she's gone now

#24

A few days before

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I'm certain, daddy." Jennette assured claude on the other side of his desk, she was talking about the marriage with ijekiel.

Claude was definitely the type that can't decline his daughter's wishes, hanging someone on the gate and giving no mercy to people below him is easy, but saying no to his daughter for once is challenging.

Jennette stared at him which sparkling jewel blue eyes, hoping he'll say yes. "... Why so sudden?" He finally asked, Jennette looked up and leaned to her seat. "Nothing, really. I just can't wait any longer" She cleared up, "as long as daddy is still handling everything it'll be perfectly fine!"

Claude took that as a reasonable explanation, after all the princess was turning going to turn 17 that year.

Felix on the other hand was hoping Claude denied that request, even though he knew Claude would still agree with Jennette. The emperor looked at the guard, "felix." He called, "contact the setters, for a royal wedding."

"... Why was I hoping for him to say no anyway.." Felix thought, "right away, sire."

Jennette grew a big innocent smile full of joy and relief on her face, she stood up from her seat, "thank you daddy! Um.. Let's go to ijekiel's place to tell him!"

It would've been easier to just send him a letter, but Claude didn't have anything else to do that day, so he just nodded.

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Jennette was jumping around the castle going to the carriage, "ah, I'm so excited! I wonder what kind of dress I'd wear!" She always mentions about decorations, dresses, and accessories if there's an important event coming.

To think of it, Claude's body has been throbbing everywhere for the past 3 weeks, for once he doesn't have a clue why.. Even the new tower magician was having trouble handling it. It was a secret he kept from everyone except Felix and that magician.

"Right, daddy?", claude was too busy thinking about 'that's the way, he didn't remember anything jennette mention. He just nodded as if he understood, the  hopped in the carriage.

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Back to the original timelime

"Hello again, sir lucas!"
Lucas didn't expect her to be here, athanasia's old maid, lilian york. "Lilian here said she's not bothered not being paid to serve for the alpheus's!" Ijekiel smiled politely at both Lucas and lily.

"Oh," Lucas realized, "you're her caretaker aren't you?" He asked. "Correct!" She responded joyfully, "I wanted to move here just because.."

"Because you two reminded me of princess athanasia.." She explains. Though she thinks that it was an unreasonable explanation why she would want to work without being payed here, ijekiel on the other hand was glad she thinks that way.

Lucas was more on the grateful side, since she was the one who took care of athanasia back then.

"But either way, Lilian, we'll still pay you as much as we can even though the alpheus are struggling with financials" Ijekiel still felt bad not paying her, Roger would probably be angry, but who cares about that old man anyway.

"You can start now, lily. Me and Lord ijekiel has more stuff to do." Lucas cleared up, also while making sure he called her 'lily', her expression says that she was happy being called lily.

"Then I will be going" She picked up her suitcase then left.

After that, the two looked at each other. "Soo.." Ijekiel started, "what?" Lucas asked confused.
"Me going to the world tree of course!" Ijekiel whispered, which lightened up Lucas, "ooh, riight!" He said, "yeah it's maybe good to go now"

Ijekiel stared at Lucas, "I honestly regret reminding you", Lucas reacted like ijekiel just called him old "oh don't be like that! You'll just have to slice that thing, whitey!"

"Great explanation, Lucas." Ijekiel gave a thumbs up sarcastically, "though, " Lucas glanced to his left, looking unsure.

"What?" Ijekiel asked. Lucas was silent for a few moments, "hmm, nevermind, it's not important."

Curiosity grew upon ijekiel, ".. Tell me, lucas" He commanded. "Eh?" Said lucas, "don't wanna." He looked away from ijekiel.

After that, lucas thought about changing the topic so ijekiel would be less suspicious "I'm telling you, it's not important! Now let's just set up your things"

He would probably get mad if ijekiel asked one more time, so ijekiel just shrugged it off and continue to follow Lucas. "You still have the list I gave you, right?" Lucas asked, "yeah I do" Ijekiel responded.

While Lucas was scrambling through his stuff, ijekiel stood behind him as he doesn't have anything to do either. Not long after, Lucas got up and pulled ijekiel's robe to stuff in the things he possibly needed.

It wasn't too much, he just saw a couple of jars, and rusty looking papers, ijekiel felt awkward as he could stuff it himself. "That's it?" He asked one more time, Lucas walked behind ijekiel while getting a rope, supposedly to be some kind of belt.

"Of course," Lucas replied, he wrapped the rope on ijekiel's waist just below the jars, then pulled it as hard as he can, "urk! What the hel-, are you trying to suffocate me?!" Ijekiel complained.

Lucas was startled then let go of the rope before tying it, "whoa there! I didn't know it was that bad" Lucas looked confused like he wasn't expecting it to be that painful. "Of course it was what're you talking about!"

Lucas gave an Innocent stare "Idk, wanna borrow one of my corsets instead?" He offeres, due to his childhood habits of jokingly wearing his mother's corsets, it stayed years later.

Even so, ijekiel wasn't too shocked after knowing Lucas wear corsets, he expected it to be the waist binder things people usually sell at the streets. "Eh okay, it's better then a rope anyway."

"Alright" Lucas walked to his dresser, then pulled a pair of loosen woman's corsets, "womans?" Asked ijekiel, he took one more look at it and decided not to wear it, as it was probably painful and smells like Lucas.

Ijekiel backed up "Never mind, I'm good with the rope", Lucas simply shrugged it off and threw it back in the dresser unorganized.

"Hey don't underestimate my corsets! I've loosen it up so I can look more like a dude while still being comfortable!" Lucas described it as if he was offended. Lucas turned facing to the clock "Oh look at the time, you should get going now" He reminded.

"Right!" Ijekiel now tied his robe himself, "how do I go there though?" He asked.

Lucas sat on the floor, resting his chin on his hand, he pointed behind ijekiel with a slight smirk. Ijekiel didn't notice it and turned around, ijekiel blinked once because of the light, then  vanished just like that.

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A/N: no because I just made up my own headcanon that Lucas wears corsets, why am i like this? Idk💃