Chapter 9: Daughter of the....duke?
The guy, Duke Windsor's son, handed me his hand. Thinking what is he trying to do for a moment, I grab his hand and helped me get down the carriage.
To broke the silence, I decided to ask who was he even though i know who he is.
"umm, it might be rude to ask, but who are might you be?"
I tilted my head.
"Oh sorry miss, I'm Christian Nicholas Van Windsor, second son of duke Windsor."
He said with his playful smile.
Trying to act surprise, I immediately bowed and introduced my self.
"I'm Charlotte. I'm sorry for being rude to you, Christian-sama."
Trying to act surprised was useless because my calm voice betrayed me.
"Full name?"
Full name? I should just say Charlotte right? I'm not Duke Campbell's Daughter anymore so just Charlotte right?
Seeing Elisabeth's confused face, Christian spoke:
"Don't worry about it. Let me lead you to my father's office. He asked me earlier to welcome you."
He paused, and then began talking again.
"My older brother always welcome the guests so i was a bit surprised why'd he ask me and he said that it was i'm easy and fun to talk to and that you might be scared to my older brother since that guy is always serious."
He asked him personally?
"I was seriously shocked because my father doesn't care about how the guests feels even if it's the king! So that's why I thought you were special and asked you for your full name."
So that's why he asked for my full name....but why do i feel like there's something more?
I really want to know what's the duke thinking. We only met ones! I don't remember meeting him.
As he lead me to the duke's office, i just quietly look around. This mansion is really big, it's bigger than Duke Campbell's house! Even though both have the same title, Duke Windsor is richer!
Noticing me looking around, Christian chuckles. Looking at him, i tilted my head.
"Hehehe, sorry. You just look so cute looking around the house. You look like a child looking around a new place."
Oh so that's why.
A tint of red can be seen in Elisabeth's cheeks if on looks closely.
"I-i'm sorry! I didn't mean to. It just looks so big! It's bigger tha-"
I was about to say "it's bigger than my house". There's nothing wrong about that since i am now a commoner, but he might misunderstand it since i still look like a noblewoman because of my smooth skin. And i'm also beautiful. I'm not saying commoners are ugly. I just look like i'm not a commoner but came from a rich noble house.
"Hmm?"
"No, it's nothing." I smiled
Knowing that i will not say anything even if he ask, he didn't mention it.
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We walked for 30 minutes.
30 MINUTES!
I'M SO TIRED I CANT WAIT TO SEAT!
What's the point of having a huge house!?!! To exercise!!??
My legs hurt! What did i do to deserve this!?? Those long ass stairs and long ass hallways! It feels like i was walking in a maze with no exit!
I look at Christian and it seems that his not that tired... He's used to this..
Anyways, we finally arrived after walking for days- I meant 30 minutes
In front of us is a huge door. It seems that the door is heavy.
The maid saw Christian and me. The knight also noticed our presence.
The knight knocked at the huge door and waited for an answer. After that, a man spoke and the knight made his way in the room.
We waited for five minutes until the knight made his way out and told me to come inside. Christian didn't follow and just stood there, smiling.
And then i made my way in.
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The door closed, Christian just stood there.
After one minute, a guy with blue hair, and deep blue eyes similar to duke windsor stopped hiding.
"Oh Shuu! You finally came out! How was it? Following us?"
"She's an interesting girl, don't you agree, Chris?"
"Yea! And she's also very beautiful! She doesn't even look like a commoner!"
"I agree. But don't you think that she looks like Lady Elisabeth? That poor lady that was said to have bullied the baron's daughter?"
"Yea, that's why I asked for her full name! But it seems that she doesn't want to tell. But I still doubt that she is Lady elisabeth. When we saw Lady Elisabeth, she had both her eyes blue, and her hair is short. It's known that Lady elisabeth loves her long hair, you know?"
"Sigh....Lady elisabeth was really pitiful at that time. We both saw it when we were visiting the academy. Lady elisabeth and that baron's daughter was talking near the stairs and suddenly the baron's daughter tripped on her own. When she fall down the stairs she said 'h-how can you! Lady elisabeth! I know that i'm very close to the prince and you hate me for that, but pushing me down the stairs in front of so many students! Huhuhu' Then Lady Elisabeth's fiancé, the crown prince yelled at lady elisabeth for pushing that girl. Sigh....Lady Elisabeth is really pitiful. She looked wronged but everyone didn't care."
"Yeah! I know right! It was really disgusting! To think all the crown prince except nuria's crown prince fall from that girl's trap! So useless, right!?"
"I agree."
They kept talking endlessly about Elisabeth.
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I made my way in and saw the duke sitting on his chair.
"Good evening, Duke Windsor."
I bowed.
"Good evening to you too, Miss Charlotte."
"So what does the duke wants to talk about?"
"What's your name?"
I know he's asking for my identity.
There's no point of hiding my identity so i just told him the truth.
"I was Elisabeth Charlotte Van Campbell, Daughter of Duke Campbell. A duke from the Kingdom, Darnalia."
"I see..., but what do you mean, 'was'?"
"I was originally the daughter if the duke Campbell. I was exiled and i was trip off my title."
The duke frowned.
"Why?"
"The crown prince's, my ex-fiancé, believe the baron's daughter lies. She said that I bullied her but I don't remember doing those things. After that, there was a ball and every student and every noble family was invited. There, the prince said out loud my "wrong doings" and cancelled my engagement with him and then announced his engagement with that baron's daughter. My father also requested that i should be banish from the country and the king agreed." I said calmly.
"Why would he believe it? Isn't that a baron's daughter?"
"It's because that girl is cute and acts innocent. The prince falls into her trap. That guy is really an idiot." I shook my head.
"I see...you're not angry? You became a commoner, you can't wear beautiful and shining jewelries, and you can't also spend money."
When i hear his words, I laughed.
"Me? Angry? Of course not. It's actually nice! After those hell, who would turn down freedom??"
"Hehe, i see...."
I smiled brightly.
"Elisabeth, i want you to be my daughter, are you willing?"
Then my smile froze...
"...."
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Yo! My back seriously hurts! I've been writing this for like 3 hours in my notebook and, 1 hour and 20 minutes for copying it on my phone.
If you're wondering why 1 hour, it's because i need to add more thingy because i want it a bit long :3
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Christian Nicholas Van Windsor.
20 years old.
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Shuu.
22 years old
Shuu is very very hot and omg he is also...ehem...
This picture is from 'Princess Closet'
An otome game.
Princess Closet has a very nice main character, not like those dumb mc in other otome games.
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Sept 24, 2019
4:28 am.