Chapter 39

"My name is Emillian Carszanta de Leon"

Both me and Cosmo looked at her and was amazed by her mesmerizing beauty

"Good afternoon my name is Athanasia Zen les Acrz"

I bowed holding my dress and introduced myself

"And I am this lady's friend Cosmo Allen Vintiem"

Cosmo introduced himself next as he bowed

The both of us then looked up to see her smiling at us...

As the three of us stared at each other I then remembered a brief introduction about Claude's mother...

Claude's mother has a silver long straight hair with light blue eyes smiling with her light color natural lips smiling at the both of us

Beautiful and with a young face who looks like in her 20's but is actually 34

Claude is 2 years younger than me so the time that Athy met him was when he was 3....

And at that time... Claude was already abused...

What a horrible woman

I thought

I gritted my teeth trying to keep my cool as I clenched the hem of my dress tightly

Smiling...

Mother said she had me when she was 24 years old and she got married when she was 20 and now mother is the same age as Emillian wich is to say she had Claude when she was 26

And about Emellian that's about it that I know about her...

And I don't wanna know more

This lady who was infront of me is the reason for Claude's insanity in the novel

What a stupid thing to think that abusing a child would solve everything that has happened in the past

How could she?!

I stared at her still trying to keep my cool, and so was she

"Ehem! are we just going to have a staring contest?"

Cosmo said as he coughed trying to calm the atmosphere

"Oh dear, look at me! this is my first time meeting you and I have already began to act quite rude"

Emillian said as she covered her mouth giggling

"Oh please don't be sorry! we were the ones who came without notice, we are very happy that you even let us in!"

I said happily trying to match her hypocrisy as I smiled brightly giggling too

"When did you become so formal?"

Cosmo said whispering in my ear and was confused by my sudden politeness

"Fufufu"

I said giggling my hands still infront of my mouth

I then gave Cosmo a "little" nudge to his side

"Oof!"

Cosmo yelled as he covered his side because of my nudge

Cosmo then gave me an annoyed look and was to annoy me back by nudging me even harder(just a guess)

But then I came closer to Cosmo's ear still smiling looking at Emillian who was staring at us all weirdly and whispered in Cosmo's ear

"Shush Cosmo i'm doing this to avoid any conflict"

"I know I just wanted to annoy you"

Cosmo said whispering back and gave me an annoying smile

I looked at him and smiled back in an annoyed way of smile

The both of us then kept on staring at each other with the intent to fight each other

"Would you like a tour?"

Emmilian said as she looked at the both of us smiling

The both of us then looked at her and stared for a few seconds

"If you don't mind m'lady we would like a tour around your house"

Cosmo said respectfully smiling back at Emillian

"Of course I don't mind, now then please follow me"

Emillian said

The door opened and was held by 2 maids and the three of us left the guest room

After leaving the guest room we then went straight and arrived in the dining area

"This is our dining area as you can see"

Emillian said with a smile on her face

Cosmo nodded as he looked around the house

But I who know what happened in this house made me angry and forgot to calm myself

As I stared at Emillian with anger...

In the novel even a little backstory of the villains was not even mentioned in the novel causing for people to assume they were born evil

But now here I am witnessing all of this has put me in anger

Reincarnating into this world knowing the situation yet can't even do anything

Even a little bit of sympathy for the antagonists wasn't given because the ideal world of the author where the Fl find's her happy ending

Tossing the villains to the side and finally killing them off as "Punishment" for ruining the story's happy end

No wonder some of the readers were furious suddenly killing the villains without a backstory to know the reason they were like this

No one is born kind or evil, they were made into it by the situation they are in like Claude, or a traumatic incident that causes the brain to be in shock like Athy....

I'm not saying that the Fl and the Ml did not have a hard life, but they did have their happy end but as of the villains they get death...

All of this is so unfair

I thought all of those as I clenched the hem of my dress wrinkling it a bit and living a mark on my palm

"Is their something wrong miss Athy?"

Emillian asked

"Huh?"

I got back to reality to hear Emillian asking me a question

But as I looked up I saw Emillian with an evil grin on her face and was close to mine

I was nervous and glanced around to look for Cosmo but unfortunately he was distracted by 1 of the maids showing him something

He looks so happy right now...

Why is he even there?!

And so far away from me at that?

I yelled inside of my head

"You were looking at me dead in the eyes earlier Miss les Acrez, and now you looked scared just.like.a.little...rabbit"

Emillian said as she got closer and closer to my face smiling as she slowly went insane the more she smiles

I was terrified and petrified...

This was the face Claude has to seen since he was young

You can never judge anyone by the way they look

My whole body begun to shiver seeing her smiling face becoming the smile that I hated and scared of the most

"What are the both of you talking about, may I join in?"

Cosmo asked looking at Emillian who was close to my face with a smile on hs face

Cosmo then took my hand and pulled me near him trying to hide me away from her

Emillian smile fades for a sec and gave us a dead look but her smile then quickly got back and looking all innocent

Cosmo's eyebrows furrowed and looked serious

He then smiled back at Emillian and said

"Shall we continue our tour Mrs. de Leon?"

Cosmo asked

Looking at this scene right now made me calm as I held Cosmo's hand even tighter until my shivers went away and Cosmo just held my hand back

"Yes of course then next is our kitchen"

Emillian said as she walked away smiling pointing straight then turned right to show us the way to the kitchen

Cosmo then worriedly looked back at me and asked

"Are you okay? What happened back there when I was distracted?"

I just stared at Cosmo who looked worried and just shook my head

"It's nothing I was just getting paranoid"

I said holding Cosmo's hand tightly

Cosmo just furrowed his brows and seemed angry

"Fine, if you say so"

Cosmo said

"Ms. les Acrez, Mr. Vintiem why didn't you follow me?"

Emillian asked as she went back to the dining room to where we hadn't moved to the place she left us

"We'll be right there m'lady"

Cosmo said smiling back at Emillian

Cosmo then looked back at me with a serious face

"Let's go"

Cosmo said serious and shortly

I nodded my head looking up at Cosmo

Cosmo then walked first and I followed back

We then arrived in the kitchen as Emillian showed how this work and where

I remembered the sole reason we visited was because of Claude

"May I ask Mrs. de Leon?"

I asked looking at Emillian as she smiled back at me

"Yes?"

Emillian said

"Where is Claude?"

I asked nervously

"...."

There was a short silence then after she continued and answered

"My son would be back later, don't worry"

She said smiling back at us

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After some hours of walking, talking and touring

I feel myself wanting to pee

So I asked 1 of the workers to point where the bathroom was

As they were so busy they did not have the time to show me where

But they were kind as to bring me upstairs and points where the bathroom was

The only reason I got out of the tour was because Cosmo asked if we could rest for a bit

For the manor was to big to tour Emillian agreed and let us have some snacks

After that she told us she'd be back and we could do whatever we want smiling

But of course we did not move an inch as we were afraid that something might happen later would bring us in trouble

After the worker pointed to where the bathroom was after I said thank you

This was the time that I have realized that....

I am bad with directions!

I completely forgot what she had told me and where to go

I kept on going everywhere but everytime I turn

I can always see that sculpture again and again that I am sick of it!

"Don't give up Athy! My bladder please hold on for a little longer!"

I shouted giving myself a cheer and boost as i patted my tummy

I believed in myself and started walking around trying to find my the bathroom but unfortunately my cheer did not work and my confidence has gone down a lot...

But I noticed something and looked around to see the sculpture not in sight

It's a win I guess?

I don't know where I was and is still confused to where this is

And I noticed something from the far end of the hallway

I see a blanket covering something on the wall

And because of my curiosity I looked behind it to see..

"Claude...?"

I mumbled

As my eyes widened to see the painting

"And with his parents"

I said touching the painting

But as soon as I said that

"Isn't the painting beautiful?"

Someone said from behind me

To be Continued~