The Two-Faced Duchess

Vol. 1: Duchess of Another World, Chapter 10

Every night, Roselia had been waiting. Waiting for the time that she would finally wake up from this surreal dream. At first she thought that dying twice wouldn't matter but ... as she slit her neck with a sharp blade, the pain was still as horrid as back then. The unpleasant feeling of blade being grazed into her skin. Thinking about that made her tremble. Those nights of waiting ended up being weeks and those weeks became a year. A year had already passed and as she opened her eyes one morning,

"What am I hoping for ...," she hopelessly sighed as soon as she opened her eyes.

She rose from her bed and scratched her head as she widely yawned. She barely dragged her feet towards the couch and laid comfortably as if she lived a life with no concerns. She fixed her bedhair and scratched her buttocks like one would regularly do in a very normal day. She totally forgot the fact that she's now living as a duchess for the past year. This fact didn't hit her yet as she kept on hoping for herself to wake up from this reality.

Acting like a duchess was very tough for her at first. Acting dignified and elegant while maintaining supremacy, it was close to impossible for a such a normal person to achieve. But Roselia was different. She's not a normal person to begin with. For her this impossible thing was easy as riding a bike on the first try.

As of now, there's barely a little time for her to spend on herself. Although she wanted to roam around the capital and ran above house roofs just like what she had been doing before, Ian's scary presence kept her from leaving the mansion. Roselia can feel his horrifying aura whenever she tried to escape work. Roselia ended up stuck in her work for the past year with just early morning and late night as her free time.

As she began lazing on the couch, a loud knock interrupted her blissful morning. She flinched as she sat elegantly on the couch. Her expresion instantly went sour as she clicked her tongue.

[ Ugh! Let me enjoy my morning at least! ]

Expecting it to be Ian, she immediately transformed into the duchess image she formed and created for the past year. If she won't act proper, Ian will instantly lecture her until her ears bled.

"This is Grace, duchess. Can I enter?"

[ So, it's only Grace. ]

She sighed in relief as she eased up her posture.

"You can enter, Grace," she replied.

As soon as the big door opened, since the back of the couch was facing the door, Roselia looked back and Grace's bubbly personality greeted her first thing in the morning.

"Good morning, milady!" she energetically greeted Roselia with her eyes smiling.

[ Ah ... Grace is really cute! ]

Roselia greeted her with a sincere smile and responded, "Good morning too, Grace."

Grace then closed the door and Roselia didn't even flinch seeing Grace's expression turned a complete 180 degree.

[ Oh, scary ... ]

Roselia's eyes dropped and her face lost its glamour upon seeing Grace's instant transformation. Grace approached her with a coordinated walk like those in the military and as she stood up, facing her standing still, Roselia can't help but gave hopeless sigh.

[ I taught them just like what I just saw back then but to think that they changed drastically like this ... The people in this world is scary ... ]

Grace gave her a salute like one would normally do to a higher official in the military and as soon as she dropped her hand, she immediately stated her business with such a stoic look.