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Chapter 5: His Grace

"Young master, you have to get back to bed now, It's already this late"

The butler said at Alexandre who was still wide awake while sitting on his bed staring at his thick blanket.

Well to be precise he wasn't really staring, he probably doesn't even realize that he's staring at anything for that matter. He's so deep in thought to even notice that after all.

"Young master"

"Young master"

He's been saying it repeatedly but Alexandre doesn't seem to have heard it.

"Young master, let's just visit again tomorrow okay? But if you don't sleep now, I won't be helping young master anymore"

It'll be bad if the duchess knows that he stayed up late. Once she catches wind about that, it won't be too long till she'll know about us visting the underground prison.

Alexandre snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the butler.

"Emeri will talk to Alexandre soon won't she, Mr. Graham?"

"Because Emeri doesn't seem to like Alexandre at all"

After everything he said about her definitely going to the birthday party, he sure thought about a lot of things. For someone so young to be worried about things like that, Alexandre sure is pretty mature for his age. He's a kind soul.

Though the butler wasn't so sure about her actually going to the party. She won't be able to go in the first place, she doesn't even have the luxury to choose.

'I doubt that she'd go even if she can though' The butler thought

'Wait..'

But then he noticed something really disturbing.

'Young master's birthday-'

His mind suddenly raced from the sudden realization and he was slightly feeling the chill down his spine.

'And the date of the little girl's execution-- 3 days from now-'

'It's just the day before the 14th day of Stellizra'

It's the worst time that the madame could've picked out of all days and he sure wasn't feeling too good about it.

But for the duchess who probably wouldn't want to have menacing gossips in her son's birthday, and following a noble's logic-- it makes sense.

'She'd be long dead even before young master's birthday'

"What's the matter Mr. Graham? You look like you saw a ghost"

Alexandre said as he noticed that the butler suddenly went quiet. He was turning quite pale and out of it.

The butler shrugged off those thoughts as his attention went back to Alexandre.

'I can't do anything about it. I don't have any reason to meddle with a stranger's fate'

'Whether she ends up dying or not, it's not any of my concerns.'

"It's nothing young master, you should really go to sleep now" the butler said as he tucked him in.

['But']

"Will we visit Emeri again tomorrow?" Alexandre asked as if he won't be able to sleep peacefully if the butler won't say anything.

['I'm worried about young master']

"Yes, yes, so young master has to make sure that he gets enough sleep and not have bags under his eyes okay?"

['I wonder if, I made the correct choice']