveled due to riding a horse at high speed earlier
".... You've worked hard, Edna. I'll try to trust you and drink the potion" the Duchess said later.
"Thank you, Duchess..." Edna bowed respectfully, she then faced Jeffrey. "This is the potion, Jeff"
While the awaited one was just silently staring at the girl in front of him with a blank look, she was too busy with her own thoughts to the point of not hearing anything, she said, so he gasped slowly when the purple girl suddenly pulled her hand and put the bottle of lecitel there.
"Quick Jeff, help the Duchess to drink this potion" Edna ordered, pushing Jeffrey's hand away. He then took a few steps back and twisted his hands together while waiting for the fiancee, but his forehead was made to wrinkle deeply as the man stood silently staring at the potion in the bottle
"Jeff...? Jeffrey Dive!" Edna exclaimed in a stifled voice, elbowing Jeffrey's arm in a flinch again before looking up at her. "What's wrong with you? Quickly give me the cure!"
".... Oh, I-Yes, thank you... Edna" replied with a faint smile. He approached his mother, who was lying weakly in bed
"Mother, this.... "
Looking at her son who again seemed to be thinking about many things, the Duchess squeezed Jeffrey's hand slowly. "My son, I'm going to make sure Edna's not punished if anything happens to the cure" she said, trying to appease Jeffrey
Jeffrey smiled faintly and shook his head, holding his mother's hand back. "Mother doesn't need to be like that, because Mom will recover once you drink this potion" she replied
"... Of course, I will definitely recover and watch your marriage with Edna" The Duchess reviewed a gentle smile and drank the decoction of Letitel until she was helped by her son
'please... Please God.' Edna prayed in her heart as she closed her eyes tightly.
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E D N A's
"Edna.. "
I stopped praying and opened my eyes quickly when I heard Jeffrey's voice, the man waved his hand asking me to come closer
"My mom wants to talk to you" she said, I looked at her in doubt and she nodded as if to reassure me. With my heart pounding, I walked over and stood next to Jeffrey again, bowing my head in the absence of seeing the Duchess
"Edna. "this time the Duchess herself called out to me, and when our eyes met, it felt like I was thrown back to the last moment to accompany her
"Yes, Duchess" I said, Jeffrey's mother smiled softly.
"Why is it still 'Duchess'? Just call me Mom, baby. When you and Jeffrey get married, I'll be your mom, too, right?"
Just like the old days, the Duchess always asked me to call her Mother, but at that time I refused her out loud thinking she was trying to make me forget about her dead mother. Foolish, even though the Duchess is very kind and affectionate to me as her own son until the end of his life
"..... Yes, Du-I mean, I-Mother" I said at last even with a quivering voice. Calling her mother like this makes me want to cry because my regrets in the past are paid off
"Well, so. Now come here, I want to hold your hand"
When the Duchess reached out her thin and weak-looking hand, I grabbed her and held her and channeled the warmth to her cold hand which contained some blue spots typical of blue spider lily disease
"Edna, can you promise me something?" ask her, I nodded
"Of course, please just tell me" after I reply like that, the Duchess glanced at Jeffrey
"Edna, I want you to promise me that if anything happens to Mom, you can't blame yourself because it's neither your fault nor the potion you brought.... Then, please comfort your only son yes, you can give him a hug or just sit next to him. Jeffrey often hid his sadness by pretending to smile, I was worried that the child would drown in grief and be crushed alone"
"Ah, Mother!"
Nyuts.
Jeffrey groaned dislikefully while I kept quiet. My heart ached as if I had to hear the Duchess's last message exactly like in her previous life, my eyes were also teary but I blinked quickly trying to hold her back
Jeffrey frowned even though his tone sounded like it was vibrating "Mom, why did mom say that to Edna? I don't like it"
"Mother just in case, son"
"Although so—"
"No, Mother. Please accompany and hug Jeffrey himself, mother does not need my help because Mom must be healed. L am... I'm sure Mom can definitely get back to health" I replied in a voice trying as hard as possible
The Duchess who had been trying to hide her sadness and keep smiling became teary after hearing it
"E-Edna darling... "
"Please retract your words just now, Duchess. Jeffrey will not lose his mother, nor will I" I said, glancing at Jeffrey who made no sound again and found out he was trying to hold back his tears while clenching his hands tightly
"But Mother"
Uhuk! Uhuk!
The Duchess suddenly coughed loudly, I gasped while Jeffrey moved quickly to open the nightstand drawer taking a handkerchief
"E-edna... Mom's time is not much anymore" he said, showing a hand full of blood from the cough earlier. My body feels like it's frozen to see that
"D-Duchess..?" I frantically checked the blue rash on the Duchess's body, and was puzzled over my mind as the blue rash began to fade which meant that the cheetel had already started to have an effect, but why did the Duchess vomit blood?
".... Promise me you'll take care of Jeffrey and not blame yourself"
What Chatel... Is it like this?
I shook my head, trying to remember the normal reaction of the patients when taking lecitel in the past, but my brain suddenly stopped working.
I can't remember anything.
Amidst the sudden lack of excitement, Jeffrey held onto both of my shoulders, gently jerking and making me come to my senses from my complicated thoughts. He lowered his head slightly to make sure our eyes met. "Edna? Edna, don't go anywhere and wait here for a second. I pulled the bell so they'll be here soon"
I nodded stiffly, but my hand reflexively grabbed the back of her shirt as she turned around
"Y-your mother... It's gonna be okay, isn't it?"
Jeffrey took my hand off his shirt, he turned around and tightly grasped my trembling hand slowly with both hands as if to give me strength. "Sure, I trust you so don't worry too much, okay? Now I have to call the doctor so that we can confirm how Mom is doing, so in the meantime calm yourself down and wait here with Mom" he replied as he rubbed the back of my hand with his thumb
"I see, go" I bowed gritting my teeth at the link of our hands, angry at myself.
Jeffrey is the one who should be calmed and given the most strength now, but he should instead calm down the one who has made his mother like this
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Shortly after Jeffrey left, the door was opened wide and a man in black with several servants walked quickly into the room
The man stood next to Edna and clasped the Duchess' limp hand. "W-How did this happen? Though the condition was not this bad" he asked sadly
"A servant has hurried off to call Walter's doctor, so he'll be there soon, Mr. Duke"
"My wife... Tell me, who would have dared to make you feel this pain, hm?" The Duke asked his wife in a worried voice
"I-I... Alright... Alright s-only" the Duchess replied stammering before returning to coughing up blood loudly
"No, don't talk, baby. Wait for Walter's doctor to come" the Jeffrey-like man rubbed blood on his wife's lips with trembling hands. She then realizes Edna's presence when she accidentally turns to grab a new handkerchief
"Sweep hands" he ordered, the purple girl nodded quickly and rushed to open the nightstand drawer next to him, but in a hurry she instead nudged the bottle on the bed nightstand until it rolled on the carpet
"What's this?.. "
Duke picked up the bottle that was the lecitle and smelled the scent, "I never smelled the scent of this medicine among the drugs my wife was supposed to take. Who brought this medicine?"
Bulter's head frowned trying to remember, before long he realized that the bottle was the same as Edna had shown as they walked in earlier
"Ah, that seems like the medicine that young miss Edna brought, sir" he reported
"Is that right, Edna Schnee?" duke asked as he thrust the bottle towards Edna
The purple unraveling girl who was already burdened with a mountain of guilt gulped down her hard-earned saliva before nodding, "Yes, master Duke" he replied
"What... My wife became like this because of that potion?"
"..... Yes, Mr Duke"
Jeffrey's father gritted his teeth. Since the medicine was not clear that the girl was carrying, her beloved wife who was this morning was still fine so it was like this
"Charles, call the guards outside and take Edna Schnee to the dungeon"
Edna's eyes widened in disbelief, but she did not argue in the slightest because some of her felt she deserved to be jailed for hurting the Duchess
"T-Mr... But miss Edna is—"
"You didn't hear my orders? Drag him to jail and no one dares to release him before any order from me!"
"Well, sir" replied Charles as he glanced at Edna who lowered his head looking resigned.
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To be continued....
(*) Bonuses
Jeffrey was running in the hallway with Walter's doctor and several servants when he accidentally crossed paths with Edna who was carried by two knights guarding the mansion
"Edna?" muttering as he stopped and looked back, Walter's doctor and the servants who saw Jeffrey suddenly stopped
"What's up, Mr Jeffrey? We must hurry to the Duchess's room now" they said hurriedly, the blue-eyed man hesitating for a moment before he complied and ran back to his mother's room
'Ednaku. ' he thought continuously while running.