"The imperial officers? What do they have to do with me?" I ask, confused.
"Actually....they have found a dead body in the woods nearby..."
"WHAT!??"
"And that body is of a maid that works here"
My heart dropped as I heard those words.
At the main hall...
"So the Duchess has fired you all today? Is that correct?" The officer asks.
"Yes, Sir that is absolutely correct! The Duchess herself has fired all the servants of this house today!!" A servant cries.
The inspectors steal glances at each other in suspicion.
"But I can't believe Peony...*sob* Even yesterday we were together..." Anne cries.
"When was the last time you saw her?" The inspector asks.
"I think...*sob* it was around the evening...*sob*"
"I see," the inspector notes it down in his diary.
"What is the meaning of this?"
Everyone looks around to see me and Mari standing at the entrance.
"Ah, the Duchess is here" the inspector looks like he was waiting for me.
"Where have you found the body?" I ask, walking closer to him.
"In the woods nearby...We found her lifeless body with her tongue cut off"
"Huh, what?"
"Yes, that's right. She's a maid who works here."
"...."
"So we heard that you have fired all the servants of the manor today"
"..."
"And the estimated time of the maid's death is probably last night"
"...."
"Duchess, aren't you going to speak?" He narrows his gaze.
FUCK WHY IS HE LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT!?
CALM DOWN ERIKA. BREATHE IN. BREATHE OUT.
"I am deeply sorry for her death. I'll be sending a letter and compensation to her family for their loss" I say.
"But before that, we need to ask you a few questions. Is it possible now?"
"Uh-yeah I mean..." I struggle to find words.
"Yes please ask."
I turn around to see Arron standing on the stairs.
"Greetings, Lord Arron" the inspector smiles at him.
"Greetings, George" Arron returns his smile back.
I steal glances at them back and forth.
"Yes you can ask whatever you want...but to me," Arron says with the same unnerving smile.
"Yes of course Sir" The inspectors bow down.
"You may come to my room upstairs. Let's have a nice discussion" Arron turns around and walks upstairs.
"Yes sure" The inspectors follow him upstairs.
Huh?
The way they talk...
Do they know each other?
And strangely enough, the inspectors who were suspicious even just a few moments ago...
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I Became a Side character in a BL novel
Ficción histórica**WARNING CONTAINS MATURE THEMES**** After dying from a car accident, Erika wakes up in the body of Duchess Rosetta Rowells, a side character in the BL novel she had been reading. And soon the three people discover a brand new world. "Please don't...
