Chapter 6:

Today is the Judgement day!

Who will the Villainess choose?


The man who was still holding his tears until then, started crying like a baby when he heard that i wanted to go to meet Archduke Damien right at that time.

Well I could not blame him completely since he was a famous character in the game. As a player in the otome game, we have been given choices to choose our love interest. And like any other game, I was given choices too. The second choice was none other than Archduke Damien.

Damien was perfect in every aspect, and very competent. His face was splendid. Archduke De Luca, the head of one of the three major families, the Commander of the first order of Knights, the best in theory and in reality, had a shockingly beautiful appearance.

But I did not choose him because was playing the role of the villain in the story. He had a cold attitude, just opposite of the warm behavior of the crown prince. He was just like Akira, too rigid and hardly showed any emotions. There was a wall around home that could not be broken.

But I would have still chosen him since he was better eye candy than the crown prince but his habit of shedding blood was what kept me away from him. He was infamous for killing people and breaking their limbs for minor reasons such as hot tea.

Once a man served him tea which was too hot to drink, so he broke his fingers. He was a tyrant through and through.

“My lady.. Are you.. Are you.. Sure?” his voice was filled with hesitation and his face had already turned white.

I sighed looking at the scared man.

“You did not need to accompany me in. you can wait for me in the carriage. I will manage.” I replied to assure him.

“Can i” he asked me as a wave of relief washed over his face, but in the next second he frowned, “how can i? I am your aide.. I will not let you die alone.”

I rolled my eyes at his exaggerated acting.

“It is fine then, you go in and I will wait for you in the carriage.” I replied, shrugging my shoulders.

His face, that had finally gained some color back, turned white again.

“How could this be, my lady?” He shook his head so hard that I was afraid he would have a concussion. “I.. I mean I didn't know what to say to the duke and I was not well versed enough in conversing with the higher noble, and .. and” the man tried hard to find all the excuses he could.

“You know, since the problem is a matter of discussion, I can always explain it to you and you can converse well enough with my father and me. So, do not try to make dumb excuses. That made me wonder why are you even my aide?” I asked , rolling my eyes and the man gulped.

“I..i” he did not want me to fire him but at the same time he did not have the courage to go and meet Damien. Well, i could have forced him, but i know that he was not capable enough to convince him to change the time of meeting.

“Since you have accepted defeat, stop your act and stay here silently. I will be back in an hour or two.” I replied as I opened the door of the carriage and walked out. Sigh! I miss my car. Even when it was an old model, it was still faster than this!

I looked at the lake that was sparkling with the last rays of sun dancing over it. That was when I noticed it was already sunset. I was travelling the whole day!

I took another deep sigh! Lucky Akira! She must be enjoying my life there. But then my eyes fell on the luxurious garden with fountains in the centre and the rare plants filling the garden and I took my words back! There was no way i would have been able to see this much luxuries and enjoy it

I walked in when a maid came to welcome me. Though she bowed, her face was blank and there was not an iota of respect in her body language.

She escorted me to the waiting room. Though the palace was on par with the palace of the crown prince, in fact, better than it when it comes to styling. With the use of dark blue, sky blue and white mixture it was looking like midnight sky with a lot of stars sparking, the walls were covered with soothing shades of sky too.

As if the whole sky and stars have come down to adorn the palace, I still felt chill with the coldness it was emanating. So as the staff, as if the dead group of zombies. They did not have any expressions on their face, or any reaction when they saw me walking.

Like robots they continued to stand at their places and a woman continued to walk mechanically taking me towards the waiting room.

I finally came into a large room that was even larger than the room where I met the crown prince. It was decorated with silver and blue again, as if the whole place was cold and dark, yet fascinating.

“May I know the reason for your visit, my lady?” asked a man in the black suit that looked like the butler.

“I am here to meet Archduke.” i replied the obvious, what else, do they think i was that free to come so far to see their dead gaze and mechanical walk!?

I still needed to go back and check my wardrobe and my jewels and enjoy the luxuries I had in life. Tsk tsk!

“I apologize for the inconvenience, but lord did not meet sudden uninvited guests.” That was a clear blatant denial quoted in formal words.

“Of course, I know that. After all, he is the busiest man of the empire. But there is something urgent that i can only tell him and if time wasted and he came to know about it later then many lives would be lost.'' I said with a panicked voice that bewildered them.

They looked at each other and then at me. The maids were looking worried, but the butler was still calm.

“May I know that matter, my lady?” he asked me calmly as if we were talking about vegetables, not the lives of people.

“I wish I could tell anyone. But I am afraid those who knew about the matter would also be killed soon.`` I replied with a panicked voice again, but the man did not look convinced at all.

Such a rigid man!

“But if you still want to know about it, I can leave a hint. It is about a new spreading rumor of the father of Archduke!” my words cracked everyone's shells and they all staggered from their places. Their faces turned ashen as if I had announced that today was judgment day and earth was going to shatter in a few seconds!

MyAnimeList iconMyAnimeList icon