Moros of Thanatos: V

<[ EPS. 5 - DARE NOT EXPECT ]>

V's smile looks so dazzling, even though V is still a child yet everyone who sees his face will know that he will grow up to be a very beautiful woman.

She has a jet-black eyeball with pliable lashes, plus her red lips add beauty to her face.

Despite wearing only sleeping clothes, he still looked as dazzling as a princess in a sleeping fairy tale.

Rozita and the other two maids were like they were bewitched when they saw her smile so beautiful that their hearts were pounding watching her. V's heavenly beauty does not only appeal to the opposite sex, but to anyone who sees it.

"Is there something wrong with my face?" ask V who does not understand with the gaze of Ibu foster and the ladies. Ia even looked up at the glass of the dresser watching her face, but for her nothing was wrong.

"Ah, forgive us Miss." replied Rozita who realized her gaze made V confused she also gestured to the two servants of the Yovanka family to no longer look at her mother's face. "Is there anything we can help you with?" ask Rozita again.

"Actually while studying in the library, Viscount Darent told me about his childhood. I felt Viscount Darent's childhood was so beautiful, so I wanted to hear the story about you guys as well."

Sentence V makes them petrified instantly, it has become an open secret in the main house of the Eclair family about the news of the kidnapping that happened to their Young Miss. They understood how hard V's life had been during these four years, let alone the last few days he had become the months of their great Lord's anger.

How unfortunate their Young Miss lives are, they thought so. As much as possible they always try to make their Young Miss feel comfortable living here, but who would have thought their Great Lord would show his anger in front of V who had recently lived in the main house.

They were originally so anxious that their Young Miss would eventually hate their Great Master given their Great Lord's so rude behavior. That behavior must have been a bad experience for their Young Miss. Thank goodness their Young Miss did not get depressed due to the stresses of life that she experienced during these four years.

Rozita hesitates to tell her childhood life as well as the two servants of the Yovanka family, fearing that V will compare her to her own life story so that there is a feeling of distress in her heart. Anyone would not want anything bad to happen to their mother.

"It's okay if you don't want to tell it, I won't force you" said V, who saw doubts on their faces. Sentence V sounded so flat, indeed after he lived on the streets he very rarely showed his expression.

Seeing their Miss who spoke without the slightest expression made them go awry, until finally they were forced to tell their respective childhoods.

From so many stories they V were most interested in their celebration of the Debutante. Viscount Darent also tells about this part, but the story is not as interesting as the story of Rozita and the two servants of the Yovanka family because it is a special event for women.

Debutante is a magnificent dance party used for maturation ceremonies for noble women who have turned fifteen years old. The main purpose of this event is to introduce them to other noble families, especially bachelors, the rough language of the matchmaking event.

The feast of Debutante is held once a year in the Bougenville Palace - Prussian Palace in the eastern region precisely in the city of Jupiter, this palace is often used for celebrations with the people of various groups.

From their story V realized one thing, they as much as possible told an experience that would not offend V about his past, the story seemed to show that everyone also experienced such a childhood, as well, how they keep V's feelings.

Seeing all the residents of Eclair's main house so kind and caring for him made V touched, he felt very happy. It's been a long time that V has never been so happy. Ever since his parents died, he felt like all the flavors he had evaporated into the sky and then froze.

In this family he got what he had longed for but was always afraid for him to dream. Unknowingly the frozen sky slowly melted dripping with rain.

"Young Miss? Why are you crying ?" tanya Shopie began to panic in the follow-up with Rozita and Tiffany, they had expected this story will only hurt V's feelings, even though they had tried to avoid it.

"It's okay. I'm so happy. It's been a long time since I've been treated this warmly." explained V wiping his tears that never stopped flooding his cheeks.

"It must be very hard to live the days of Young Miss. For years the kidnappers hadn't treated Young Miss well." Tiffany's pity involuntarily popped out of her mouth making Rozita and Sophie look at her so sharply.

V was silent for a moment. His brain connected some new facts that he discovered quickly.

"The servants thought I was kidnapped for years. From Papah's mouth that night the real Young Miss had died four years ago. This painful truth is known only to Papah. It's likely to cover something big." V analyzes.

In the midst of her thinking Rozita had already helped wipe away her tears. Rozita swore an oath of hope Tiffany's attitude that he thought was inappropriate, he was determined to reprimand Tiffany after this.

"Miss? I'm sorry if I'm presumptuous, but may I hug Miss?" rozita asked who made V look at her for a moment.

"Ah, I'm sorry Miss. I don't mean to be presumptuous Miss, I just feel a hug can lift a little sadness. If Miss doesn't like it I certainly won't do it." she explained quickly before a misunderstanding occurred, he is certainly aware of his status even though Aldrich has raised him as a foster mother but he still feels inappropriate.

Actually V never disputed the status between them. V's attitude that looks cold and stiff as if he keeps his distance from them, actually it's a form of protection that he built, he does not want to get hurt again, he did not want to be disappointed when he finally knew they did not sincerely treat him well. So he doesn't want to have a relationship with anyone including Aldrich, his adoptive Papah.

"Does the foster mom really want to hug me?" ask V still with his flat face.

"Yes, if Miss doesn't mind." she replied with a warm smile that V had long since missed.

V nodded his head receiving a hug from Rozita.

"Miss, if you feel so sad don't hold it alone. We'll always hear Miss's complaints" Rozita said, beginning to caress V's hair.

"Miss, we're all here to love Miss very much. We even think of Miss as our own child" Tiffany said sincerely, she was indeed very affectionate with V even though they had no blood relation but she was completely sincere with V.

"I'm sorry that I was late to realize your sincerity. I, I, I'm just afraid to get disappointed again" said V, who could no longer hold his heart.

"If Miss can't trust us, then let us stay by Miss's side. Gradually Miss must have believed in our loyalty." Sophie added, she understood the doubts of V. It will be difficult to trust others after all the pain that has happened to V in the last four years.

For now V can only say all their words without daring to hope. Ia is still so traumatized to trust others, he will no longer be able to be disappointed again by people he so trusted.

Day after day changed did not feel V had lived in the main residence of Eclair for three months. His days are only filled to learn, learn and learn. The activity is like a complementary vitamin that should not be missed for even a second.

For the first time Viscount Darent permission could not come teach V today. How happy he was when he got a day off even if only a day, because indeed all this time he did not have time to vacation from studying.

Aldrich Eclair also did not interfere with his holidays because V had completed the list of books he had to read this week. To fill his day off V plans to travel to all corners of this big house.

Ia with Rozita, two servants from the Yovankan family and also the butler Fernandez went around the household. V was so surprised to find out that the house was so big that it made his little legs feel so tired. Even so he still continued his adventure without caring they told him to take a short break.

"Oh yeah, Grandpa Fernandez? I heard you were a butler, right? Grandpa Fernandez has also served the Eclair family for a long time even when Papah was young Grandpa Fernandez has served Papah."

"Yes, Miss. I've been serving the Great Lord for over thirty years" Fernandez replied cheerfully.

"Then Grandpa must know my Mom too, right? Does Grandpa know where Mamah is?"

V actually always wondered where Mamanya in every opportunity, but no one ever answered where Mamahnya. Aldrich Eclair did prohibit all workers in his house to tell V the whereabouts of Lynelle Eclair. He is worried that V will not be able to accept the situation of Lynelle Eclair if he knows what has happened to his new Mamah figure.

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Author's Note:

Debutante [French] \= Linguistically, novice woman. In term, it was a lavish ball of nobility that aimed to introduce mature women to bachelors and their families, with the view to getting married in a circle of choice.

Palace Bougenville \= Bougenville; Flower Paper. The Kingdom of Prussia had several palaces, each of which had different functions. One of them is the Bougenville Palace which is usually used as a place of annual celebration.