The Atrocious Duke'S Wife
{Season 2} Robed Figure

The next day, the man sat in the same place as yesterday.

Hopefully the figure he is waiting for will appear before him and display a sweet smile as well as happy to be addressed to him.

...~ The Atrocious Duke's Wife...

...Chapters...

...(9) ...

"How do you know that my father is now locking me up?" I asked Cassandra with a squeak on her brow.

"What do you mean?" Instead of answering, his best friend asked back.

"How did you know that my father locked me up? Didn't I ever tell you?"

The room was silent with no sound because the two humans inside did nothing to invite sound.

They were silent, staring at each other in ambushing silence. However, finally the silence was re-renewed when the volume waves sounded from the lips of men.

"Where do I know? Of course I know that from your father. Why why?" said Frost pulling his eyebrows up.

Cassandra looked silent. I don't know what was going through the girl's mind.

Shortly after, a smile formed from his lips. Both of her palms were clenched together with her pretty face smiling.

"so." A reply escaped from his mouth, then he stood back up. "Then I'll get you some tea. You wait here" said the girl.

Then her slender legs stepped up and her delicate palms grabbed the doorknob and then exited her room.

...~•~...

"Mother!"

A middle-aged woman moved her head back, in order to look at the figure who called out to her.

"Ana" said the woman with a smile and then approached the child. "What's wrong?"

The girl who had a sparkling green iris smiled until her row of white teeth were plastered. 

"Ana just wants to call Mom, because it seems like Mom is very busy lately" explained the girl who is often called Ana's name.

"It turns out that this mother's daughter is very considerate, so moved," the woman joked to her little chuckling daughter. "Oh yeah, I see lately, Arlen is rarely seen with you. Where the hell is he?"

Ana let out a heavy sigh with her face bent. "Ana doesn't know either, Arlen seems to be very busy these days. Actually Ana wants to meet him, but Ana does not want to bother him," she said staring at the floor below.

"Why should you be disturbed? Isn't Ana her best friend? Arlen will not be disturbed. After all, haven't you guys been friends for a long time?" persuade the woman.

A doubt began to be seen on the face of the doll belonging to the girl. His lips folded, indicating he was worried about something.

Before long, the girl returned smiling sweetly. "Then Ana will meet him."

...~•~...

As I was carrying a plate of trays and two cups of tea on it, I accidentally passed through my father's room door.

When he recalled the action he had taken last night, it slightly made my body tremble.

Honestly, I was so scared when I saw Reina in such a bloodied state. But I try to calm down, so I get used to it.

Because bloodshed will be part of my life, fast or slow.

"Miss?"

"Snake woman!" I was shocked. Suddenly a servant spoke to me. Fortunately the tea on the tray I held did not fly in the air.

"Sorry, Miss. Are you looking for Mr Viscount?" tanyakanya.

"Yes, that's it. I just happened to pass by" I replied.

"Alright, Miss. Actually, Mr. Viscount this morning went straight to attend a meeting in the western region. So today, it looks like he probably won't be at home" he explained at length.

Are you out of town?

"Yes. Thank you for telling me," I said.

"Together, Miss. Then, I say retreat," said the waiter then passed by leaving me.

Yes, no wonder also if father went out of town because he was a Viscount.

I'd better deliver this tea before it gets cold.

...~•~...

A few days later, the weather was still cloudy. Rainwater has been on alert to fall from the clumping cloud fists.

Low temperature, making the body becomes very lazy to move. It can even make the feeling a little calm.

Like a wild animal forcibly caged, the girl who had strands of dark brown hair was always trying to sneak.

But all the guards watched the residence closely, so that there was no room to escape.

Warm breaths were drawn from the girl's breathing, with her faithful palms propping up her chin.

Feeling cold, the girl decided to take a cup of tea to warm her body.

His steps always give a trace on the stairs and floor, so before long he had reached the kitchen.

Actually the servants could have made tea for her, but the girl always insisted on making her own tea.

He thought that enjoying hard work was the best feeling he had ever experienced.

Before long, his ears caught a quite loud sound. Because he could not resist his curiosity, he also looked for the origin of the sound carefully.

His eyes immediately widened in shock, when he found a man lying on the wet ground because the water had flushed.

"Hey! You all right?!" he cried while helping to lift the man up by trying to clean him up.

"No need," he refused and then raised himself.

The surface is drained because of the water that soaks, the clothes are dirty when the liquid soil splashes.

"Why are you here? It could be dangerous if my father saw you!" the girl whispered to the man.

"Why indeed? Isn't it an honor to meet me?" the man won't lose.

The girl clucked in annoyance. "Your arms are an honor! You don't understand, my father isn't the type of noble you meet often!"

As soon as the girl realized her words just now, she instantly silenced her mouth with glaring eyes.

"What do you have to say?"

"Eh! Uhm.. nothing! I'm just saying, why can you get soaked like this, Mr. Duke in the future," nervous the girl as she swept away the remnants of the water clinging to the body of the figure before her.

The man looked silent at the thought of something inside his head.

The flashback

The cloudy atmosphere is not a barrier for a man who wants to meet a figure that has always been in his mind to make him continue to feel an awkward feeling deep in the deepest part of his body.

Calming a horse, the man pierced through and slashed the wind that was struggling in the air.

After arriving at the destination, it turned out that many guards were standing watch in front of the gate of the girl's residence.

Even in the backward part there are still more guards still faithfully standing.

Not wanting to be caught, he stopped his horse a little away from the girl's residence and then walked like a cat to sneak in order not to get caught.

For quite a long time he tried to enter, finally he was in the area of the girl's residence now without knowing her whereabouts.

He had to find another way. As he searched for it, a window of the girl's room caught his attention.

Without waiting for a warning, he immediately jumped and climbed through the slippery roof because of the rain.

As he looked inside through the window, it turned out that the person he was looking for was not there.

Suddenly, he lost his balance and slipped to a fall from the second floor.

The flooded water bounced off as his body hung onto the ground. Fortunately, not a pair of eyes saw.

If so, where would he put his face?

Flashback off

"Hey! Why are you daydreaming?" cassandra looked at him.

"none. So, aren't you gonna let me get a change of clothes?"

The girl sneered without a sound, but before long she sighed. "All right, but for the first time. You're coming with me, it could be dangerous if a waiter sees you and then reports it to dad," she said, then quickly pulled the man's arm.

When they arrived at the hallway, it was fortunate that not a single servant had appeared. Sneakingly and wobbly here and there, they also tried to reach the girl's room.

But fate said another, suddenly there was a servant who appeared so that the girl forced the man to hide behind her skirt.

"Miss?"

"A-what's up?" cassandra asked trying not to look nervous. The girl felt like she was hiding a criminal.

"Nothing, Miss. I just heard a loud noise coming from outside. Do you know anything about that voice?"

"W-what are you saying? A sound? I didn't hear it at all. Maybe it's just your hallucination" she said with her iris unable to stay in place.

"really? But the other servants said they heard the voice too."

Cassandra was furious when this situation did not end as well. "Maybe it's just the sound of a bird falling on the roof or a cat falling down."

The waiter seemed to think, Cassandra felt cold sweat run down her forehead, for she was afraid of being caught smuggling a man into her room.

"so. Alright, Miss. Sorry to bother you" said the waiter. But her eyes began to look at her employer as the girl continued to pull the end of her dress skirt so wide.

"Miss-"

"Oh yeah, I just remembered. Can you make me two cups of tea? Because the weather is so cold, I want to warm my body, "Cassandra cut off quickly.

The waiter nodded while looking down. "Alright, Miss. Then I'll make it right away" the servant said, then passed.

After shutting down that the waiter had actually left, Cassandra immediately pushed her nervous, clumped breath in her lungs.

"Fuuh that was almost there," she held her chest.

Arlen stood up as he was forced to crouch down and hide behind the girl's skirt like a chick.

"Is this how you treat someone higher than you?" insinuate the man.

Cassandra screeched then said insincerely. "I'm sorry for my insolence, sir," he said lazily.

The man who had the blonde strands only smiled faintly.

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"So. What actually bothered me to come here? I seriously asked," Cassandra said with a curious look.

The man before him seemed to think before answering.

The tea cups that had been prepared for them had been neatly patched and ready to be gulped.

A regular outfit stuck to Arlen's body. Cassandra had borrowed clothes from the male servant at her home to become the man's change of clothes.

The sound of rain, making the atmosphere calm and a little cold can make anyone want to close their eyelids have a beautiful dream.

"I just want to know what caused you to suddenly disappear. That's it," answered Arlen then took a cup of tea to drink.

"I see," Cassandra replied briefly. I don't know what she was thinking, but suddenly the girl looked gloomy.

It can be seen when the girl looked down at her hand which she placed on her lap.

"Hunting matches. Do you really want to follow him?"

Cassandra lifted her face. The tired face of terpatri and always accompany it. "Eitherway. I also don't know when you're gonna lock me up like this. I will not be able to follow the match with only the results of training for two months," he explained at length followed by a sigh.

Arlen was silent. Again, the man was very reluctant to share what he was thinking.

"Actually I have also from yesterday tried to sneak up, but the guard here is too tight" she added. "All this is making me tired, it seems like I won't be able to follow it-"

"If you want, I can get you in that game."

Not yet had Cassandra continue her words, Arlen quickly cut in.

"I don't want to bother you too much. I've had enough of a trouble for you to ask you to teach me sword-sharp"

"I don't feel bothered" the man cut back. "After all, I'm just helping my friend. Is there something wrong with that?"

Cassandra's speechless. The girl replied to the look that Arlen gave her. Before long, a faint smile adorned his face.

"alright. Then how is it going?"

...~•~...

A girl was sitting on a park bench in her spacious and large residence.

Looking at the flowers and plants adorning her back garden, the girl seemed to be thinking about something.

"Actually where he's been lately" he muttered looking up at the sky with a bent face.

The girl pursed her lips, a sign that she was in a bad mood.

Suddenly, he was shocked when a cloaked figure sat next to him.

"Basic sassy. Who're you?" upset when the figure looks arbitrarily with him who has a high status.

"Do you want to know where he's been lately?" The figure said that was able to attract the attention of very girls.

"What do you mean?" With raised eyebrows and a haughty face, the girl asked miserably.

"You like it a lot, don't you?"

"I told you what you mean?!" The girl began to lose her patience.

The figure silently smiled smirkingly behind the robe that covered half of his face.

"I'll tell you, if you want to cooperate with me."

"cooperate? I don't even know you, I don't even know your face. How can I agree to cooperate with you?" look at the girl.

"You can think it through first. I'll always come so you can agree to cooperate with me."

In an instant, the figure instantly disappeared leaving nothing behind. The girl was a little scared, yet she was more curious about the meaning of the figure.

The girl immediately rushed into her house and headed to her room.

...18.01.2021...