*In her room*
Valentina - Call Iris
Maid - Yes young lady.
( *A few minutes later* )
Iris ( *Valentina's maid of honour* ) - You called my lady?
Valentina - Yes. Tomorrow I'll be going to the arlec mountains, so prepare accordingly. We'll be back by sunset.
Iris - But why are we going there and do I even have to go along ( *Uninterested* )
Valentina - ( *looking at her intently* ) Iris, who am I?
Iris - Huh? The elder daughter of Isidor duchy and the fiancè of his majesty the emperor.
Valentina - So is it necessary for me to answer your unnecessary questions or justify myself? ( *Narrowing her eyes* ) And have you forgotten your duties as my maid of honour? Are you perhaps undeserving of the post? hmm?
Iris - ( *shocked* ) I-I apologise for my rudeness my lady.
Valentina - Now then, prepare well for tomorrow and I'll let it go this time but I won't be as merciful the next time you disobey my orders. Now get out.
Iris - Yes my lady.
*After exiting Valentina's room*
Iris - What happened to her so suddenly? She was so timid and fluterring even till yesterday, why did she change so suddenly today? Maybe I should report this to her. ( *Plotting* )
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The next day as planned, they all set off towards the mountains. The people tagging along were - the carriage driver, Iris, Valentina and 5 escort knights who were supposed to protect her. Even though Vercil had insisted upon taking more knights along, after repeated assurances and protests, the no. of knights had been reduced to 5.
Everything was running smoothly and after a while they finally entered the mountains. The road was fairly narrow surrounded by forests on both sides. But suddenly, an unfortunate situation happened to obstruct the peaceful trip. About halfway through the trip, unknown men with their faces covered attacked the carriage.
Iris - A-assassins? Why are they here? Lady what should we do now? ( *Afraid* )
Valentina - What?! Why off all now? Quick let's get out of the carriage. If we run into the forest they will definitely take more time to find us and the knights will take care of them in that time. Quick!
Iris immediately opened the door of the carriage and while the assassins and knights were busy fighting, they both ran into the forest.
Iris - ( *thinking while running* ) Why now? Am I going to be killed as well? No! That can't happen, no it won't. Definitely these assassins must have gotten the information to probably only kill the lady and not me. Yes, that person must have changed the plan, definitely they won't kill me.
Finally after running for a while, they both stopped at a stop. Iris immediately turned around and looked around to see if anyone was following them and visibly relaxed to see no one coming after.
Valentina - I got ambushed by some assassins and even though I survived, my dear maid of honour died while trying to protect me. How unfortunate! ( *Evil Smile* )
Iris stood completely frozen on her place not being able to move after hearing this but finally gathering the courage to turn around, she hoped to have misheard what she had just said.
Iris - ( *Terrified* ) Young miss I think I misheard what you just said right now. I-I am still a-alive right? See?
But as soon as she turned completely to face Valentina, she lunged forward and stabbed her.
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The pawn's second life
FantasyThe Emperor and his lover tried to trap her in their evil plans but little did they know it was not her first life... After returning to her past life, will Valentina be able to pay back those who made her suffer or will her desires be turned into d...
