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Chapter 3 - Chapter 3: Duchy

As I was fiddling my violin using the bow I heard a noise coming somewhere around me behind the trees.

I stopped fiddling the violin as if I have already finished playing the whole piece so that I don't provoke my surrounding about knowing their presence. I anxiously returned the violin and bow back to its case as I try to get a grasp of their absolute location.

"Isn't the genre supposed to be romance?! And not horror?!" I said to myself in my mind as I finished returning it in its case.

I stood by the moonlight as the cold breeze of the night made the leaves of the trees sway a little. I held a pebble behind me that I picked up while I was returning the violin in its case.

I instantly threw the pebble the moment I heard a rustle from behind the tree on the right side. I ran in the opposite part as swiftly as possible. I slowly got engulfed deeper into the forest where the moonlight couldn't reach. I ran like there was no tomorrow, I heard quick footsteps closing in as I was running. My stamina slowly depleted as my breathing got rougher, my sweat exploded all over my body that felt so fragile. In the middle of the darkness where my heart pounded crazily as if I was fighting an illness where I could die at any moment, I crashed into a tree and fell unconscious.

When I woke up I couldn't remember a single thing about myself and everything.

"Amnesia...?" The word I heard from the two people beside me my surrounding became clear.

"Where am... I?" I quoted as questions started to fill up my mind.

A surrounding that felt anonymous there I met a man with hair dark as can be along with his eyes that was as blue as the depths of the sea.

"Astrid! Do you remember me?" He said in a worried tone as he approached closer to me.

"Astrid...? Is... that my name?" I mumbled as I sat on the bed anxiously.

"I'm August Nelphame, your Father." He told me as he held my hand and caressed it.

"Father...?" I mumbled

The guy in white clothing in white clothing coughed a bit interfering with our conversation, telling him that I needed to rest since I just woke up. He caressed my hair as he told me to rest more, they both left my room afterwards.

I stared at the window as I lie down on my bed. I slept an entire day without knowing and by the time I woke up, it was dawn already. A petite braided lady in a maid outfit entered my room and assisted me in everything from waking up, bathing and dressing up. I entered the dining area and saw two other people besides my Father.

I saw someone who looked like he had hair that was as white as mine and eyes that looked as golden as the sun, he looked about the same age as me. The one beside him looked a year older than us, A striking resemblance between him and Father could be seen in one glance. His hair resembled that of Fathers and his eyes resembled the same blueness like the depths of the sea Father has.

Maids started to fill the table with different variants of food for breakfast as I sat on the chair. Father introduced them to me and me to them. Based on what Father said we are brothers and sisters and the name of the kid about the same age as me is Felix while the one beside him is named Lucius.

An awkward silence formed while we were together that made me feel uneasy. I looked at my plate and saw utensils that I didn't know how to use. I grabbed one of the utensils and almost destroyed my whole plate of food. I tried my best to use the other utensils but I only ended up using the spoon and on top of that my side of the table was a mess. I was sent back to my room afterwards.

After that day Father sent people to tutor me. A month passed just like that I couldn't even spend time with Felix and Lucius since I was always tired after all the lessons.

One day, Father told me that I will have a week of break from my studies. I felt shocked and happy at the same time. I woke up early and went to the garden without anyone's permission and when I arrived at the duchy's garden, I saw shattered roses all over the garden and a scissor on the ground so I picked it up. I heard a huge commotion coming from outside coming closer to the garden. All of the maids, the butler, Father, Felix and Lucius arrived at the garden and looked at me with disbelief. I was about to approached Father happily, but he approached me first, contrary to what I expected he approached me with a glare...