Moonlight After Sunset's
[S2E24] Cheap Tricks

"Trust is hard to find, but when it exists it is easy to lose."

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Moments after Iza came out, the housekeeper of the Duke's residence came to the Dusk pavilion. He looked angry with a clear facial expression. Anyone who looked at the housekeeper, they would definitely think if there was something big going to happen.

The housekeeper then entered the Dusk Pavilion. He violently slammed the door and walked towards the top floor, where Dusk was.

But before he got to the top, Dusk was already above the stairs of his room. He looked relaxed with a handful of apples in his hand.

Seeing that, made the housekeeper even more upset. He rudely pointed at Dusk and scolded him.

"Miss, have you forgotten yourself? You're just lucky that Duke started to notice you, but that doesn't mean you have the right to do that to this poor girl."

The housekeeper pointed towards the door where Iza had returned with Arina with her well-draped red cheeks.

Dusk himself could only laugh internally looking at his two. He felt very comforted when he saw the face of Iza who was as pitiful as a beggar.

Relaxedly, Dusk resumed his meal, and he told one of his servants to bring him a drink.

"Where is your ethics as the great Miss of this residence?" shouted the housekeeper in annoyance. His face flushed with sharp glaring eyes.

Dusk just raised both his hands no matter. He then walked away to the chair in the living room next to the main room.

"Damn," the waiter cursed sharply before following Dusk from behind.

Arina and Iza also follow Dusk to the living room. There seemed to be one of the servants who was carrying a drink and put it right in front of Dusk.

Again and again, Dusk casually drank the water. It seems like deliberately ignoring the housekeeper and Arina. Those who see the behavior of Dusk think that Dusk has crossed the line.

"Miss..."

The housekeeper's words were cut off as Dusk raised his left hand. He then turned his attention to the housekeeper and looked at him coldly.

Instantly the atmosphere of the living room turned cold, like there was a winter that suddenly came and hit them. Everyone was silent and no one dared to say anything.

"Have you forgotten where you are now?" ask Dusk in an iceberg-cold tone of voice.

"Have I allowed you to enter this Pavilion yet?"

The housekeeper was silent with a smooth-sounding tone of voice. Although subtle yet strong emphasis was within each of his words.

"That.., that..."

The housekeeper looked confused, he looked chaotic with a voice that sounded raucous.

"You told me ethics, but you yourself forgot about it. How can I treat a lowly person like you with ethics when you yourself even forget them."

The words were very piercing for the housekeeper, he was resentfully grasping the end of his shirt with his face down. The teeth clashed together and created a bewildering sound for anyone who heard it.

"That's because of you..."

THE TANG....

"Because what?"

Dusk deliberately put a glass of liquor loudly on the table. He then looked at the housekeeper who looked ready to explode at any time.

"Is it because of that filthy girl, huh?"

Dusk asked with a face full of contempt. He has been quite upset since his letter was stolen and compounded by this vague riot.

"Alley!"

Now Arina who spoke up, he was seen hugging Iza and lightly hit her shoulder to hold back the tears Iza was about to come out.

"Don't say such harsh words to her," continued Arina mediate the situation.

But instead of subsiding, Dusk even more entertained. He raised the corner of his lips in the form of a mysterious strange smile.

"Oh sister, since when are you here? I didn't even hear your arrival," lirih Dusk in a mocking tone of voice.

"Miss, you've gone completely outrageous this time."

"What makes you speculate like that, Lui?" Dusk calls the housekeeper's name. He coldly looked at Lui who was currently staring intently at him.

Dusk then smiled, with the corner of the eye that still looks cold but with lips that are wide open.

"Have I wrongly punished the servant who had deliberately spilled hot food into my hands?"

Dusk showed his hand wrapped in bandages due to the burns he had received earlier. Honestly, if the bandage is opened, no part of the skin is injured. That was because the wound had been healed by Ristia.

Lui's face looked pale, she didn't even know what had happened to Dusk's hand. He confusedly looked at Iza who was currently staring at the hand of Dusk with shocked eyes.

"Ah, don't tell me you only see what's in front of your eyes, but what's invisible you just forget."

Dusk deliberately sneered at Lui, he even calmly pointed towards Iza who was still within Arina's protection.

"Sister, I know that Iza has done the wrong thing. But punishing him like this is also not the right course of action."

Arina resolutely defended Iza in front of everyone. He seemed convinced by his words that made Dusk feel sick of his presence here.

"So, how'd you decide? Do I have to apologize to him?"

Dusk asked with a strange smile. He now looks very dangerous when he is saying the word 'sorry.

Arina who previously looked calm now started to mess up. He looked confused, as if his mouth was firmly pressed. His throat even hurt when he was about to say a few words.

"In addition, if this is happening to you or to others, how do you decide?" continued Dusk while glancing sharply towards Lui and Arina.

Now both of them looked very tense with cold sweat that began to pour on their backs.

"What you're saying is true Lui. If I were the great Miss of this residence, but is this how you treat me?"

Dusk looked calm, he then stood up from his seat and went towards Lui who was standing rigidly in place.

"You want to go into this residence without my permission and ask me where my ethics are? You also had such a bad influence on my beloved sister that she dared to come to my house without being invited, nor did she even give any greetings when she entered this place."

Dusk said everything, the servants who heard it were silent. They know that what the Sun is saying is the truth.

"Relax sister, I won't kick you out of this place." Dusk smiled warmly with eyes that still looked cold.

"I just wanted to ask, if it happened to you or Bella, then what would you do to her?"

The question of Dusk really made Arina confused, she looked nervous with a voice that did not even open at all.

To be honest, this was not the case once or twice in this residence. It used to happen to Bella who got her dress soaked due to the actions of a waiter, and unfortunately the waiter was fired and not given a severance at all.

He was expelled from this residence dishonorably, he could not even apply for a job elsewhere because his career had been ruined. And it's just a dress, not an injured body part.

"Sister, I'm just afraid the same thing happened to you after what happened to Bella and me now."

Twilight said a fact they had long forgotten. The fact that Lui could not even say anything more, even the servants who had originally looked at Arina with pride, now even saw her as a criminal who was protecting the accused.

"Sir Lui, how should I? Didn't you come here to punish me for his mistake?"

Dusk deliberately called Lui with the title of Master. It was to make Lui aware of her mistake. Lui's red face is now getting reddened by the question of Dusk. He then maliciously called Iza from Arina's embrace.

"Kneel down!" peeking Lui was irritated while pulling Iza to kneel at the foot of Dusk. He then bowed his body politely while apologizing to Dusk.

"It's funny," the inner Twilight as she looked at Lui who was deliberately restraining her ego from rebelling. This is what Dusk likes about Lui, although he is upset but his common sense still works well.

"I'm sorry Miss, I have rashly accepted the rumors that are circulating so as to forget the real facts. I'm really sorry."

Dusk only smiled amiably as he allowed Lui to stand up from his prostration. He then lightly hit Lui's shoulder as he said, "This is the last."

Dusk's voice looked calm and friendly but the meaning of his words was enough to make Lui goosebumps in fear. He had long since not felt this quite gripping domineering aura.

"This aura.., the same aura as her," Inner Lui was startled as Dusk pressed down on her shoulders gently.

Lui was really messed up, she had never felt this gripping aura from anyone during her stay in this residence except from two people, namely the Duke and Empress.

With Lui heavily swallowing her saliva, she then asked for permission at Dusk before bringing Iza out of this place.

"I think this misunderstanding is over. Then I'll let you step down, Miss."

Lui then tells her subordinates to drag Iza and leave Dusk alone with Arina in the room.

A conscious Arina has been left by Lui, then rushes to escape from the room. He was too embarrassed to continue there, even he forgot to say goodbye to Dusk.

"Huh, sucks."

Dusk could only sigh deeply as the two left. He also deliberately let Arina run away without greeting because she was tired of everything.

But all of those events were not easy to forget for the servants in this pavilion. They quickly spread the rumors regarding the incident to the entire area of the Duke residence.

And from then on, Arina's reputation begins to dim and is replaced with their suspicion of Arina having blatantly stolen the fifth prince from Dusk.

All the rumors regarding Dusk slowly became a sense of pity because of the situation they had been unaware of. They feel pity for Dusk who lives alone without the help of the figure of his mother by his side, moreover the behavior of his stepmother who is notoriously cruel and unforgiving.

All of these things now make the name of the twilight even brighter in the Duke's residence and make Duke concubines become even more angry at him.