37 Chapter 35: Returning To The Hollows Castle (2/2)
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The room door opened.
”Child 31, change into this” A youthful brown-haired maid threw a white dress and a white pair of shoes on the floor
”Wait...this room..” The maid's eyes looked around in shock at the clean state of the room
”Pick it up and hand it to her” Luther coldly glanced at the maid
The maid felt an intensely dangerous aura emitting from the beautiful little boy in the bed next to Ivery...she unconsciously backed up
”Who are you?” The maid sweated
”You have five seconds to pick it up and hand it to her” Luther was itching to kill her the very second
The maid quickly picked the white dress and shoes up from the floor and rushed over to hand it to Ivery.
Ivery took the dress from the maids' hands and Ivery could now clearly see the dress was dirtied and stained..and the shoes were tattered and obviously worn out.
Luther peered over and looked at the clothing that was presented for Ivery to wear. His face turned dark and his eyes fell on the maid.
”Where are these from?” Luther took the dress and shoes from Ivery's hands and threw them at the maid
”The basement...” She said quietly
She looked down at the floor and responded as she took the dress off of her head
”Where in the basement?” He asked further
”We put clothes in the chests...” She was shaking as she spoke
”Why?” He asked
”The children that used them don't need them anymore,” She said
”Is it because they outgrew them? Or...is it because of something else entirely...?” Luther smiled
”I...I don't know any more than that!” The maid ran to the door, terrified of Luther
The door slammed shut.
The maid turned the handle and it popped off, a hole was left where the doorknob once was.
”Answer my question and I'll make sure to kill you painlessly” Luther stood behind the maid
”What!?” The maid tried her best to pry the door open
”Luther..” Ivery shook her head
Luther sighed.
”Answer my question and I'll let you leave,” Luther told her
”T...The basement...is the place where the upper staff takes the ill-mannered children..” The maid confessed
”What do they do to the children down there?” Ivery got out of bed
”I...I don't know! I've never been down there before...they don't tell the lower staff much...” She said
”I see...” Ivery crossed her arms in deep thought
Four years ago, the previous head maid tried to take her to the basement...now she understood why she was going to be taken there. She was deemed as a disrespectful child and furthermore she was accused of learning witchcraft, all the more reason to take her to the basement to do who knows what to her.
”Can you take me there?” Ivery asked
”Take you there...?” The maid looked at Ivery with confusion,
Why does this little girl want to go down to the basement to where she just said was where the misbehaved kids are taken....nothing good could possibly be down there for her.
”You're not going without me” Luther said
”You both want to go..?! After knowing the basement obviously isn't a good place?” The maid didn't understand these kids
”Tell the other maids we yelled and threw objects at you and you're taking us to the basement,” Ivery told the maid
”....Okay..” The maid nodded...obeying Ivery because of Luther's terrifying presence...she had a strong feeling she'd die by his hands immediately...if she didn't so as they said
She wouldn't dare to mess with the boy...she didn't recognize him and he obviously wasn't a child of the Emperor...yet the dreadful aura he carried...is something a normal child shouldn't have..
”Follow me,” The maid said
”Make it believable” Ivery held out her arm for grabs
The maid understood what Ivery meant and lightly grabbed her arm. She looked over at Luther and reached her hand out.
”Don't touch me, or you'll lose it” Just as Luther's words entered her ears, her quivering hand stopped as a long cut appeared around her wrist. She flinched in pain.
The door flew open.
”Go, don't waste my time” Luther pointed to the opened door
”Yes..” The maid nodded while taking Ivery out of the room and Luther followed
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