Chapter 5

Ah. Vivian gave a slight nod. It was understandable but still, it would be quite sad as the sun could not brighten the room completely.

“The Master is still sleeping.”

As soon as he finished talking, Vivian took a look around the room. Even though this particular room was more spacious than the corridor, there was no sight of any mirrors at all.

When Vivian had realized how the monstrous Grand Duke couldn’t be seen anywhere in the room, she gracefully turned towards them.

“I’d like it to be just the two of us.”

Then, she slowly took off her outerwear and handed it to Amanda.

“You too.”

“I-I understand, my lady.”

Amanda’s eyes widened as she didn’t expect that she would have to leave as well, nevertheless she quickly lowered her head.

Unlike the butler who went out obediently, Amanda followed him with her constant steps yet still, she kept turning her head to check back on Vivian.

“Well then. Please let me know if you need anything else.”

Finally, the butler closed the door after he had confirmed it with Vivian.

The moment that no one was looking at her, she immediately doffed her stuffy hat.

“Fyuh…”

Only when the hat that was covering half of her vision had disappeared, could she feel the light entering her eyes. Yet, the room was still dark inside.

Vivian took a look around the room where she couldn’t properly observe it before due to the presence of the butler.

“Why is this room so desolate?”

Vivian slowly muttered. Even if the Young Lady’s room wasn’t flashy enough to make all eyes turn around, the Grand Duke’s room was even more barren.

Is this really a room for people to live in? She wondered where to lay her eyes upon the room that only had such bare necessities. In contrast to how rumor has it that he eats people, she straight away averted her eyes when there was absolutely nothing to see about that. The only thing that caught her eye was the bed that had no presence at all, which was enough to make one think of whether or not real people were actually resting in there.

She carefully approached the bed while clutching on the hat she was holding. She could actually kill some time without even seeing the Grand Duke, but curiosity got hold of her mind. She had wanted to take a look at the real thing that was said to be the one who eats other people.

“Oh…?”

Vivian had unconsciously held her breath as she suddenly couldn’t divert her eyes from him, whom she had once thought to be unsightly. Unlike the rumors going around, the face that couldn’t be seen obviously under the curtain wasn’t that unpleasant at all. Instead, it was more towards the attractive side, which had caught Vivian’s absolute attention.

The high nose bridge, along with a sharp jawline had made it quite difficult to soften the rumored image that ultimately reduced him to be just a beast.

Still, how could people actually call him a beast? Certainly, his build was outright larger than that of Vivian’s, but that was all. It was such a waste that people had overlooked his gorgeous features that were akin to blooming flowers. She straight away wondered if people were even unaware of this appearance of his.

Vivian couldn’t help but to question. Why would people brand him as the monstrous Grand Duke?

“Who is it?”

It was just at that precise moment. Vivian was stunned at once when the Grand Duke had suddenly opened his eyes before turning his gaze towards Vivian.

The thought that she had already taken off her hat, which forced her to meet his direct gaze at the same time had startled Vivian to a loss.

Did he notice? What would he think, looking at me without my hat? Everything was all jumbled up, which had rendered her speechless.

“I’m asking, who is it?”

She realized a second later when the Grand Duke had already repeated his question. His gaze was fixated on her, yet his focus was somehow distracted.

“I’m A…lexia.”

Vivian bit her lips immediately to the words she had unconsciously uttered in her own true tone. This couldn’t be how Alexia would conduct herself.

Vivian then quickly began to imitate the real Alexia.

“Alexia Britton, the Young Countess.”

“Ah.”