Previously: So I was sulking for The past few days about my escape, putting that weird letter aside. After being stuck for 8 days I finally get the keys just to get caught.
"Oldy?" I ask, my mouth in question and my expression in confusion. A moment of silence walks by and suddenly there are drum noises.
Me and Clara shift our heads just to search the source of these noises. And in an instant a spotlight drops on the old dark silhouette making us both freeze.
"It's the butler!" Clara shouts as the drum rolls stop.
"Oldy-I-I can explain."
My heart rate goes up and the noise hits my eardrums.
Suddenly the oldy press his hands in greetings manner and bows as I raise my eyebrow.
"Oldy is being weird." Clara says dryly.
Oldy bows for a moment then with a loud screeching tone says "Swadikha~"
I stay still as oldy stands from his bowings position and starts doing kung fu in place.
(Nice, never knew he could do kung fu.)
but suddenly he started moving towards us as Clara asks, "Is oldy gonna show it closely to us? " I narrow my eyes looking closely at the movements, I panic and grab Clara's collar.
"No he is gonna murder us, run!"
I run across the kitchen to the hallway as oldy kept following us.
"Oldy! I'm the duchess! Stop this!" but oldy doesn't stop and keeps moving.
(Shit we are definitely gonna get killed.)
Meanwhile Clara was enjoying the situation of being dragged. After a turn in this Anaconda like hallway, the both of us enter a bedroom and hide inside the closet.
The closet had a gap which me and Clara observed through. "Is oldy gonna kill us?" Clara whispers as I focus on the hole. "Don't know"
The footsteps gets louder as I see a black figure coming closer followed by oldy's kung fu pose.
Oldy walks around the room as Clara tugs my gown shifting my attention to her. "What?" I ask looking at her.
"Mistress oldy is sleepwalking." She points towards oldy, I give her a look of boredom and shift back to observing oldy.
I look at oldy's face visible under the moonlight and my eyes shift to his eyelids. (His eyelids are closed.)
I blink several times to see his face more clearly. ( Still closed , that means what Clara said was true.)
I smile in joy, "Clara, we can escape" I whisper as she nods in response.
After a few minutes of searching, oldy finally leaves with his Kung fu.
We both wait for a moment before coming out of the closet.
[Congratulations for coming out!]
"....."
After that me and Clara slowly move towards the hallway reaching my bedroom as the key stays inside my pajama.
As soon as I reach the inside of my bedroom I slump my body on the bed giving a sigh as Clara lays on the ground.
(Seriously, it took us 30 minutes to reach!)
I fiddle my fingers on the bedsheet, my face showing a hint of tiredness.
"Tomorrow night, I'll finally escape." I mumble inside my mouth and drift of to sleep.
.....
"Duchess where is the key?" oldy glares at me as I boldly reply,
"How would I know?"
My face fully straight forward as oldy sighs.
(He has been asking about it for the past few hours but he ain't getting an answer out of me.)
I smile as my nose grows like Pinocchio (Not). Oldy gives his signature cough and shows his back to me again.
(Deja vu)
"Duchess whatever you do just don't go towards the forest." I freeze for a moment moment as oldy leaves.
(Huh? So does that mean oldy is letting me go outside?) I smile like a joker tears dropping from my eyes, but it doesn't last long.
(Wait, how did he know?) I stop my enjoyement mood to seriously thinking mood.
(Did he made a guess?)
I walk out of the dining room, my face serious with thinking.
After going back and forth down the hallway, suddenly my mind rings a bell and I click my tounge, dissatisfied with my dumbness.
(I almost forgot each door in this mansion contains time magic. ) I walk towards another door leading to my bedroom.
(In fact in the original novel the male lead himself got lost here multiple times. )
I open the door to my bedroom, picking up the pinkish night shirt laying on my sofa.
(Surprisingly these mansion is 3 stories and almost 40 of the rooms are still unopened. )
I pick the shirt up, and a smile blooming on my face. (Oh well! since oldy knows.)
"Let's get out of here!"
...
I slowly walk towards the big main door. My head to toe is in my real form. Before opening the door I look at my shirt.
"I sure look look like a peasant."
I turn in the keys and open the door slowly making a creaking noise. I take my first step outside as the wind hits my face.
( Ah fresh wind. )
[Into the unknown~!]
"just stop!"
[pock u]
I step outside, my whole body standing on the high edge stairs. My eyes taking as much as view, possible to take.
"How beautiful! "
There was a fountain situated in the middle covered with a circular garden, and at the back was the forest.
(Beyond that forest is the actual main exit.)
I walk towards the fountain, my eyes still mesmerized by the beauty. I stick my hands through the flowing water.
"It's cold.."
Then I walk up to the flowers circulating the fountain as a butterfly sits on my hand.
(This is so aesthetic!)
After giving a round of the garden I come across the forest.
(Oldy said not to go in there.)
I observe the forest closely. It had a greenish hue, and multiple birds chirping could be heard. Suddenly a smile blooms on my face.
(Sorry oldy, but you know me.)
I walk towards the forest dissappearing in the mist.
....
(I think I'm walking for an hour but where is the exit!?) I sigh as my body wobbles like a jelly.
(In the original novel Scarlet was only taken out after they drugged her to sleep. That means it was never shown how they got out of here.)
Suddenly I pause and focus my senses. (This noise feels like a water flow?) I start following the noise as I keep glancing back.
"Perhaps there's a waterfall somewhere."
....
"Phew!"
After a moment of figuring out all the junks, I stand in front of a flowing river.
(So I was right. )
I give a satisfied look and walk up to the river as I look down towards the water, seeing my own reflection.
(Woah! the water here is so clear. )
Suddenly my throat dries up and I take a look down at the water, gulping the unexisting substance in my throat.
"I should drink some water first."
I bend down putting my hands together, and picking the water up. As soon as I was going to drink the water multiple loud thumping noises were heard. I drop the water and give a dissatisfied expression.
"Seriously, what now?"
Soon a group of horses stop in front if me, the front horse almost hitting my face.
"Hey! watch out-"
I stop, the man riding the front horse had silvery hair and a pair of bright golden eyes.
(No way..)
The man in front speaks in a deep and aggressive tone sending shivers through me.
"Who. The. Hell. Are. You?"
[ Just like the day that I met you, the day I thought forever..]
TBC