Warning – This is a psychological based adult novel. There might be some rape, violence and forceful love making scenes which might be uncomfortable for some readers. If you don’t like such contents then please avoid it.
Chapter 3
She slowly raised her head and found the owner of the leg. The boy was buried in what she thought was a huge pile of toys.
Looking at it again, it looked like a doll.
A very beautiful doll buried in a pile of dolls. A doll born under the hands of a craftsman, like that elaborate toy wooden horse.
Silvery-gold hair and neatly closed eyes. The beautifully drawn face made me think of such things.
Until his eyes opened and he looked at herself.
Although the color was different, deep blue eyes that were identical to the eyes of the Empress who was looking at her earlier were looking at Heloise. At that glance, she stopped breathing and her body froze. She couldn’t move at all.
“Oh, hello… … .”
I barely opened my mouth and said hello. With the greetings I learned a while ago going back and forth in my head, I was finally able to get the words out.
“His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”
I called carefully, but the crown prince showed no response. He just looked at her without making a single movement, as if she were one of his dolls.
When I looked closely, I saw a rabbit-shaped plush toy in his arms. It was an object too foreign for a boy of that age to hold. Perhaps conscious of her eyes resting on it, he hugged the doll in his arms even tighter.
Crack.
The crown prince moved his toe and touched the wooden horse again. Heloise, who was watching the wooden horse swaying back and forth, spoke to him again.
Because she had to do her part whether he answered or not.
“I want to be your playmate….”
“… … .”
“My name is Heloise. From today, I will come to you as your play maid.”
The crown prince moved his head slightly and blinked slowly. He didn’t even seem human. He was just like a doll whose eyes were made to close and open.
If I had to choose the most toy-like thing in the toy room, it was not a wooden horse, a doll, or a mobile, but the crown prince.
“What do you like? I’ll play with you.”
The children she played with at the orphanage were younger than her, and they followed her well as she played well with them.
We made houses out of blocks together, played with dolls, put together puzzles, and went on slides and swings. She was confident when it came to playing with children.
“Would you like to ride the wooden horse? Or should I assemble it? Playing with dolls is okay too.”
The crown prince’s eyes blinked slowly every time she continued to speak busily. Heloise became anxious at the reaction that was neither positive nor negative.
I must do my best to be useful. Because Mrs. Pease sold me for a high price.
With that ransom, the children in the orphanage were fed and warmed up so she had to pay that price. if not… … .
“If you don’t like her, then let’s find another child. There are plenty of kids her age.”
It was a very simple statement, as if replacing watch parts.
What if heloise doesn’t do her job properly and ends up going back to the orphanage?
Madam may have to give their money back. If that happens, I will never be able to feel at ease physically and mentally in the orphanage. I didn’t want that thing to happen.
So I spoke even more desperately. But when there was no response to any words, I got up and collected his toys from here and there.
I started building the shape of a house by stacking wooden blocks one by one. My hands got sweaty and I tend to drop wooden blocks. Still, I somehow managed to build the walls and raised the roof to create a decent-looking house.
It wasn’t that difficult because the kids often asked to make it. It was a dollhouse that had been built and torn down countless times. After putting up the last roof, Héloïse turned to the Crown Prince.
He still made no movement, like a broken toy. All he did was occasionally tap his foot and tap his toy horse.
As she faced those lifeless eyes like that of a doll’s eyes, goosebumps appeared on Héloïse’s back.
‘They said he couldn’t speak.’
The chamberlain held me and gave me a few precautions.
The first thing they told me was that the crown prince had a disease that prevented him from speaking, so I should not force him to give reply to my words.
He also said that it would be good for me if I didn’t touch him too quickly because he could suddenly become violent.
However, I was not told why he could not speak. I didn’t even think to ask.
Héloïse remembered the Empress’s eyes casually scanning her. At first glance she feigned benevolence, but those were the eyes she should never trust.
This is something that should not be asked.
That’s what she concluded.
“Now, look. There is another house next door.”
Perhaps because I was nervous, it wasn’t easy to build a house. When I played with the children at the orphanage, I was able to build it up over and over again in a very short period of time.
Even my hands were shaking, the blocks kept getting misaligned, and they repeatedly collapsed before they could get their proper shape.
“… … .”
As I was holding and massaging my trembling hand, I suddenly turned around and saw the crown prince looking at me.
Héloïse’s eyes sparkled with joy, when she looked at him not being completely unresponsive. I felt like I was going to cry at the small reaction he showed.
“Doll… … I’ll bring the doll.”
Something has to be done. You have to do whatever you can to please that broken doll-like crown prince. That’s how you can live. It was almost instinct.
Heloise got up impatiently.
Thud!….
I heard the sound of the dollhouse that I had worked so hard to build collapsing. My eyes filled with despair as I looked at the blocks scattered on the floor.
It’s okay, you can just build it up again. As I was hurriedly picking up blocks again, I suddenly made eye contact with the crown prince.
The crown prince just rolled his eyes and watched what Eloise was doing. The fact that only his eyes moved without any movement of his body created an even more bizarre atmosphere. Emotionless eyes and expressions like a beautiful doll.
Could that be a person?
At that moment, such a question appeared in Heloise’s mind.
‘Maybe, maybe.’
Maybe it’s not really a person. I remembered the contents of the scary storybook that the children at the orphanage begged me to read to them.
“You have to be careful when you go into the toy room. There might be something scary mixed in that pretends to be a toy.”
The children, who were covered in blankets and immersed in the story she was telling, started screaming.
The hand that was frantically picking up the blocks stopped. As Héloïse walked at her knees and moved her body to the side, his bright blue eyes followed, and as she moved a little behind, he moved his eyes again.
My mouth was burning and it was difficult to breathe. It was as if she had already been caught up in the spell cast by those gazes.
“I, Your Highness.”
When Héloïse faced the brightly shining eyes in the dark, her whole body felt like it was freezing. Is that boy the crown prince, or a well-made doll? If not… … .
Tootuk.
Heloise stood up, supporting her shaking legs. The blocks collected in the apron poured down like rainwater, spreading noise in the quiet room.
“… … .”
The Crown Prince looked at the blocks that had fallen to the floor for a moment, then turned his gaze back to Heloise. She slowly put her foot down while looking directly into the crown prince’s eyes.
One step, two steps. The crown prince’s eyes were still fixed on her. Beautiful but emotionless eyes. Heloise turned her body and ran towards the closed door.
But my legs were all shaking, so I walked slower than my usual fast pace. My legs felt weak, as if someone was grabbing me from behind. It was at that moment.
“Evil!”
A black shadow covered the small body.
“Aaaah!”
Heloise was frightened by the strong force that grabbed her ankle and she screamed. When she turned her body, the crown prince, who had crawled all the way to the floor, reached out his hand and grabbed her slender ankle.
“Let go, let go!”
Suddenly, the body that was pushed down was trapped underneath the prince. Although they were the same age, the difference in power was clear. Her entire body was tied up by his hands, which were pulling her indiscriminately.
“Huh, huh… … .”
With her strength drained and her will to resist gone, Héloïse looked up blankly. His gaze, which had been dry like a broken toy just a moment ago, had changed a little.
The crown prince’s eyes were scanning Heloise as if he had seen something strange. Her wrists, which were held by him, were sore and painful as if they were going to be cut off, but she could not bring herself to ask him to release them.
The crown prince, who had been looking down from above for a long time, slowly bowed down.
“Eww… … Ah, uh… … .”
Heloise closed her eyes tightly as his face got closer to hers, as if he could swallow her in one bite. It seemed as if he would bare his sharp teeth at any moment and bite off every bit of her own flesh.
“Let go, let go!”
Héloïse was so consumed with fear that she begged to die.
Even though she knew that the other person was the crown prince and that she has been sacrificed as a plaything, she couldn’t stop. When the fear she had suppressed the whole time reared its head, she could not control it at all.
“Ah, ah!”
It was the moment when Heloise’s arm, which had been struggling like crazy, suddenly broke free.
Match.
The friction sound that was clearly audible even in the dark came from none other than Heloise’s palm.
“… … .”
With her hands raised, she froze. Because the feel of her palm against hers made her realize all too clearly what she had done.
“uh… … Uh-huh.”
When I opened my eyes, what I saw were the crown prince’s blue eyes, stained with a terrifying energy. In addition, one cheek
turned bright red.
But no one was more surprised than Héloïse. As soon as she realized what her own hands had done, she was so terrified that she couldn’t even breathe properly.
‘He is going to kill me.’
He going to kill me, there was only one thought in Héloïse’s head.
“No!”
A short scream echoed throughout the playroom filled with toys.
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