The Demon's Bride

Elise Make a Friend, The Flower Crown-II

Cynthia glanced at the servants and waved off her hand, telling them to dispatch from whatever they are doing. She stepped forward with a sigh that escaped from her mouth. "There's no need for that anymore. We have found the girl."

Hearing the news, Austin breath out in relief. "Thank the Gods." He slid the coat again over his shoulder and asked. "Where was she? Where did you find her?"

Cynthia told the maid beside her to find Maroon and fetch him back and to stop the ongoing order. "The master's room. She was sleeping beside the lord."

"Master room? Do you mean the Lord's room?" Austin's face was smeared in shock, repeating the words that Cynthia said as though he forgot who was living in the Master room. The black circle in his yellowish eyes nearly turned to an oval in a startle.

"There isn't any other master room that the Lord's, Austin."

Austin was still taken aback by the discovery. "I know. I was just... Surprised, greatly surprised. I- no, I should have known that Elise couldn't go out without the Lord's noticing her. But the bedroom? The Lord has brought countless women there, but I have never seen one that came out aliv-"

"Shut it." Cynthia warned, stepping on Austin's feet so he would stop spouting nonsense. "You should stop talking with your foul words, especially when you are in front of the girl. She's a pure child and no one wants you to share her your rotten behavior."

Austin looked down at his poor feet that were stepped by Cynthia with the face of a grimace. Cynthia wasn't a woman of strength, but nonetheless, she was far stronger than a human and had never been the person to hold back her strength.

Bending his knees on to his waist, his eyes spotted Cynthia exiting the servants' quester and shouted. "Hey! Cy, where are you going?"

"Where else, entertaining the adorable girl of course." Cynthia smirked leaving the man jumping on one foot to chase her.

By the time Elise opened her two eyes, she rubbed her eyes in a drowsy state to see that the person beside her had left. She glanced around, looking at the large window on her left that had been opened so the morning light could go through. Mila entered the room with a lot of hesitation. She was still able to calm herself a little when she entered Elise's room as it was beside the Lord's but the Lord's room was utterly different.

The presence and pressuring aura diffuse in the whole room, as though a thick fragrance of death hovering through the room. Calming herself with a chant of prayers, she entered the room and saw the girl in the middle of gazing the window beside her with a slightly ruffled appearance. Mila's eyes turned softer from the sight. She looked around to see whether the girl was touched by the Lord, but deep down she knew that although the Lord wasn't a good man, he would never touch a little child.

"Have you woken up, dear?" She walked beside her to see the girl nodding.

"Good morning, Mila." Her soft voice and adorable appearance brought a gentle smile back at Mila, easing the nervousness to the room. "Good morning, Elise. Let's get you a bath and then breakfast."

Mila's hand connected with the girl to the bathroom on her own room that was right beside the girl. As soon as the finished the bath, Mila braided her hair to the side, giving some laces ribbon to adore her hair. Elise who had never seen someone braiding her hair looked at Mila's talented hands in wonder and amazement.

"Thank you." Elise murmured while fiddling with her small fingers. She wasn't used in talking to someone as her previous family had always been shouting at her to shut up whenever she tried to talk. Even making a whisper didn't sit well with them.