Forgotten Blade

Chapter 2

Little Girl
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"Uncle Help me!!! That maid tried to ruin my face!" Crying, she pointed her little finger towards the maid at the back. "It hurts so much...." she held her shoulder tightly, the part that was soaking wet in hot boiling water.

"What is the meaning of this?!!" Sir Bon roared as he ran towards his little niece. He held her close and notice steam in the air, when he pulled down the clothing to the side, her skin was scalded. Panicked quickly overwhelmed him.

"Quick, call the physician! Now!!!"

"Yes Sire!" a servant said and quickly ran out to find a physician. Then the whole family came out of the door. "What is going on?" The first one to get out of the door was Valerie but then stopped in her tracks when she found Victoria with a scald on her right shoulder. "Oh my goodness, are you alright??" she ran quickly to her side. On the outside, she looked quite worried like how a sister would but on the inside, she was smiling from ear to ear at how this scald can turn into a scar.

"Capture that maid!" Sir Bon commanded and guards quickly appeared on her side before grabbing her by the wrists. "No! No! Please let me explain!"

"Brother in Law, what happened?-" Lady Remilia stood shocked at the situation, a sweat formed on her forehead...Victoria was scalded by her daughter's maid. And if her Husband's aide ever finds out about this. He might report this to him immediately, making his husband turn around his horse and drag the war with him just to come back to the Duchy and kill the person who hurt his one and only daughter from the previous Wife. And the person he would kill would be her daughter, Ruelle.

Ruelle was in charge of the maid who caused harm to Victoria. With her maid, it would come out that it was her who ordered her maid to plan on ruining Victoria's face. She had to take action.

"Get her treated immediately! As for the maid, punish her!" she commanded while Ruelle tried to stop her. "But Mother, she is my maid! You cannot punish her! Stop!!!"

"Duchess, please let me explain! I have done nothing to her! It was not me!" The maid tried to defend herself but was reprimanded by Sir Bon. "So are you saying she did this herself?! Do you think we are stupid as to believe that she would scald her own body with boiling water?! Where did the hot water even come from!"

"Uncle it hurts so much..." she closed her eyes, beads of sweat forming on her forehead, eventually collapsing on his arms. "Where's the patient?" an old man, dressed in nice fabric clothing appeared and came close to them. He knelt and placed his fingers to check her pulse. "Take her to bed right now," he said and Sir Bon immediately carried her up the stairs, while Lady Remilia and the other members of the household were left in front of the Dining hall with the suspect in hand.

"Please! Please! Your Ladyship, I did not do this! I promise! I didn't do anything!!" she pleaded with tears in her eyes. Trying to free herself from the two guard's strong grip. "Take her away, flog her one hundred times then send her back to the Slave market where she'll be sold!!" Lady Remilia said which caused her to widen her eyes in fear and cried even more.

"No, please! Help me! Help me, help me, my lady!!"  she cried while being dragged away by the guards, she looked at the Lady she served with pitiful eyes, hoping that she would help her get out of this situation.

But that glimmer of hope that she had thought would come to save her...instantly destroyed her with only one word. "Useless."

It left her shocked in a state that she became speechless with tears streaming down her face. 'Milady...how could you?'