Chapter 2: The villain discovered that this place is a novel (2)
Sikar was pointing his long sword at my neck and waving it back and forth as if he would slit my throat if need be.
On the surface, he was making a deal, but it was more like a death threat if I refused.
“The conditions will be as you want them, and I will give you a personal maid.”
I stared at the sword swinging from under my neck and then said to him while sweating.
“I- How long do I have to stay here?”
“As long as grandma doesn’t get better, you will stay in this house.”
No, what is this! What is this bullshit!
Even if I screamed alone, there was no way I could escape the absolute power in that world.
I answered him in a low voice.
“……Yes.”
Only then, he pull the long sword that was dancing from under my neck.
“You have to wait for the maid to show up in your room.”
After Sekar left, I looked around to see if there was a place I could escape to.
Currently, this is the safest place in the world, but after 10 years, this place will turn into the most dangerous place in the world.
Since he is evil, he will be killed 10 years later by the established protagonist.
Of course, I didn’t want to leave this house right away because I was afraid of what would happen in this place in ten years.
Since Sekar has a personality that is distrustful of others, he always checks a person’s memory before leaving someone around.
So, if I stay in this house, he will soon be able to read my memories.
Then he will know that this world is a novel, and that the already mad man might become even more mad if he discovered that this place is a novel.
Maybe he thinks I’m a witch and will cut my throat.
I got goosebumps just thinking about it.
Just as I was banging my head on the table, lost in my thoughts, a maid entered the room with her hair neatly tied back.
“Hello, my name is Millie. I am the one who will serve Miss from today on.”
Millie had a cute, youthful appearance that looked like she was about 20 years old.
“Follow me, miss.”
The room that Mielle entered was on the second floor of the palace, and it was large enough to hold twenty beds.
“I decorated it while Miss was eating, but I don’t know if you would like it.”
Millie smiled shyly as I looked around the room.
The place to which Millie had most confidently directed me was the closet.
There were many dresses hanging in the closet that looked expensive even to my eyes.
“I got them in a hurry because there are no women’s clothes at home, but they are all very expensive. If you want to stay here, these clothes are strange…. First, I’m sorry. You have to change your clothes, miss.”
My clothes were normal jeans and a t-shirt, but it was unfamiliar and strange to the people here.
“And I would like you to grow your hair longer in the future. Nobles have long hair.”
“Yes, thank you, Millie. Get out now.”
Millie tilted her head at my words.
“What?”
“You can just go out, I will change my clothes.”
“Oh, miss..Please don’t treat me formally in the future. And I can’t go out, I have to help you get dressed.”
Who will dress me? I had never had such a thing before so I refused.
“I’m fine. I’ll get dressed myself.”
“It might be uncomfortable to wear alone. I have to tighten the front belt.”
“It’s okay. Because I have good strength in my wrist.”
My arm strength definitely improved because I was carrying the kids every day at daycare. Soon Millie couldn’t be help and cried.
“If the head maid finds out, I will be reprimanded for not serving you properly. I will probably be expelled from this palace.My family is poor, so if I get kicked out of here, my family’s livelihood will be cut off. Miss…please let me dress you.”
Millie’s face became covered in tears.
I didn’t want to wear this heavy dress just looking at it because I was planning to move out of this palace, but I thought I would change it later, so I agreed.
However, when I tried on the dress, it wasn’t as heavy as I thought.
“This dress is lighter than I thought?”
Millie smiled sweetly at my puzzled look.
“This dress is lightweight, so it’s not too heavy miss.”
“Really?”
Will it be expensive? I can sell it later.
“More than that, miss.Would you like to take a look in the mirror? The dress suits you very well, you are very beautiful, miss.”
After saying that, Millie ran over and got the full mirror and placed it in front of me.
“Look, miss. You’re really pretty.”
It was my first time wearing clothes like this, but I wonder if the clothes are wings? It looked very good to me.
“I’ll do your hair now, miss.”
I wondered how she would handle such short hair, but Millie was braiding my hair with great skill.
When I finished all the decorations and came downstairs, Helis, Sekar’s grandmother, was waiting for me.
After seeing her good and warm appearance, my spirit was restored.
“Oh, come and sit down. I heard you saved me.”
“Hello. I didn’t save you, I only helped you a little.”
Helis held out her hand with affected eyes.
“But you saved a woman with an abscess and took care of her even for a moment. You are truly a kind-hearted child.”
Hillis’ hand was so warm that it reminded me of my late grandmother.
“I just remembered my grandmother when I saw my grandmother…”
“Oh, I see. You must have loved your grandmother very much.”
“Because my grandmother was so nice…”
Just when the tip of my nose twitched due to the warmth i had not felt in a long time, Sekar appeared and broke the atmosphere.
“How dare you call the Duke’s granddaughter grandma? Normally, I should punish you, but since you saved my grandma, I will especially forgive you.”
Then what should I call her? I wanted to ask, but I lowered my head and said:
“I admire the Grand Duke’s mercy.”
What can I say other than this? Sekar didn’t smile, but as if my answer was not bad, he extended his hand towards me with a slightly raised angle of his mouth.
“As a token of forgiveness, I will grant you the honor of shaking my hand.”
As soon as I saw his outstretched hand, a cold sweat broke out on my back.
It was like the hand of a messenger of death.
He was deliberately asking for a handshake to read my memory. I bowed my head as if I was in a state of amazement.
“It would be a quick honor to hold the Duke’s hand, but it is a blessing I cannot afford to repay.”
So what I’m saying is I can’t shake hands.
Sekar, who has never been denied a handshake, looked at me amused and lowered his hand, but that didn’t mean he backed down. He will use the following trick to read my memory somehow.
There is a sequence in which Sekar sees a person’s memories.
When he wants to read the memory urgently just like now, he just shakes hands.
However, when he is not in a hurry he asks to see the hand of one of his subordinates, creating a strange mess by saying that he judges people by looking at their hands.
Since the hands of noble families Can’t be touched carelessly, he sometimes holds their hands at parties when asking for a dance, or while being polite by holding hands.
Therefore, as long as I don’t touch Sekar’s hand anywhere on my body, my memory will not be read.
When the handshake didn’t work, Sekar started using all kinds of tricks.
“I always tend to look at people’s hands and judge whether they can join us or not. I need to judge who you are, so hold my hand.”
‘I have nothing to regret.’
“I am afraid to show these hands to anyone because my hands are too harsh to say they are a woman’s hand. If you think I am not fit for this house you can kick me out. I will only be affected if you retract the words in which you want me to show my hand, of which I am ashamed.”
‘Doesn’t this trick work?’
Sekar didn’t give up. He invited me to dance this time, and of course I refused.
“I’m afraid that if you dance with someone as humble as me, it will put pressure on the Duke’s great achievements.”
‘Now that you’ve done all this, you should stop and give up.’
Fortunately, Sekar seems to have given up today.
After a short conversation with Helis, night came. Now all that’s left for her is to escape home.
When I climbed the stairs to my room, I heard Sekar following me from behind. I climbed the stairs, so afraid as if a ghost was following me.
Of course, I walked up the stairs with the dress up to my knees so that the misfortune of standing on the dress and hugging his chest would never happen.
Sekar followed me so I felt my heart shaking.
“Is there anything uncomfortable?”
“Yes. no!”
“Wine shortage. If you need bath water before going to bed, or if you need anything, feel free to let me know at any time. Because I intend to listen to anything you want.”
I’m sure he’s trying to read my memory somehow. Sneaky bastard.
“It’s hard to repay the kindness you’ve already shown me, so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.”
I quickly opened the door and entered the room with my back to the room.
“So Sir Duke, I am very tired so I will have to go to sleep right away.”
“I hope your bed is comfortable.”
Sekar walked down the hall with a creepy smile. After making sure that Sekar had completely disappeared at the end of the hallway, she hurriedly closed the door.
There was no time to delay even a second.
When she opened the window and looked outside, even though it was on the second floor, the height was different from the second floor of a typical building.
It was on the second floor, but it was about the height of the third or fourth floor of an average apartment.
It was scary, but I had no choice but to run away because if I didn’t run away now, my memory would definitely be read tomorrow.
I removed all the curtains from the window and tied them between them to make a fairly sturdy and secure curtain ladder.
After I tied up the money he got from Sekar and tied it to my back like a bag, everything was fine.
‘Okay, now it’s time to escape.’
I immediately threw the curtain ladder out the window and tied it to the strongest pole in the room.
I felt like everything was going smoothly as I took one step down, and raised my legs as I had carefully tied the knot… Of course my heart was beating as if it was about to explode, but as I stepped on the knot, I remembered the saying that even if you enter a tiger’s den, you can live as long as you are alert.
Fear gripped me as I looked down, but my survival instinct gave me the courage to walk out of a place like this where there was such a madman holding a sword making a deal.
Who knows, in this spacious palace, in the middle of the night, I will disappear alone.
I didn’t know until then. The first floor of the room below mine was Sekar’s office.
Now, if I stepped a few more knots and descended, it would be a moment before I stepped on the ground.
Suddenly, a light appeared in the room in front of me, shining at me. The face in the bright window was none other than Sikar.
“Are you running away?”
When she met his eyes, she stood motionless, like someone who had lost the ability to move. Sekar didn’t even give me a second to open the window and pull the curtains hanging from me.
Relying on one curtain, I felt helpless. In an instant, Sekar grabbed the curtain and then grabbed my waist.
And…. he read my memory.
“You know I can read other people’s memories.”
Are people unable to do anything when they are too afraid? I couldn’t say anything.
He said frowningly.
“And besides, this place…what do you mean it’s a novel?”
Can I survive?
• ❁ • ❁ • ❁ •By Esraa• ❁ • ❁ • ❁ •
