Chapter 12 The Pink Rose

Since I couldn't find the inner peace which I was looking for, I decided to go for a stroll around and explore the mansion a little bit more.

Not gonna lie, the mansion was big and massive, just like the castles in Scotland from my world.

The building itself was very old fashioned with a lot of decorations, be it various sculptures or the numerous arts, nonetheless it reminded me of the old buildings from the middle east.

In front of the mansion, there was a long porch along with a big garden.

As I walked further into the mansion, I saw a few guards walking around the place, they were dressed in black coats with swords hanging on the side of their waists.

ραпdα nᴏνa| сom They looked like bodyguards or body guards to be precise.

They were rather intimidating, especially since I was not used to seeing them around. But the swords which they had with them were hard to identify.

Each guard had a different outfit, but all of them wore similar dark clothing.

I noticed that they weren't moving as freely as I was, and I could judge that they were keeping an eye on me, 'Rowen doesn't seem to be liked here as well,' I thought and noticed the corners of my lips lift themselves. I couldn't help it but to feel a bit amused about their attitude, 'I'm your master here, don't forget that.' I raised my left eyebrow and placed my hands back inside my pockets as I walked past.

This was my home now and as soon as I got rid of Hector, everyone here would work for me.

It's sad to know that I couldn't have all of this in my previous life, and couldn't help my struggling mother much either, 'I hope now she lives a better life with the death insurance that she probably got from my passing away.'

A mother's love was something that Rowen was missing, as for in my world, I was struggling to find the right path without a father and relied on my mother more, but Rowen didn't have love from either one.

His father hated him for being better than he was his age, more talented and more charming, 'well, I got to give this to Rowen to be honest,' a sudden smirk escaped my mouth as I thought about it.

But the main reason behind Hector's hate towards Rowen was Herena, the mother of Rowen... After giving birth to Rowen, Herena turned herself away from Hector emotionally and no one knows what happened, even the author of the book didn't give many details about Herena's sudden change of behavior, 'I should look into that a bit more later.'

As far I remember, Herena locked herself in a room and would only meet Hector to perform her wife duties during the night, but after the birth of the twins, no one saw her ever since.

'I wonder if she's still alive to begin with...' I scratched my head and that was when I heard a loud noise coming from the end of the ghostly-looking corridor, "how dare you talk back to me?"

A peasant-looking fat maid was about to raise her hand against someone.

I couldn't see who it was in the first place, so I leaned to the side and what I saw next made my jaws drop and eyes widened, a long, wavy pink like rainbow hair laid on the ground surrounded by dirty clothes next to her.

'Nari!'

I gasped when I saw her right cheek was bruised and swollen, it had a faded red color on it. The eyes that I saw yesterday full of conflict were now filled with tears, 'she's been beaten up!'

That woman deserves to die for assaulting Nari!

I tightened my fist and my body moved on ahead.

Anger jolted through my veins as I grabbed the maid's hand, "what do you think you're doing?"

I raised my voice as unspeakable anger was about to explode from my heart.

I pushed the maid to the side, and immediately leaned down to check on Nari, "Are you okay?"

I gently tried to touch her bruised cheek, 'this bitch!' Rage ran red through my brain, as I gritted my teeth, "Nari, can you stand up?" Her fragile, weak-looking body felt extremely hopeless right now.

She gave me no answer, but a sob.

The humiliation! I knew exactly how she felt right now.

She was like a pink rose that couldn't bloom due the darkness that surrounded her. She was strong and confident, but due to some circumstances, she couldn't talk back or protect herself from bullies in this mansion.

In the novel, Rowen was one of them too, but I'm not Rowen: 'I will let you shine,' I thought to myself, as I slowly grabbed her by her small waist.

It was ridiculously tiny, thinking that she, someone who was one of the most feared assassins in the book, but her body was so fragile that it made a small chuckle escape through my mouth.

Her skin, soft like petals, felt warm in my hands, and I could tell that she was blushing with embarrassment that the master had seen her like this.

"Are you alright?" I asked quietly, "please try to stand." I tried to force myself to sound as gentle as possible.

I pulled her up carefully, and supported her weight with both hands, "come on, we need to go to the infirmary." I moved my face closer to hers, "I'm sorry, please forgive me for what I will do to her later on."

I felt guilty for being so careless, but Nari simply smiled at me with those beautiful black, night-like eyes, "it's ok, I guess I deserved it."

The next second, she hugged me tightly, and I returned her embrace, "thank you, Nari." I whispered into her ear.

Our heads were pressed together as our bodies touched each other from behind, and I could smell a sweet scent enter my nostrils that reminded me of strawberries.

I subconsciously glanced at her soft pink lips, and felt a strange sensation rise within my stomach.

'No! Stop it!'

I urged myself as I hurriedly took a deep breath, 'you're attracted to her, you're a good guy, why would you do such things?' I thought to myself with disgust, but my body clearly refused to listen to my thoughts.

"Ma-master Rowen!"

And that was when I heard the maid's shout from behind us.

From her trembling legs and shaking hand placed on her mouth, I could understand that she was truly scared of the situation, 'I wonder how many more maids this bitch bullied here,' I glanced over my shoulder and gave her a sharp glare, "I will come back for you later."