"You're my bottom (better) half!" Ch 12

Previously: So I was doing fine surviving all those clumsy attempts but my brain had to go all his way to burn the male lead and now I am getting emergency call out. SOS!

The butler gives me a glance of concern."Duchess, the duke got injured."

My eyes float into thin air as my expression drips in a bucket of guilt.

"I see"

I stand up tucking my fake hair strands behind my ear.

( I feel like we need more room, every scenario is the same)

I cross the butler stepping outside the door and the butler coughs.

"Duchess, Duke Leo is in the backyard."

I stop and process the words for a while. My face going blue.

(Why the sudden change of scenario? is he gonna execute me?)

A wild image floats in thin air. The butler comes up to me and gestures his hand towards the hallway. My body cracks like a robot while I follow the butler.

(I almost forgot, this mansion has a gigantic backyard.)

We walk through the bits and correr for a while before entering into the well organized kitchen. My expression clueless.

"Oldy why are we in the kitchen?"

Oldy doesn't answer and suddenly takes out a knife, from one of the cabinet as I hold my arms up shielding my body.

"Oldy if you up have any kind of hatred towards me, than now is not the time!"

I step backwards while oldy stands on pause mode. Than out of nowhere, oldy starts his kung-fu.

(What the-)

oldy spins like a russian roullette and throws the knife at a 60° angle, towards the clock.

"Hey the clock will bre-"

The knife hits the outside glass of the clock without breaking it and then drops down to the ground.

Oldy fixes his posture as the wall beside the clock suddenly starts moving revealing a hidden pathway.

(Since when)

My mouth drops open while oldy flames a wooden stick and stands in front of the pathway.

"Duchess, this might be your first time seeing this but let me tell you that this is totally safe."

I turn my head 360° hearing oldy's talk.

(Never knew the backyard could be accessed from here.)

I follow the butler again through the dark staircase as the kitchen door shuts behind us making only the flames shine in the dark reflecting on oldy's head.

"Oldy why did you throw the knife at the clock?"

Oldy stays silent for a while then answers.

"Duchess, there are traps hidden throughout the mansion and the clock is one of them"

I look at oldy's white head my face loosing it's colours.

(Never new the clock was also a trap. The author must have been blind to not see this plot.)

[Some where in a building]

"Achoo!"

We walk across the spiral stairs to a plain land. I glance towards my sorroundings, only a transparent image of the place floats in front of my eyes.

(This place is similar to the floor upwards.)

I shift my head towards the old man as my fat legs make a weird thumping noise.

"Oldy is this the first floor?"

Oldy shakes his head in positive and then glance back at me showing one-fourth of his face.

"But I'd rather prefer for you to not come here."

I roll my eyes, frustated with myself and the world. Suddenly an old big giant wooden door appears.

(Finally some change in scenario.)

Oldy opens the door with one push and freshly smelled air tingles inside my nose, I take a deep breath and open my eyes, stepping outside the cage.

(Today is really windy.)

I hold my wig from falling off and follow the swirly path. My eyes conquering the new view presented in front of me .

The whole backyard was like a maze, because there stood a long bush wall limiting the space.

Two fountains stood side by side while sorrounding it was a multi coloured flower bush.

(Woah, this place is bigger than my bathroom in my original world.)

I look at my sorrounding completely amazed as my feet follows the soil path. After a short while oldy stops and gestures his hand in front of me.

The wind blows wind as I look up frozen by the view that is drowning me.

(Seriously?)

The soil path followed a white open gazebo and inside it was a table for two, tea and sweets were served and there was a man aka Leo sitting with his paperworks.

(Something has changed in him but what?)

My view shifts to the man's hair which was neatly cut off and a scar shaped like a spiky cloud was stuck on the side of his head almost touching his eyebrows. The scar was tinted with a greyish pink.

(That scar should have made him look like a black pot, but it ended up making him more hot.)

My heart rate goes up as I put my free hand on top of my chest and a rose tinted shade flows over my cheeks.

(Talk about male lead energy.)

The old man suddenly does his signature cough and stops my daydreaming for the 100th time.

"Duchess, it's time to proceed by yourself. Hopefully you enjoy your time."

Oldy gives a nod and backs off. I give my usual nonchalant smile to him and proceed to meet my doom.

(Though he looks hot but the last thing I would want is sit with him and have poisonful tea.)

A nervous expression covers my face as I walk more like a robot.

(Why am I reaching there so quickly? It took me eternity to reach the backyard.)

In a moment I reach the white tea table filled with foods. My head positioned towards the busy man.

(Say something bastard your wife is here.)

After a moment later.

"Sit" with a deep voice the busy man talks, still glancing at his paperworks.

"Is this how you should behave with your bottom half?"

I smile while Leo shoots his head up to me, his face now all blue from disgust, Leo looks at his bottom then at me.

"How can you be my bottom half!? ew!"

I smile at him agin and pull the chair, sitting my peach down.

"Don't mind what I say but you look busy as always."

I try to keep my heavenly voice straight. Leo puts the paperwork from his hands on the table with a slam but my face doesn't even flinch.

(Look at him all egoistic when he doesn't know how to behave with his bottom half.)

Leo pushes the paper ten inches away from him towards me.

(Is he trying to give me a paper cut?)

The sitting man now clears his throat while keeping a straight face.

"You're going to leave the mansion."

TBC