Stood before Estelle was the Duke of Lennox, who undoubtedly was also in incognito. His movements were not the same as what Estelle would have expected. Since the Duke of Lennox knew that she wasn't Ivory, having the holy mark was not enough reason for him to feel guilty. For a man who broke a countless women's heart, such an expression of guilt doesn't suit him.
"For someone whom I just met, you sure care a lot for a small wound." Estelle moved her currently bright brownish hair out of the way to clearly see the wound on her neck that was bleeding. As she moved her hair, a few strands of it fell on the ground due to the Duke's sharp sword.
Upon hearing Estelle's voice, or more clearly, Ivory's voice, the Duke stopped wavering and slowly reached out for her neck.
The Duke slowly brush the blood away and slowly take back his hand. He stared at Estelle's face for a few seconds before he returned to his senses.
"We should bandage that," said the Duke. He then hurriedly opened his bag and tried to find the crystallin that stores the medical tools.
"There is no need to trouble yourself, my Lord." Estelle used her holy magic to swiftly heal the wound and also made the hair strands to grow back.
"ake," whispered the Duke.
"What?" Estelle asked as he looks at the Duke who was not looking straight to her eyes, unlike when they first met. Now that the hood was down and the cloak's magic had vanished, Estelle could see that the Duke's ear was clearly red. The face was still unchanged but surprisingly, he was acting shy with how red his ear was.
The Duke immediately looked straight to Estelle's eyes, with an unwavering expression but red ears. The thought of the Duke being cute made Estelle laugh but she tried to hide it by covering her face and looking away.
Just like how Estelle thought that the Duke was being cute, he thought the same way. He somehow misunderstands her action when she tried to hide her laughter. He thought she was avoiding his gaze because she was being shy.
"Drake..."
"Hmm?" Estelle looked back at him, surprised.
"You may call me Drake." He said softly. It was unlike the way he treated Ivory in the past, which means the change of treatment wasn't for her but for Estelle.
"We just MET." Estelle gave emphasis in the word 'met' since it was no longer a secret that she wasn't Ivory.
"YOU do not have a title since YOU do not belong in this world. Is there any reason I should treat YOU the same as anyone from this world?" Drake said it as if it's not a big deal. Clearly Estelle made a wall between them when they first met, but he doesn't seem to care.
A lot of women was striving to get the position of Duchess of Lennox, and more wanted to be loved by the Duke himself. Just getting to call him by his first name would be a drag and lure more bothersome people. Not to mention that he is Dephty's chosen one which she has put an invisible magic on him that restraints Estelle to use her powers, both holy and her black magic.
"You know quite a lot." Estelle crossed her arm. "Drake".
Hearing her call his name made his ear grew redder.
"You now know my name; may I ask yours?" Drake kneeled and reached for her hand; it was a habit when meeting a woman whom he respects. The only people he had ever treated this way was the concubines of the Emperor.
Estelle cannot fight back because even if it was only a few miles away from him, her powers would not work the same way. Estelle let Drake have his way and as he touched her left hand, she felt an unfamiliar feeling. Her chest was tightening up. Estelle concluded that it must be the behavior of Ivory's body who longed for the man in front of her. But it wasn't.
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RomanceI've been through countless of lives. I was alone. I had nobody, until SHE gave you to me. An opportunity to be with you Maybe the reason that I've been reborn a couple of times is because we didn't meet. It was because we were meant to be together...
