Chapter 11 The Marquis
Aillenne went out of the house leaving the elated children behind and came back to the first district.
She had a to-do list in her pocket and she kept imagining what she would buy and what things she would like to see.
"I left the house the other time to search for Collin, then I went to get another character. Now's the time I could get to enjoy. It's still early and I bet they didn't even noticed that I'm away. Well, who would dare find me? They don't even care."
"I wonder if they have strawberry candies here. I miss eating those."
She said as she looked around the cute shops.
"Hmm... would the soup taste different here? I'm curious."
"How about the trends in this society? What trends do they have now?"
"Ohhh... I'm so excited---!"
She felt squealing in excitement...
However, before she could even had the chance to enjoy, she saw knights wearing the emblem of her family.
Her eyes immediately widened almost giving it a pop. Her heart skipped a beat and her head felt like exploding. The pressure of seeing the Winston's knights in full uniform frightened her to the extreme. They were marching with intimidation and their eyes felt like cutting through the walls as they look around.
"Wha- what?! What's happening?"
"Oh my! Oh my! Have they found out that I'm gone out of the estate? Why would they care about that?"
"Seriously? Goodness!!"
She tried to hide her body in every corner. She hid by the box of apples and ran again towards the carriage at stop, but there were a lot of them. The chances of getting caught is a hundred percent.
"What should I do? Goodness!"
Panic stricken, she decided and ran back towards the Marquisate despite the high chance of getting caught.
It's better to be caught near the estate than to be caught red handed wandering the capital.
"Huff! Huff!"
Shwaaaa!!! Shwaaa!
Fortunately, rain began pouring and the hair color were washed away from her hair revealing the natural color. If it wasn't for the rain, it would take time for her to remove it. If by chance, she will already be caught by the knights and know what she's done.
That would be much worse.
She run and run faster than her feet could keep up even until her soles hurt. At last, she came to see the state of her house.
It was a total chaos.
She saw the commander of the knights harshly shouting at her employees. The maids and all the servants of the west house were kneeling half of their body down.
Their teeth were trembling due to the cold temperature of the wet ground and the rain.
"If the lady were still not seen an hour later, all of you will bear the master's wrath!"
Aillenne didn't knew whether to laugh or cry or feel touch at his words.
The Marquisate doesn't mind what she's been doing so far and now they're talking about her father's wrath?
'What words is he spouting? It doesn't seem to be in the vocabulary of the Marquis. I know father won't ever get angry even if I die. And here they are talking as if I'm very important? They even ordered and scattered the knights for a search.'
At first, she doesn't want to mind the people because of her bitter feelings. But the guilty feeling she had when she saw the servants who served her receiving all the blame she caused, it wouldn't simply wash away.
'I'm still human.'
"My lady!"
"My lady! I'm glad you're back! Where on earth have you been?"
"Thank the heavens! Goodness, your cold out there. Where have you been?"
She disregarded their empty worries and said acting like she's angry.
"Why are my friends out here? It's raining."
She said pertaining to her servants.
The servants widened their eyes and felt touched. A noble weren't meant to befried or mind a commoner, much less the commoner maids and servants who disregarded and bullied her in her lifetime.
They momentarily forgot about the harsh treatment imposed by the family knights and focused their attention to the little lady defending them. She looks like a little warrior defending the unfortunate people.
"My lady, where on earth have you came from?"
The booming voice came from the harsh looking commander. He looked so large like an aggressive grizzly father bear and could easily crush the small body of Aillenne.
She flinched at the harsh voice and couldn't help but tremble. She made up her mind and bit her tongue just to steel her courage. Aillenne smiled shyly and acted demure and embarrassed.
"Actually, I lost my way in the woods."
She said cutely then pointed the woods that were near the west house.
"Oh... if only you saw the bunny earlier, it was sooooo... cute!!! But it's so fast. I wasn't able to catch it, so I got tired looking for it. I sat to take a rest, but the next time I knew, rain were pouring heavily like this!!!"
Aillenne made exaggerated actions just to draw the agitated expression of the commander and the knights.
He slightly raised his brows making Aillenne ponder where had gone wrong.
'They were supposed to fall for the cute act. Or am I wrong? Nanny Sabbie can be fooled by it though...'
After some time, the commander nodded accepting her claim and understood what she meant, but he gave a warning to all the employees.
"The next time the lady will be lost, all of you will be punished! So get your head straight and do what you should do!"
He said then left with the knight party. She spun around and acted in sorrow.
"I'm very sorry to everyone. Hik! Hik! I made you all worry and experience such treatment on my behalf. I'm really sorry. I won't do that again...hik!"
She cried to get the people's sympathy and to wipe off her guilt. Fortunately, they believed and trusted her words. There's nothing in particular had happened while she was away.
Such a good thing.
***
After that day, the once peaceful and calm life was disturbed.
She tried going out but two guards were guarding her room and were very watchful of her every move. It's vexing though but itt was caused by her escape that turned the estate upside down, so she had no say.
Now, there are also two maids attached aside from the nanny. A lot of people were stationed to watch her movem
"I thought I told you to be well behaved, my lady?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't know that bunnies could be fast. I lost track of time then got tired."
The nanny sighed and released her nervous but angered expression. She came and gently wrapped Aillenne to her warm hug.
'Now I felt secure again.'
The nanny thought as she remembered the way the maids told her what had transpired that day.
'I'm worried about my lady. What if she got into trouble while wandering the forest?'
The nanny thought useless worries while Aillenne had a different thought in mind.
'Did Mikhael and his siblings arrived at the place? I hope they can follow my orders accordingly.'
***
Three days later after her nanny came back, it became a busy day for Aillenne.
The maids worked hard to clean every nook and cranny of the west house.
They also tidied her up to be presentable in front of the Marquis, whom would be seen by Sierra for the first time.