Obsession

The party is still underway and I got mentally exhausted from reading other people's thoughts in the Book of Life that I have no choice but to stop it now.

In the end I'm still the lazy lady of Azrael who does not like putting an effort to things that were not interesting.

I don't care what happens to the party as long as I can have a peaceful time by myself.

I'm slowly progressing with sketching my book that I'm already at the chapter 9 of Harodin's story.

It's all thanks to the novel I wrote that it's much easier to think of the images that I want the readers to see.

Without losing my concentration I worked on Harodin's story all day until the end of Amelia's party.

The servants come and go of my room as I busily worked on the book.

Just like what I planned I moved to another room before the party started so I wasn't able to even take a glimpse of a single guest outside the window.

Even though there's a lot of guests today, I could not hear anything from them so my time in this room was unexoectedly peaceful.

Of course the room that I was located in was too far away and too small to be appointed as my room so I still have to move back to my old room after today.

If possible I would have asked father to renovate it and move my bedroom here, but since it's not really a place where the lady of the family should stay in, I have to give up that thought.

I stretched after doing two pages today and smiled because of my progress. I'm mentally exhausted but I'm still physically fit thankfully.

*Bang*

Unexpectedly someone opened the door to this room loudly that I jumped in surpise.

Not once did I ever experience the need to jump in surprise since all the servants are careful and well disciplined when it comes to me.

In shock I looked behind me only to realize that an arrogant young noble child has tresspassed the room without anyone's permission.

It seems like he already saw my back after opening the door so when I looked back behind me our eyes met immediately.

Silence filled the room as we looked intensely at each other and none of us made a sound for a long time.

As time passed by the young boy finally spoked first.

"Y-Y-You who are you!!"

He suddenly shouted while pointing his finger at me very rudely.

"I should be asking you that. Who told you to get in here without my permission?" I said calmly but my voice felt intimidating that the young child could only close his mouth after hearing me.

"Master Ellezar did you find her? Masteeeer?"

Outside the door another kid is making a noise as well and seemed to be looking for a friend of his.

My forehead crumpled up as I stared at the kid in front of me wondering if he's the Ellezar that the other kid was calling.

With no hesitation, the kid who I assumed to be Ellezar immediately closed the door behind him as if he doesn't want to be seen.

He trembled while holding the door handle as the kid outside slowly went away.

They're probably playing hide and seek... But why now though?

I looked at the time and it's already 4 pm.

It's already the time for them to leave so why are they still here?

"Does none of you know that this place are restricted for the guests to come in?" I said coldly and the kid who kept holding the door handle flinched.

"W-Who are you to talk to me like that?" he mumbled as he remained looking at the door and having his back towards me.

"You're the one who trespassed my place without knocking so I have the right to get angry" I said back.

The child then turn around and was about to retort but in the end he was not able to say anything.

He kept glancing at me then looking away while I stared at him threatheningly.

"Out" I said as I stared at the door.

The kid turned red from embarassment. He kept glancing for a long time with a frown on his face but in the end quietly left the place.

I guess some plans do not work at all, a kid was still able to find me here.

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"Master you're here!" a kid then rushed to Ellezar who remained silent.

"What's wrong?" The kid asked after not hearing a wrod from Ellezar.

"Shut it, Garyl" Ellezar simpy said with a frown and Gary followed what he said and shut his mouth.

"Where are the others?" Ellezar asked while looking at Garyl seriously.

"Oh that, we actually found something interesting and we're looking for you so we can check it out together!" At Garyl's cheerfulness he did not realize that Ellezar was lost in thought again.

Confused Garyl's voice diminished as he looked at Ellezar.

"Master Ellezar?"

At Garyl's call Ellezar woke up from his thoughts again and simply walked ahead of Garyl.

It made Garyl believe that he needs to show the way to Ellezar where him and his group found the interesting thing he's talking about.

"This way Master... Like you said we looked around to find Remil Azrael by surprise---"

"What!?" Ellezar immediately cut off Garyl as he stopped on his tracks.

"S-Sorry, master..." Garyl immediately apologizes as he saw Ellezar's furious face.

"Is the others still looking for her?" Ellezar asked with a scary look in his eyes.

It made Garyl freeze in fear not knowing what mistakes he did.

He manage to shook his head sideways as an answer which caused Ellezar's face to soften.

"T-They could not find her but we did found a covered painting in one of the rooms. We assumed that it was the family painting of Remil---"

"Show me the way" Ellezar cut him off again.

"Huh?"

"Where is it!?" Ellezar shouted that made Garyl jump and followed his orders.

Garyl who was pushed behind by Ellezar was now running at full speed with no break.

When they finally saw the rest of their friends waving at them, Ellezar then let go of Garyl and run ahead of him.

"Oh Young master Ellezar, we've been waiting for you!" a girl then shouted and giggled but Ellezar simply passed by her.

"Did you see the painting?" Ellezar asked while glaring at the others.

"N-Not yet" one of them answered back.

Ellezar's tense face then softened as he smirked at everyone.

"I'll go first so none of you shall follow me and watch out for the servants of Azrael, understood?"

At Ellezar's words everyone immediately nod in agreement as he is the only son of the Duke Asmerald and the older brother of Elivian Asmerald so his words has to be the absolute among them.

Carefully Ellezar opened the door where the painting was placed.

His heart pounded as he pushed the door open and went inside by himself.

His face continued to redden as his thoughts was filled with the girl that he saw earlier.

I need to confirm her identity myself!

His heart continued to pound as he walked to the covered painting that everyone was talking about.

Around the covered painting was the painting of Amelia Azrael, the Countess Avelyn and the Earl Remier.

With still a loud beating in his heart, Ellezar pullde the curtain that covers the painting and his eyes widened at the sight of the most prettiest girl that he's ever seen.

His mouth was wide open as her stared at Remil Azrael's painting.

Although the painting of Remil Azrael looked really pretty, he knew that the Remil h met in person were much prettier than the painting.

"Remil..." He mumbled as his cheeks, neck, and ears were tinted in bright red.

Unconsciously he reached his hand to touch the painting and traced Remil's face with his fingers.

His heart pounded loudly and he can't help but realize that he fell in love with Remil at first sight.

After sometime he could hear the sounds from the outside and realized that his friends has the chance to also see the painting.

Just thinking about it made his heart filled with jealousy. What if they also fell in love with her after seeing the painting?

The rumours about her being ugly was far from the truth and only him knew about this truth.

He clenched his fist as he looked at the painting and immediately pulled it out of the wall.

He looked around and found a corner to hide the painting.

After putting the painting in the corner he then covered it up with a different cloth.

He looked around for another painting of a different girl that looked the ugliest among the Azrael's ancestors and grabbed it to replace the empty space where Remil's painting are supposed to be placed.

With seriousness in his eyes he went out to see his friends while smiling deep inside of him.

"Did you see what Remil Azrael look like?" one of his friends asked.

He then smirked and told everyone how he encountered Remil Azrael first and that he won their game of finding her.

"So you saw her face? Did she look the same as the painting there?" the girl asked and Ellezar grinned meanigfully.

"See for yourselves, but I'm telling you in advance... She is the ugliest girl I've met in the world"

At Ellezar's harsh tone and mockery, everyone gaspped and laughed among themselves.

They then entered the room where the paintings are hang up all round the walls and among them was a covered up painting that anyone can easily spot on.

One of the children then grabbed the cover and gasped for the second time at what they saw.

Soon the whole room was covered with laughter and mockery were coming out of the mouths of each and everyone of them.