Duchess Mira

"My Lady..."Leo said suddenly appearing in front of Mira who just came out of nowhere.

"Make it quick, Leo." Mira said sighing, feeling tired and drained after what happened last night. She held her hand tightly trying to cover her faint mark from Leo. Leo looked down at Mira's hand and didn't say a word and just said "A mysterious man came or rather a thief trying to steal some important doc.u.ments came to the base."

"What?" Mira asked not believing what she heard. 'Is the security really more lax these days? When we are entering one of the most vital parts of our plans?!?' Mira thought as she clenched her hand.

"A mysteri-"

"After this." Mira said cutting Leo. Leo looked at Mira's eyes and the hairs in his body went up.

"I-it seems I have been too relax these days...huh?" Mira said chuckling darkly.

Leo started to scream internally in his head because he knew this look better than anyone. Leo gulped and silently cried in his head.

Mira looked at Leo and said "After we deal with the nuisance get ready for some intense training..."

Leo cried even more in his hands and wanted to w.h.i.n.e in front of Mira but Mira's scary expression made him hesitate to do what he wanted to do.

"Leo, guard my room and make sure no one ever enters." Mira said to Leo as she got a hair tie from the pocket of her dress. 'If this get out... it will be a whole new trend.' Leo thought as he looked at his Lady tying her hair.

Mira tied her hair into a ponytail and Leo said "Yes, My Lady. You could trust on me."

Then without another word Mira left.

"Christoph. Tell Ronald to search information about that man." Mira said to one of Leo's subordinates as she looked at the window looking at Cristoph indirectly through a hanging mirror, who was hiding in one of the trees.

"Yes, my lady." Christoph said and left without another word.

Mira hurriedly went inside her large library and as expected there was not a single soul inside because only a few people can ever enter and servants can only clean once a week.

Mira then went to the darkest and deepest place in the library. She moved one of the bookshelves and it revealed a painting of a beautiful n.a.k.e.d lady.

She removed the painting and there was a small but not too small hole where Mira could fit in.

"And this dress was so cute. I wanted to wear it for a little more..." Mira said as she removed her beautiful dress. Mira looked at the dress that was all over the dirty floor and sighed. 'I will have to order them to clean it immediately...' Mira thought as she went into the dark hole and behind her back one of her subordinates under Leo put the painting and bookshelf were it belong.

When Mira reached the end of the hole. She knocked on the hole and someone opened it.

"My lady, here are your clothes." One of Mira's subordinates said.

"Thank You..." Mira said putting on pants and a shirt. "Hurry and tell me all you know as we go there." Mira said as she opened the door revealing another long underground passage way to the SWORDS base.

"I am sorry, my lady. We couldn't find anything about him." The female servant said as they went out of the room. Her hands started to shake, fearing Mira might yell because there were rumors around the SWORDS that she screames like the devil but unexpectedly Mira just stayed silent for a while and said "Hmmmm... interesting."

After a long tiring walk Mira finally reached the base. She knocked on a huge metal door and someone started to open several locks.

"My Lady..." Kyle, one of the founding members of the SWORDS who had rectangular glasses and was in his late thirties said as he saw Mira and bowed.

"I am sorry we weren't able-"

"It's fine... just lead me to where he is currently is staying." Mira said and Kyle bowed and said "Yes, my lady..."

When Mira arrived in front of the door she turned to Kyle and said "His attitude?"

"We do not know he just said he will only talk if you come..." Kyle said. "We are terribly sorry, my lady."

"It's fine... well we just have to see do we?" Mira said as she opened the door.

When Mira opened the door it revealed a hooded man with beautiful white and clear skin which made Mira stare. Mira looked at his hands and as she expected it was rough and Mira smirked. 'It seems we have a silver spoon thief in our hands.' Mira thought looking up at the hooded man.

Mira looked at the thief posture and it was straight and perfect and he was also not slouching like other commoners or slave who slouch a lot as they sit. Mira looked at skin and smiled a bit because most commoners do not have clear skin like he did unless they were a rich merchant.

Yet Mira knew just looking at him Mira knew he is not a merchant because His outfit may be dirty but his body language, aura is like a high ranking noble.

Mira was bewildered on how no one noticed that he wasn't a commoner just by looking at him. It just made Mira even more convinced that she needs to make a stricter training schedule. Mira sighed and as she went near the thief she immediately removed his cloak.

Mira's eyes widen as she saw the same face she saw a few days ago...

"Hello there, Lady Mira." The man said to Mira and he smiled.

"W-what?" Mira said not believing who she was looking at.

"Interesting place you got here but I am sorry for my intrusion and hope you will forgive my rudeness." The man said as he stood up and bowed to Mira and grabbed her hand and kissed it.

Mira couldn't reply what the man said. The man looked up to Mira and smiled.

"My lady?" Mira heard Kyle said behind her because he never saw Mira so shaken.

'What the h*ck' Mira thought as the man smiled to her not hearing what Kyle said. Mira's hands started to shake and she couldn't believe what she was seeing the right thing or person.

"Shall we go straight to business?" The man asked Mira sweetly. Mira stared at the man still not believing who she was looking at because the very man who was smiling upon her was no other than Valor, the Crown Prince of the Aiphilian Kingdom.

When Noah fainted beside Mira or rather when Claude fainted beside Mira. He suddenly was in a forest. He saw a little girl crying from a distance.

He approached the little girl and saw her covered with blood.

"What?" Claude whispered as he tried going near the little girl who was screaming in pain.

"Who-" Claude stopped his tracks as he saw the girl's hair turn white.

"The f*ck?!?" Claude said as he saw the little girl's hair turn white under the moonlight. Claude looked at the little girl and he didn't know what to do. He saw the little girl's hands started to shake and he tried to go near her but then the little girl stood up.

She turned around and Claude's eyes widen. He knew that face. The same rumored white hair and the same unparalleled beauty. The eyes was not exactly the same but it had the same burning passion he saw before. The little girl he was Athalinda Mira Islvatoré, the flower of the high society of the Aiphilian Kingdom but how could that be even possible?

Claude couldn't believe what he was looking as the little girl's hair glowed.

Claude stared at the girl feeling confused and unsure what to do but then the little girl started to glow alongside the moon.

Claude saw a mark appeared at her arm. The little girl stared to scream in pain once more.

Claude rushed up to the little girl and when he tried to catch her when she was about to fall she went right pass him.

"What?" Claude exclaimed. He immediately looked at the little girl and she started to remove her shirt and Claude's eyes widen.

A golden dragon was wrapped her upper body. The girl screamed even more as she saw the state of her body.

Then girl started wheezing. Claude's eyes widen. The little girl held her c.h.e.s.t tightly and tears started to fall down from her face.

"Asthma..." Claude said looking at the little girl's panicked face. He tried to help her again by going down on the grass but as he tried to hold her hand it just went through her hand.

The little girl cried even more and more until she started to disappear in front of Claude.

"W-wait you need to-" Claude shouted as the little girl started to vanish in front of him without noticing it himself he also started to vanish alongside with her. "WAI-"

Suddenly Claude landed on a cold hard floor. "Ow..." Claude said. He tried to figure out what was happening but he couldn't. Then he heard a dark cold laugh.

"Well, well... what do we have here?" The cold voice laughed.

Claude immediately stood up and sensed five, fourteen no twenty-four people surrounding him.

"So this is my first grandchild?" The voice said. Claude looked down and saw the little girl beside him having an asthma attack.

Claude's eyes widen as all her marks disappeared and her white hair disappeared too. 'The h*ck?!?' Claude thought.

"DON'T HARM HER!!! I WILL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT BUT PLEASE NOT MY DAUGHTER!!!" One of the men lying down on the floor who was beaten almost to death.

"I told you didn't I already..... listen to me from the beginning right? Now see what happens if you don't listen to me, brat?" The cold voice said.

"P-papa..." The little girl cried.

"Atha..... " The man said crying. "P-please don't- Ahhhhh!!!" The man screamed as someone whipped him behind the back.

"P-papa..." The little girl said.

Claude stared at the scene and clenched his fist because he knew he couldn't do anything because the people couldn't see or help him.

"Send him to the cell also hold that thing along with him....." The cold voice said laughing.

Claude looked as the masked men grabbed the little girl and he saw her faint.

"ATHA- ahhhhh!!!" The man screamed in pain again as someone whipped his back again

"Tsk...tsk." The cold voice said. "I told you to listen before didn't I?"

Suddenly the man fainted while the cold voice laughed and the scene started to vanish before Claude.

"M-mister... wake up!" A girl of a voice said shaking Claude's body. "M-mister!!!"

Claude woke up sitting up straight immediately, breathing heavily. It was dark but there was only a small light that was coming from a lamp at the edge of the room.

"M-mister you're finally awake! How-" The girl stopped as she saw a tear fell down on Claude's face.

"Huh?" Claude said as he wiped a tear from his face. "What just happened?"