My mouth couldn't say any word in shock, and I almost drop the cup of tea in my hand. Those red eyes he flashes is giving me a true define of horror.
"Meet my second son Venedetta, Mr. De Bourgh." As my father break the second silence.
"Honor to meet you Venedetta." He stands up in chair to greet me in handshake, yet I reluctantly shake his hands as well to pay my respect.
I sit down as my eyes are lock to him, my father and Mr. De Bourgh notice my intensely stare.
"Is there anything you have to say about Mr. De Bourgh?",
"Ohh Mr. Gargalano perhaps your son is not quite used to dine with someone." He smiles as he turns his gaze to me after he look at father to compromise their business discussion.
"My son rarely dine with his family; he often eats in his room."
-"Why don't we further discuss this in my office."
"I agree." They both left with their unfinished meal, to think that I am in their grasp, I must be running around like a mouse who escapes in cat.
Last night a dagger at least a move of inch could have deeply sliced my throat just like the nightmare, and the person who sliced my throat in dream was talking to my father, what if all the people inside this manor is member of it, the black sun symbol?
If so, then why am I the only one who had not a symbol of it? but I need to confirm if all the maid and butler had the symbol, before starting to them it will be better to ask Ella's siblings if Ella had the symbol, and to confirm as well if they are also member- but how come the head maid did not say any words about Ella before I let her in? She did not even complaint about how Ella's work as a new maid, is this well planned throughout of my movements? Personally, I barely trust her, but her angelic aura hypnotized me to offer her as a maid.
"Ella, could you buy me a dagger." She widened her eyes for an unexpected order from me, I need her to run off somewhere to have a conversation to her siblings.
"The Gargalano family has a lot of treasure and wealth, I am certain that the Gargalano family has a dagger or sword relic, and I do not want to be a nosy would you mind asking why Young Master need a dagger?"
"There are two cats fought last night in my chamber, one of them almost sliced my throat, fortunately I caught one of them and made them to talk to what master they serve, and this master is one of my dearest friends, so I want to kill that person."
"To begin of it there is two party fought in Young Master room and they somewhat disturb your sleep and almost killed you, so for my advice is it could be better if you find out about the other party's information, secondly, hastily thinking of killing the assassin's master you've caught is wrong course of action what if that master planned to kill you before you act or let you attack him so that master can upside the events in other words that master might use you to look themselves as innocent, in conclusion, it would stain your family's name so the best course of action is to let the free the assassin as convey of your next plan-."
I clap as Ella advise me with such a brilliant idea to cover my plan of killing someone,
"You have more knowledge of planning to kill someone, are you a detective or criminal counselor? perhaps a spy, HAHAHAHAHA!! Enough of silly morning jokes but seriously buy me a metal staff, The money is in my room under my table desk it's in first left drawer.
She bows her head then leaves as I kept eating my meal that I intentionally eat slowly because she will wait for me to dismiss her or order something since, I assigned her as my personal maid. Just a few minutes I saw a Hansom cab leaving, it must be her, so I hastily eat my food and call a maid to clean it for me then ask the head maid about her siblings.
The head maid and sister are ordering the maids and butlers decorating the ornaments and flowers in garden, even the Ella's siblings are helping to decorate. I observe the kids with each wrist, neck, ankle, and legs yet I did not find any mark or symbols of the red sun. I walk to my sister's side as she startles a little.
"Sneaking behind of a woman is what tom foolery does to pervert someone." The head maid begins to help decorating than stressing herself ordering them.
"For what occasion is this?" She is somewhat surprise and angry at the same time, I don't know if she is truly surprised or not, but it is unexpected for her to have an audacity to act surprise.
"This is all for my welcoming banquet and later at night everyone will applause for my greatness at the magic, but how poor of you brother you're the only one who did not have a talent for magic in our family,"
"At least my hands are washed everyday even I don't use soap." She did not say a word to my provocation, or she did not take it in feelings. After a few minutes of observing the maids and kids I remember Ella had four siblings yet there is two working, so I leave unannounced to my sister and went off to maids' room.
I walk each fine wooden doors of maids and butlers, slipping my hands each door handles I passed to check if its lock or not till then I halt at last door and knocks.
I hear a loud and hasty footstep walking closer to door, it slightly open and an eye check if who is the person who knocks. The door slowly opened as the boy saw me smiling and holding two chocolates. The boy welcomingly opens the door as he sees me, I saw a little girl sickly lying in bed covered in blanket with a towel in her forehead.
The boy approach me with saddened drawn in his face, I grab a wooden chair and sit next to her sister and put my hand to her neck, the girl is burning in fever, so I ask the boy if her sister had already eaten something to drink a medicine. the boy nods and I put down the chocolate in desk.
"Is big sister taking her well?" The boy nods again as he grabs the chocolate and tear the plastic.
"But why does big sister did not inquire me to let her off to take care your little sister and does she already take a medicine?"
The boy nods as he munches the chocolate, the boy must be a mute for nodding three times in my question with an indicated yes or no. I keenly observe the boy's body looking for symbol or sign, unfortunately I don't find any symbols in his exposed skin.
"Do you envy those kids carelessly playing with their parents' wealth?" The boy looks at his sister with pitiful eyes as he kept eating the chocolate, he looks down at the floor and slowly munching the chocolate in his mouth.
"It's bad to eat when your sad because the food is not delicious anymore." The stop eating and began sobbing and cry. I don't feel anything as this kid cry in front of me, but my plan is working well without any delay or problems.
"*SHSHSH* you might awake your sister so how about we have a deal you could only say no and yes once in two questions and tomorrow we will buy toys." The kid is stop sobbing and wipe his tear, I know he is glad to hear my proposal because the expression of his eyes change. I don't care what other folks say of making proposal with a kid as if those other noble folks are not doing this to abduct the children and use them as for pleasure and money.
"Kid my question is little private but it will equivalent of expensive toys based on the question I will ask, okay? *He nods* Then the first question is had you ever seen after you came here any of people in manor besides me have a tattoo or symbol?" He shifts his eye in above left corner which it tells he is trying to remember what he had all seen in this manor because I cannot keep surmising people around me.
He quickly nods which left me not surprise if the person he meant is Mr. De Bourgh, however, I cannot stay in their palm dancing tirelessly and make me suffer in psychology, but I do need to know how many of them are inside of this manor. The kid seems know the point of my question and willing to cooperate as he writes in paper with inked quill, he shows me what he written in piece of paper that I unexpectedly did not assume or at least calculate how many of them because it written here all of people inside this manor had symbols except for me.
I gasp when the kid shows his symbol back of his body, however, it is different symbol I seen in my dream and Mr. De Bourgh, his symbol is a Brightful color of sun. I don't know what question I will ask because the two questions I had is already answered by this boy, but the first question is yes then the second answer will be no which it led me to question him if the two parties have an alliance to confirm my surmise why Ella is, and her sibling are part of secret society because I know that the two symbols are rivaled to each other to concise this all information I've been learning about this world while the two parties are spying each other in this mansion and in conclusion the two parties had set a trap to uncover someone which I the only one biting in their traps.