3 years later
Currently 15 years old
No one's POV
The entire Everhart residence is in silence, each maid, butler and servant is careful not to make a single sound that may disturb the duchess
After the young master kaito-sama died because of an unknown illness, the young miss iris-sama started to be cold but she still have a gentle temperament and kind character, but her smile that everyone love slowly disappeared, her soft and sweet voice became cold, soft yet soothing
No words about kaito-sama's death leaked out of the mansion until a months past----three Months after his death then they announced his death, only the people in the mansion and iris-sama and her mother knew the exact date of his death
A year after that The smile of Iris-sama completely disappeared, her face became stone cold, The atmosphere around her became heavy and cold, First kaito-sama died then the next that caused all this and caused Iris-sama to be left all alone
"Good after noon, Duchess Everhart iris-sama" all of them greeted the new duchess, duchess Iris natasha Everhart
After kaito-sama died a year after that Madame Everhart or iris-sama and kaito-sama's mother followed her son, leaving iris-sama all alone
At the age of 14, iris-sama inherited the title of Duchess, many of the other official saw this as an opportunity to get their hands at the Everhart family fortune, they send in their sons for marriage thinking that the new duchess is very young to make a right decision and too young to enter the social circle--but duchess iris proved them wrong
By the time the new duchess sat on her throne the money of the Everhart family expanded in less than a month, she provided knowledge for the king's and his problems, created new trading routes, swept away those pest that only stink up the kingdom, build shelters for the poor, invested in tons of building such as churches, orphanage, hospitals, schools for both commoners and nobles, news also spread that the duchess have extraordinary knowledge when it comes to medicine, so some Nobles and commoners ask for her help with their sickness but duchess Everhart is very picky when it comes to treating her patient, she treated both commoners and nobles but she only treated those who really deserve it, after that the kingdom became more prosperous therefore the king of the magnolia kingdom value her the most than any of his officials, but never did she appeared in public, she only sent letter to the king for her suggestions and other political matter she have with the King, she let her servant do her bidding outside the mansion
At the age of 15 she became one of the most talented, and richest person in the kingdom,
However after all that glory
She never smiled or shown any expression into the matter
No one ever saw her smiled again
"En, arise" she softly said, she walked with Elegance, grace, dignity and poise it's like it was carved on her bones
A loud crash startled everyone, a maid's hand slipped causing the tray with the flowered tea set the king gifted to iris-sama dropped to the ground and shattered in peicess, the maid dropped to her knees and tears formed at her eyes thinking that the duchess will kill her for breaking the tea set the king gifted to Iris-sama
But Iris just stared at her coldly and dully waved her hands and said "get up, butler han please clean that up" the maid was in daze of what her young miss said, it simply means that it's alright, she won't get punished and the young miss easily let her off the hook, from the bottom of her heart, she thanked her young miss for her mercy and kindness
3 years after kaito-sama died
2 years after former duchess Everhart died
And that simple pain of losing the people you love and cherish the most instantly changed her...