Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"Is everything done here?" William checked at the number of files once again before standing up.

"Yes, my lord. All the relief work is done and reports are summed up too. But the baron of the estate had invited you to dinner today." William picked up the coat resting behind his chair and buttoned it unhurriedly, his face was cold just like Leonardo as he turned to face his aide.

"And what made you think that I would wait for it! Even if we want to respect the baron we can have tea with him on our way back.

It has been a week that i have not seen my kids, i want to go back to the palace by tonight!" His voice was more of a command than a suggestion. So, the aide bowed his head.

"Then, I shall go and inform the baron." As William nodded, the aide was about to turn and leave, when he halted in his steps and turned back.

"One more thing, my lord. I forgot to tell you that there is an old man who is adamant to see you. He had been waiting for you out of the office since yesterday. I asked him if he needed financial help? But he chuckled and passed me a few gold coins instead, telling me to let him meet you.

By clothes he was looking like a beggar but he is rich and did not even tell me his name! I tried to find a reason to chase him out. 

But he never created a ruckus or nuisance. He is just waiting for you patiently and if asked, I find him very strange!"  replied the aide with a frown on his face when William stopped in his tracks abruptly.

"What did you say? For how long was he waiting?" The aide was stunned for a second when he saw William losing his composure.

"He.. since yesterday, my lord!" his whole face turned cold and dark so the aide took a step back.

He could not help but think that the man was a wanted criminal or an important guest that had been kept waiting. Yet it was a long time since he had felt the chilling aura of his lord.

After the death of his wife, he had been mild and silent most of the time, that he had forgotten how he was able to freeze with dominating aura that even Leo had to bow his head in front of the man.

"Bring the man in. and guard the door personally. I did not want any interference. Did you understand?" The aide nodded for his life and ran out of the room as if demons were chasing him.

Now his only worry was that the man should not have left. Or he was sure that he would be served on the breakfast table tonight!

He took hurried steps towards the main door and his eyes widened when he saw it was deserted.

Panicked filled his eyes as he looked around but did not find the man there anymore. Even after looking for so long, he was not able to see anyone that was even remotely similar to the man that was waiting here yesterday!

"I am going to be the dead meat!" his face turned deathly pale when he could not find the man and dreaded going back to the office of duke.

He would kill him for sure! Taking a few deep breaths to calm his mind, he was about to turn when he found a small envelope near the door.

Picking up, he went back to the office when he saw that his master was drinking. He stared into space for a while as he did not know how he should react.

His master never drinks in the morning, that is also when he had asked him to arrange a meeting.

Feeling the intense stare of his aide, William raised his head and narrowed his eyes at his face. His eyes moved behind him but there was no one which only increased the aura he was emitting!

"Where is he?" The words came out in a low voice that felt like it was coming from the netherlands. It was enough to give a chilly feeling and the aide shuddered.

"That.. my lord. I have asked him so many times to leave before, I think, he left because of that… but.. I found a letter there with no name.

There might be a chance that he had left it!" his voice was stammering and turning lower and lower as the pressure from the man increased. It felt like he was trying to crush the bones of the aide and to kill him then and there.

Without speaking another word, he forwarded his hands and looked at the side with impatience, who took hurried steps and passed the letter to the duke.

The man did not even try to open it gracefully like he usually does. He just tore the envelope hastily and took out the letter as if he had dug a rare treasure and could not wait to touch it.

His eyes scanned the wiring of the letter and his eyes turned into a blackhole. They looked so scary, as if he was trying to burn the letter with his eyes.

The aid gulped and wanted to hide but as if his feet had been frozen, he was not able to move even a bit from there.

"Didn't you say that the baron had invited us for dinner?" The aide was not expecting to change the subject suddenly, but he still nodded instinctively.

"Write a reply that we have accepted the invitation and prepare a few gifts for his family. And since we are here for the night. I want to take a walk to the town and make sure everything is fine before leaving."

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