Mine to Reach: A story of Vengeance

PERFUME

I returned to the banquet with the rose in my hand. The party was almost over, I could see people leaving the place and saying their goodbyes. I searched the room but still couldn't find Arthur, the boy I met in the garden. "We will just probably see each other in the future," I said to myself. I put the rose inside the vase on the table and went straight to my parents. Then, Aunt Childea walked to us and started to babble out her words full of lies, "Oh Count and Countess Roshte" she said in a sly voice. "The party was great, anyways, Happy Birthday my darling Yerenica" she handed me a box and told me that it was her present for me. I opened it and was shocked to see what was inside.

It was a perfume bottle, "I hope you could use it one day my dear, I bought it from a foreign merchant in town who brought up a good deal" she said. I remember this was the same gift she gave me in my past life on my 8th birthday, I remember taking a sniff off it and got really sick the next day as if it was poisoned. Because it was. Aunt also handed mom a box with perfume inside, but not the same as mine. I knew what I had to do, I should get rid of it. "Oh Auntie thank you, I will gladly use it one day!" I said. We exchanged goodbyes, I could sense that Aunt was smiling the whole time when she went back to her carriage. I told Mother if I could take a peek inside her box and I will just return it to her, "Okay darling, just remember to not run in the halls" she said."Yes, Mom!" I replied.

I went to a certain corner of the hall and teleported to the garden, I opened the two bottles of perfume that the woman gave to us. I covered my nose with my handkerchief and slightly took a peek at the liquid inside, I sprayed a drop of the perfume on the rose and I could see its petals start to rot, how much more if Mother had inhaled this. I quickly teleported to the gate and walked to a tree and poured the two bottles of perfume there. Then my next stop was to my room, I quickly washed the insides of the bottle and filled it up with one of the perfumes my Mother owned and delicately put it inside its destined boxes like nothing ever happened to it. The door of my room suddenly opened and I could see my mother walking up to me, "Honey, does the perfume smell good?" she said, "Uhh yes Mother". She scanned me up and down to see that my dress was wet, "Why is your dress wet? Did something happen?" she asked."Umm no no, I got wet because I got perfume on my hands and it had a really strong smell and tried to get it off my hand not knowing that I got my dress wet teehee" I replied.

She sent a maid to dress me up in new clothes and said to me that I have to get ready for bed, she kissed me goodnight when my father entered the room. I handed my mother the perfume box and exchanged pleasantries of goodnight. 

The next day I woke up and did my daily routines, stretched, practice my magic(secretly), groom myself, and then head to breakfast. I saw my parents having breakfast and said good morning to them, father was reading the Emperial Newspaper with a serious look on his face. My mother asked father what was going on, " It seems that there have been illegal smuggling of drugs in the Empire" he said. I remember! After the day of my birthday, there has been news of the smuggling of drugs in the Empire. The Duke was given the order of investigating this crime and was injured in his right arm after being hit by a sword by the Baron. Yes! It was Baron Leander, he smuggled a drug that could make you addicted and make you go insane. It took the Duke 2 months to find the culprit, his wife the Duchess was pregnant with their 2nd child at that time during the investigation. I remember that the child was kidnapped under the orders of the Baron who was in prison but there was little evidence. I felt pity for that child, in my past life I heard no news about her. Maybe I could help the Duke arrest the Baron in a clean sweep without his daughter getting kidnapped by the revenge of the Baron. But how could he trust a mere 8-year-old like me?

The murder of my parents happened 3 months after my birthday, I still have time to spare. I could make connections with the Duke by doing this, I just have to find a way to approach him in a way that he wouldn't think of me as a weird suspicious child.

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