The Unlucky Villainess Small Fief

Chapter 14

Melody could not believed what she had heard just now. The duke read her letters? She feels so embarrassed right now. 

"Being that said, there is no need for you to worry about..after all she was once my fiancee. Though..I plan to take her with me back to the capital to have her checked by the doctor and-" suvvell said but was stopped by a loud slam of the door behind him. It was ortezca. 

"My lady?! Are you ok? Do you still feel pain? You still feel feverish, go back to bed-" melody asked her countless of questions but ortezca remained fixed by the door, her eyes glaring at the duke. 

"I do not need help." The lady said, making the three other present people angry, especially Suvvell. 

"Stop being so childish and come with me to the capital! Your body is getting weaker and weaker especially now that it is winter. Can you not even see?? You are sick and you are slowly dying!" Suvvell dropped the bomb to the three, making them shock at the revelation.

"My..my lady..is this true? Are you...?" Melody clutched Ortezca on her shoulders, ortezca looked away from her.

"Look at me and tell me that everything that he said is false!" Seeing that ortezca has no plan on telling her, melody gritted her teeth and slapped ortezca.

"How could you do this to me?! I have been doing everything i can for you..this is how you are going to repay me?!" Melody ran inside her room, and locked the door. Glen and Dialton looked at Ortezca. She looked so lost. 

"It was not my intention..Melody.." ortezca mumbled but then collapsed again. Suvvell caught her before she could hit the wooden floor.

"I will take her to the bed, and let the two calm down for a moment...is there any place that I could pass the night?" Suvvell asked Glen and Dialton. "There are no vacant houses as of the moment. We cannot build one too since getting woods from the forest will risk the chance of us getting eaten by wolves. We have rooms in the barn...how about staying here for now?" Glen suggested. Suvvell almost dropped Ortezca. "What..you mean that I should stay at the house of an unwedded woman?" "She was once your fiancee, am i right? It would not matter if you stay here for tonight." Dialton anchored in. Suvvell was in deep thoughts as to what to do but decided to put his charge back to bed first. Once he was out of her room, he sat down on one of the chairs tiredly. Good thing that Glen and Dialton were still there.

"Well? What is your decision?"

"I will be staying here, to provide also aid in taking care of lady Holminne, I will just sleep on the couch.." Duke Suvvell stated. It would not really matter if he stayed the night- nobody really recognizes his face and there were three of them inside the house. "The village will have a small gathering later this evening. We would like to invite you." Glen offered. "No, no..I am just an outsider..besides, I need to go early in the morning tomorrow," Suvvell smiled apologetically.

"Suit yourself. Just remember, if you got bored, you can join us later, ok?" Dialton tapped Suvvell's shoulder and the two old men head out of the lady's house.