~The String of Fate~ discontinued... Well, continued on another account ??

Chapter 12:

"Pat Avis! Pat!" I reminded seeing that Avis was once again violently rubbing his face with the towel.

"Sovine-... What have you done to them...?" Luden suddenly entered the room but then immediately halted in his steps seeing the orange paste on the other two brothers' faces.

"I am reviving their skin. This is basically surgery, so shut up." I responded while Avis blinked "sos" to Luden in morse code, though there was no way for me to know he was doing so.

"Stop blinking." I flicked Avis as I finished applying the paste to his face before turning to Vidoro, only to realize that he was already springing to the door.

"You've been doing this till afternoon, lady! Enough! It's time for my training!" Vidoro grabbed onto the hem of Ardeat's skirt before teleporting away with her.

'Hm? He can use magic again, huh? That's good.' I sighed in relief, at this rate, I might really be able to save Vidoro. And perhaps even return back to my world.

"Well, I guess it can't be helped. But where do you think you're going?" I clutched onto Avis's arm just as he had managed to sneak past me and yanked him right back into the chair.

"Get out, Luden. Stop giving the poor dude false hope that he'll be able to get out of this." I stated as I gestured to him in a shooing motion basically telling him to get lost.

"... Fine." Luden eventually decided to betray Avis and leave in the end, he had already forgotten the reason as to why he had come here in the first place.

"Now we'll wait fifteen minutes and go to the bathroom to wash your face again." I instructed as a deep groan of exhaustion and pain escaped Avis's lips.

It was his own fault for not taking care of his skin. Or so I liked to believe. Well, either way, doing too much skincare in one day also wasn't the best for the skin either so I'd have to wrap this up soon.

"Okay, go wash your face. Then we can apply toner, moisturizer, and sunscreen and I guess call it a day." I instructed as Avis immediately hopped out of his seat and darted to the bathroom.

I knew it was a bit much since I had become this midday and was only wrapping it up now. But with the imperial ball being only two days away, I didn't have much of a choice.

'At least now I don't have to worry about Anartis. Well, kinda.'  Avis once again stepped out of the garden, patting his face instead of rubbing it for once.

"Alright. Now let's get this hell over with." Avis grumbled under his breath as if he was preparing for war while I had to instruct him on how to apply the rest of the products.

It was like teaching a kid how to eat. But the results in the end were great, his face was hydrated, exfoliated, fresh, bright, smooth, and overall thriving.

"Congrats. I have officially saved your face, you're welcome." I spoke up as I grabbed all of my products before proceeding to leave the room.

But just as I had stepped outside, familiar strands of blue tint came into my view causing me to glance at the figure leaning on the wall beside the door as my heart instantly dropped to my stomach.

'ANARTIS????' I immediately stepped back into the room slamming the door shut behind me as I leaned against the door clenching my chest as my heartbeat rose in terror.

'WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?! I WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET HIM AGAIN AT THE BALL! WHAT IS HE DOING HERE?!' I slumped to the floor holding my head as I drowned into despair. Again.

"What the hell are you doing now?" Avis questioned not at all surprised to see me mopping around the floor.

'WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT THIS?!' I ignored Avis's existence with no hesitation as I continued to internally sob at this turn of events.

"... Right. He can't possibly stay here all night." I realized as I turned my attention back to Avis, I felt a bit bad for making him continue doing all this but my life was more important right now.

"Avis, show me your hands." I demanded as it instantly clicked to Avis what I was going to do, stall time.

"WHAT?! NO!" Avis screeched before running into the bathroom and locking himself in there.

Not that I had a problem with that, I could just wait around inside the room until midnight and ditch him.

And so I did while Avis kept his existence locked away in the bathroom.

"My lady." Ardeat knocked on the door, I had asked her to do so when Anartis had finally left, and since she had just done so, it must've meant that the danger had passed.

"Alright. I'll be back tomorrow, Avis." I hopped off the bed before making my way to the door as I heard the sound of a bunch of colliding objects or something from the bathroom.

"Don't worry, I won't come again after tomorrow since that's the day of the ball!" I reassured him as I shut the door to his room behind me.

I had already prepared a plan to have whatever was left of my reputation hit rock bottom, and hopefully break off this engagement.

But meeting Anartis today had somewhat interfered with those plans.

'Though I don't think this really counts as first impressions... Well, I suppose nothing would've considering how long Avis and Anartis have been friends.'

Still, even if Sovine and Anartis must have already seen each other a dozen of times. I doubt it ever ended in a proper conversation.

And in one way or another, this meeting might help me creep Anartis out even more and have him despise this engagement.

Even if I just ran back into the room and slammed the door after seeing him.

I could still continue the act of a madwoman who's gone wild from love for her fiance if I tried.

"Yes... That will do..." A chilled giggle escaped my lips as I imagined the look of pure disgust that would be painted on Anartis's face every time he sees me after the night of the imperial ball.

"My lady, you're scaring me."

To be continued...

I'M BACK FROM MY EXAMS 🎉🎉

I know you all expected some drama and Sovine doing some crazy shit in this chapter but I have that all planned in the next chapter so bare with me

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