Vita Nova
Episode 33 "Duke's Son"

Flashbacks

"There's no time.." Lucas took out a communication device from his pocket and connected it to Irvan's communication device.

"Irvan.", i..",

"Big Master!What is and-" "

Send the entire elite force to head to the city center immediately!Find Lily all the way to the corners of the country anyway!Find the perpetrator and his group and bring it to me dead or alive!"

'**Lily.we will find you.please hold on a little more.don't until something happens**.."

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Episode 33

"Lho..?where is this?.dark once." slowly Lily opened her eyes, all dark, she could not see what, her head was dizzy because of the side effects of sleeping gas earlier.

"Damn it, how could I be caught this easily." Lily muttered annoyed.

'Eh?my hands and feet cannot move..Whatisthis?the rope?how dare he keep a weak girl like me! Where is this actually?'

Shortly afterwards, there was the sound of a wooden door opening and the footsteps of someone about 2 people who walked up to Lily.One of the men opened Lily's blindfold and looked at her carefully.

"What is this woman that Young Master is looking for?" ask the man next to her.

"Master said her eyes were red, while the woman had blue eyes, it was definitely not her" replied the man beside her, who was definitely her partner.

"That means the woman 'that' is what Young Master is looking for." the first man pointed at a woman in Lily's country, unmistakably it was Rina.

"What do you want?" lily asked the two men.

"We're just doing the job our Young Master asked us to do, but it's a pity that you have to get involved Miss" said the first man.

"True, maybe this Miss can be invited to play" said the second man.

The two men looked at Lily with *****.Surely it makes Lily uncomfortable and disgusted with them.

'What should I do?No sharp objects in-eh.wood flakes!' Lily found an object she could use to remove the rope in her hand.Fortunately the wood chips were not too far away from her.She tried to grab the wood and tried to tear the rope that tied her hand.

"wh.. Miss?" Rina slowly nodded.

"Rina!Thank goodness you're okay." said Lily a little relieved to see that Rina was awake.

"Look!The color of the woman's eyes is red!quickly get Young Master here!" one of them immediately went out and called out to the person they called 'young master'

"You stay there until our master gets here!" said the man who was still standing straight in front of Lily and Lina.

"Miss.pardon me.I should pay more attention.." said Rina apologized to Lily with teary eyes.Lily knew this was not Rina's fault, but she also could not ignore Rina's apology.

"It's Rina, it's not your fault..",

"HEY HEY HEY!DON'T WHISPER LIKE THAT!No one will be able to hear you even if you scream as loud as you can, hahaha" said the man who was guarding them.

'I should have fixed my hourglass sooner, I didn't expect this could happen to a young girl like me.' Lily thought with a long sigh.

"Oh yeah Rina, why are those men looking for you?" ask Lily curiously.

Rina was speechless and nervous, as if covering something from Lily.

"I also don't know Miss.I have never dealt with a noble family other than the miss family." replied Lina listlessly.

'Wasn't he also a noble?'

/Some time ago, in Ian's place.

In his study, Ian sat very unsettled.He constantly sighed and paced in his room.

"Why can't I calm down? my gut feeling is terrible." Ian muttered annoyed.

poke!poke!poke!

"Sister, can I come in?" yesra from the outside.

"Hm?Come in" Ian replied.

Yesra came to see Ian with Yusto, as usual they were always both everywhere.

"You can go out first, I'll call you when you're done" Yesra told the waiter.

"Well Miss" the waiter who escorted Yesra and Yusto to Ian's room went as Yesra said.

"What's wrong?" ask Ian.

"Sister, is Lily okay?" asked Yesra.He looked anxious.Very visible from his face.

"3 days ago I met him, and he's fine, but I haven't got another letter from him" Ian replied in surprise.

"Son, I heard from Sir Johan that the capital is being messed up because there are cases of murder and kidnapping" said Yusto.He knew that Ian was having a bad feeling.

"Murder and abduction?who was killed?" ian asked increasingly curious about Yusto's words.

"Say the murder victim was a noble family coachman, while the one who was kidnapped was the coachman's employer.There have been many cases.From what I heard some time ago from my friend in the capital, he said,there was a coachman carrying a silver-white-haired Lady and her servant a blue-haired tosca." explained Yusto.Sontact Ian was surprised upon hearing the employer of the murdered coachman.

"Sir, the silver-white-haired noble girl in the empire was only Lily and Viscount Turner's daughter, but it was impossible that the kidnapped lady was Viscount Turner's daughter, the color she had long since died from the plague." Yusto reiterated his intention to Ian.It took no time after Yusto's words, Ian immediately ran out, took his horse and asked the troops to open a portal to the capital.

'No..Lily couldn't have been kidnapped, but if that were true, I wouldn't have left the bodies of the kidnappers intact to death.'

/Position Lily and Rina.

'Deliver!now it's feet', though',

A young man with dark red hair and red eyes entered the room where Lily and Rina were held captive.The neat clothes typical of a high-class noble family were conspicuous in such a shanty place.

"Oh!Young Master!I've caught the woman you're looking for!" said the man who was watching Lily and Rina.

"Good job." The young man walked slowly closer to Rina and crouched down in front of her.

"For a long time did not meet ya, Viona." said the young man greeted Rina with another name.Although his words sounded friendly, but his aura was very contrary.

"Sorry sir, but I don't recognize you." replied Rina while turning her gaze in the other direction.

"really?Then let's get acquainted, I'm Duke Ricardo's second son, Thevan Fiel Ricardo, your brother." said the young man who claimed to be the second son of Duke Ricardo.

"Mr Thevan, I am the daughter of Viscountess Margaret.so I hope you do not carelessly consider yourself my sister." replied Rina firmly.

"really?But aren't we just different mothers?Our father is the same, right?Why don't you consider me your sister?I'm so sad to hear that.." Thevan spoke as if he was insinuating Rina who was an extramarital child between Duke Ricardo and Viscountess Margaret.

"...." - ".Lina was speechless, she did not dispute that fact.

"Why?are you-KHAK!!" a death kick(?)from Lily hit the 'object' between the thighs of the legs Thevan.Thevan immediately fell to the ground limp helplessly.

"What-what?!" once again the attack from Lily floated into the face of the man watching her earlier, until the man was knocked into the wall and unconscious.

"N-missy?!" Lina was surprised instead of playing to see Lily attack the two people.

"Rina!come outside!" Before he could escape, one of the men who had called Thevan came in and tried to attack Lily.

"DIE YOU!" The man ran and pointed an axe at Lily.But the man lost quickly, a sharp piece of wood pierced his neck, making the man fall and die on the spot.Blood splattered everywhere,not a little blood was exposed to Lily's face and dress because the distance was not far.

"Huh.basic troublesome!" Lily stood up and approached Thevan, then stepped on Thevan's face with her high heels.

"What should I do to you?Hm, it's time for the Young Master's nap!" the blow from Lily drifted into Thevan's face making him faint on the spot.

"Miss..you're okay?!" Lina was so anxious to see Lily who was smeared with blood and her hand which was slightly injured due to the piece of wood.

"It's okay Rina, don't worry about me.Now we have to go." Lily immediately untied Lina's hands and feet.

As he was about to run out with Rina, someone smashed the entrance to the room very hard.

"What's going on?!" Lily saw 3 vague shadows from the direction of the door being smashed, for a long time the shadows were clearly visible.

"Sister?Ian??" said Lily puzzled to see the three of them coming simultaneously just dumbstruck on the spot.

"Lilly!are you okay?!" Lucas immediately runs towards Lily with Ken.

"All the troops secure this place!No one is allowed to leave before the investigation is over!" Ian directed the troops Lucas brought in to seal the area.

"Sister, what's going on?" ask Lily plain to Lucas and Ken.

"We should have asked!what happened to you?!And-!? What blood is this?!are you hurt?!" lucas asked frantically as soon as he saw the blood hitting Lily's face and dress.

"It's okay, it's not my blood" Lily replied with a smile as if nothing had happened.

"Thank God you're okay.I'm so anxious." Lucas hugged Lily tightly.

"Hey!I'm her brother too!" Ken pushes Lucas away from Lily and hugs her.

"Ugh.sak!Don't focus on me yet, catch the culprit!" Ken immediately took off his embrace and swiftly held the sword at his waist.

"Where is the perpetrator?!I'll kill them!" ken said while drawing out his sword in anger.

"They're pat." Lily shows Thevan and his two helpless men.

"Who killed this one?..Why did the other one bounce back there?.." Lucas and Ken see the two Thevan men who finished off Lily in one attack.

"Do not know yah.hohoho." said Lily turned her face and did not want to admit her actions.

"So the real culprit was Duke Ricardo's second son?Cih, what rotten way does he really want?" ian drew closer to Thevan, who was still unconscious.

"What the fuck is that face? why is he battered like that?I barely recognized him." said Ken astonished.Lucas and Ian nodded in agreement with Ken.Wajah Thevan really battered unrecognizable due to bruising.

"Stop it.." Lily was unwilling to answer all the questions that filled the heads of the three young men.

"Rina, are you okay?" ask Lily worriedly.

"I'm sorry, miss.." She did not expect Lily to be involved in her personal matters like this.

"Explain, what really happened?" ask Lucas seriously.

"Sister!Don't interrogate a frightened person!We better go home first, let the security guards take action" Lily said.

"I'm sorry Miss.me.."

"It's okay, Rina, calm down.I'm here."

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