"After last night, I haven't seen Khaled in a while. What's happened to him, Anna, do you know anything?"
"No Lady Charlotte," She said shaking her head, I thought for a while, [what if he's traumatized by what he saw? I should've stayed awake the entire night! or at least have put a barrier around my room! I didn't think Khaled would be this curious to find out who I was in my past life...]
"Sigh..."
"Lady Charlotte, I've noticed you've been sighing a lot. This is just a piece of advice If you don't mind,"
I nodded and she continued by clearing her throat, "Ahem, Well they say that if you sigh too much you might get wrinkles and start to get older, M'lady, You should smile more often you're much too pretty to get wrinkles all over." She praised, I giggled a bit and nodded, "I'll try my best Anna."
BANG!
"Lady Charlotte! You've been invited to another banquet by the grand duke! Personally!"
[What?! This can't be! I tried so hard to avoid the gazes and attention from others! How could Alastair have noticed me already?!]
"Tell him that I won't be able to go, I've been sick for the past few days and can't attend."
"M-My lady..."
Suddenly a Tall man with a fine figure and face (he was handsome :3) entered the room, his blue eyes were sharp and although they seemed that way he was kind, His blue hair looked almost the color of the sky, or maybe cotton candy. His skin almost perfect, with no pores whatsoever [how on earth do they do that? He looks like a model- no like some type of walking god. geez, they should have made him ugly.] he walked in confidently while smiling.
[This is the man Elisa falls in love with. No wonder.]
"I heard you were sick now, Lady Charlotte?"
*He still calls her lady charlotte because she pertains to the Magic Tower and is the apprentice of the Archmage which is said to be rare for him to do that unless they have enough mana. Archmage is around 500 years old, which explains such rare occurrences.
"Y-Yes, Your Grace, I didn't expect you to come without prior notice," I stated baffled, my face hinted at it too but he just smiled kindly again, "Well, I have already seen that you must be fine, I've talked with the Archmage and he just accepted." He said smiling, [seriously...Author, why did you make this man so beautiful? You should've made him as ugly as his soul is!] I stressed over this and cursed Khaled for not thinking about it twice.
Khaled: [Hm? I just felt shivers run down my spine..!]
"Ah yes, Then I've verified my attendance to the banquet, Your Grace,"
"Alastair."
"Pardon?"
"Call me Alastair," He said smiling tenderly, I almost felt like punching myself for simping for these types of men, but I mean who wouldn't? All the girls in school would drool over a kind and respectful guy, I wouldn't even blame Elisa if she fell for him. [No no! I wasn't sent here to be his fairy godmother! I'm Sebastian's Fairy Godmother! I do not serve ugly people. Especially not him. He's the one that caused Sebastian to meet his tragic end and he shall pay. hmph!]
"Right, Duke Alastair, I've Confirmed my attendance then," I suddenly thought of a great idea, [since Khaled is working on who knows what, I can find the next Male Lead! hehehe] I snickered maliciously, rubbing my hands like a businessman.
"But, on one condition."
"What is your condition?" He asked with a smiling face, [Gulp...He's scary. I don't know what he's thinking.]
"I can bring a partner along that's not the Archmage."
"..!"
[A tier 4 Mage should never be walking around aimlessly without their Master, or their teachers, but a tier 2 or 3 mage can walk without consulting the Archmage, the thing is, they still think I'm a tier 4...]
"So? Do we have a deal?" I asked, He nodded and smiled nicely again, I already suspect that he's enraged since he's smiling a lot. [He's one of the scariest male leads out of all of them, I don't know what he's thinking...it sends shivers down my spine brrr..!]
I shivered and cleared my throat, "Ahem...Well, I'll be taking a stroll into town I believe you should take your leave, unless you have business with the Archmage~" I said smiling, He smiled back as a counterattack and the maids squealed and blushed at the sight of him.
"Hah...Well, We'll be leaving." I waved my hand and the maids scurried to get clothes, the duke still standing there smiling, "You want to see me undress?"
"Then, Lady Charlotte, I have a business to attend to, I'll await your presence in the banquet." He beamed a smile and left immediately.
[I just met the male lead! crap! what do I do?! nothing is going my way! or how the story has to go by! just how..?! AH! right! I can't forget about him]
"Anna, Did you bring me a plain simple dress, fitting of a commoner?"
"Yes! Lady Charlotte, Would you like this one or this one?" She said holding out two dresses, one of them was simple and blue with white hems on the borders, it had a skin corset on the outside, while the other dress was white on the top with long sleeves, with a green skirt which had golden hems at the edges.
"I'll choose that one," I tell Anna pointing at the green one, She nods beaming a smile at me, [she probably liked it too. I'll let her keep it after I find him and wash it.] I chuckled, unlike the other maids here, Anna is the only one the same age as me.
We're both 21 and she was just turned 21 on Monday, we celebrated, of course, she's one of the maids that has stayed here the longest and knows the most about the Archmage.
"Off we go then, Anna!" I exclaimed, I walked around the village aimlessly, looking through alleys and scanning for blonde hair. I had to cast a spell to change my eye color and hair since it was too bright and drew too much attention.
[Besides, I'm not too familiar with this world, it feels strange. I feel scared for some reason, it's been a while since I've had this strong ache in my chest for longing. Calista's sad face still bothers me, i want to go back or at least have her come with me but...I would only make her suffer here and go through hardships. sigh.]
"Cough Cough..!"
I glanced quickly at the blonde injured man in an alley, it was vacant, almost empty he looked like he was just beaten up. He had long messy ruffled hair, it was shaggy at the least, and it poked his eyes as if wanting to bother him on purpose. My eyes brightened up and I looked at him, I tried not to look too excited and bended down to look at his wounds.
"You're injured, Are you okay?"
He turned around to find a female with brown hair and hazelnut eyes looking at him, he was surprised, that for the first time someone had come to such a dirty place and asked him if he was okay. it'd been that long since anyone cared for him, [Magic...] He could tell she wasn't what she seemed, her appearance was irrelevant to him though. He could feel the sincerity in her tone.
"I..."
I looked at his injured face, he had cuts on his cheeks the bleeding didn't stop and so she knew that she had to do something. And so she was prepared.
"Here, The bleeding will continue if you don't patch it up with something so I'll try to put a gauze on it, Can I help you?" I asked, I didn't want to touch his face without permission. Besides, it's disrespectful to do that to the son of a powerful noble.
[He has such a beautiful face even when he's in an alley eating leftovers. He's the male lead I most felt connected with! He's so cool! He's the badass type who doesn't give a damn about anything people throw at him. He falls for the female lead when she finds him here one day and gets killed for pursuing her.] Blood spilled from my mouth and Anna got a handkerchief and cleaned it up after me, "Thank you, Anna."
"Lad- I mean Charlotte! You should be more careful when being in the sun too much!"
[Good job Anna! It seems you have a good eye! I bet she realized he's good eye candy too!]
"I...Sure." He answered, I asked for a gauze from Anna and she handed it to me as I cleaned his wound, I was so focused I didn't realize the man's fixated gaze on me. I tried to remove any splinters that may have accumulated through the days and literal sweat started dripping from my forehead.
[This was all worth it. I regret nothing. I have saved this beautiful man from dying of an infection..!] I felt around of myself, his face was now filled with gauzes and bandages, I wiped my sweat with my sleeve and looked at him quietly.
"Would you accept if I told you to become my butler?"