The Atrocious Duke'S Wife
{Season 2} The Countess's Plan
Previousley....
The sound of the door creaking, became shut. The girl took off her hair hook that formed a braid, then she looked back out the window.
The sky is reddish in color, the light of the warm afternoon sun. The girl was sitting on the chair that was attached to the window.
He leaned back and put his head against the windowpanes, then bowed so that strands of his hair dangled covering after his face while whispering.
"I miss you."
...~ The Atrocious Duke's Wife...
...Chapters ...
...(29) ...
A few days later, there was a group of invaders who threatened the peace of the population of Countess Cassandra la Devoline.
They do not hesitate to take property, food, and other items that have selling value.
Of course the news had reached Cassandra's ears, which made the girl act quickly.
When the invading group was split into two parts and began to rob the entire city, Cassandra's troops quickly stormed.
The girl also intervened, she arrested their leader and took him to a court hearing located in his territory.
Here they were, in a room with a pair of judgment tables and chairs occupied by a young Countess clad in many achievements these days.
The leader of the group of invaders squashed both feet with a rope wrapped around his hands and body so that he could not move.
The brown stop girl propped up with her chin in the arm of a chair while looking at the sinner before her. "Say, what makes you steal and hurt my people?"
A woman who became the leader in the group just kept quiet did not retaliate, making Cassandra cluck annoyed.
Brak!
"Would you open your mouth quickly or the ducklings who follow you always will I skin one by one" the hardened girl stomped her fists on the table.
The woman immediately looked up and looked at Cassandra's bitch, but the girl looked ordinary while waiting for a reply from the interlocutor who had been silent.
"Don't you dare touch them" said the woman.
"Therefore quickly answer my question," Cassandra replied coldly.
The leader of the group seemed to think for a moment, then answered forcefully. "We are residents of the village of Cermony, a village that has long since disappeared. My people don't have land to grow staples, nor do they have farms to harvest animals" he said.
He was bowed, while Cassandra was still quietly listening carefully.
"My residents are starving and don't have a dime of money, so we decided to rob your citizens" she continued in a trembling tone. "And all this because of that son of a bitch's crown prince." the woman muttered hatefully.
Cassandra could still hear him, and she could see the look on the face of the leader of the invading group seemed to be filled with embers of deep hatred.
"Where do you live now?" ask the girl with the title Countess.
"We live on the coast quite far from here."
"Then what if there's a big wave crashing?"
"We had to move into the forest so that no one would notice our presence."
Again, Cassandra just kept quiet while thinking. I don't know what's going on inside that girl's mind.
Before long, the girl also said something very slowly to the bodyguards who were near and beside her.
"Please.you can hurt me, but don't hurt them. They are just poor people who always live with lack. I couldn't watch them continue to be hurt.." - The woman shrieked in tears that began to flow down.
The brown-robed girl who was still in the neat suit of a noble even began to approach the woman before him, then held the woman's shoulder slowly.
Suddenly, the woman who was the leader of the invading group was flabbergasted and looked up at the noble girl who was standing slightly bowing before him.
"What's your name, if I may know?" cassandra asked with her hand which started exploring the collar of the group leader's collar.
The woman seemed to be hypnotized by Cassandra's soft but cold gaze. Then, he answered honestly without knowing.
"Jeanne... My Lady...," she answered involuntarily.
"so." Cassandra again stood up straight and walked closer to the bodyguard who had been standing next to her chair.
"France," he called. The girl's bodyguard who had earlier looked down and answered her employer's call.
"Yes, My Lady Countess?"
"Take this woman to the place where we usually lock up prisoners. After that move the other men to a place where I can no longer see their faces. Don't let them return to threaten the peace of my people" the girl said, leaving the room.
Jeanne immediately shouted in disbelief and continued to rebel as other bodyguards began dragging her out of the room.
"You can't do that to them...! I'll take it for you, you can't do this to them!!"
No matter how big the scream that was thrown from the woman's lips, Cassandra just walked out quietly looking not to pierce a single hysterical scream that echoed.
From a distance and unseen, there was a figure who was silently smiling with a grin. The figure then went straight from there without anyone realizing it.
Except one guy.
...~•~...
On a quiet night, accompanied by the sound of crickets filling the void of the night sky, as usual a girl was sitting under the dazzling moonlight.
The girl was indeed fond of sitting in the garden behind her residence enjoying the night breeze that breathed their breath and hit her white skin.
During these four years, his doubts never changed about his best friend. On the one hand, he tried very hard to believe in his best friend. On the other hand, he was always afraid that his best friend would betray him.
Tired of prolonged doubts, the golden-gooed girl pushed her tired breath out and tried to calm down.
But it turns out that unlike the assumption, suddenly the presence of a cloaked figure came back to visit the girl.
"This time especially? Aren't you tired of visiting me all the time? Besides, who are you really?" the girl asked him to nod at the figure who started to sit next to him.
"You always think negatively of me. Can't you think of me as a good person?" reply that figure.
"How come you always cover your face and act like a strange figure who bullies me every night" Anastasia said.
"alright. If you're uncomfortable, I won't bother you anymore."
The girl turned to the side staring at the figure clad in black robes. "You mean?"
"As I said. I won't visit you from now on."
"Good then" said Anastasia.
"But I'll tell you one last thing." The figure hanging up her words made Anastasia want to know.
"What?" asked the girl could not stem her curiosity.
The cloaked figure stood up so suddenly that his robe floated in the bone-cooling night breeze.
Then he brought his lips closer to Anastasia's ear. Instantly, the girl rounded her eyes upon hearing the figure's words for the last time.
"Your fiancee and your best friend have been secretly loving each other for a long time."
...~•~...
The girl seemed to be waiting for someone's presence earlier, and she had already started to get sleepy.
But his waiting was endless in vain, because the figure he was waiting for had been right before him.
"You've come back from Lady Anastasia's house again?" ask the girl.
A man who used to wear a black robe now removed the object from his body until his light brown mane was beautifully displayed.
His handsome face that made the girls drunk with romance is now seen in front of the girl who is secretly harboring a sense of latitude on the man.
"so. But in the end, the foolish woman still hesitated. He was like a child who was still unstable to make decisions. It made me very upset, "he said, then brushed the young brown strands roughly with his fingers.
"Why are you doing this fast? What exactly makes you have this kind of grudge against him?" ask the black girl.
"Didn't I tell you? Don't pretend not to know" the man sneered.
"But why? Can't you just let it all go and move on to a better life? You know, don't you? That I am always there to support you in every condition" said the girl holding the hand of the man before her with a clear face.
He did not want the man he liked to return to fall too deep into the abyss of hatred.
"So you're saying I should let that woman jal*ng be happy while I suffer in silence? What nonsense are you trying to talk about?" ketus the man immediately let go of the girl's check in front of him.
The girl fell silent, then bowed. He doesn't know what else to do now, he just wants the person he likes to be a better person.
Do not keep spinning in a circle of misleading anger for life.
"Jal*ng woman is so stupid. He did not even realize that all this time the letter he sent to his beloved lover had been read without his knowledge," he added.
The girl remained silent, listening to all the words of the man she liked.
"You continue your persuasion of your first brother. That way we can kill that annoying Duke Floniouse by using him as the next king of Erosphire," the man's command stared at the star-studded sky above him.
The girl remained silent, now the sea of anxiety was crashing at her very strongly.
The weighing tool between selfishness and realistic sense is now balanced. So if a little of the two flavors are excessive, then one side of the two will win.
"Then keep digging up as much information as possible from the woman, so that we can defeat her easily." The man said then became close to the very girl.
He thought of a pinch of shiny jet black strands then smelled them full of tenderness.
The palm of his hand then grabbed the cheek of the girl and his thumb stroked the bones of his face full of tenderness that could make anyone's heart melt.
"After we have won everything, I will try to accept you in my heart. I still have a place in your heart, don't I?" asked the man looking softly at the silent girl.
Before long, the girl breathed a heavy sigh. Then he held the man while looking at the sky with a confident look.
"Alright, if it can make you fall into my arms, then I will do anything" said the girl with confidence.
The man also returned the embrace of the girl who was holding him tightly and then stroked the top of his head very slowly.
Unbeknownst to the girl, the man secretly smiled smirking behind the fake full crib between them.
...~•~...
"Take me off!"
An unaccepted shout echoed in the dungeon that was lacking in sunlight.
Even the air inside felt stifling, and suffocating the throat was like an omen that ushered in a sense of suffering.
"You didn't hear?! Unhand me! Where did you put my people?!"
Jeanne unceasingly rebelled and tried to rid herself of the twists but thick that were restraining her body.
"Calm down, Miss. We're not gonna hurt you!" france said a little upset because Jeanne could not be silent from now on.
"Where are they?! You can't hurt him, or I'll kill you all!"
Before long, they finally arrived at a cell. France immediately threw the woman into it.
He began to cut and let go of the rope. When the rope came off, Jeanne was about to flee but deftly France held her back.
"Good, Miss! Be calm, you will not hurt you nor your people!" the man began to get upset.
When she heard that, Jeanne immediately fell silent and began to calm down. He sat back on the cold floor.
"You're not going to hurt him...?" repeated ensure.
"of course. Besides, My Lady isn't as bad as you think. She is a very kind and caring woman." France sighed then reached into her pocket.
In an instant, a small pouch containing a considerable amount of gold coins was thrown right in front of Jeanne.
"Lady Countess even gave this to you, she said that she was saddened by the disaster that befell your village" France said, leaving Jeanne flabbergasted.
The woman could not hide her surprised expression, her eyes were bulging with a gaping mouth.
"After that, move the other men to a place where I can no longer see their faces. Don't let them come back to threaten the peace of my people."
"The countess intends to move your people to a more worthy place. So that you no longer need to commit crimes to meet your daily needs" France explained.
Unknowingly, clear water flowed from Jeanne's eye patch. He did not expect, that the Countess turned out to be a very kind person.
"But..why is his speaking style as if he is a bad person?" the woman asked, still confused.
"That was the thing that belonged to the Lady Countess, no one knew it. At first I also sent that she was a selfish woman. But after I worked with her for a long time, I realized that the Countess was a very good woman" France recalled the past.
Jeanne was silent, looking at the man before her. France also felt uncomfortable when looked at like that, so he also cleared his throat.
"Try checking yourself out. Is there something?" the man's words confused Jeanne.
"Something what?" ask the woman.
"Have a look" France said, making Jeanne nod.
The woman checked herself out and started looking for something strange. After he got something taper in the collar of his shirt, he immediately pulled it.
Jeanne began to read the book in confusion. It was fortunate that he could read, so that he could find out what the Countess wanted to say.
...--π--...
I heard your village was destroyed by the Crown Prince. What you mean is Prince Yari, right? Incidentally, I want to ask for your help this time.
I want to work with you, can you? Of course in return, I will make your life and your people fulfilled.
In a few days, there would be a blond man and his eyes were as blue as the sky. He is Duke Arlen de Floniouse, he will discuss about the cooperation that will be established between us.
Let not this letter be known to others, for the lives of your people are in my hands.
I hope you can work with us.
^^^-C.^^^
...--π--...
Jeanne was so confused, why did the Countess have to give her a letter like this if she wanted to cooperate?
What will the Countess do?
...23.02.2021...