When Lyle was done clothing himself, he walked towards me with a box, and he sat next to me, and I saw some medical medicine and tools inside of the box.
"What the hell is the meaning of this, Lyle" I finally found the courage to ask him this. He flatly looked at me "You hate unfamiliar touches. Aneira is the only one who can take care of you since she's the one who raised you, I start bathing you when you were five years old, Aneira went to his house to look after to some family matters and you asked me to take care of you and ever since Aneira will be leaving I'm doing your bath." He explained.
And as he said that something flashes into my head, as memories of Madeline and Lyle in her bathroom. They did not have any special physical contact it was just merely a bathing routine.
But isn't it weird? Him bathing a woman? And Madeleine having this unfamiliar touch issues? It was not brought up in the book.
It explains why I am not reacting to it is because it is normal.
"Just stop doing it from now on" I said, and he did not reply instead he put something into my wound in my neck. I flinched when I felt some sting in my neck. That hurts!
But he became careful after my reaction "You should sleep, we will leave early in the morning" he said and left the room.
I laid and I stilled when I smelled the pillow and the bed cover, it smelled like Lyle! Is this his room? I let out a sigh to calm myself. I should ignore this incident; I should think that it never happens.
I closed my eyes and ready myself to sleep.
"Aarrggghh!!" I was woken up by the scream coming from the outside of this room. I got up and walked outside of the room as the screams became louder and louder and I saw a light coming from a room, I opened it and I saw Lyle.
He is screaming and screaming while his tears flowing his hands were full of blood and the room is unrecognizable because of the mess, the butler who greeted us earlier where just standing and pitifully looking at him.
I tried to call out his name, but no sounds came out, that is why I walked towards to him and kneeled in front of him. His eyes were reddish because of his tears, his screams were not because of a pain, his screams were full of hatred and regret.
What happened? Why is he crying like this? Did something happen?
"I'll kill them!! I will make sure to burn this place down to hell!!!" He screamed and swung his swords in the air. "Calmed down, My Lord" the man tried his best to calm Lyle, but it failed as he just starts slashing everything while crying and screaming.
His screams were full of anguish and his cries were full of anguish. I cannot help but find myself just watching him until he falls and passes out.
I glanced at the door when I heard a knocked and I was gasping when I woke up. Did I just dream? Is that a dream? It cannot be a dream, that is too vivid to be a dream.
Lyle entered the room when I did not answer, he was already wearing his cloak "It's already time" I was just staring at him. I can still see his face crying and screaming like there is not tomorrow. "Are you alright?" I asked he then frowned "I'm breathing well, Your Highness" he answered flatly.
I stare again at his face to find the trace of his cries but there is none.
While riding at the carriage, I cannot ignore that dream, there is nothing in the book that says that Lyle experienced something like that, so what is that dream? Is that the future? If that is a future then, who will he kill? What happened to him to be in that kind of state?
That state, it is like he experiences a very shocking situation for him to lose himself and go mad.
"Are you alright, Your Highness?" He asked and I let out a sighed before answering him "Just stopped addressing me with my title, call me by my name, that way we can comfortably communicate without anyone knowing my identity" he cannot keep calling me your Highness when I am hiding from my father.
This plan I want it to be successful and it will be only successful if he stops calling me by my title. "Yes, My Lady" I rolled my eyes "Yes, Lady Madeleine" he answered again, and I just nodded at him.
That is okay, Lady Madeleine... I like it more than Your Highness.
"Did my grandfather sent a reply?" I asked "He didn't" that is all right, I must ready myself if he will not open the gates and welcome me. At least I will know if he is an enemy that I will need to eliminate or someone who I can use to my full extent.
"Is there any news from the Royal Palace?" I asked again, I left a letter with my Father I hoped he would understand what I wanted him not to do. I am not too heartless as to leave my people and be at fault for my disappearance.
They are still the people who dies alongside to Madeleine in the story, they are the one who serve to her faithfully and I do not want them to take the blame that is why I left a letter stating that I will be staying at my Grandparents house and do not touch my servants.
I already instructed them to go back into their houses as they still one of the Noble houses and have their own family. I do not want them to have the same destiny as the book wants. I need them to get away so that their life will be spared.
"There hasn't been anything" he answered. Ha, what would I expect? That man never cared to Madeleine and now that her daughter went to her grandparents' house, he is not showing anything.
He is really making me leave no other choice. I want to save his life from the hands of his wife and daughter but to what he is aching towards to me, he does not need to live long anymore.
"Lyle, there's something I want you to do"
"What is it, My Lady?"
"I want to learn swordsmanship, train me." He frowned "That would be a dangerous one, I can't" I chuckled and crossed my arms "Does it sound like I'm asking for your opinion?" Does he think that I will not be able to lift the sword?
This body is weak, but I will try to have the strength to fight because conquering the crown is not a war without blood.
He did not dare to say anything and instead he just stared at me "If I want to conquer the crown, I must ready myself for the war, and to be able to do that, I need to strengthen and learn how to protect myself, isn't it?" He let out a sighed
"Yes, My Lady" flatly he answered. Even if he does not want, I will ask other people who are willing to train me. First, I need to stabilize this body and make sure it can keep up with what I want to do. I have the strong will to finish them up, but my body will not have the energy to do it, it will be all useless.
"Do you think that My Grandfather will be happy to see me?" I asked, since I do not know what kind of relationship they had, I am sure they will be glad to see that their only granddaughter is alive, barely alive.
"I'm sure that they will be glad, My Lady," I do not understand why I am nervous and why I am having this what if's.
Madeleine's mother is a daughter of an Archduke and Archduchess who is governing the southern part of the Empire. It said in the history books that the House of Luxemburg is one of the founders of the Empire, that is why the emperor granted it land in the southern part and the title of Archduke*.
(Archduke/Archduchess rare nobility title that is higher than a Grand Duke/Duke but is lower to the emperor. The Title is equivalent to a King)
That is also the reason my mother was married into my father, because all the Empress were always from the House of Luxemburg. If there is no daughter born into the house, the Empress will be selected by the Imperial Electors*.
(Imperial Electors consisted of the four founding house heads and two church heads. They are the Archduke, Grand Duke, Margrave, Rhinegrave. The High Priest and The Paladin)
From what the history book states, An Emperor does not have any power to choose his Empress he can have a Queen Consort of his choice, that's how Laura was born first than me it is because my father did not touch my mother unless the Queen Consort bear first.
Ha, how troublesome story, how come the author produced this kind of timeline and situations I mean, affair is legal even the religion was strict. I cannot believe it.
"If His Grace didn't welcome us, what will be the next step?" I glanced back to Lyle who talked first "Well, we will go to Grand Duchy of Dewei" I said.
My first plan is to visit the Grand Duke and tell him not to marry my sister, of course there is no guarantee that he will listen or even believe what I will say.
The only card I had was my grandfather, he is the only one I can use until I can fight.
"Have you already met or see The Grand Duke of Dewei?" He asked and I just shook my head "How did you come up with the idea of his marriage?" I flinched when I heard his question.
Shoot! Did I unknowingly say that aloud? The marriage of Anwyl and Laura?? Did I?
"I have a dream, and it shows that my sister will marry a man who has a title of a Grand Duke, he is the only Grand Duke on the Empire" I lied.
"It must be an oracle" an oracle? What am I? A favored child of God? It just was on the story how it will become an oracle. How stupid.
"Yeah..." I snorted, Madeleine got an illness because of her divine power, I think the God in this world is just injustice. "On what grounds do you think the reason why the Grand Duke accept the marriage between him and Laura?" It was not even explained in the book because he accepted it but the story of them is like any other romance story.
He stared at me for a long time before he spoke and what he said made me confused.
"What if the marriage is supposed to be your marriage?"
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