Spear Of Retribution

"I've heard gossips that they are treating you as a criminal because of what happened to your mother but I know it wasn't your fault. I don't want to go over the line here but even if they treated you like sh*t, they still need to know your condition because at the end of the day, you are still the young miss of the Gauthier family."

Tilda looked at Geraldine with seriousness and even holds her hand tightly to show her sincerity. This makes Geraldine giggled and holds Tilda's hands as well.

"I really like where you became direct to me but unfortunately, I don't want you to do that. You don't know what I have been through all these years. So please, keep this between us." Geraldine pleaded which soften Tilda's heart and she was about to speak when there's a knock on the door and Levine entered with a cart with full of food and pushed it inside.

Tilda composed herself and nodded her head towards Geraldine as her answer, "Young miss, you seemed fine and I haven't seen any complication or problems in your body."

"That's a relief. Thank you for your great service," Geraldine stands up and Tilda followed as she bowed..

"Well then, I'll be going now. You call summon me anytime you wanted, young miss," Tilda bowed again and exit the room as Jerome greeted her outside to gather the information she get from Geraldine and relay it to the Duke.

Tilda said false report saying that there's nothing wrong with Geraldine and she's healthy but needed attention for her fainting. After that, Jerome paid her a huge amount and sent her off then went to the Duke's office.

Levine pour the hot tea and gives Geraldine a slice of banana cake, "I apologize for the delay, young miss."

"It's fine," Geraldine said and eat her food peacefully. Then she sent Levine to do other chores as she act like she's going to rest but after 15 minutes. She dressed herself and sneak around her house to see the garden where she fainted.

There's not a lot of servants at her house so she can easily went outside and manage to dodge knights roaming around that time.

"It's real," Geraldine gasp upon seeing the broken tree. She thought what happened that night is only part of her dream.

"I'm not dreaming--" She whispered and remembered something which caused her terrible headache the more she tried to remember it.

"I think I have another dream but AHH!" She scream in pain and falls on the ground. Her sweat started to form on her forehead as her vision became blurry.

"You think you can win by setting a barrier on my dream? Ugh! I can take a lot of pain bish!" She muttered while holding her head and force herself to remember and bare the pain on her head.

Images flashes into her mind about the dream she had that night and caused her to hold her chest and after the images finished showing in her eyes. She fainted again as her body became fatigue from the extreme pain. 

***

It's been a week since Geraldine fainted again at the same location where she first met a stranger who has a connection to past self.

Her father, Duke Victor Gauthier decided that she needs to join them for the Annual Hunt Event for nobles to introduced her to the public again since she has been gone and deemed dead for four years.

He also stated that it will help her get distracted to what happened in the past week since they still have no idea what happened that night and who dared attack Geraldine as she remained silent about what really happened and lie that she don't remember her opponents face.

Geraldine has been locking herself in her own house for that week surrounded by knights outside as a look out if anyone tried to hurt her again. She thought that she will finally have a complete rest when news reached to her that her father will bring her to the Annual Hunter Event.

Before in her past life, Geraldine only attended that event once but suffered in the hands of the other noble children. She has been bullied but her father and brothers still have the audacity to scold her in front of her bullies which makes her self esteem to hit rock bottom and only remained silent as she went back to her tent.

After what happened, she never wanted to join the event again and create multiple excuses to prevent it to happen and the Duke himself is satisfied with it as he doesn't want to ruin his fun by seeing her face.

That's what happened in Geraldine's memories but base on the gossips she's able to get from Levine, it's quite the opposite as her way of getting attention is causing a riot or a scene that makes her the center of attraction.

Currently, Geraldine is sitting at the gazebo drinking her tea with Levine at her side, serving her food while telling her some gossips she heard with her fellow servants at the mansion.

"They say, the new prince will be coming as well. I forgot his name but he's the 16th prince of the Rakkaegia Empire and has been discovered recently. I don't know how he has been discovered but I heard that his mother is the witch concubine who has been banished but she died the day that the Prince has been taken to the palace. I feel bad for him, he didn't even had the chance to mourn for her mother's death." 

Levine sighs and felt sad from the news she heard about the Prince life. Geraldine looked at her reflection at her tea while thinking about Alexjin. She have forgotten about him for a while because of her own problems.

"So, it will be the 16th prince first appearance," Geraldine scoff and put down her tea. Even though her father gives out his reason as to why she needed to attend. Geraldine knows there's a different reason behind it. 

She's the only daughter of the Dukedom and can be used to be married off to someone for connections such as what happened to her and Kadon. Geraldine knows that she'll be introduced to the other gentlemen for marriage and build connections. The easiest way for nobles to build and widen their business is through marriage.

"What do you want to say, Levine?" Geraldine muttered when she noticed Levine's stare at her peripheral vision.

"Umm, I'm just worried about you, young miss. You're ex-fiancee is also there and I don't know what will happened if both of you will meet." Levine sighs as if she's the one suffering but saw the calm face of her young miss.

"You don't have to worry about that Levine. Everything will be fine," Geraldine assured her as she enjoyed her time at the gazebo looking over to the blooming flowers and feeling the fresh air when someone destroyed it.

"I thought, I could enjoy my time here but I saw a fly buzzing around," Gavril crossed his arms while walking towards Geraldine who didn't even took a glace at his direction.

"Hello to you too," Geraldine sipped her tea as Gavril went to her side and flexed his waist to whisper on her ear.

"Manage that attitude of yours and don't embarrassed our family's name again."

After Gavril said his piece, he went away before Geraldine could reply. She could only look at her back and sighs as her peaceful mood has been destroyed by Gavril.

"Let's go back to the house," She said to Levine and stands up to leave.

"Yes, young miss," Levine answered as she looked at Geraldine walking away. She pitied her due to the treatment she get from her own family. 

"Young miss is a strong woman. If I were in her position then I would be so sad and depressed that I would choose death over this cold treatment," She whispered to herself as she took the food and bring it back to the kitchen.

As Geraldine is walking towards her house, she heard thunder coming from the sky and the light from the sun was replaced by dark thick clouds. She stopped for a moment and look up, remembering the time of Aurelie's death. It was the same weather.

After a few seconds, drops of rain falls over her face as she close her eyes and feel the rain hitting her skin and the coldness of the wind blowing on her body.

A smile formed on her lips and open her arms as the embrace the weather but after a few second, she could no long feel any raindrops on her body which makes her confuse as she could still hear the sound of the rain.

Opening her eyes, she saw an umbrella above and cocked her head to the side to see Bolgo holding an umbrella to shelter her from the rain.

"You might get sick from the rain, young miss."