Chapter 1131 Young Mistress? Maid?
"Davis, you’re here!~" Claire smiled with joy as she saw her son return.
"Yea..." Davis pursed his lips as he walked towards him, his mind running numerous calculations in utter confusion.
’Okay, I know mother said that she enslaved her but to think that Nora Alstreim would really act as a maid...’ His brows couldn’t help but imperceptibly twitch.
Once Nora Alstreim finished pouring tea for both Claire and Logan, she bowed and took two steps back, like a maid. Her cheeks were crimson, but she seemed to hold whatever embarrassment she felt. The only thing different was that she still wore the Young Mistress’s specific and unique white robe.
She appeared alluring in her plight, but it seemed like his parents were living the high life.
"Nora, get a seat for my son," Claire spoke cordially.
Nora Alstreim bit her lips before she reluctantly moved towards a chair and placed it beside the table they sat over. Just as she was about to leave their side, that melodious yet grating voice echoed again.
"What are you doing? Be respectful~." Claire added with a smile.
Nora Alstreim’s lips trembled before she looked at Davis and gestured, "Please sit, young master..."
Davis sat and saw Nora Alstreim move away. Only then, he turned to look at his mother, a wry smile hanging on his face.
Claire knowingly answered, "She’s going to be my maid for a thousand years. If her performance as a maid is up to my liking, I will treat her really good~."
She emphasized, making Nora Alstreim lower her head in shame and anger.
But what could she do other than endure?
She had already determined herself to be a slave for a thousand years, forgoing her youth and the time of vibrancy. However, she didn’t want it to end like this, and Claire said something similar, telling her that it was possible to shorten her sentence if she was obedient.
That was why she went out of her way to listen to every word that came out of Claire’s mouth.
"Claire, don’t go too far..." Logan solemnly spoke, "She’s still the Young Mistress..."
Claire’s expression fell, her eyes becoming sharp, "What did you say?"
"I said that you’re going too far!" Logan pressed as his gaze became sharp, "Nora is a good and innocent woman who should not be punished at all!"
"You!" Claire widened her eyes as if she couldn’t believe whose side he was taking, "Don’t you know that her ignorance and irresponsibility is the cause for my suffering?"
Logan retorted, "Yes! But didn’t you say also say that without her, you wouldn’t have met me!? Didn’t you say that she was your friend!?"
Claire’s pupils trembled before she harrumphed and turned her gaze away, sipping the tea in silence.
Davis had his eyes narrowed for a while as he listened to their conversation. While they looked as if they were fighting, he could sense with his Heart Intent that there were no hard feelings between them. It was almost as if...
’Fuck! Are they playing good cop and bad cop!?’
He cast a glance with the corner of his eyes and saw that Nora Alstreim had a complex expression while she stared at Logan.
’Damn, she’s so naive...’
"That’s why the only way I can bring us together is through you, husband!"
"However, I will not allow you to have emotions towards her until I say so..."
"So selfish..." Logan interjected, but Claire continued with a somber expression.
"Didn’t I accept your selfishness in accepting those six concubines...?"
Logan pursed his lips as he could not say anything against this matter.
Claire watched his expression before she took a deep breath, revealing her intent.
"If she accepts your love but tries to use you against our family or me, I will kill her myself. The same way, if she doesn’t use you to possess an advantage against us, I will accept her as my sister."
"This is the oath I have taken for myself!"
Claire declared, causing Logan to sigh in dismay.
"Claire..." Logan couldn’t help but remind, "In case if you forgot, I literally took an oath, declaring that I would have no relationship with any other women other than the seven of you."
"You did..." Claire nodded as if she didn’t forget, "But for whom did you take it for?"
"Was it for you or me?"
Logan narrowed his eyes, "For you..."
"Very well..." Claire adjusted her voice, "I swear that I will not hold anything against you, and allow you one last time to take another woman called Nora Alstreim as your woman, my only friend whom I wanted to get close with since childhood."
Claire seemed to seal the coffin with the nails as she finally declared.
"This way, with your current soul prowess, you should be able to exterminate your Heart Demon by yourself."
Logan gnashed his teeth in anger. He knew what she said was plausible. It would’ve been virtually impossible for him in the past, but with his soul prowess grown in addition to obtaining consent from the woman he made the oath for, he knew that he could exterminate the Heart Demon upon introspection.
Oaths were like that, sometimes impregnable, sometimes flimsy. As long as one could untie the knots that bound the heart, they would be able to let it go. That’s why it was a double-edged sword.
"Is Nora Alstreim so important to you? Why not just let her go?" he couldn’t help but ask.
Claire shook her head, "She would become my enemy if I let her go, and I would have to vainly kill her with how I humiliated her grandfather and deceived half of their complete wealth. Therefore, I want her to be yours so that she can choose us instead."
Davis’s eyes lit up. It looks his mother has indeed thought a lot about his words. He also confirmed that it was because of his bad influence that she became like this, but he had no words to offer because he wasn’t opposed to this plan at all.
He turned to look at the uncertain yet hesitating Logan.
"Let me put it this way, father..."
"It was Mother who was against you in being with other women, and after you made an oath that she is still your everything, it is Mother who has accepted you in being with other women. If a few random strangers with your children from the past can be your women, then why not the person whom she thinks of as her sister, whom she had done something wrong to and wants to make up for it?"
Logan wavered.
’Wait... I’m starting to understand Natalya’s thoughts for myself...’ Davis abruptly mused.
No wonder Natalya wants her little sister Fiora to be together with him. It was because Natalya knew that he would give her a better life, and at the same time, care for her than anyone she could possibly imagine!