A while back…..
In the dim and dark lighted hallway, A figure wearing a fine black suit holding a lighted lamp walked down the path.
It was the headbutler of the mansion. He was already done in doing the final check of the mansion and was about to return to his sleeping quarters.
His gaze straight and tired, his body heavy with every step.
"Sigh…"
It was a busy day for him. For someone as old as him, staying awake until midnight while also being exhausted is taking a toll on his body.
....
On the way he saw two familiar individuals. Both are men who are on night duty patrolling this mansion.
When the two men saw the head butler they looked at him and called out to him.
"Sir."
"Hmmmm?"
They both stopped walking.
"We saw the mistress in the basement a while ago."
As one of the men said that, the butler raised his eyebrow before furrowing and wondering.
"... What?"
It was unusual for the mistress to stay up this late, and also the mistress seems kind of different today.
First is when he saw the mistress standing in front of the door that leads to the unfortunate young lady of the house.
As an old butler who worked for this house for many years, he knows the personality of the mistress to the point where he can feel the pride and ignorance of the mistress.
Normally when talking… . The mistress will not look at him and just straight up give orders. And if you ask something she will reply with something sharp and downgrading.
Maybe like ' is it obvious? Has your brain shut down with your age?' while having that mocking expression on her face.
Or maybe worse than that.
But of course, the headbutler was already used to it by now and doesn't mind it anymore.
He thought maybe the mistress just felt the sudden urge to play with the young girl for whatever reason it was and he didn't need to question it.
But now it's weird for the mistress to go down to the basement when normally she would just call for a servant to take something up to her.
Not to mention. Why would she go down the basement in the first place after going to the room of the child on the top floor?
Something feels off….he doesn't know what and why.
… … …
He then thought maybe he should drop by the mistress room first, just to check.
"I see, well carry on now... "
He then looked back towards the two men and then dismissed them.
"Yes sir. "
The two then continued on their job and the butler made his way towards the mistress room.
...
Once there. He knocked on her room and waited for an answer.
....
He waited and waited but no reply came from inside?
Hmmmmm....
Is the lady not back yet?
He knocked again.
…
Maybe so.
As he was pondering and was about to turn back, suddenly, he noticed something on the floor in front of the door.
"This is.... "
They were dark red foot marks… and when he examined it more closely, it was something similar to that of a blood.
Seeing this, a dreadful feeling came towards the butler.
'Blood!? Is that really blood!?'
He then knocked again for the second time while calling out to the person inside.
"Milady? Are you inside? "
… …
And again there is no answer.
Something was up and he felt a cold chill running down his spine.
It's like his instinct was telling him about something dangerous.
He needs to check.... It would be great if he is just misunderstanding things.
He then hesitantly slowly opened the door and peeked inside.
And when he saw it, his eyes quickly widened and his jaw dropped.
'Wha- What is this!?'
There he saw the moonlight from the window, reflecting the blood marks on the ground. It was scattered around the floor making it seem blood was splashed everywhere.
It was as if something was tortured around here to the point that blood was spilled everywhere.
And as he thought of things, he then saw a trail of blood towards the closet as if something was dragged there.
...
....
The butler nervously entered inside the room and followed the blood before seeing himself standing before a closet.
On the bottom of the closet door, blood was running down from it. And seeing this made him more terrified of what's to come.
He gulped and his hand trembled as he reached out to the handle of the closet door.
His heart was pounding fast and loud enough for him to feel and hear.
What would he see? What will appear behind this?
His mind raced as many various thoughts were coming to his head.
He gulped again and then pulled the handle towards him.
. … .!!!?
What appeared behind the door was a shocking and horrifying sight.
It was her, the corpse of the lady, cold and lifeless leaning on the side inside the closet.
A dead body full of stab wounds from her face to her arms and to the legs.
Her clothes tattered and ripped with red stains over it.
The floor of the cabinet showed the pool of blood dripping from the wounds and cuts from the body.
… …
Seeing this, the butler stepped back and lost his balance making him fall backwards.
"T-the lady!!? "
I-I need to report this to the master!
The lady is dead!
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(Back to Present)
Looks like I've been discovered…
I looked down and sighed,
This disguise won't work now.
I changed to my original appearance and looked back ahead.
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....
What now….
A sense of panic is growing inside me but I tried to contain it and calm it down.
Sigh….
I closed my eyes and listened to the footsteps becoming louder at every tick of the clock.
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… …
So now, what am I supposed to do?
Should I hide in one of the rooms?
Wait no… Those scums will definitely look inside every room…
!!?
Ohhh and also, I emptied each room so hiding in any one of those rooms is a very stupid idea.
Hahaha.
….
...
Wait a minute.
…
I stopped thinking as I suddenly remembered something important.
I recalled my words…
'Search? every room?'
I suddenly felt something dangerous.
I quickly widened my eyes as I slowly realized the danger of this situation.
…
I suddenly clenched my fist and ran towards the direction of the footsteps.
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Diana is in danger!
If they would check every room then that would include the place where I hid Diana.
Although I hid her below a table and used the sheets to cover the whole table, I don't know if these scums will look under it.
If they did then!
Damn it.
I rushed more as I ran towards the hallway and it didn't take long before I saw the armed scums heading my way.
"Someone is approaching!!!!"
"It's the intruder!!!"
"Capture her!!"
All of them pointed their swords towards me and took formation to subdue me.
"Surrender now!"
One of them shouted towards me hoping for me to comply, but unfortunately, I don't intend to slow down or stop.
I turned both of my hands into dual edge blades and charged at them with all my might.
Seeing how I didn't slow down, the people who have shields create a defense formation, facing their shields towards my destination. Their swords peeking out from the gaps between the shields to make sure I don't get close.
But that's not my plan.
If you think I will just charge towards your shields then you are greatly mistaken.
Once I was near to them, I jumped high and aimed for their heads.
Now I then turned my legs into blades hoping for any heads to be sliced once I jumped through.
While in the air, I tilted my body to the left and bent my right leg as if preparing to kick something.
And now that they are in range, I kicked my leg that is now a blade to slice the head of a shieldman. And while at it, I used the momentum of my turning body to slice the other bodies around me with my arm blades that are stretched on both sides.
It was a move similar to that of a spinning table top
"Gahhhh!!!!!!!!"
"Guuuuu!!!!!!"
When I finally landed on the ground, I kept my momentum slicing everyone around me.
"What are you!!!?"
'I am no one.'
I thought about it as I sliced the neck of the man that spoke.
After that, I saw the other swords falling down towards me trying to slash me.
I quickly used my blade to counter it but when my blade and their blade clashed, their swords were cut into two, surprising not only them but also myself.
"My sword!!"
"How!!?"
They were all shocked when they lost their weapons in a blink of an eye.
But…Do they have time to just stand there and be horrified?
I then swung my sword towards their waist and their body was sliced into two.
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.....
The hallway was full of screams and metal clashing to one another as blood spilled, human body parts flew, and dead bodies fell to the ground.
Others, seeing the horrifying demon disguised as a girl killing everyone who got close to it, lost their strength to stand up while others who also saw it tried to run away.
It was hopeless, the moment they saw the demon it already meant death.
There is no escape, even if they tried to escape, this demon will be able to catch up with them and kill them.
It's hopeless…
Those who are still alive sitting on the ground showed tears as they watched everything unfold before them.
Those who were fighting were thinned down, the large group that was just charging earlier is now destroyed and defeated.
And now, the demon who killed everyone around her looked towards their direction. She started walking with her blade dripping blood from their fallen allies.
...
One man gulped and closed his eyes.
Why does this need to happen to him?
Why does he need to be killed right now?
All he did was do his job as a guard of this mansion.
All he wanted to do is earn money and use it for his family, for his wife and two children.
All he wanted to do was to return to his home and embrace his children who are always excited to see him and play with him.
'Is this my fate? Is it too much for a father like me to earn a stable job and enjoy life with my family?'
Many various thoughts were running inside his head and as his memories of his family, the smile of his wife, the lovely faces of his children came showing toward his head.
Tears suddenly dropped from his eyes.
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...…
He wants to go back. He wants to return to his family.
With that, he slowly opened his eyes once again, he reached to his sword and slowly stood up.
If this is death…then at least let me fight it. I still want to return alive.
"I will return to my family!! For my wife and children!!"
As he said that, the demon who was approaching them stopped walking and looked at him.
"Family?....."
The demon looked down and spoke which made the man surprised. But still. There is no time to be surprised. He needs to fight this demon.
He readied his sword pointing towards the demon who stood still there.
A short moment has passed when suddenly the demon sighed before looking back towards him again.
"Fine….."
The demon spoke which made the man think about what the demon meant by that word.
"If you want to stay alive then drop that sword and kneel down...I won't kill you."
The man widened his eyes as he heard what the demon said, but a fear of uncertainty was still lingering inside him…can he trust the words it said?
How can he be sure?
It's a demon. He can't really bring himself to trust it easily.
But again….There is already hope.
The air suddenly felt cold, and a chill ran down his spine.
"Don't make me say it twice. Or else I will really kill you. This is your last chance you scum."
Hearing that again, the man finally dropped his sword and knelt down…..If this demon is really sparing his life, then he should take this chance. He still wants to live, he still wants to return.
Even if it's making a deal with the devil.
"Good decision you scum."
He then heard someone stepping and running but he just closed his eyes.
He prayed and hoped.
And after a while has passed by….He opened his eyes again, and the demon who was supposed to be there is now gone.
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Back to Doll-san
I continued running towards the room where I left Diana.
But this time, I ignored some of the guards who didn't dare to fight. Or rather, I realized that I don't need to kill everyone.
If they still want to fight me after I warn them then I will kill them but if they don't, I will spare them.
That guard earlier caught me off guard. Talking about family when he tried to fight me. At first, I was really going to kill him but something felt wrong…. There is something telling me not to kill him.
It's a conflicting feeling…It's annoying but I can't find myself to oppose it.
I really thought about whether I should let him live, but yeah ... I really did let him live.
I hope he doesn't cross paths with me again. Or else, I might really kill him.
I kept running and didn't stop even when people tried to stop, I just cut those who stood in front of me and didn't care about the others who were on the side.
I just want to get Diana as soon as possible, as fast as I can.
I want to see her… I want to see her safe…..
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...
it didn't take long for me to reach the room but something was wrong…
Ohh no.
No no no.
The room was empty, there was a broken flower vase, and the other objects were on the ground. There are also broken glasses on the side. I looked towards the table where I left Diana. The sheet that was supposed to cover the table was now on the ground.
A bad feeling suddenly came to me.
A feeling that I don't want to face right now.
My worst fear.
Diana was captured.