Chapter 1105 The Escape (Part-2)

Chapter 1105 The Escape (Part-2)

All the guards in the mansion just watched with muted curiosity as a couple of men carrying two very large carpets on their shoulders made their way through the mansion's corridors, led by the large and portly Lord Cassius, who himself seemed to be carrying a child in his arms.

They of course knew this man's face and recognized his authority as one of their lord's closest allies.

Thus when he imperiously waved his hand, and shouted, "Move, move, get out of the way. Let them through," the soldiers found themselves instinctually obeying.

They did not dare ask what was happening or where they were going, or perhaps most critically, whose baby that was.

They only silently and obediently let the extremely busy man pass.

While back in Miss Linda's room, the two guards were also completely unaware that their bird had just flown the coop.

This was because there were a lot of servants moving to and fro in that room, making it difficult for them to keep track of who went out and who had gone in.

Plus, the overall clamor and din produced by their shouts and conversation confused them.

So when a large number of servants came in and they suddenly exited the room with so many things at once, the two men missed even the obvious clues, being too stunned to respond properly.

And this was on top of the obvious fact- which was that they never even suspected that such an escape was possible.

After all, this was all ordered by Lord Cassius, who was one of the closest allies. There was no way he could be an accomplice to the escape of their most valuable prisoner.

Thus the men mostly faced outward, only occasionally craning their heads inward to see what was going on and check whether everything was alright.

And would then quickly turn back upon confirming the silhouette of a regally dressed woman holding a boy, reassured the main piece was still there.

However, this was of course just one of Miss Linda's maids who had changed into her mistress's clothes and swaddled an empty stuffed blanket, cradling and gently swaying with it.

That's why the men only saw her back, and when viewed from a distance, with so many men moving and going around, they were unable to tell her apart.

It was the perfect plan, and very apparent that Miss Linda had made quite the elaborate preparations for her escape.

In which, with a little bit of lady luck's grace, Miss Linda succeeded!

She and her sister were able to smoothly pass through the most restricted parts of the mansion without raising any alarms and finally arrived at that abandoned corridor.

Once there, the men carrying them gently unfurled the carpet and rolled their mistresses on the floor, thus freeing them from their constraints.

"Ahhhh!" And as they revealed herself, Miss Linda revealed a great moan of sigh.

'No! I cannot think like this. We are in love. The gods will not be so cruel. We will surely meet again.'

However the portly man quickly pushed down these distracting thoughts to the back of his mind, and then rapidly turned on his heels, reminding himself, 'I just have to get father!' as he started to hurriedly sprint back.

Miss Linda and Lady Adele quickly crossed the dilapidated ruins of what was once a part of their home, ignoring the crumbling stone and wood infrastructure, the small and large potholes, the moss covered ceilings or the overgrown floors, as well as the gentle yet chilly winds leaking from the cracks and large holes all around.

It was difficult to claim this was once a place people used to live in. And not just any old people at that but- nobility.

There was very little evidence left as all the valuables such as paintings, utensils, and furniture

had been collected and transferred, at least the ones that had not been washed away by the flood.

So only the leftover junk was left, broken and discarded pieces of wood, metal, glass, and ceramic, thus making the place seem like a dump.

And it even smelt like one, as it stunk of overgrown damp moss and had a generally fishy, stuffy rancid odor.

It was not pleasant to take in.

Thus it was fortunate that the pair were able to make rapid progress through there, the ambient sunlight helping a lot in their effort.

One of the reasons why Miss Linda had made the unorthodox decision of escaping while the sun was up instead of the much more secure cover of darkness was due to this.

The others were the fact was it due to being hard to see, Miss Linda feared stumbling in the dark and tripping. And if she fell the 'correct' way, she might break even break her leg, thus ending her adventure then and there.

A fear made all the more real by the fact that this part of the house had been left abandoned.

So she had no idea what sort of state of disrepair it was in.

Then there was the concern if Miss Linda were to use a lamp to illuminate the way, it might give her position away.

After all, in the pitch black night, she would shine like a lighthouse, and who knew if any of the surrounding guards would spot this golden ray coming seemingly out of nowhere, and seeing it moving choose to investigate?

That would be trouble.

But undoubtedly the biggest reason for her choosing this time to escape was due to the night curfew.

Which was good news for her, but not so much for Lord Cassius.

Let us say no to piracy! Don't take part in a crime! Don't patronize thieves!