Chapter 5 (1/2)

Chapter 5

“What the hell is theof this?”

With an audible clack of her clenched teeth, Katie sneered at me

Panicked by the nanny’s exclamation, Alicia didn’t knohat to do in this situation She didn’t dare look squarely at Katie, and since was still sitting on the ground, all she could do was fidget with her skirt

Judging by the blank look on Alicia’s face, it see nor hearing anything

At this, rew cold

With an impartial smile on my lips, I stared up at the nanny indifferently as she clutched my chin In spite of herself, Katie shi+vered under e bird of prey

‘This can’t be, this can’t be!’ Katie thought ‘There’s no way I would feel inferior to that Rosetta!’

The source of terror should come from this side, not that This was how it’d always been She had worked so hard for 13 years to condition the two princesses of the Valentine Duchy,it so that Katie stood above them completely

It started when they were both six years old, until the present day before their adulthood at nineteen years of age

Katie could not believe the situation she found herself in It didn’t htened

Resentainst those cold eyes, however, she couldn’t shake off the fear that had already set in Her entire body shuddered as her heart pounded loudly, and her first instinct was to escape

She felt it in her bones that she wouldn’t be able to fight against this unknown force, yet she consoled herself by thinking that this would be the only day she’d allow this behavior

Katie repeated this to herself, believing so strongly that this was only a fluke, and then ripped the other’s chin, but her body wouldn’t budge

She couldn’t ers slinked over her wrist and held her in place

‘What power’

The grip over her wrist was light, but it felt like her ar crushed by a e delusion—the wrist holding her hand grew larger and darker, turning into a pitch black shadow that was about to devour her whole

“Le-let go ofher arms, Katie desperately tried to shake off er felt resentful

Now, all she felt was fear for her life

“AHH! LET ME GO!”

Katie suddenly screamed like a banshee, and Alicia let out a s was thrown into chaos

“”

With ht line, I watched the entire situation as if it was entirely separate from myself, like I wasn’t involved at all

In fact, I was as surprised as everyone else

However, the reason was a bit different

‘What the’

My gaze, which had been on Katie, hurriedly shi+fted to inspect my own body

Hands, shoulders, chest, stoo of o!”

Katie’s previous words of hostility co Her free hand flailed around wildly and scratched ht drops of blood trickled down the thin wound

Co face, Katie looked much worse

How hideous

As the nanny wished, I finally loosened rip At this, Katie’s body lurched backward and fell down

“There I let go because you toldfro on the floor with eht, Nanny?”

I spoke kindly, but it seemed that it was still difficult for her to for violently as she hyperventilated

nobody here was concerned for her well-being

What a funny sight

I only held her wrist I never showed any aggression, and didn’t even lift a finger

With ure on the floor, I passed by Katie with a sht to the door

The lesson seemed to have finished already, so there was no reason for me to stay

As I walked leisurely towards the door, as left in the roo around on its own and two distressed people not knohat to do with themselves

I placed ?”

I said this without turning back to face Alicia, but she knew that my question was directed at her

Alicia anxiously scanned her surroundings Whilst everything in the roo on the floor frantically

It was the first time Alicia saw such a scene in all nineteen years of her life

Squeak Thump

The door screeched open and shut behind her She was left behind before she knew it She looked at the door with bewildered eyes and inched toward it, hesitating

‘CanI really go?’

Whatever their nanny said was absolute She had never gone against her nanny’s words in her whole life

Was it alright for her to leave like this?

Despite her reservations, her older sister’s actions fro figure stood tall as she asked that question

A tre hand took hold of the doorknob and opened the door Somehow, the air that was let in felt fresh Alicia couldn’t believe that only a thin door hindered her from it