Chương 234: Chapter 217. Untethered Sheets

Victor Harvey's Point Of View Where am I? What was I doing? Pops wanted me to collect the sheets... What happened? %$#$^%^$##... PAIN!" AHH!" My head! When I try to think about what happened. What are these flashes? Whose eyes are those!? Where am I? Where is this hallway I'm in?.... It's nighttime... It was the afternoon before... THROB!

"AH!" Again! My head! Why!? Now that I get a look around... It's the Northeast hallway. /Tap... Tap... Tap... / What's that sound? I look around... I guess it's better to go towards the tapping than just stand here wondering? I started walking and tried my best not to wonder why I'm here currently. Once I've made it closer to the tapping, another noise begins to fill my ears. / mhmm... mhmm... / It's a humming... It's sound is familiar to me? Who is it? Why do I know it? &*^%&^%$%! PAIN! Again, my head!!!

I quickly approach the door and go to enter the room where the sound is coming from. I hope it brings release to this splitting pain. /Rattle! / I turn the knob and enter the room. It's a bedroom... I remember this place.... It's where Lady Fracks would stay when she and the Master would have a disagreement..." Mother... sniff..." Lady... Cindy? She's crying? Her grey eyes which poked out of her unkempt dark-blue hair had tears falling from them onto her nightgown that covered her slim body.

If not for the sadness I know she's feeling from the loss of her Mother, you would swear this was a scene that was made by a Master Painter. Why is Lady Cindy here though? She should be at the Academy? *&^*&%&^$%&! THROB!" AHH!"" Who's there!?"

"?" Lady Cindy heard my yell. I try to talk, but someone talks before I can let my voice out." It's me, Cin. What are you doi... You're crying? Why!? Are you okay?" Young Master Byron walked right past me, like I wasn't even there. The pain was still radiating in my mind." Big Brother... I... I just miss Mom."" I miss her too, Cin." The Young Master and Lady Cindy seemed to share a moment together as the pain receded from my mind." All we can do is live, Cin. She still lives through us.

I'm doing everything I can to honor her wish to make Zana a better place. I can't do it alone though. Father's basically broken down since Mother... Left us. I can't do it by myself. I need you to be strong now, Cin. Together, as her children, I know we can do right by Mother." Young Master Byron helped Lady Cindy to her feet." I know, Big Brother. But I can't help but miss her. If she were here, she'd weep at the sight of what's become of Zana and Our Home."" I know, Cin.

I've been so focused on making sure that Zana stays standing that I neglected its upkeep. I mean, so many people from our Staff have resigned. Whenever I ask Peter about it, he says that they all found greener pastures in Trapda or Skion. I need to find a way to make people want to move here or stay here. Life as a Lord is difficult." The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation." Have you heard about Paradise?"" Yes, where the Human and Princess Sarah moved to.

I believe Father sent an invitation for them to join us for his birthday celebration? I wonder if we'll actually be able to feed all of the guests that have been invited?"" Who's been invited so far, Big Brother?"" Well, besides the usual suspects of Uncle Tye and Uncle Sark and their Families, he also invited Lord Gorse."" Well, the invite to Uncle Tye will most likely be ignored, Uncle Tye retired. Maybe Ed will show up instead, since he's the new Lord? But why would he invite Gorse?"" Them, you mean.

He invited Gorse and his entire family, that includes his children. However, due to some prior engagements only his son Gwaid, who's around your age and his daughter, Gasha, who's a little younger than you, are coming. His other 3 sons and his other 2 daughters had to refuse due to Military Service or Business Engagements."" Ah... Then that means there will be an equal number of Servants to deal with them. Has Princess Sarah's Husband messaged us back yet with how many will be in his party?""

No, which worries me."" Why, Big Brother?"" Well... I can't put my finger on it.. But something feels off about everything. I mean... Father has never even allowed a Human P. O. W into Zana. Why would he invite a Human now of all times?"" Well, that Human is a Marquess, right? Why King Warrick and Queen Aqua made that decree is beyond me, but it happened. I was there at the announcement. Some Demons cheered, but most looked on in disgust if I remember right."

Why are they speaking to each other so much without even acknowledging me? I mean, they've always cared for their Servants? Young Master Byron always greeted me whenever he saw me around the mansion?" Hello, Lord Byron, Lady Cindy?" They continue to talk without even acknowledging my existence. What is going on? I begin to move closer to them, but their eyes don't even shift towards me. I reach out to Lord Byron and I try to grab his wrist. lean!" What!?" My Hand! It went through him!? Why?

Did I unlock a Skill for my Job!? Wait! No that isn't possible! I would've known by now." What is going on!?" I scream in their ears, but they hear nothing." Oh, Little Victor. It seems you've died."" Who!?" A voice came from behind me. I turned to see who it was.

"!"" Yes, that's right, I can see you." Its..." Lady Cindra..." Dressed in a white dress, her long orange hair hung down towards her hips. Her 4 big red eyes, full of warmth, looked at me as she walked towards me as well as Lady Cindy and Lord Byron." Yes, it's me, Victor. You've grown taller since the last time we spoke. I'm sorry that we had to meet again like this though."" Lady Cindra... You said..."" That you've died? Yes, that's what happened to me as well, right?

How else would you explain being able to speak to me, Little Victor?" Lady Cindra looked at me with sorrowful eyes as she spoke to me." Bu.."" Well, if that's the case, could we really kill our Princess?"" If they attack us, yes. At that point, she's not our Princess, she's the wife of a Human and a traitor." My voice was drowned out by Lord Byron speaking about hypothetical problems." Ah, it seems My Children are scheming. Perhaps a change of scenery is needed, Little Victor? Here, come to me." grip...

I move towards Lady Cindra and take her hand. We walked for a few minutes and arrive at Lady Cindra's tearoom. We walk through the unopened door, and it sinks in that I'm no longer made of flesh and bone." Here, take a seat." Lady Cindra takes a seat and motions for me to sit next to her after she requests for me to take a seat. I do as instructed, since I'm only a Servant after all." Now, Little Victor. I know that your head must hurt when you think about how you ended up like this. That's natural, I think?

I've dealt with a few cases like yours over the past few months. The only real way to get answers to any of the questions you have now, is to keep remembering until you break through whatever mental barrier is stopping you from recalling your death." Mental barrier?"" Yes, that's why you've been feeling pain. Others have had the same issue."" What do you mean others?"" Oh, Old Felica has come to this side, Mark the dishwasher. Anis, the young Maid that just moved here.

And even your father, Patrick, had even passed through here."" My Father!?" I shouted at Lady Cindra." Oh, you didn't know? I'm sorry, Little Victor." Lady Cindra looked at me with heartbreak in her eyes." Why?"" He said that he was looking for you. He went to go meet Peter at the edge of the forest outside Zana and as he spoke to Peter, someone pushed him off the cliff."" No!"" I'm sorry, Little Victor, but that's what he told me. He eventually left here. But I don't know where he went after." wet... cold...

I couldn't absorb what she was saying. My eyes. I couldn't see from them anymore. I rubbed them... My hand is wet... I'm... I'm crying." Oh, Little Victor." Press... Wrap... Lady Cindra hugged me and held me close until I could calm down." I need to know why I died."" That would be a way to help, yes." After calming down, I knew I needed answers." What do I do?"" Keep thinking about the last thing you remember before waking up as a ghost.

It will hurt, but sooner or later, you'll break through the pain and reclaim your memories." THROB! PAIN! I nodded to her words. And I immediately began to think about my death. The agony of the headache made it feel like hours and days had passed. But since time didn't seem to matter anyways, who cares at this point. Eventually, the flashes of memories became uninterrupted. And I remembered everything that happened. It became a lot clearer as the pain began to lessen. pain... throb... CHILL!

The one striking thing from all of it were his eyes. Beady and red. But not full of warmth and kindness like Lady Cindra. Nor like how his original gray eyes were. They were full of death... Death and anger. It made a chill go up my spine as I remembered them. That face that barely had any semblance of resemblance to what he looked like before Lady Cindra's death. The memories of the torture and pain came back to me. Then I remembered screaming as I saw the change in his face...

His eyes had changed as he lifted an antique knife above his head and plunged it into my chest and heart. All while he chanted something I couldn't make out as my eyes closed for the final time as a Demon. All of the memories of pain... All of the memories of the fear... It made me speak his name." Lord Fracks... Lord Fracks killed me..."