That man was none other than Duke Edward with his son Albert, the two of them also stared at me closely.
And suddenly Albert jumped from the strong restraint of the Duke who was slightly slack because he was careless when he made eye contact with me, then he ran towards me while throwing the wooden stick that was in his grip and hugged me tightly while smiling brightly.
"Mama! Mama! I've been looking for you since this morning, I thought you were hidden by the servants here, so I ran with a stick to teach them a lesson for who hid mama!"
Albert said happily and without the slightest feeling of guilt for beating the servants until they were black and blue and some even nearly died.
I looked at Albert's face with mixed feelings of joy and happiness, even I saw Duke and Albert take turns several times as if I couldn't believe this fact.
That the two of them were the reincarnation of my husband and son even though their faces were much more handsome than in their previous life,
I couldn't control my own emotions, and I ended up crying even louder than before. Albert who had been watching me from earlier immediately put on an angry face and his sharp eyes wandered around the room and only found the Duke who was standing nearby.
He thought that the Duke was the one who caused me to cry, with a terrible face he walked over to his own father, his right hand stretched out as soon as the wood that had been thrown was pulled into his hand using his magic.
"So you made my mother cry ....., that means you have to know the consequences ...." A cold voice and ready to attack,
The Duke just put on a flat face and without getting ready with a good stance to withstand the attack, I, who still couldn't stop crying and from earlier could only see Albert who was ready to attack, immediately tried to wipe away the tears and ran to hug Albert tightly while saying soothe,
"Mama is okay dear, this is just your fault, not your father, these tears came out by themselves because I was too sad because I could see your face again, son" I said comforting Albert.
Albert looked at me again, and said
"Is that true, bro? You don't have to be excited about what I'm going to do, if someone dares to make you cry let alone hurt"
"Yes, I am telling the truth, and it is better now that we have breakfast together ..... How?"
"Yes, if that is what my mother wants, I will do it so ..... ukkhh arrrggh !!!!" Albert replied but his words were interrupted because he was now screaming in pain while holding his own head.
I who saw that suddenly panicked myself,
"Albert !!!? What's wrong with you son?" While holding his slumped body like he wanted to touch the floor, but suddenly he brushed my hand that helped him roughly, while saying in a cold, painful tone.
"Get rid of your hands you dirty beggar !!!"
My hand that wanted to help him again, stopped because of his spicy words, and somehow my chest felt very painful because of the fact that I was an orphan here, and only dirty street beggars not from nobility, also thieves to be able to meet stomach alone, and an extremely inappropriate person to replace Duchess Dianna
Past.
I was rooted to the spot, Albert was back to normal and didn't scream from dizziness anymore, then now he approached the Duke and said
"Sorry daddy I have destroyed so many things" while bowing respectfully
"Yes, it doesn't matter as long as you can wake up sooner than usual. I'm happy" he replied in a flat tone
Albert glanced at me for a moment then said to the Duke in a displeased tone
"Dad I want to eat in my room right now and sorry because we can't have breakfast together" then walked away without looking at me again, Duke looked at me coldly then said where do you want to eat now and I just replied to eat in my room only.
He just answered "oh" then hurried out of the room, only after that the servants came to solve Albert's problem.
I realized that this was indeed the most painful reality because I was a stranger to them and not even a substitute for the previous Duchess, but I was determined that I would be the best in my second life now and would conquer their hearts, no matter what.
......
"Bruk ..." I fell on the bed while lying down after eating,
"Hufft ..." I sighed heavily thinking about what happened just now,
I was wondering what ways I could be accepted by this family, even though I was not loved, the important thing was that I was recognized by both of them as Duchess, I felt very happy, but that alone is not enough if I think selfishly.
It means that the first thing to do is to do household matters regarding wages and so on, but the problem is that the real Florence never learned, because how could ordinary people be able to write and read.
That means I have to ask Duke Edward to bring in a teacher who will teach me to study house affairs, manners and reading and writing in the language here, because he also said that the written contract will grant requests and requests that are used to spend money.
"well I will try to be a substitute for the previous Duchess!" I said in my heart excited
Then I jumped out of bed and went to Edward's study, when I was in front of the entrance I heard Edward's conversation with the head housekeeper named Franks, I was curious trying to hear from behind the door.
"Franks, do you have anything else to say besides the damage Albert has caused?"
"Em .... No sir"
"Oh, well you can go"
"Yes sir," wanted to turn away but suddenly Edward asked
"Wait a minute !!!, the head chef didn't put the strange food from yesterday, right to give it to him?" He asked without feeling interested
"Oh, you mean the Duchess' food? I don't think there is any incongruity because every food that the Duke, Duchess, and young master will eat has been checked beforehand"
"I see, but why is he so weird this morning?"
"It could be that he started to like sir, this is my opinion"
"But still it's strange, he who always avoided me and Albert suddenly came alone without being told and then cried like he saw someone who had been brought back to life"
"I will find out about that matter sir"
"I believe in your opinion, Franks, so I will think about that liking earlier, if it is true I will divorce her and ask her to be a servant who takes care of Albert, until he is 20 years old then I will put him on the street where Albert first met him. . " Edward said in a flat tone without pity as he continued
"But if he asks for money, valuables, gold, silver, jewelry, or diamonds, I will certainly grant him and he will live comfortably without any shortcomings, until his agreement is completed, ppfff ... Turns out he is stupid, wants something that is not possible, it just got even more interesting "a condescending voice
"I'll remember that sir"
I, who heard the conversation, felt tight in my chest, even though I already knew from Florence's memory before, but it felt different,
It hurts so much that I feel like I can cry now but I endure it, and maybe because Edward is the reincarnation of my husband,
Makes me too hopeful that she acquires the same traits as Rangga who always said he would always love me whenever and wherever.
I pushed aside this suffocating feeling then, prepared to break in and ask for what I want before Franks came out of His room.
"Brakk !!!" The sound of the door opened loudly
Edward who continued to take care of his paperwork looked over at the man who opened the door violently,
While Franks almost jumped in shock because the one who opened the door was me, in a very disrespectful way, and now his face is turning pale with fear that the Duke will be angry because of my actions,
But that man just stared coldly at me waiting for me to speak, I looked into his eyes as if I challenged that I would not lose to your eyes, and I am determined now I will conquer everyone with the charm that I have.
"Why are you here?" He asked impatiently
"My first request, I want to have teachers in all fields!"