My Duke Won't Leave Me

Girl half his size

Ruhi wore a corset and an old-fashioned dress which made her suffocated. She sighed knowing very well that she cannot do anything right now because she has no money. She will have to earn money to buy what she wants; she did stay with the Archduke because it was the easiest approach but she cannot take anything more from him at all.

She sighed, it was night time, she was yet to have the dinner. She was about to call someone when Severus knocked on the door. Calling him inside he ordered maids to lay down the dishes. It was steak, wine bottle and a glass with other side dishes as well. She raised her eyebrows at this as the maids left the room.

“Milady, you must be tired, so I took the liberty to serve you the dinner in the room”; He said as Ruhi nodded at him. He took his leave as she sighed, she thought she was to accompany the Archduke during the dinner that is why she was dressed so lavishly. But seems like this is what these people wear in the regular days.

She sat down and poured the wine in the glass, taking a sip she moaned in contentment. This is a very fine wine, well what can she say; riches have benefits she knows that. She devoured the steak in no time, it was really delicious. She gulped down the glass of wine in one go before picking up the bottle and walking out of the room.

She was carrying the dress prettily, she loved to wear dresses but she never got the chance to do so because of her job. What she hates about this dress is the corset the women had to wear all the time. She walked in the garden taking sips of the wine, this is was the first alcohol she ever drank but it was because she had to numb her senses of pain in one mission. After that she enjoyed drinking wine, she can drink every alcohol but wine is her favourite and that is scotch.

She sat down on the bench and looked at the moon drinking the wine still wandering what to do? She has crossed dimensions before but it was only for some moments; she went there killed the person that was needed be killed and after that went back. She sighed, she will need to ask the maids ways to earn money, she would like to have some adventure guild or something. She might be able to let herself loose and just go all out, which she highly doubt.

After earning some money and learn about this world. After having some knowledge about this world, she will start searching for Seven. She does not know how big is this world or how powerful people are here, she cannot go blindly. She will need some people by her side to search up Seven, she will need some people to back her up in this unknown world and right now she has none. Everybody in this house is suspicious of her which she right on their path, she would have thought them to be stupid if they trusted her without a second thought.

What will that Archduke do when he realises that what she was saying is the truth? That she does not belong to this world at all. She is sure Archduke would be mind blown just thinking about that other worlds exist as well because as far as she could study him, he is a proper knight. Which means that he has dedicated his whole life for his country; that means he never thought anything other than his land and people.

He seems like a really loyal guy, too stupidly loyal guy. She titled her head as she took her last sip of the wine thinking what could be of such admiration that he would be so loyal. She was never loyal to her organisation and they knew it, they just could not do anything about it. She was only loyal to her friends and her mother that was all.

She got up picking up the bottle she walked back inside the house. She was so much into thought that she did not notice that she was being watched at the time. Felix looked at the woman who drank whole bottle of wine and is still not drunk.

He was a coming back from the court after deciding that punishment of the bandits when he saw Ruhi walking out of the house with the bottle of wine. She looked beautiful in the moonlight. He has seen much more gorgeous woman, if he is being honest yet no one captured him like she does. She always makes him halt his step and watch her every time she walks by.

He saw how she in deep thought while drinking the wine. He does not know why but he wants to go there and accompany her. He narrowed her eyes as her face looked like a drop of dew reflecting the moonlight. She looks so innocent and fragile wanting him to protect her yet at the same time the bottle of wine that she continuously drinks through sends another message entirely.

For the first time in his life he cannot figure out another human being. It seems like she keeps herself bare in front of everyone, like she has nothing to hide. Yet, for some reason he cannot seem to trust her, maybe because of his past or maybe because she seemed too calm when she was held by the leader of bandit who would have not hesitated to kill her.

He will get her report very soon and if he finds even one thing that proves her to be a threat, he will kill her and with that he will go back to being normal and not thinking about her all the time. He remembers how he thought of her when he was judging the leader of bandits, all the time he kept thinking that how Ruhi could have died. He did not think how she was easily able to defeat the leader of the bandits.

His thought process broke when he saw her getting up and walking back to the castle. He narrowed his eyes; he is sure that she has finished the wine yet she was not drunk at all. He entered to the castle after her. Severus received him and took his clothes before Felix went to his room where his dinner was to be served. He sighed, he wanted to take a rest and judge the bandits tomorrow but for some reason he could not relax and therefore went to the church.

Maids entered the room and served him food before running out of the room fast. He looked at the wine, it was the same wine Ruhi drank before. He took the sip and narrowed his eyes, it was strong. Even if he drank this whole bottle, he will at least get a little drunk yet Ruhi seemed absolutely fine. Does she have strong alcohol tolerance? He thought as he started eating still thinking how could a girl half his size can hold such strong alcohol down.

He forgot to notice how the girl half his size still occupied his mind.