Yes, I Need Whiskey

The day was blooming with daisies and beautiful botanical scents. A lonely figure stood in front of a mansion, a young-looking girl with black hair and gray melancholy eyes. A good sculptured face yet void of any true emotions. She walked in through the halls with large mirrors. You could see her entire outfit, wearing a blood-red cape only on her right shoulder, odd for women she wore black pants with dress shoes. Her beautiful long silky black hair was loosely tied in a braid to her left leaving space for hairs to slip out. The maids whispered all around her, they were blushing at her handsome appearance. She continued to walk with the butler guiding her.

The butler bit the inside of his cheek trying not to seem fearful. Little did he know that the young lady had already figured the butler out.

"Ma'am, this is counts room" The young lady nodded and the butler scurried off

The young lady knocked and walked in. In front of the girl was a man in his 40s and across from him was a young girl with blonde hair and fair skin sleeping peacefully.

The count smiled "Good day, Miss Isel I have been waiting for your arrival"

Isel nodded "yes well I am here so let's discuss why you have called me"

The count nodded seriously. "As you know my daughter has had several attempts of murder over the last six months, I need you to investigate as the disguise of my daughter."

Isel sighed as she sat on the sofa "Count Eros, why should I?" she smiled, a smile that never reached her eyes.

"Please, I am desperate" he pleaded

Isel sat back relaxed "so?"

The count whispered in a desperate tone"please Marie-Eloise"

A rare stiff expression appeared on her face. Her face hardened and a deathly whisper "fine, but the name you learned of. Don't ever say it out of your mouth"

The count nodded "Of course I will promise on the stars" He raised his right hand and put his left on his heart and promised. Which made it impossible for him to ever break.

Isel's face returned to normal "Your daughter will be in a space called Ehvile, this is a space where she will not wake up and be here and investigate. Is this an agreed-upon count ?"

The count nodded quickly, "as long as you can find the people behind these crimes"

She nodded "well shall we start" she clapped her hands and his daughter who was in deep sleep disappeared.

"Your daughter, Lilly is safe and the staff memories have been altered, I have already left and it is just your daughter and you. I have also made a copy of your daughter's memories so no worries I won't mess up while I investigate."

She took a paper from the count's desk and wrote things down "here are things I will need to start my investigation."

The count looked at the list and one particular thing made him furrowed his eyebrows."Yes, I need whiskey" Isel smiled with her eyes closed.

She walked out of the count's office but was no longer in her body. Instead, she was an eighteen-year-old girl with forest green eyes and gold hair, wearing a cream and baby blue dress. She walked into her room, Isel was still trying to assess the girls' memories but everything was going fine. Isel has always been good at figuring things out.

An entire day later she had finished reading the memories and made a decision. Isel went to the desk and started writing things out to make sense of it. From Lilly's memories, it seems like she was a genuinely well-liked person, that is because she was the count's only daughter, she also had many suitors perhaps it was one of them?. Isel stared at the paper "well I guess the only way to find out is to actually go out somewhere" and right on cue a man walked in bowing "ma'am the ball at the duke's mansion, are you going?"

Isel inwardly smirked, "Yes, Please prepare the necessities"

Isel was finally dressed and frowned. "I need to find the murderers quickly I hate this dress. But before let's take a bit whiskey with me in case I meet unholy people"

As she walked into the grand ball women smiled gratefully at Isel to which I Isel responded accordingly. She socialized with an abundance of people to try to get anything, but she had noticed one thing. It seems the lady with pink hair hates her. She keeps shooting glares at her.

Isel smiled inwardly and walked towards the pink-haired girl named Hannah. "Good day."

The Pink haired girl sneered but replied "Yes, thank you" she bowed

Isel knew she got something when the pink-haired girl whispered in her ear, "Do you think they will stop just because you have kept a distance from the duke this evening"

"What if I don't want them to stop" She whispered back

"What if all I want right now is for them to continue and continue"

Hannah's face palled "you don't even know them"

"Oh really, okay. I don't"

Hannah didn't seem convinced and she grabbed her arm "listen they won't stop until you're dead. "

Isel pulled her arm back "Then I invite them with open arms"

Hannah paled ten times more if that was even possible and Isel continued "tell them don't stop and if they try to stop they are the ones that will die" Isel smiled again never reaching her eyes she winked and walked away. Hannah on the other hand was having a hard time breathing from what she heard. Isel walked into the balcony "I feel like a stuffed turkey right now" she muttered to no one in particular,

"How unfortunate, at least you don't look like one" Isel rolled her eyes at the voice behind her. It was the girl's cousin who was obsessed with her.

"Yes I suppose" she smiled with her eyes closed clearly trying to disguise her contempt for this man.

She wanted to murder everyone right now, She could care less. She could easily disguise it as an assassination attempt but she had to hold herself back. Something Isel was amazing at. Self-control. She had mastered it since she was a child. But that didn't stop her from having murderous thoughts.

The cousin moved closer trying to peck near her lips to make her nervous but Isel moved back and acted like she was going to fall to her death and the cousin got nervous. He held out his hand "quickly hold." She looked into his eyes for a while. He thought she was admiring him because he was a fool. She gave a believable yet fake smile. She grabbed his hands to bring herself but dragged him down into the lake. He screamed "Oh no. Mark I will go get help don't worry" she spoke in a high-pitched voice. The cousin, Mark smiled at her worry and nodded while she turned around and walked away with no intentions of helping him. While walking out she made a gagging face in reaction to the annoying voice she made.

She was walking into the tea room and she heard a noise behind her "How rude to leave a man like that"

She turned and smiled at the man. He was Duke Kuraim, Known for his expressive red eyes, silver hair, and handsome looks. One word to describe him was devilish. "Would you like to be in his place?"

Isel saw a shock flicker through his eyes. And she fucked up. She shouldn't have said that. Lilly was obsessed with this man. "I apologize, Duke, I misspoke." She bowed and continued to walk away, she noticed a man running up the stairs and she hummed. The lights suddenly went off and the duke held Isel's hand. "Duke, don't be afraid of the dark. I am hereby your side." she let her amusement leak. She fucked up again but she still knew what she was doing. She also knew what he was doing but she could care less. The duke snorted. "so this is who you really are"

Isel stared at his red eyes "no it's not" she responded

Isel smiled and while the duke was looking around she teleported.

She was now where the guy ran. She walked casually, not scared one bit.

While walking she casually entered the duke's room. "I was looking for it!" She replied happily and clapped her hands to the man in a mask. The man attacked her with a knife, Isel dodged it quite easily, the man continued to attack but she kept dodging as if she was playing with him. He threw a vase at her out of fear Isel didn't feel like moving and it hit her head and she was bleeding, yet her reaction scared the man even more. She was grinning. This made him angry and he used magic on her as a last resort.

Isel's face turned cold. Her true colors. She sighed "I wanted to play a little longer with you". She tied him up using magic. "Who sent you"

"I- The magic circle sent me to kill you. Please that's all I know let me go" He cried

Isel sighed "I am afraid it's too late for you. You chose a mission that was impossible. They set bombs inside you. And now the time is ticking and you're about to die in" Isel looked at the clock up and looked back smiling "5 minutes"

Isel grabbed his collar "so tell me everything you know and I just might save you Herold" The man froze. And nodded to which Isel smiled with her eyes closed.