Chapter 65 - Future Heir

Abigail pov contd

"I am telling the truth, lady Sophie. If you do not believe me, you can try sparring with me." a frown formed on her face when I did not change my statement. She continued to look at me for a minute as if waiting for me to say, 'caught you, I was joking' but when it didn't happen her frown increased.

"You really are trying to be a knight? Can you? They are dirty, muddy and covered with dirt all the time. And they stand like guards, always in an alert position. The sun will ruin your flawless skin. " she complained, making an ugly face. I knew I still had to keep a relationship with her. She would come in handy when I had to know the internal affairs or schedule of Gerard or I would have told her how important a knight was for the kingdom.

"I know Lady Sophie. But this way I can claim to be the heir of the dukedom. I can be the lady of the house." I replied, and as expected her face shimmered, a greedy smile formed on her face.

"But what about lord Nickolas then?" she asked, looking pensively at me.

"What about him? If I could be the stronger one. My father would definitely choose me.`` I replied, shrugging my shoulders nonchalantly.

She looked at me, contemplating. Then smiled. "If that is the case I would tell my brother that you can not serve him. You have bigger dreams to fulfil.

Tell me if you need any help. I would ask my brother to help you. Though we are not in the same boat. We did not have any feud either." she replied, nodding satisfactorily. So my doubt was right. Her brother had sent her to know more about me and to convince me to serve him.

What a manipulative prick. But he did not know that I knew his sister more than him.

"Aah, that would be wonderful lady Sophie. I hope when the time comes. We both support each other and grow more." I replied with a knowing smile and she nodded with a smile.

"But you will still join me in the academy, right?" she asked as she took one more piece of the grape but then her face contorted and she let the fruit plater go.

"Oh yes. Lady Sophie. I will surely join the academy. And I will be with the crown prince. So if you want I can help you in creating opportunities for you to meet with the crown prince.`` I replied with a giggle and she gave me a bashful smile.

"I know that you will always support me. Then I hope I can count on you," she replied squeezing my hands with a smile there was an appreciating look on your face.

"I will try my best to form a good image of yours in front of my brother. He is the best bachelor of the empire. And I am sure he can help you in getting the dukedom too." she replied with confidence and then stood up.

"Then I shall leave. I will meet you soon at the academy. Or even better, why don't you come to my place to visit me. I will show you what hospitality is." ahh, so she did realise that I had not served her well. She should be thankful that I did not throw her out the moment I saw her ugly face.

"I will surely visit soon, lady Sophie," I replied ignoring the comment she was trying to pass. She looked at me with a scowl when I did not get the hint but then covered it fast with a sweet smile. 

She came close and hugged me. My whole body turned colder as she touched me.

The hatred covering my heart and soul. 'I would surely visit soon, lady Sophie. And I would make sure that you would suffer a lot that day,' I promised to myself.

She finally left after giving me a hug. But when she left Isabella was standing there on the door with a glare plastered on her face.

Sophie, who was a strong supporter of blue blood, just ignored her as if she was not there at all, and walked past the door and left.

This was nothing new. Isabella often had to face that as she was the daughter of a baron by birth. She was still not accepted as the daughter of the duke by many nobles. That was also one of the ways I used to taunt and insult her in public.

Though I did not care about the blood anymore. She still was so jealous and childish that I did not care enough about her. I sat on the chair back and started reading the book once again when Isabella walked towards me.

"I knew there was some reason behind you being knighted suddenly but I never thought that you wanted to usurp the whole dukedom," she said in a ridiculed voice.

I looked at her. She was just a teenager. But instead of living her life freely, all she cared about was plotting and politics.

"Isabella, would you like to go on a horse ride or play some board games for a change? Don't you feel tired after being a prim and proper lady all day?" I asked her earnestly and she blinked.

"So this is your way to get rid of the topic. I will surely tell Father and Nickolas that you are planning to be the heir of the dukedom," she repeated once again and I shook my head.

"And then? You know father loves me the most. He, himself had offered me his post as the commandant of the first order of knights when I won the competition.`` I replied, shrugging my shoulders and she looked at me shocked.

"No, this is not possible," she replied, shaking her head. As if she could not believe that she had to listen to me in the future.