(3)">Chapter 103 [part 1] - (3) (2/2)

“Me? I’m the Madam’s guard, of course. And whoever harms the Madam will unconditionally die by my hands.”

Seeing Roy’s expression full of murderous intent, David flinched. Since it was this ignorant bastard, he wouldn’t care about the aftermath, he would just commit the act. David had often heard of the man’s notoriety in the high society.

“I simply came to meet the Duchess.” (David)

“Why would you?” (Roy)

David smiled mockingly.

“Well, because the Duchess invited me to meet her.” (David)

This dude is crazy. Roy thought.

“This isn’t a place that anyone can come in. I didn’t hear you were in here.” (Roy)

“But you…the way you’re talking to me…” (David)

David ground his teeth at Roy’s tone.

While David and Roy were having a standoff, the man who had followed Roy inside, felt the pulse of the Duchess who was lying down on the sofa. The man gave a sigh of relief and nodded to Roy when their eyes met.

“Duchess.”

The man shook her lightly by the arm and woke her up.

Lucia pressed her temples, frowned and slowly opened her eyes. Her head was heavy as if someone had placed a bunch of stones on it. She felt a headache different from her usual headaches; her head was just blank.

“Madam!”

“Sir…Krotin?”

“Can you stand?”

Lucia couldn’t think of anything at all. She just held the couch and mumbled that she had to get up as if she were perform a given task then she lifted her body. The man at the side helped by supporting her.

“Hurry and escort the Madam out of here. Make sure to keep out of sight. Something is strange.” (Roy)

“Understood. Please hurry, Duchess.”

Lucia wanted to know what in the world was going on. But she judged that now wasn’t the right time for such a thing.

Sir. Krotin was a guard that her husband had placed at her side out of worry for her safety. There was trust in her husband’s words when he said that Sir. Krotin was trustworthy as he was skilled. So Lucia decided to unconditionally believe in Sir. Krotin.

She felt a little dizzy but after a few steps, she was able to move with ease. As she followed the man who appeared to be a servant, Lucia was startled to see the knights collapsed at the entrance. Thanks to that, her vacant head seemed to awaken a bit.

The servant opened the door first and stepped out for a bit, then he came back inside.

“There is no one around. You may come out.”

The hallway was usually vacant of people. As they walked along the hallway, the servant continued to be on full alert as he checked the surroundings.

“Wait. Someone is coming. It would be better to avoid them.”

Since they weren’t very far from the break room yet, it was better to not be seen by anyone right now.

Lucia turned in the direction of the dead-end corridor with a bunch of armor set up as ornaments, and hid next to a set of armor. The man in servant’s attire walked forward, calm and composed.

A group of people appeared around the corner, consisting of about ten or so noblewomen and following them was Anita, who was dressed as a handmaid.

The servant passed by them naturally and acted as if he was turning the corner but carefully glanced at them. From the looks of it, the direction they were heading towards, was the princess’ break room.

‘Will Sir Krotin be fine?’

Although he was worried, there was nothing he could do right now. His most important task was to protect the Duchess.

The servant escorted the Duchess and walked towards the party venue.

Lucia was feeling quite better; the heavy feeling that had put her in a bad mood had improved. She straightened her waist naturally, like a noblewoman bring her servant along.

“Slow down. Otherwise it will seems like we’re in a hurry.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

The servant slowed down his steps which he had unknowingly increased. And he slightly glanced at the Duchess.

‘She’s a really composed person.’

She didn’t ask anything nor did she get flustered and run around in confusion. The Duchess was merely following Sir Krotin’s instructions, but it was a great deal of coping ability for a noblewoman who had never experience anything rough and was used to giving orders rather than receiving them.

As they got out of the desolate hallway, people were buzzing around left and right. There were busy handmaids and manservants going somewhere with hurried steps, and also guests in formal wear that had come out in order to avoid the buzz of the party.

The servant called a passing handmaid, stopping her.

“Escort the Duchess to the party hall. And call the Imperial doctor. The Duchess says she had a headache.”

“Yes.”

The man naturally handed the Duchess to the handmaid and asked the handmaid to call the Imperial doctor to check if there was anything wrong with the Duchess.

Lucia briefly met eyes with the man. Then she left for the party hall with the handmaid. Her heart pounded as if it would burst, but she kept on taking quick breaths so that she wouldn’t reveal it.

The servant watched from a little distance away as the Duchess walked together with the handmaid, then he slowly followed behind. He walked as if he was coincidentally moving in the same direction. As of now, he decided that he must not take his eyes off the Duchess.

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