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20. Amusement

"Marry me to the son of Earl grey" I amusingly asked Dan

"It seems so, and they are going to take action at the Duke's birthday next week" they really think so highly of me huh, Earl Grey's son----Raymond grey is the kingdom's number one Playboy and trash, his already 23 and been announced that he cannot use magic, he have over 13 concubines in his harem, if he laid his eyes at a lady that he like then he won't think twice about marrying her,

Setting me up with someone like Raymond grey, and by setting means putting me in a room all alone with him, and that's their plan on getting the fortune of my family?

How clever, Dan is one of my trusty men's, I sent him as Duke azalea----as my idiotic father's butler so he can tell me anything they plan

"And how are they going to do that?" Dan took a paper envelope from his pockets and handed it to me, I opened it and a white powder lays inside the paper, I took it near my nose but not that near

"Aphrodisiac" how clever, that half sister of mine really likes to play clean

"Who will be assigned to put aphrodisiac in my drink?" Dan nodded and started to narrate me the plan of the Azalea family

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Tommorow will be my dear idiotic father's birthday, Sitting on my desk while my right hand holding a tea cup with my favorites chamomile tea in it, my left hand holding a paper for me to read in silence as I drink from my tea

Someone opened the door of my study and closed it, not bothering to look whom it was, when the same person sat on my casually chair

"Well, well, look who's here" I glance at him, he mischievously put his both hand behind his head and lazingly leaned against my chair

"Why are you here, crown prince Victor magnolia?" Victor just closed his eyes, as if he didn't heard what I just said

"My spy told me the azalea family's plan to you" I stopped for a moment, shock for a minute, but I returned to my previous face, his the crown prince it wouldn't be that shocking

"I assumed you already constructed a plan?" I didn't remove my gaze at the paper and sipped from my tea again

"Yes, so you don't have to be worried" putting down the paper, crossed my arms over my chest and looked at him

"Victor why are you here?" He opened his eyes and crossed his arms at his chest like me

"I'm here for you" I rolled my eyes and put my right hand on the table to support me as I tilted my head to the right a little, not removing my gaze at him

"Why are you here for me?" Using his right hand--he reached out to me and his skin touched my left cheek, how odd, I usually don't let anyone touch me however I felt like it's ok for him to touch me, a warm feeling ignite inside of me

"I thought I'll never see you smile again" smile? Am I....... smiling? You sure?? My eyes widen, Despite being a human, I forgot the thing called emotion, feeling and.....how to....smile

I touched my face and I indeed felt my lips curved upward

My hand left my face as I reached to touch his, just when I was about feel his skin, butler han slam the door open

"LADY IRIS!, THE CROWN PRIN----aaaa" When he saw our position, he froze on the spot and awkwardly closed the door and withdraw, pretending that he didn't see anything, even though he did see something

I snapped and stood up returning to my previous Expression, cold, expressionless

Victor clicked his tongue, and stood up with a foul mood, what's his problem?

"What is it butler Han?" Butler Han have been my mother's trusted person and a right hand man, his a middle-aged man, his wife and two daughters are at a small province outside the capital, he entered and awkwardly coughed and said

"I'm here to inform you lady iris that his highness the crown prince is here and the Azalea residence had sent an invitation for the Duke's birthday tommorow" butler Han close his eyes as he spoke not wanting to see Victor's glares at him

"I see, you are dismissed then" butler Han bowed his head and cloeed the door

"Your highness I think it's about time you return to the palace" he frowned as I spoke to him with my back facing him, after I spoke I slightly turned my head to him, he pulled out a neatly folded paper from his pocket and put it down on my working desk

"Father want's you to look into this, he said if you have any idea how to solve it then kindly impart it to him" he said in his cold and authority manner with a slight of dissatisfaction

I just nodded and walked to the door to open it for him then guided him to the gates of the mansion where his carriage awaits

I then bid goodbye to him, he just nodded and closed the curtain of his carriage, turning my heels to returned inside, while walking toward the dining hall for lunch, butler han spoke while holding a white envelope decorated with roses at the side and the azalea's family emblem at the middle, he looked at it with amusement, asking him what's he looking at

"I'm just thinking lady iris, the azalea family never invited us for anything before, seeing this now is really quite amusing, They planned out this schemes of them very carefully, it even says that they will be making a special announcement" he huffed an evil laugh before handing me the invitation

"Those people really think too highly of me, even putting my name in the list of special guest, your right butler Han this really is amusing and I'm sure this will be more amusing" he nodded his head,

"I'm sure my lady" after eating, I then remembered the paper that Victor gaved me, I rushed to my study room and sat down on my desk and opened the paper

"Ehh...." I said in amusement, Looks like everyone thinks too highly of me

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21. The end of Seirra inoki

"Is everything ready?" I asked while putting on the white gloves

"Yes lady iris" butler Han Said, the carriage then stopped indicating that we have arrived

"Then let the game begins" I said as the servants opened the carriage door
As soon as I stepped down, The surrounding fell silence, everyone darting their eyes at me, I only walked forward, no one cared to approach me because of the cold and murderous aura I release

"Natasha!" But the familiar two Young masters that I encountered was the only one who dared enough to approach me other than the prince

"Vincent, Cain" I bowed my head down to them, the three of us entered the now silence hall, only my heels and their shoes echoed through the silence room

Walking to the front toward Duke Azalea, we bowed our head at the same time

"We came to celebrate Duke azalea's birthday, we wish you longevity and thousand years of happiness" one of our servants stepped forward with boxes in their hands and set it on the pile of gifts

"Duchess Everhart have come to wish Duke azalea a happy year" because this will be your last happy year, hehehehe

"This your master is here on behalf of my family, Ishikawa residence wishes for Duke azalea's good health" vincent then followed after me, even a wish can't save this family from my wrath! They dare try to scheme against me! Vicious people needs to be punished

"This young Duke had also come to wish Duke azalea a peaceful life" yes, his life will be peaceful forever---for now..

"This young lady thank young Duke and duchess, master for coming to my dear father's birthday" why of course, I don't want to miss a good show, and I know all the hard work you did just to pull this play off

Raymond grey

No one offends me and get away with it! Heroine-sama I already made it clear that I do not have any interest of playing the villainess role, and yet you try to mess with me, how funny

Not far from here, I can see Seirra (Charlotte's mother, Duke azalea's wife) casually talking to Raymond grey and handing him a drink

Not long before that Charlotte walked toward my direction with a her mother

"Lady iris such a suprise that you are here" eh, this girl is mocking me, how very................interesting

"Of course, It's only natural for a duchess to come to her fellow court official's birthday, and I am a duchess" let's see how you deal with that, Charlotte face distorted a little until her mother grabbed her hand and squeezed it a little

"Of course, which reminds me off something" she composed herself a little and acted cute and sincerely

"I am sorry if me and my parents have offended you before, we would like to offer truce between our families, hope that lady iris will accept it" Her tone and expression is full of sincere, she offered me a handshake, Even though I'm dying to let a loud laugh out right now, I composed myself and nodded the shook hands with her

"How can I refuse such an offer and young lady azalea Is wrong, you and your family had never offended me" she beamed her sweetest smile at me and signalled a waiter to come to us holding a tray of three glass on it

"Then let us have a toast for our newly formed truce, you don't mind do you lady iris" of course I don't, I just nodded and accepted the glass cup

I unhesitatingly drank it in one go and looked at her, she had a smug face on her face, I turned my gaze to her mother

She looked at the cup in confusion
T

hen putting her hand at her forehead, you mess with the wrong girl

"I feel.....weird" she whispered, Charlotte then pretended to be worried and shouted

"There must be something wrong with the drink, somebody please help me get them to a room" I pretended to be sick too and let the maids help me to a very certain room

Two maids helped us to a room then they laid Seirra on the bed and handed me a water, I then thank her

"Looks like Madame azalea is really sick" I pretended to be worried, the two maids nodded at me, Seirra refuses to drink the water and her breathing became hard, one of the maids checked her temperature

"We should call a doctor, come I'll help you find one, it's best if Madame azalea lay on the bed to rest and search for a doctor" The two then nodded, before the three of us left the room One of the maids Turned off the light so Seirra can rest making the room pitch black, because of the darkness of the hallway, you can't easily recognize in here, meaning that this is another advantage for me, before walking away with the maids, I sensed a shadow hiding, that must be him--raymond grey

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We started to head back to the banquet hall, when We stumbled upon Charlotte, Duke azalea and the guest fallowing behind them, Charlotte looked at me in shock, and her voice began to stutter and mumbling something

"Did something happened?" I innocently asked, one of the guest stepped up

"We heard that duchess Everhart and Madame azalea is not feeling well so we were about to check on you" hehehehehhe, thing didn't go as plan, am I right? Dear sister...

"This young duchess is fine, but Madame azalea seems to have a slight discomfort so Me and these maids left her in the room to rest while we search for a doctor for her" duke azalea and Charlotte's face began to pale up, they ran pass me and headed toward the room, the guest followed behind them

Upon arriving at the room, you can hear lustful moans and groans of a man and a woman inside the rooms, before the Duke and his daughter can say anything, the prince---victor already ordered people to open the door

"Who had the guts to do such a thing inside a Duke's house!! Guards open the door let us see who these shameless people are!!" Before they had the time to stop them, the guards already kicked the door open and inside you can clearly see two people in a intimating position, some of the madames, young ladies and guest blushed because of the scene, stepping toward the room to clearly see it--hey I'm not a pervert!, Someone pulled me back and covered my eyes with his hand and said

"Don't look, your way to young for these matter" Victor said, I didn't object and just let him cover my eyes, after a few more minutes, the Duke ordered people to close the door, and after that Victor finally removed his hands from my eyes

"I knew that woman is nothing but a whore"

" She Is a maid after all in the past, such shameless creatures!"

" How did such a vicious woman ended up as the house azalea's head wife?!"

" I assume the daughter is like the mother too, after all the apple do not fall far from the tree"

The guest started to whispered and complain about Seirra inoki

Victor turned me away from the door and removed his hands from my eyes

While I just smirk, Charlotte looked at me and I just smirked at her

The prince then instructed people to take the guest home..

I left the hall with a vicious smile

This is payback for what you did to my mother! Enjoy your suffering Seirra inoki!!