Chapter 123: Chapter 123

123 Chapter 123 – The mirror of truth

The sun was going down the horizon, casting a golden glow in Feng’s eyes. she looked into the distance with a small sigh. ‘thank god we escaped that... if not for that sword we would have been done for.’

“let’s go in now. Uncle will return with Ethan and Aiden back safely,” lady Perlin rounded them up and led them back into the huge mansion gates as for Claudius he followed them around like a silly puppy.

Lady Perlin noticed his gaze falling in Feng occasionally but she decided to ignore it for now.

“Young Claudius I will send some of our soldiers to escort you back home,”

“oh about that.... I don’t feel safe leaving so late at night,” Claudius whispered with an awkward smile.

Lady Perlin did not have the patience to even notice this. “Very well then. I will ask the servants to prepare a guest room for you. Please enjoy your stay,”

Saying so she hurried the kids into the mansion doors.

The head maids and the butler came running to them, seeing their awful state.

“What happened? Lady, are you hurt anywhere?”

.....

“no, I’m completely fine Kiran, take the kids to their rooms and help them freshen up can you,” lady Perlin smiled at them. “if you are scared to be alone, come to my room okay... aunt will take a bath and accompany you with a lovely little story,”

Feng chuckled. “We are not kids aunt. we can sleep on our own,”

“but I want to read a bedtime story to my dears,” she laughed cheerfully as she climbed up the stairs.

To their surprise lady Hiliana stood at the top of the stairwell with a shocked look on her face. “What is this? Perlin what happened to your clothes?”

“oh, it’s nothing. It got caught in the flames. It’s fine,” she did not explain the full story of the situation. “Come sister, let’s have a talk in my chambers. Let the kids have their time to clean up,” she dragged lady Hiliana away.

The old lady glanced back. “Feng, Elle? You both okay?”

“We are fine and dandy,” Feng smirked.

“don’t use those words dear it’s unladylike,” lady Hiliana followed as they both disappeared from their sight.

Feng let out a deep breath. “How do you think lady Hiliana will react to this?”

“it’s mother to you.” Elle playfully tugged at her clothes. “And I’m pretty sure we will never have alone time even at school.”

“Soldiers?”

“Rofles family soldiers. Back when I was young, I almost got kidnapped. Grandma got so angry she arranged for at least twenty men to follow around. Mind you, I was only about knee-high. Those tall me towered over me, casting a shadow on me. I never saw sunlight for a few years,” Elle said with a grimace.

Feng thought about that possibility. “It doesn’t seem that bad,”

“it is bad. Soldiers especially don’t like to bathe. You can smell them a mile away.” Elle secretly whispered and dashed off when her maid called for her.

Lana too ran after her and led her to her room. “oh, young miss, here, let me wipe the soot off your face,” she gently wiped away the Black marks off her neck and hands. “I’ll have the servants draw a bath for you.” she wiped down her finger even,

But when she looked at her hands Lana froze. “Why are your fingers so red? young miss, you need cream,” she hurried to the cupboard to take a bottle of fansy-looking cream.

“I do not need cream Lana. I’m fine. just a bath would be okay. no more infusion oils or scrubbing, please. my skin is red and raw already from the bath this morning,” she plopped down on the sofa with a loud sigh.

The game interface beeped slightly.

{‘task, save lady Perlin has been successfully completed.

Reward: mirror of truth.}

Feng was too tired to care about the reward. She closed her eyes and calmed her mind down. today was such a brutal battle. Even though she personally didn’t touch any blood, she killed and maimed two humans.

At that time, she didn’t think much.

But sitting down she couldn’t think of anything else.

‘if I didn’t hurt, then they would have hurt us. Its... its only fair I did that. I can’t feel guilty about it.’

Lana came back to help her with the bath.

Feng did not let her in. she stripped off her clothes and jumped into the slightly warm water with a sigh.

‘Why was Clarina there? It seems to be a weird coincidence.’

When dyke was carrying her out of the inn, she noticed that most of the servant corpses were in the interior region of the inn. That could only mean that the dead servants were not visible from outside.

‘it’s not possible for it to be a coincidence. Maybe Clarina was also part of this.’

She leaned back on the cold wooden tub with a soft sigh. There were too many things she didn’t know about that game. It was aggravating when she thought about it.

‘lets forget about that.’ she took out the system reward.

The reward was a small hand mirror made up of what looked like sterling silver. The surface of it was blacking. The mirror was flawless, though. it reflected her face perfectly.

“Mirror of truth, huh? game system, what is the use of this?”

{“mirror of truth: it’s a magical prop that can tell you the harsh truth that no one wants to hear~”}

Feng rolled her eyes. nothing in this game seemed like a serious thing.

‘How many uses do I get out of it you stupid game?’

{‘since it’s a class F artifact, its uses are not limited,’}

“ah so I can use it how many times I want. Cool,” she liked this mirror a lot. Unlike the other props, it won’t break or disappear after a certain number of uses.

She wiped the surface with the water. “Mirror, mirror, in my hand, please tell me what clarian was doing in that inn?” she jokingly patted the mirror.

Suddenly, a flashing light came out of it.

Stunned, she dropped it in the water.

“Oh shit,” she picked it up after observing that the light was harmless.

A few lines appeared on it mysteriously.

[‘Clarina came to save the lady in distress,’]

“Huh I don’t believe that bitch for one second. She must have an ulterior motive. Tell me why doe clarain want to save her?” she dug deeper into the matter.

[‘Clarina wanted the support of the duke to enter the high society. Saving the lady in distress can give her that access,’]

“See I knew that girl was poisonous.” She smilingly cleaned the water stain of the mirror. “Did she plan this attack?”

[‘yes’]

“Fucking hell, I knew it! that Clarina. She wanted to kill lady Perlin and act heroic in front of the duke. Maybe that is what happened in the true story. Maybe that’s why he adopted her in the first place.”

Feng got out of the tub and wore the towel around her torso.

She pulled apart the serration curtain to see a certain person sitting on the bed.

“oh god!” She hurriedly closed the curtain. “Mister Yu... what are you doing here this late in the evening.’

Her heart was pounding in her chest. ‘What is this man doing huh? he scared the shit out of me...’

“I’m sorry... this was the only way I could meet you. heard about the incident today. I’m so sorry I was not with you. if I had been close, I would not have let anything happen to you,”

“Nothing happened to me.” Feng interrupted. Yubiri has been getting weirdly attached to her. She did not want that one bit. First of all, he made his intentions clear to count her. ‘but I’m only ten. He’s a perv.’ She thought in her heart.

“but... you could have been hurt,”

“Sir Yu I’m very well capable of protecting myself. I don’t need you waiting beside me for that. so, please.... I want you to leave.”

The footsteps slowly walked close to the separation curtains. “You are cold to me,”

“No, I’m not, sir. This is how anyone would react if they saw a man uninvited in the room late in the evening. please leave.”

“I’m... I’m sorry... I will leave now. I bought you a gift. I’ll leave it on the bed,”

Saying this, the footsteps rushed away.

Feng poked her head out. the window curtains were wildly dancing in the wind. “he is quite creepy to be honest....”

She came out and called for Lana.

Her maid helped her get into her completed evening dress.

Since their family had a gust aka the unwanted mister Claudius they had to be well dressed.

That means she couldn’t wear her nightgown and roam around the hallways.

Sighing, she relented to her fate and wore the corset and her clothes.

At dinner, everyone met up in the dining room.

Ethan and Aiden ran to her immediately asking her if she was alright,

Feng had to assure them for ten minutes, only after that did the boys calm down.

“Boys, sit,” the duke pulled Ethan and Aiden to their seats. He then lead Feng and Elle back to the seats close to lady Perlin and lady Hiliana. “let’s all forget about what happened today. Eat,”

the feast began

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