Vol 1 Chapter 1 (1/2)

Volume 1

Chapter 1 – The Count’s Illegitimate Child

Chirp, chirp…

Luke slowly opened his eyes to the twittering of birds Bright sunlight streaked in through the cracks of the curtains stinging his eyes

“Hm……”

Raising his hands in an attempt to rub out the sleep, Luke slowly cas, he beca and cushi+ony e sensation He had not felt a bed so soft in the past 10 years In fact, he could not remember a time in his life when he had been in one such as this

‘What is this place? Where am I?’

With a frown, Luke looked around the room

It was a lance was enough to tell it belonged to so and fluffy duvets, royal red carpeting lay atop hardwood floors and the immaculate painted walls were adorned with a beautifulof a colorful mountain landscape on an autu else really jumped out

Though it may have been modest by a noble’s standards, for someone who had endured homelessness hundreds of times, it all looked more than luxurious

‘I don’t get it Why am I in this place?’

He didn’t understand where he could be otten there He tried to recollect his thoughts and sift through them piece by piece in search of some kind of a clue, but all that resulted in was a dull headache of broken memories

“Uh…”

Luke got out of bed while pressing his temples

<lu…ah…>

He heard a strange sound The sound resembled whispers, but they hispers without any discerniblewind

Luke’s expression crinkled into a frown as he looked around searchingly But the ere closed, and it did not see in

Knock knock

There was a knocking sound at the door

Luke peered a wary eye in the direction of the new noise Luke had a gift that allowed hi akin to a sixth sense In fact, he should have felt the person beyond the door approaching even before he heard the knocks, but he had not felt a thing Now that it was gone, so, the loss of his gift was

“Oh?”

As there was no answer for quite so, the person beyond the door decided to invite herself in She was a maid – and when she saw that Luke was in the room, she made a start

“Oh Master, if you had awoken you should have answered when I had knocked”

“Oh, I – I’m sorry”

He could not find any hint of animosity in the maid’s words and, baffled by the whole situation, he could but utter an apology

The face of the maid, who had by then closed the door behind her to come in and place a tray laden with bread andhis memories to try and recall her name, but no ht

“What is your name?”

“Beg pardon?”

“Your name”

“I’o Have you already forgotten?”

The young h at hi clicked as he hter – ato the forefront of his mind

’Could it be…?’

But Luke could not believe it Because it was surely impossible

Luke asked

“Where am I?”

“Beg pardon?”

“I asked where I was”

“…”