The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress
Chapter 104: You disappoint me.

Chapter 104: You disappoint me.

Roland’s arrival inside the townhouse coincided with Sigrid’s questioning? Rather than venture inside, he hid behind the doors and gestured for his men to keep a distance. His wife was a puzzle to him, he had come in search of her to discuss the ball and become even more confused.

All the old employees at the townhouse had been fired, new faces replaced them, people he did not know. People, whose body language was not that of ordinary servants, their watchful eyes and footsteps were similar to spies and knights.

The men were no different from the women, he had entered the house to question his wife, only to overhear her loud angry voice demanding for respect. He peeked inside and then hid, using his magic as a cover, his knights held everyone else back from venturing into the drawing room.

Inside meanwhile, Sigrid’s anger was rising faster than the bubbling of lava inside an active volcano. The woman that was clinging on to her brother was was smiling, her lips were curled in a sly smile.

She let go of John, walked forward two steps and curtsied. "I apologize your highness, I had no idea that it was very important for you to feel respected. Next time I see you, I will be sure to greet you loudly so that you are satisfied to the maximum."

Her clever words which were mocking were veiled in an apology. The duke and duchess were the first to frown, they had seen many women like this miss Seraphina that John had brought back from his trip.

Sigrid laughed softly, there was a danger in the laugh which the duke, her knights, servants and even Roland recognized.

"John, remove her." The duke calmly ordered.

Sigrid shook her head. "No, grandfather, I would like to know who these two are. It seems my words to everyone have been forgotten by some of us." She pinned her eyes on her brother John who lowered his head in shame. "John, you disappoint me."

Weird silence danced in the room like a ballerina from side to side, and all around. Sigrid’s reproach to her brother was heavy, all the Thorin’s could not help feeling a bit ashamed as they had let her down.

John was older than Sigrid, in that moment however, he felt like the younger sibling and he wanted to defend himself.

"Sister..." John started.

Sigrid raised her hand and shook her head. "Identify yourselves?" she questioned the strangers.

The man came forward, put his hands together and bowed, "Greetings your highness, I am Mr. Mercy Moonshade, this is my younger sister Miss Seraphina Moonshade. Allow me to apologize for our disrespectful mistake earlier, you are right, the law is the law."

Without recognizing the greeting, Sigrid went on with her questioning. "And what is your relationship with my brother?"

Mercy turned his head to his sister and then looked at Sigrid, his lips arched upwards into a smile.

"We met Mr. Thorin in Wiilowbrook town in the city of Valoria. He was coming out of the arcane apothecary when he was assaulted by robbers. My sister saved his life by intervening and calling enforcers of the law. Unexpectedly the robbers are part of a bigger gang which attacked us and retaliated by burning down our house. We knew that we were in danger so we decided to run out of the town and Mr. Thorin kindly offered us transportation here."

"Oh," Sigrid scoffed, "Another savior that is tied to our family." she looked around the room with amused eyes. "Isn’t it funny?" She brought her eyes back to Seraphina. "Speak, how did you hatch a plan to manipulate my brother? I can see that you are using your charms to deceive him. What is the end goal, money or marriage?"

Seraphina quivered as if she was afraid and clutched at Johns arm with both hands tightly. "Your highness, I saved your brother with good intentions, as for our relationship it is clean and honest without manipulation. Whether it leads to marriage is for fate to decide."

"Fate is not deciding my brother’s marriage, I am." Sigrid loudly declared.

The duke and duchess as the two people that were ideally supposed to decided on John’s marriage were taken aback and they looked at Iryne and Paxton with questions in their eyes.

All parties were lost but they did not intervene and allowed Sigrid to continue her questioning, honestly they did not like or approve of Seraphina as well but John had been bewitched by her. Nothing they had said to him on hos return home the day before had worked, he wanted to marry Seraphina.

John was now torn between his sister and the woman he had come to love in the last month of his journey so he tried to intervene. "Sister, please there must be a misunderstanding. Seraphina has been nothing but kind and loyal to me."

Sigrid communicated with her system, asking it to identify the two siblings, meanwhile she continued dealing with the trouble at hand.

Her eyes for a small moment softened when she looked at her brother. "You have still not learned hat people cannot be trusted so easily. Brother, you have been used and you cannot even see the truth, but it’s okay, I will open your eyes."

Seraphina tightened her grip on John’s arm, her voice took on a pleading tone. "Your highness, if you are saying this because I made you unhappy earlier I apologize. Please don’t take revenge on me by separating us, we love each other, all I want is to be a part of this family."

"Revenge!!" Sigrid exclaimed and laughed. She had a big fish like Emmah and other noble houses to take revenge on, a gold digger that could be kicked away with a few gold coins was not worth her effort. "I do not need to take revenge on you, you are not worth the time and effort. A little worm like you should have continued to live like a worm instead of coming before my presence and attempting to become a dragon."

"Host, they have been identified; the man is Mercy Valenford and the woman is his sister Seraphina Valenford. They are the last remaining blood of Wilhelm Valenford, fifth duke of Gruyfield. He and his entire lineage are believed to have been executed by the former king for supporting Agornis Maximus the pretender."

[Mission: Eliminate the Valenford’s immediately, they are a threat to the plot of the world and the bank’s plan.]

Sigrid sighed and covered her eyes, as expected these two siblings were nothing but trouble. Why that trouble had to find the Thorin family, she could not even begin to understand. Harboring a descendant of a former rebel was a death sentence.

Not just to the one guilty of laboring them, it was death by beheading to the entire family, all generations. If the king was merciful, it would be beheading and exile for the ones that survived.

Even the survivors would not live to make it to exile, they would be killed on the way to avoid future trouble. That was how things worked in this world, and it would be the fate of the Maximus family if the situation was not dealt with swiftly.

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