Chapter 236: The Death King (3)
The next moment, Sylvia’s smile turned dark and sad. The girl’s sparkling innocence did not reject the tears wetting the corners of her mouth. Rather, they blended well together.
“Hahaha. As soon as I found this out, I was shocked and hid the note. The fact that Lady Silver Lily and I were tied with an inseparable bond was probably decided before we were born. The note contained the confession of this scary truth, so I hid it because I didn’t want anyone to find out.
“I had to, right? This is a very tempting secret. This secret note was completely different from the tea gossip that the ladies at social gatherings would laugh at and say ‘This is a secret I heard from a friend’ or ‘There is this secret I heard from my parents.’ It was completely different. Yes, it had to be!”
There were still many young ladies of her age at the Silver Bell Society. How could she take this secret note without them noticing? She had to take this to Lady Silver Lily and tell her about this wonderful coincidence. Young Lady Sylvia was very nervous.
“I was different from the other members. Yes, I was very different. Even when the others were obsessed with how beautiful Lady Silver Lily was on that day, or who she met and danced with, I was secretly looking for some mystical connection between Lady Silver Lily and me. Horoscopes, birthdays, birthstones—they were all useless. But our names, our names proved our unbreakable bond!”
An exciting performance went on in the old yard. The sunset slowly climbed over the mountain peak like an old man tired from a long walk. It seemed the sun grew old as the day went by.
The old sunset spread around the world. Despite the passion of the maid, her performance sounded just like the recollection of a faded past.
“I didn’t care about imperial laws. Ethics? Morals? Fuck them. I was sure that Lady Silver Lily just didn’t know about our bond yet. After I jumped over the strawberry vines in the courtyard where the social gathering was held, went through the maze-like yard, and finally got to the hall where Lady Silver Lily was dancing with the gentlemen, I waited until the line of idiots disappeared. They were waiting to at least hold hands with Lady Silver Lily.”
I could easily imagine that.
“Finally, I could tell her the secret I discovered.”
Lady Goldencup would have looked messy at the time. She had been running frantically from the courtyard to the hall, so she wouldn’t have had the elegance of a noble. Even if the others had secretly asked her to get off the premises, Sylvia would have marched on, telling everyone that she had something to show Lady Silver Lily.