Chapter 20:Running Away
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Chapter 20:Running Away
"What do you mean you want to run away?...Run away from what exactly?"Sabrina was getting worried.
Where is her young miss going?
Where is she leaving?
Why is she leaving?
"Ummm...about that..."
'How do I explain this?'
The black cat."..."
[Now who's in trouble?]
'Shut the f*ck up.'
[That's it?Can you do a little more entertaining to say with me?]
'Do you wanna die'
[Alright,alright.I'll annoy you later.]
Avila."..."
"Young miss?Why are you suddenly...saying this?"Sabrina dropped the envelope letter on the ground.She hastily grabbed Avila's arms with her hands.Looking straight in Avila's eyes.Her expression hardened in deep worry.
Young miss?What happened to you?
"Ahahahaha..."
'Hey,Pichi?Do you have any ideas for good white lies?'
[How would I know,Good liar]He sarcastically complimented that seems to be an insult.
'Ugh...'
"Y-young miss...My sweet Avila?...Tell me..Is it your brother?"She trembled.
She wasn't afraid because of the son of the duke's,her brother was hitting her master and might hit him sooner but she was more afraid that her sweet young miss might leave.If she leaves...
Where does she go?Where is going?
If she leaves,what will happen to her?
What did happened to her sweet innocent young miss to say such things?
Seeing Sabrina being a cute worried bunny,Avila sighed inwardly.
There was a sense of fear in Sabrina's eyes and furthermore her grip tightened whenever she felt like Avila was going to leave her any second now.
Even if she will leave...she doesn't want to leave this maid.The maid who cared the original Avila for years.How can she abandon her?
But...she also needs to leave to survive.
"Sabrina don't cry I won't leave,I was just...j-joking!"Avila stuttered in her last words,afraid that she might tell the truth,she trembled in guilt.
'I am so sorry,Sabrina'
"Young miss..."
Avila wiped her tears away with a handkerchief then after that she picked up the envelope on the ground.Handing it again to Sabrina.She lift Sabrina's hand then put the envelope in her palm.
"This is just my letter to say the things I want...Even if I talk to the duke,he'll always let me leave now that he is very busy with a pile of work after their departure.But please Sabrina if you can,please give this to him when he is free tonight.Make sure that my letter would be read first.Alright?"Reassuring Sabrina,she gave her a gentle and shining smile that can blind all the people.
She lied once again.
"Yes,miss...But.Weren't you supposed to call the duke your father?"
"Oh!Yeah...sorry I forgot.I just wanted to be respectful."
Respectful?Young miss never learned etiquette and besides that,etiquette doesn't matter how you call your own father...let alone a duke.
"Alright." She nodded hesitantly.Trying to snapped out all the thoughts that crept into her mind.
"Thank you!And good night."
"Good night to you,too.Young miss!"
"Wait.What about a kiss?"
Before Sabrina left, Avila pointed her forehead.
"Oh,how sweet of you.I'll glady kiss you."
"Chu"
Sabrina came closer to Avila's face,planting a soft kiss in her forehead.
Avila giggled then set off to open the door for Sabrina whose hand were occupied.She carried the dinner whose plate was now empty.
"Sweet dreams,Sabrina!"Avila waved her hands as Sabrina slowly went smaller and lost at her sight.
She sighed out of relief.
'Thank God she buyed that.'
Now that Sabrina was gone,its time to visit the man in the woods.
She grabbed the cat in her arms then carried a casket that was prepared from her before Sabrina could see her packed up.
Then off she goes,leaving her room and went towards to the moon she always loved.
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The sound of whirling wind blowing the trees as leaf slowly falls.
It was rather quiet and by the time she was in the location of where the man was currently lying now...she was actually lost.
'W-what the-...I am sure that this was the right direction....but where is the man?'
She looked around but no living person was in sight.
She put the casket on the ground while the cat struggled to get away from her grasp.
"You want me to let you go?Then,promise me first that you won't run away."She demanded looking at the black cat,lifting him in the air.
'I promise that I won't run away but just walk away from you.'
The black cat purred in response then Avila let him go.Gently putting him in the ground as the cat jumped in his feet.
'Finally!Back at my feet!But this dress is still on me...nah!I'll just take this off when I am outta here.'
The black cat slowly back away but was also looking at his target.Slowly and steady,careful of being caught.
By the time his other foot stepped back,there was a sudden c***k noise that made the atmosphere rather more quiet than it was before.
Avila looked at where the noise came from then the black cat jerked up.
She looked at his crimson eyes whose orbs shrank.
'Did I get caught?'
Avila sighed then,"You scared the hell out of me!I thought there was a beast.But rather it was just a twig...but still please be careful little fella."Avila crouched then carressed the black cat's body as the black cat purred in response.
'Oh sh*t!I thought I was caught.'
After that,Avila stood up,then started to walk deeper in the trees.The more she walk with trees covering the moon,the more her vision became dim.
'Dammit.Why did I forgot to bring a torch.'
When she stepped for two more steps she halted.She looked at her side then a tree showed up.She felt a sense of familiarity by just looking at the tree.
'This...the man was supposed to be here and I was right beside here'
She turned around and saw what she wanted to see.
She saw the knife that the man had carried,pierced in the ground.Some of the blade was buried in half.
She crouched down then grabbed it with one hand but she wasn't strong enough.Only when she grabbed it with her two hands,she finally have a grasped in it but landed in a terrible spot.
"Bump"
She landed in a big root and what she sat was unfortunately uncomfortable.
"Ouch"
She stood up carressing her buttock then her waist.
"I still have not enough strength to plucked out a buried knife."She complained,giving insults about her weak body.
'I wish my past body was back.'
[You can if you practice alchemy.]
'Alchemy?'
[I'll tell you about that later when you can go back to your room.]
'Alright,bossy system.'
[Carry on,clumsy girl.]
The man was already gone then it was time for her to go,too.
Although she was very disappointed to not see the man anymore...
Wait what!No she isn't!
Who told her that?!
She slapped herself gently but hastily,trying to snapped out from her dangerous imagination again.
After she got into her senses she started to look for the black cat.
She called the cat's name (Pervy) but no one responded.
She called it again for three times but still no one responded but the cold air blowing her hair.
"Sheesh.Pervy escaped.Oh,well.I'll just catched it when it comes out."
[Oh,God please no.]
'What?Do you have a problem with me?'
[Why do you love torturing cute fluffly things?]
'What?!I did not t*****e Pervy'
['Oh,yeah,then why did Pervy run away?...Of course it's obvious that it run away from you.After all,you gave Pervy a dress that it cannot even wear.Pervy is a male.']
Meanwhile with the black cat.
The black cat finally made it to his master's residence.
Before he left Avila and went to his master's residence,he ripped the dress into pieces.
But rather feeling in rage and upset for dressing him up like a female,he was sad and felt guilty.
He wasn't sad that he left his target all alone nor was he guilty that he destroyed of what his target made for him.
It was both of these reasons he felt sad and guilty.
"Ion.Why are you so late?"The cold voice suddenly ranged through the black cat's ears.
The black cat flinched by his master appearing before him.He was leaning in a pillar,giving a dangerous glint while looking down on him.
His master was awfully in a bad mood today that can be seen by his narrowed eyes and eyebrows frowned.Even his lips were curved in an upside down rainbow.
His master was definitely not smiling.
His master,with his long grayed hair and clothes darker than black,the black cat before him trembled in fear.
He gulped then rested his soul to relax and stiffened his composure.Using his mental strength to greet his master.
"Replying to master..."As ashes suddenly appeared around the black cat.
The black cat who was merely a cat,became Ion,a human.Black hair and red eyes.
He used his head to bow down to his master while bending his knees and uttered the words he needed to comfort his deadly master.
"I apologise for being late...there was a little trouble when I came back here."He explained in clean manner of tone.
"Hmmm?What's that in your head?"
Ion whose eyes were in the ground looked up,then when he grabbed what was in his head,a red ribbon appeared before his eyes.
!!
His master."..."
'Oh sh*t,sh*t,m**herf*ck*r!'
He sweared for a lot in his mind only because he forgot to put the ribbon off from his head.
While his master was now even more gloomier than before.
"Explain."He demanded.
To be continued~
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