When the next day came, Sabel was ordered by the head clan to bring Audrey to the main hall so without wasting another second Sabel came to fetch Audrey first thing in the morning. The first ray from the sun had just descended on the land from the eastern horizon when Sabe arrived on the manor. Learning throught experience, she already knew how to effectively wake up the other party so as soon as she got inside, she immediately headed to where the windows were and pulled its blinds. This in return allowed the sunlight to slip through the verticle slits of the blind and as it settled on the floor, specks of morning dust also started dancing along side it.
"Lady Audrey, your grandfather wished to meet you. He asked me to brought you this instant."
Sabel deliberately spoke louder to make herself heard because apparently, Audrey was still buried beneteh the comfort of her mattress despite of her effort of opening all the windows and allowing all the light to get inside the
"My little girl."The old man said ever so softly as though he was afraid that his granddaughter would get scared if he would raise his voice even just for a bit."Grandfather..."Audrey replied then she smiled at him as sweetly as she could.Again, she tried to act as naturally as possible and purposely copied the behavior of the Audrey she has on her memory, who had a tendency to act cute whenever she was with her grandfather."HAHAHA!"When Johnson saw his granddaughter acting cute in front of him, he burst into hearty laughter."This granddaughter of mine never failed to amaze grandpa."The old man muttered under his breath as soon as he was done laughing to his heart's content.Audrey happened to look exactly just like her mother, Calantha, who just like what her name suggested was like a beautiful flower. But even though Audrey got her face to her mother, her character on the other hand was taken after her dad. She
After sharing the joyous air for the bout of a good half a tea's time, Audrey and her grandfather went back to their respective seat.When they had finally rested enough, that was the only time that Johnson had a chance to observe the black cat that her granddaughter brought with her.If his memory was not failing him yet, he believed that it was actually his first time seeing Audrey with a pet."I guess I still have a lot of things that I have to learn about my lovely granddaughter," he said while staring intently at Audrey, to which the other party only replied with a smile."Tell me, dear, where did you go last time? Why did you choose to sneak in the middle of the night, rather than asking our guards to escort you? Be honest with me. What are you up to this time?"The head clan inquired as he tried to sound as authoritative as he could, but the tenderness on his eyes betrayed his purpose.Audrey, on the other hand, felt warm inside when
"I am glad that you finally had your own contractual beast. Now we just have to wait for your cousin to get well and you guys will be ready to set off to Iridos."All of sudden, the old man mentioned a place that managed to ring a bell on Audrey's consciousness. She was not sure how she got to know the place before but she said,"Iridos??? Is that where girls and boys around my age were being sent to undergo strict training?"Audrey gulped down a mouthful of saliva after hearing the other party's plan because she did not expect to be sent away somewhere else again."Exactly, I am thinking of sending you and your cousin to this special school to learn magic.""Magic?!! But how?"Audrey blurted out in surprise. She was obviously startled when she heard the entirety of her grandfather's plan. As such, her emotion got the better of her and she failed to keep her cool.It was one thing to be sent to a training camp right after
Audrey was busy talking to her cat so she was not exactly paying attention to where she was going and was blindly walking as per her memory and just as when she was about to turn left at a corner, she accidentally bumped with someone. As a result, they both fell to the ground."I'm sorry..."She mumbled and as they got up.Sabel helped her up of course, but Audrey automatically dusted the other party's skirt just like what she used to do whenever she bumped into someone before."It's ok Audrey, I can just change to a new set of a dress. You don't have to trouble yourself over my dirty dress."A feminine voice that sounded like the jingling of bells registered at Audrey's ear and when she raised her head to meet the owner of that voice, she saw a familiar face."It seems like you're totally fine. I'm glad to see that you're not hurt."The lady added as she gave Audrey a once over. This lady was no other than Audrey's cousin, Sele
"Who gave you the right to question our young miss? You are just a lowly servant you don't have the right to talk to her! You insolent brat!"Sabel exclaimed in defense of her young miss.She was familiar with this kind of scenario since she used to work as Audrey's maidservant for the longest time.This kind of people who knew better than to hold their tongues was not enough to faze her young miss into making a personal move. So without waiting to be told, Sabel directly hit the girl straight on the face; sending a resounding slap to the audacious party.The slap was so hard that Sabel's hand seemed to leave a red handprinton the maidservant's cheek.She might be someone from the side family of an influential clan. But in this place, she was still a servant just like Sabel, and Sabel had already handled more than a handful of those brats before.Those ladies-in-waiting used to do things that would please Ling Hua so as to put themselv
After the incident with Selene, Audrey decided to be more careful. She knew that it would be best for her if she could avoid any form of conflict.The last thing that she would want was to make an enemy and risk drawing more attention towards her existence.But at the same time, she alsoswore to herself that she would not let others bully her anymore.Definitely not in this life again. She had enough already.She also took it as her responsibility to live her newfound life happier and more meaningful.Before going back inside her room, Audrey called Sabel and issued a command."Sabel, I want you to prepare me and yourself a pair of clothes for commoners. You would have to go with me outside tonight. I wish to go and see the city."Meanwhile, when Sabel heard her young miss' plan, her eyes glowed with obvious anticipation.It was a rare opportunity for a maidservant like her to go outside the residence especially at night.
[ Let us just forget what we just heard. We can just pretend that we don't know where it came from right?]Nero suggested as he tried to think of a consoling word to say, but regardless, they still felt like they were somewhat duped.Audrey chose to ignore the lump that seemed to be threatening to come out from her mouth due to her newest discovery, and rather than dwelling on this fact, she focused her attention instead on what Sabel was eating. The other party was snacking on something that looked like Pringles."And what was that made of?"Learning from experience, Audrey became more cautious and went to ask Sabel first before trying out new food."Well, this one is some kind of tree bark. It was leisurely chipped away from a Cinchona tree"Sabel hurriedly chomped on her food and swallowed it so that she could answerer her young miss.Meanwhile, Audrey found the thing more acceptable to eat
Audrey and Sabel ate that night to their heart's content, and it was only when they already felt bloated did they stop and finally decided to give their eating spree a break.When they walked past a lake, Audrey decided to stop by. She walked towards a big rock at the lakeside and rested there for a while.The little girl could not help but feel awed by the blissful night in general. But when she lifted her head and saw the scattered stars above them, she felt more overwhelmed; to the point that she even let out a contented sigh without her knowledge.The night sky was covered with tiny little dots as though someone accidentally spilled diamonds all over it"This place was so relaxing"Sabel commented as she settled herself at the bed of grass next to her young miss. She looked at Audrey then back to the little black cat who was busy fiddling on the lake water."What a wonderful night. The cold breeze and starry night. Even the moon wa