Suddenly Nobles

The Murka of the Duke

When lunchtime arrived, Eve who incidentally was hungry since two hours ago had been sitting neatly in one of the chairs that she liked. Ethan and Beckett are already there, waiting for Declan and the castle— master the Duke of Lumiere to come down and eat together.

Dining together? I don't know, Eve's not sure either. There must be something Zachary had planned behind him.

"Still a long time, huh?" Opposite him, Beckett puckered his lips while propping his head up on the table.

Ethan hissed, "Usually you can be more patient."

"I don't mind eating at any time, but Lulu?" Beckett looked at Eve worriedly. "He's hungry already. Later if he falls ill, who will enliven this gloomy castle?"

Hearing Beckett's curse, both Eve and Ethan finally chuckled. Unable to stand the brother's innocent speech, Ethan lands a crushing blow right on Beckett's head.

"Oh, don't do that and my good looks will diminish!"

"Believe himself higher than the heavens." Eve pokes her tongue, "from any side, Ethan is more handsome!"

"Why is Ethan better-looking?"

"Because Ethan looks like me, hehe."

Beckett laughed in satisfaction as he realized the grim look on Ethan's real face. Ethan must have thought Eve flattered him, the man was even proud and big-headed. The girl was Declan. Evidently, the exchange of names is very difficult for people.

"Eve, actually my name's—"

"Would I have looked for you in the library but nothing, turned out to be here?"

Ethan's words stopped. He slowly turned his head, seeing Declan already standing in the doorway in a different outfit from the one before. At first glance, Ethan gave an unpleasant smile. After Declan sits down next to Eve, Ethan replies.

"So these two men suddenly came and dragged me here. Stop reading is not my wish" he said, pointing to the two youngest among them.

"We?" Beckett and Eve protested at the same time. "When we visited, he was not reading. Doesn't look busy. We just took him to the dinner table as a form of pleasantries, but he finally agreed. Look, where's our mistake?!"

"You're bothering me to learn. Because of your invitation, I'm hungry."

"There really is something like that?"

"Heh, already. Enough-enough!" Declan scrunched the base of his nose. "Wherever, you always make a fuss. At least for the dinner table, you can shut up a little!"

"Where can we be silent if our stomachs are empty like this?" Eve codes Ethan to support his speech.

"You alone, Eve. I'm not."

"Ish, Declan's not cool." Hearing Eve's words, the real Declan almost choked.

"Wait a minute. His Grace hasn't arrived here yet, so we can't start lunch yet" Declan said coldly.

"His Grace seems to have deliberately starved us to death here." Eve lowered her head on the table. Closing his eyes but his mouth was still not satisfied to let out resentment towards the number one person in the Lumiere castle. "Hold to eat together, but he himself was late. What's that supposed?"

"Ekhem."

"If it goes on like this, I won't hesitate to come into his room, then drag His Grace here. If he won't, I'll bite his hand to finish my hunger."

"How strong are your teeth that you dare to bite me?"

Eve raised her head. Next to him, the haughty man who had been blasphemed earlier was already standing with his chin raised high. His sharp gaze was drawn, if the gaze was like a sword, perhaps Eve had become minced meat.

"Why look at them? Look at your opponent!"

"Yes, Your Grace." Eve blinked for a bit, causing her plump eyelashes to sway slowly. Realizing that a stone cannot be defeated with a stone, Eve tries to act like water. Slowly and gradually, yet erodes. His smile was wide up. Waving his hand forward, he replied, "just kidding, don't take heart. Later your blood pressure quickly high if the anger continues."

Ethan and Beckett's long breath draws Eve's attention. He turned his head and gave a confused look, like saying 'What's wrong?'

"Two. Today is the first day we meet but your problem with me is two things." Zachary finally decided to sit on his seat at the end of the table. He looked straight at Eve, his hands clinging to each other on the table. "Life here isn't as beautiful as the shadows in your shallow brain.You know, right?"

Eve nodded. As if not bothered by Zachary's scorn. "Yep, I know. I never thought I'd be able to live quietly since entering your castle. Because I know, you invited me here to sell me, didn't you, Your Grace?"

The movement of Zachary who wanted to feed a piece of apple into his mouth suddenly stopped. Between not expecting that the impulsive sentence came out of Eve's lips. "What."

"You intend to sell me. Then benefit by marrying myself to someone else," Eve repeated, which sounded more cruel than her first sentence. Zachary's earlobes are flushed. That's definitely not a good sign. "If it wasn't for my mother, I wouldn't have set foot here."

The sound of 'prang' due to Zachary crashing across the table in front of him suddenly broke the silence that had previously been created. The piece of fruit fell down along with the porcelain plate that landed perfectly on the marble floor. Everyone was curious and even more so the servants who could only hear their soft voices from outside, guessing what was going on. While Ethan immediately stood up, trying to calm the duke. Beckett clasped Eve's shoulders, trying to calm her down and not spit out words that could make Zachary behave like a monster.

"YOUR MOM? WITH YOU THINKING BADLY LIKE THIS, THAT WOMAN MUST HAVE SAID BAD THINGS ABOUT ME, YES, RIGHT. STOP CALLING IT IN FRONT OF ME. YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN LIVING WITH ME, NOT WITH HIM ANYMORE. SO FROM NOW ON, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW MY ORDERS, EVE!"

Zachary's breath gasps. He looks young, but his health is certainly not as good as before. With such a long talk, his chest hurt.

I don't know. Is it because he speaks too loudly or is this pain because?

Declan was still not moving. His heart was gamed, being in this difficult situation was completely beyond his control. If Declan chooses Eve's side, then Zachary will wrath her and may not hesitate to kick Declan out of the heir seat before his ambition is achieved. If she supports Zachary, it's possible that his nightmare will come true now; Eve hates him for life.

Eve grunts. Beckett who heard it tried to stop Eve but she couldn't get in the way of the little girl. "Why should I follow your orders?"

Zachary growling. "Because I'm your father."

"When have we had such a relationship?" Eve stood up from her seat. With a wounded look, he again continued, "What do you expect, Your Grace. Until now our relationship is only limited to two strangers who have their own goals" he said before turning away from the four men who claimed to be his family.

Their lunch ended in failure.

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HOLAHOAHOLAAA

Gimana nih reportedly long time no update yisaka. Who misses Eve bar-bar and her brother-in-law? ⁇

If only. If you were in Eve's position, would a father like Zachary want you to do anything?🤔

a. chopped

b. discard

c. kick

d. (own side)

If the author must have cut it. Father is cruel so it is suitable to be made rawon😎

Looking forward to her comments, see you next chapter~