The Author's POV

Chapter 713

The next day.

"Ukh."

As soon as Priscilla opened her eyes, she was hit with a severe headache. It was excruciatingly painful, and for a good minute, she was forced to do nothing more than lean against her couch.

"What happened over here?"

While she was massaging her forehead, she noticed that her room was in utter disarray, with every piece of furniture in shattered pieces.

"Ugh."

She blinked several times, trying to recall all the information.

"Ah, right, it's about that fucker…"

Faint memories started to enter her mind, and she soon came to the conclusion that this came as a result of her rage toward Duke Ukhan.

Her memory was still hazy, but the more she thought about it, the more convinced she was.

It wasn't the first time that something like this had happened…

"Bastard."

She muttered an expletive as she recalled what had transpired in the cave the day prior. It was difficult to put into words exactly how irritated she was at this very moment.

"I should have someone clean up this mess."

Throwing one last glance at her surroundings, Priscilla gradually stood up.

She ruffled her hair and started walking toward the door, but just as she took the first step toward it, the door suddenly burst open and one of her servants walked in.

"Duchess!"

His tone of voice carried an air of panic, which caused her pretty features to contort into a frown.

"What is it?"

"It's…"

The servant took a deep breath just as a look that could be interpreted as fear crossed his eyes. The manner in which he carried himself piqued Priscilla's interest even further.

"That."

The servant stumbled over his words as if he was having trouble articulating a sentence. His actions annoyed Priscilla.

She glared at him.

"What is it? Spit it out before I get annoyed."

She had no idea what was causing it, but for some unexplainable reason, she found herself becoming irritated by everything at the moment. Be it her servant, the smell that lingered in the air, and the sunlight filtering through the windows.

Even when facing the servant, whom she usually treated with courtesy, she found herself unable to hide her true self. The words coming out of her mouth were rather crude.

with

It felt as though she was

"It's…"

before he gathered his composure

would like to speak with

of the servant echoed in her mind like a clap of thunder.

"Ah?"

this point that Priscilla finally understood why the servant was behaving the way that

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To Tok—!

submissive manner. As she dipped her head, she dared not look

induced in her an unexplainable feeling

waited for what seemed to be hours until a voice finally sounded from the

"Come in."

It was so suffocating that she felt paralyzed and unable to move until a few seconds after the voice

"If you'll excuse me."

immediately opened the door. Almost immediately after that, she was presented with the sight of

room was illuminated by two large windows

middle of the room was the thing that drew her attention. A demon with long, pinkish

desk in a relaxed manner, quietly writing

only exacerbated by the unnatural serenity that he exuded, which, despite giving the impression that he was not dangerous, only served to

bowed her head

"Greetings grandfather."

"You're here."

oppression that had lingered in his words faded away, and in its place was a voice

stared directly at Priscilla, his

"Something big has happened."

"Yes?"

by his words, and she immediately pulled herself together and stood up

immediately thought

the meeting with the World

Patriarch, had set out to meet the other Patriarchs in order to discuss the terms of

been about a month since she'd last seen him. Had something gone wrong

them, or was the house of envy

not what

her train of thought. When she looked up, she was taken aback to see a rare frown appear

the situation was a great deal

that things are a lot worse

thought, and she kept her mouth shut, waiting for

didn't take long, as he soon spoke. The

night. On a scale large enough

"…"

experienced a brief pause in her breathing. She was just starting to get a grasp on how dire the

than she had originally anticipated, and she already thought things

Priscilla felt something was amiss with the

is grandfather looking

a number of ways. She was at a loss for words, but

shed some

that you're still safe here, it seems

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