The Atrocious Duke'S Wife
{Season 2} 'Checkmate'
Previousley....
Is there anything urgent?
Not wanting to linger, the girl slightly tidied up her appearance and reflected for a moment.
When he was done, he stepped down the stairs and then headed to the destination in the letter.
Actually the girl does not know what the purpose of the letter writer, but at least she must obey first and then she will know everything.
...~ The Atrocious Duke's Wife ~...
...Chapters ...
...(14)...
Here he was, in front of a luxurious residence yet not too comparable to his residence.
Walking slowly, the girl headed to the gate that became the boundary of the house and outside. There were guards standing around him, being the watchdog of every suspicious thing.
Politely, the dark brown barley girl spoke softly. "Excuse me, is this really Baron Krystilian's residence? The House of Krystillian?" my many.
The guard was stunned for a moment, not knowing what was behind his mind. But the girl could see her cheeks slightly meet.
He also cleared his throat. "Yes, that's right. Are you really Lady la Devoline? What is it that Lady is here for?"
No wonder the man knew the girl. Because since and thanks to that match, the name and apparently have become the talk in many urban and even rural.
"Ah. I'm here to see Lady Krystillian, is she inside?"
The guard seemed to doubt. "That's... My Lady doesn't like it if there's someone who wants to meet her without her permission, therefore-"
"I beg. I really want to see Lady Krystillian, there is something important to say. Please...."
The woman reached into her handkerchief from the pocket of her long dress then placed it right in front of her apple-red lips to cover it with glazed bolamata.
The man seemed to rub his back head with a guilty look. Not long after that, he seemed to be breathing tired. "Alright, please come with me, Lady."
"Thank you very much! I really helped!" exclaimed the girl with a smile and two clenched palms in front of the chest.
Before long, the guard opened the gate and escorted the girl into the House of Krystillian area.
The smile that was originally very well-spoken and sweet to look at, simply faded away as the guard turned around.
His face was replaced with a sinister and mysterious look. He was disturbed by a beautiful expanse of plants on the left side of the residence courtyard.
The curvature on her lips is now back with an enlarged bolamata. "The plant is very beautiful. What plant is it?" tanyanya suddenly made the guard rotate his body and then looked at the direction pointed at the empu.
"Oh. It was the collection of herbs belonging to My Lady. My Lady is very fond of making herbal medicines and things of that kind" she explained with a smile.
"Hm. I see," muttered the noble girl with a gaze that returned unknown. I don't know what he's doing in his mind.
They walked for a long time, until they finally reached the entrance of the Krystillian residence. The guard knocked on the door until shortly a butler opened it.
"Harry, what are you doing? What's knock-on"
The head hangs his sentence when he sees a female figure who has a long mane reaching the thigh with a dark brown color.
"Greetings. I would like to meet Miss Krystilian," she said politely, bowing her body.
The butler and guard had thrown various facial expressions without sound. The guard looked pale with the butler who looked resigned to the behavior of the guard.
"Alright, Lady. I'll take you, "the butler was rewarded with a nod from the girl.
Until finally, the girl arrived in front of the living room where there was someone she wanted to meet.
The butler knocked on his master's door, and before long the long-awaited figure finally appeared in the doorway.
"Who? Didn't I say I didn't want to be bothered" The sentence was cut off seeing the presence of the girl next to her servant.
"What are you here for?" keep diverting his eyes.
Unlike the interlocutor who even smiled sweetly. "I'm sorry if I bother you. But I really want to talk to Lady Krystillian about something" the brown barley girl said.
"Talking what? We don't even know each other. I-i"
"Can you make time for me? Wow, thank you very much!" cut off the girl who was a guest at the residence.
"Huh? What are you talking-"
"Then, Lady Krystilian. Can we talk in a place that has a little privacy? Because I really have to say something important to you."
"Don't be so good-natured"
"How about in your room? Because it seems like the room is a place that has a lot of privacy."
"Shut up!" sergeant woman who has the reddish mane.
The girl with the blackish brown streaked. But not long after that, the look of a sad face was plastered. "Ah, sorry. You don't like me very much. Sorry if I was presumptuous, I just had to leave because I was bothering you."
With tears in his eyes, he looked down miserably and strands of his hair fell over his face.
Lady Krystilian snorted in annoyance. Today was truly a very unlucky day for him. This annoying woman in front of him made herself seem to be a bad person.
Forcibly, he also finally obeyed the wishes of the interlocutor so that the honorable noble lady sucks to leave immediately.
"alright. Come with me," her posture made the little nosed woman and the sharp in front of her look up cheerfully.
"really? Thank you, Miss Charlina!" yells. Instantly he shut his mouth. "Ah, sorry! I'm really disrespectful," he bowed.
The girl said the green chose to ignore it. Because he really wants all these hassles to be over soon.
...~•~...
Cassandra Pov's
"Your room is really neat. You must be a very diligent girl!" I scanned the entire room of the woman in front of me.
I was sitting in a chair opposite Miss Krystilian in her room. He seemed silent, so I reopened my voice.
"The size on your door is very pretty. Did you decorate it?"
"What do you want to talk about. The point is, I don't like to make small talk."
Ah, it seems like he's impatient.
"You've heard, haven't you? Is there any news that Lord Arlen de Floniouse has been involved in an accident? He was shot by an arrow," I said putting my two palms over my thighs.
"Yes. I've heard it. Then?" He answers. He was so sniffy earlier.
I stood up and then stepped around the chair she was sitting in while explaining.
"Listen, dear Lady la Devoline. I don't have time to listen to your fairy-tale"
"Lady Krystilian's. Yesterday during a hunting match, I didn't see your presence since you almost shot me with a missed arrow. About... Where did you go, huh?"
"I went home first because I wasn't feeling well" she replied.
"So," I smiled back and then returned to my seat. "So, Lady Krystillian. I hear you are an expert in managing herbal medicines. If you are an expert with herbal medicines, that means...you are also an expert in managing toxins, right?"
He looked jolted with his face that was starting to look nervous. "Then? Do you now want to allege that I shot Lord Arlen?"
"Geez, there's no way I meant it that way!"
Got you!
"But Lady. Didn't I say that there was poison in the arrow that shot Lord Arlen? Then how do you know?"
This woman then glared her eyes. I can't believe he ate my bait.
"I've been feeling weird since yesterday. Because the arrow that shot towards God was not just one, but three arrows."
"What do you really want to say, Lady la Devoline?"
"Because there is poison in the arrow, it is certain that one arrow is enough to knock out Lord Arlen" I said hanging my sentence.
"But yesterday, I had two other arrows missed. And do you know? The arrow turned out to have the same poison as the arrow that managed to shoot Lord Arlen," I explained at length.
"Therefore, I always felt very strange. What caused the perpetrator to shoot three arrows?" I said while he was just quiet.
My feet were itching so I got back up and walked up to the woman. I approached her, then said with a grinning smile and my pupils staring closely at her neck.
"Then I realized that I missed one trivial thing but could explain everything" I said. "That all makes sense, if the perpetrator who shot the arrow was an amateur. Am I right... Miss Charlina?"
I went back to my seat, and waited for what reaction would she show?
Long enough he lowered his head, yet not long after that a small yet contemptuous rarity sounded.
"So... What exactly did the Lady mean to tell me? If it's true that I did it, you don't have any evidence. Even if you've had any opinion, people won't believe it if there's no evidence" she said.
Is he trying to fight me? But coming here has brought a lot of preparation. I thought he would say that.
I slowly picked up the container the archers used to place their arrows on my back.
The reason I was grinding my long hair was to cover this container, so that people would not be able to notice or see it.
I placed it on the table that interceded between us and then took two arrows from it.
"This, is an arrow that misses when you want to shoot Lord Arlen," I said as I stroked his trunk slowly.
Then I put down the two arrows and took the remaining one.
"And this is the dart that darted you used to shoot the rabbit behind me" I said.
"Then, what do you mean, bring all those arrows and show them to me?" hardiknya then with legs crossed.
I smiled again and took out an arrow that had been poisoned. Of course I have washed and removed the poison attached.
"Indeed true if seen at a glance and not noticed, this arrow is like an arrow in general. But I found something amazing in it...." I hang my words.
I took a dagger I had brought and I put it in the arrow container, then scoffed at the trunk.
The woman in front of me was shocked. He could no longer hide his expression.
"Ba.. how could...," he said stifled and in disbelief.
Yep. This arrow is not made of wood, but of iron. Because the paint is brown which makes the stem like it is made of wood.
I realized this when I was talking last night with Reina. I told you everything that happened to Arlen, and then I showed you this arrow.
Because of being annoyed, Reina also immediately intended to break it even though I had banned it.
Surprisingly, the arrow was not broken. From then on I realized that this arrow was not made of wood, but iron.
How do I know there's paint over it? It was by accident when I stroked his trunk while trying to find something hidden, my long fingernails accidentally scraped the paint so that the paint stuck to my inner nails.
"I didn't think this arrow was made of iron. And what surprised him the most was a carving that looked exactly like a tattoo on your neck" I obviously cornered him.
Actually last night I scraped all the paint on the arrow and found the same shape and size. Therefore, I knew that the perpetrator was all Miss Charlina Krystilian. And then I went back to painting it.
"You shouldn't have left an arrow that's proof like this, Miss Charlina," I said disparagingly.
He was silent, but not long after that the dearest laughter from his mouth. At times like this you can still laugh? Greatable.
"Then...what are you going to do now? Report me?"
In an instant he took my dagger that was on the table and then pointed it right at my neck.
I was so surprised when he did that. I didn't expect him to be this tight. I thought he would kneel down and beg me not to divulge his crimes.
But. no problem. I had estimated it, therefore I had already prepared a backup.
"Lady Cassandra la Devoline, your life is in my hands now."
He said with a horrible smile. But it certainly doesn't scare me enough. Because the last weapon and my death stand right behind it.
"Then your life is now in my hands."
Miss Charlina was surprised again. She said she was staring at her body frozen like ice. Trembling and carefully, he turned his head back.
If my neck is pierced with a dagger, it has a sharp, shiny sword around its neck.
"Lady... Emerald...."
Yes, the blonde figure behind Miss Charlina, is my last weapon. And my backup plan.
Pfuhoo! This humbling smile I can no longer hold with my sharp hindering eyes. I also called her name back.
"Charlina Krystilian..."
He came back to me when I called him and hung up my words
I drew my lips closer, made a cunning arch to his ear, and whispered one word that was the end of everything for him.
"...checkmate."
...27.01.2021...