Chapter 18 - End Of Act 1

"To The Temple!"

A week has passed after my encounter with the emperor, and that nightmare came back haunting me eversince.

Im so tired, and i want to sleep properly, but every time that dream appears, it keeps me up at night, sleepless.

As the maid walked in, she was truly surprised to see how i looked, "Your grace!, your sleep schedule is getting worse, mybe a doctor is really needed now."

"I am fine Mia, this'll just go away once this nightmare disappears, so dont worry, i can still lift my arms like this, so I'll be ok, also make-up can hide my bad complexion. "

She thought, your grace... please, you need treatment, but she didn't say it outloud because she doesn't want to disobey her.

Reading the papers to start off my work, my eyes kept blinking in drowsiness,  but i endured since i knew the importance of this, and it is my role to finish my job properly.

I swear it all happened because of that orb, just what kind of curse did it place upon me, do i really deserve to struggle like this?, well mybe if i was the original Cynthia its deserving, but me? The soul that's inside this girl is innocent!

The head butler knocked outside, "Your grace, may i enter?"

"Of course."

Opening the door, he showed, "These are all the newly hired maids your grace since the retiring workers have already left."

All of them bowed.

I smiled, "It's an honor that all of you chose the grand ducal household to work with. Please take good care of the manor and i ."

Some of them spoke, "We will do our best to serve the grand duchy."

Philip told them, "All of you can start working to your assigned stations now."

They bowed and excused themselves.

Then suddenly, out of nowhere, Mia ran in front of the room.

I asked, "Mia, what's wrong?"

"Your grace, the succesor of the mage tower is here to see you."

Succesor of the mage tower?, does she mean Jullios?!

"Where is he?"

"He's in the lobby waiting."

"Is that so? Thank you for informing me." I stood up and went directly at his location. As i arrived, i questioned him, "Jullios, why are you here?"

He complained like a toddler, "Is there any problem with my presence? For two weeks straight, you didn't even bear to contact me. Do you really consider me as your friend? All this time i was waiting for a visit or even just a letter telling me how you were doing but not one single update came from you, and that makes me a bit disappointed at this, i thought both of us were getting close."

I sighed, oh my, why is he acting like a child?, "Im sorry, i was quite busy with stuff, and i haven't gotten any proper sleep eversince the debutante ball."

He felt better after she apologized, "So that explains why you look so pale. And i am also sorry, i didn't mean to rant like that. It's just my emotions get the best of me at times."

I sat beside him since my body was too weak to stand for a long period.

Haiiiiz, it feels like im becoming a grandma.

He looked at me and held my hand, i told him, "What are you doing?"

"Im examining your condition, and it seems like your mana is very unstable. To add on this energy is not normal at all. Have you perhaps received any medical treatment?"

"No, not really."

"What! Why would you not?! You're in a dangerous state right now. Do you know that you can die from this?"

I replied in shocked, "What?!"

"You shouldn't have ignored it for this long."

I panicked, "Well, ok, then i shall call a doctor and..."

"No!, a normal doctor cant fix this, we need to go to the temple and ask the saintess for help, only she is powerful enough to heal your type of mana problem since shes also considered to be one of the people who were blessed by god."

"Ok, I'll tell my maids to prepare us my coachman."

As the preparations were finished, both of us sat inside the carriage and departed in a hurry.

I never knew my condition was this serious, and the fact that I've been dismissing Mia's statements as if it was nothing. Truly, it seems like the universe wants me dead.

Jullios noticed my troubled expression, so he held my hand and comforted me, "Dont worry, the saintess will 100% cure you, i swear on my great name, and besides ill be here close to you until this is over, so dont worry, you are not alone in this."

His reassurance made me feel at ease, "Thank you, Jullios."

It's truly nice to have friends, though he's childish at times, but he's really good at keeping people company.

TO BE CONTINUED!

END OF THE FIRST ACT

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ACT 2 COMING SOON...

The Evil Grand Duchess Just Wants To Enjoy Her Brand New Life!

AUTHORS NOTE:

THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING THE STORY THIS FAR, I AM TRULY HAPPY FOR ALL THE READS THAT YALL GAVE, LIKE LITERALLY IM SO GRATEFUL :')

ALSO ILL JUST LABEL THIS AS COMPLETED FOR NOW SINCE SEASON 1 IS FINISHED, AND I PROMISED ILL BE BACK WITH SEASON 2 VERY SOON, SO I CANT WAIT FOR YALL TO READ THE CONTINUATION OF THE BOOK.

BUT ANYWAYS AS OF NOW, I LOVE YOU, SEE YA IN CHAPTER 19♡