The Villainess Does It With Class

Chapter 89 - The Meeting Pt. 2

I stared at the big iron gates once more, feeling skeptical to even touch it. It won't suddenly come to life like that cartoon I watched before, right? Or like suddenly opening to welcome us without even someone doing it.

'Nadia, you're so imaginative...'

Sorry, I'm just a little scared, okay. I have no idea who these people are, and I just only realized that I must be really dumb to come here without knowing about the people living here. I should have investigated first...

'Whatever, Uno is here, and Kuro is inside the carriage. If this gate started doing some paranormal shit, I am out.'

"Milady, do you want me to check first?" Uno offered.

Did he notice that I was iffy?

"It's fine, all we have to do is ask the guards..." but where are the guards?

I took a step forward and peered through the gate without getting closer to it.. I tried to see if a person was there standing beside the wall, or maybe frolicking, but there was no one.

Is this house abandoned?

I gazed at the big mansion overhead, squinting to see if I could see some servants loitering around. Nothing... This house screams like not one soul is living here...

My eyes darted to the sign, 'Von Brandt'. It meant that we came to the right place, then where are the people?

I glanced at Uno who was casually sneaking at the side, probably to check the surroundings.

One foot advanced, then another, until I reached the gate. I touched the iron bars hesitantly, it wasn't rusty, which meant it was maintained.

My head moved forward and peeked inside.

Soon after, I felt a shift in the atmosphere. I have no idea how and why, but something in me was warning me of another thing. I felt it crawling in my veins, which was hella creepy I tell you and made my heart start racing like crazy.

It seems that it was true because I suddenly felt a cold metal being pressed under my chin.

"Who are you?" A lilting deep voice asserted from behind me.

I tried to whirl around but the cold blade pressed further and scared the daylights off my body. I knew it was a sword, and it dawned on me that if I do something, this blade won't be reluctant to slice my throat.

'Oh shit oh shit oh shit'

It was my literal mantra. If not for the saner part of me that understood what would happen, I would have started panicking like some madwoman and got myself killed in the process.

'Okay, breathe Nadia. Calm down and talk this out. You are not a bad person!'

But first, where the hell is Uno? Or his second in command? Why aren't they doing anything?

Unless they are also being threatened...

That thought is terrifying. Uno is a great guard, very skillful. And if he is being held down by the other party, this means that we are in absolutely dangerous territory.

'Oh goodness. I'm dumb... really dumb. Should have checked first... I'm like one of those characters in the horror movie that dies early because of their idiocy...'

'Father... Nathan, save meee'

"Turn around and tell me who you are," the voice ordered.

'I will! If you just move this sword away!'