Duchess Mira

Claude looked at the scene in front of him and smirked. 'What do we have here?' Claude thought as he sees Duke Elias bow in front of the king.

Then someone from behind tapped his shoulder and gave him a piece of paper.

'I have finished my report on him, sir'

Claude put on a chilling smile and nodded at his subordinate and kept the paper in his pocket. He clicked his tongue four times and his subordinate vanished. He looked back on Duke Elias as he is talking to the king. Then Claude vanished from the castle.

"Cane, what have you found out about him?" Claude asked while ripping some doc.u.ments slowly. "I found out Duke Elias was very sickly when he is young." Claude snorted "is the body of that man i bumped, sickly?"

"That's whats weird General but i found out something more interesting." Cane said. "Tell me"

"I found out that Duke Elias childhood was greatly hidden by the Duke and not only that i heard reports from people who saw him once always died the next day." When Cane said Claude's chilling smile grew and grew. "Interesting"

"Cane, send report to my double that i will be staying longer than i thought." With that Cane left like the wind.

"Duke Elias, who are you?" Claude muttered to himself while looking at the castle chuckling to himself.

Morning came and Mira went back to sleep as soon she awoke. After the ball her head was killing her so she went back to sleep. Then someone knocked on the door. "My lady, you have a letters." Elira said behind the door.

"C-come in" Mira said while flopping on the bed again wanting to sleep even more. Mira doesn't want to get up she wanted to stay in the bed forever. Elira came in front of Mira's bed and said " You have twenty seven marriage proposals for you My lady and forty three marriage proposals for Duke Elias"

"Throw them" Mira said yawning glaring at Elira for a bit. " You disturb my time with the bed for that?!" Mira said clutching her blanket even nearer. "Well not only that my lady. A letter from the palace has arrived."

'𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵?!'

Mira sat up with a jolt and snatched the letter out of Elira's hand. "It is a letter from the palace" Mira muttered as she saw the stamp of the royal palace, a sunflower. Mira opened the letter and read it.

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Dear Duke Elias,

Happy greetings and happy debut to the high society. I wanted to invite you for some afternoon tea for a nice chat in my garden. You can bring your sister, lady Mira if you want. I hope you would attend this afternoon.

From,

The Crown Prince of The Aiphilian Kingdom

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Mira g.r.o.a.n.e.d upon reading the letter and her head started to ache even more. 'I just wanted to laze around today!!!' Mira internally screamed. Inside Mira's head she is crying tears of blood. She wanted to choke that Crown Prince from disturbing her lazy day.

Mira sighed and said "Elira, call the maid and prepare Duke Elias clothes we will go lighter clothes today"

"Yes my lady" When Elira left Mira started punching her beloved pillows in frustration.

Then when the maid came Mira sat down on a chair and she started her magical hands again. She first put some moisturizer because Mira's skin is dry. Then some make up base and some luminous and weightless liquid foundation and some concealer then did some contouring here and there. Then she made some illusion magic to make her jaw sharper and some of her features and made her neck look thicker and some light lipsticks and the eyebrow.

Then Mira put on green eye contacts and black hair and her suit squishing her poor b.r.e.a.s.t. Then shoes. Then Duke Elias is complete.

'𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘮' her head said aching more by the minute but Duke Elias ignored it and turned to the maid who dressed him up. "Thank you, you out did yourself today" The maid blushed at Duke Elias and touched her red face. "Anytime, Duke."

"Elira lets go to the city first, tell the servants prepare the carriage" Elira only nodded and blushed as she went out.

When Duke Elias arrived at the capital he scanned his surroundings and went to the famous Laurenta cake shop in the capital. He looked at the window and it is filled with girls eating cakes.

"Elira, wait for me outside the shop." Elira looked at her master and asked "What you are going to buy sir?"

"Whatever the most expensive or yummiest there" Elira nodded and opened the shop's door for her store. When Elias came in the shop became terribly quiet. The eyes of the young noble ladies and rich merchants seems they are about to pop. Elias ignored them and went in front of the counter and looked through the cakes.

'What should i buy?' Elias thought to himself. He stood their for some times and started to get frustrated because not only that his head ache is worsening. ' Their are too many options!'

Then he felt a tap in his shoulder. He turned seeing the most beautiful girl he saw in his life. The girl had beautiful sparkly blond hair and beautiful shining black eyes and long eye lashes. Her lips were plump red and her skin was flawless. 'It must be makeup' Elias thought.

"I think you should choose that one and that. " she said looking at Elias and flashing a dazzling smile. Elias nodded and asked "is it good?"

"Yes, it is the best seller here. I also recommend the butter bread and the cheesecake too" she said. She kept on talking five minutes straight while Elias keep nodding. After she is done talking Elias flashed a smile. "Thank you, miss"

"No problem, it is because I saw you struggling so i wanted to help" she said smiling widely at Elias. Elias looked at the cash register smiling to mask his aching head and the cash register blushed at Elias and gave him a tiny smile.

𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘮

"Um, may i have the cake of the month and some butter bread and the long bread there and the cream thing there" Elias said as he pointed at the desserts. After the cash register gave him the change. Elias turned to the lady and smiled "Thank you, good lady. I am sorry i took so much of your time and i see you have some friends waiting for you." Elias said as he saw the table near them with at least five girls gushing her over. Elias turned and said "Thank you, once more but I must leave" The beautiful girl smiled at Elias and said "It is nothing I am happy to help. I hope we cross paths once more."

Elias flashed smiled at her and said "I hope as well." Then he left the shop where Elira was waiting for him."Are you finished master?" Elias nodded at Mira "let's go to the palace" Elias said as he looked at the castle that is at the center of the city. 'time to meet the mysterious man of that snake.'

The beautiful lady saw Elias leaving and she sat down with her friends and they all pulled her arm to whisper. "who were you just talking to? He was beyond gorgeous!" One of the ladies squealed.

"I thought my heart was going to burst! Did you think he noticed me?!" One of the ladies screeched

"Of course not when she is here how can he notice you?"

"Come on, every woman has a unique and different charm and so you know, He is Duke Elias"

the beautiful lady said. "The rumored Duke Elias?!" One of them screeched shaking her a bit.

"Oh my..."

"He is Duke Elias?"

"I know why he never goes out because look at that face!" One of ladies said squealing and then the other ladies followed. The beautiful lady laughed at her friends and looked at the leaving figure of Duke Elias and smirked.