Blood Contract with her Royal Villainess

♕CHAPTER 14♕

♕CANA ANNALIS ♕

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It’s been a week since I received the letter that Diana sent to me. Everything about the ceremony for officially introducing her as the princess is written in her letter, including the date and time of the party, the dress code, and the list of famous noble families who will attend that event.

Diana also wrote in the letter about how nervous she is about the upcoming royal celebration. She even wanted me to sleep in the royal palace and help her with the things that she must do for the party, but I can’t do that because I’m just here to serve as her guide. Another reason is that I want her to learn how to stand on her own inside the palace, especially now that there are a lot of eyes watching her every move and just waiting for her to make a mistake.

Besides, I also have my own problems here in the Romulus family, plus this vampire slave that I must introduce to Diana.

“Viggo, hurry up. The carriage is waiting outside,” I called Viggo, and he followed behind me while frowning. His forehead is creasing as we both walked our way out of the Romulus mansion, I even noticed the servants looking in our direction, but I just ignored them and walked straight out of the mansion.

As soon as I stepped out of the manor, I noticed that everything is ready to go. The coachman bowed his head at me and opened the carriage door, and Viggo helped me step inside. Then followed and rode the carriage with me.

I wanted to take Viggo to the central plaza and buy him clothes and other necessities that he will be using as we transfer to the castle near the border of the Moonvault. There’s also the fact that he does not own any formal clothes that he can use for the royal celebration.

I can’t just let him wear his uniform as a butler while he’s dancing with Diana, so it is only proper for him to look presentable in front of the other nobles on the inauguration night for the Princess.

“There’s no need to buy more clothes for me. Why do you even insist?” Viggo complained, but he knew he doesn’t have any choice but to obey me.

“Stop complaining and just follow me, okay? You will be meeting someone very important in your life, so you need to dress up and look more handsome when that time comes,” I replied to him and wriggled both of my eyebrows at him and smiled, which I guess creeps him out, so he quickly avoided his eyes on me.

With the whole trip to the central plaza, where most of the famous boutique that makes fancy and beautiful clothes and jewelry are located, I kept talking about Diana to Viggo. I told him every good aspect I know about Diana to get curious about her and feel more excited to meet the princess of his life.

“Trust me, and once you saw Diana, your mouth will surely gape at her beauty,” I said to him, but he’s just sitting in front of me while staring outside the window and his chin on his left palm as if he does not care about what I was talking about.

“Hey, are you listening to me?” I asked him, and he just stared at me, then yawned.

“Yes?” he replied, unsure, which pissed me off.

I’ve been talking here for a long time already about the woman that he loves the most in the original book, and he’ll just act like he does not care at all!? I thought to myself and rolled my eyes at him.

“Tsk! No worries, I’m sure once you see her, you’ll be the one to fall for her first,” I whispered, and he just yawned in front of me again.

This vampire is pissing me off! He just yawned every time I share something about Diana. I thought and rolled my eyes at him. I frowned and did not bother talking anymore because I know that he will not listen to me seriously, and that will only waste my time, saliva, and effort of telling him more about Diana.

After a while, the carriage stopped in front of the famous boutique for its beautiful yet expensive clothes.

Viggo stepped out of the carriage first. Then he assisted me to stepped out too, even though he’s still frowning and looks like he does not want to do this. We both entered the Corazon Boutique that is famous all over the empire for its beautiful designs, and I noticed a lot of beautiful clothes for men and women inside.

“Greetings, My Lady, how may I help you?” a woman asked, so I pointed at Viggo standing behind me.

“I’m looking for a suit for him that is perfect for a celebration,” I answered, and the staff nodded her head at me.

“As you wish, My Lady. For the time being that you’re still waiting, you can take a seat here and check our catalog,” she said and gave me their catalog that sells clothes.

I silently sat on the couch as Viggo just stood behind me.

“Viggo, what do you think?” I asked for his opinion as I point at the navy blue suit that I think will look good on him.

“Anything will do,” he shortly replied, and my forehead just furrowed even more to him as I try my best not to make a scene here, especially that the other customers of the shop are looking at us.

“Isn’t that the black sheep of the Romulus house? Lady Kiera Deidamia?” the other female customers whispered, but I can still hear their voices. They’re covering their mouths with their hands, but it is still so obvious where they are looking at and who they’re talking about.

“What is she doing here? And who is that young man with her?” another customer whispered.

Do they really think I can’t hear them gossiping about me? They have the guts to do that in front of me, huh!? I thought as I pretended not to hear them.

“Maybe one of her toys? Everyone knows that she has a lot of flings before,” another woman whispered, but I can still hear them, and I almost raise my eyebrow at her.

“Is it true that you have a lot of flings before?” Viggo suddenly whispered in my ears, and I quickly shook my head as a disagreement.

“Of course not,” I replied to him and glared at those women talking about me.

“Hey! Did you hear that? I can hear buzzing bees inside this shop,” I said loudly, just enough for those women to hear me, as I stared at them from head to toe.

“Oh my, the rumors about her being a vulgar woman is true after all,” one of the women commented, so I raised my eyebrow at her.

“Come on, we would not like to be influenced by her rudeness,” the other woman said and rolled her eyes at me before they left the store.

“There, the bees are gone,” I replied loudly and rolled my eyes at them too.

Argh! These people are ruining my mood! I thought as I frowned and just focused myself on the catalog.

“I’m sorry for making you wait, My Lady. Here are the newest designs of suits that will surely look good for this man,” the woman who assisted us earlier came back with boxes of clothes.

I opened the box one after the other and checked the clothes inside, then I pulled it out and gave it to Viggo so he could try the clothes on. I saw his frowning face as he took the clothes from my hand and went to the dressing room.

After a few minutes of waiting, Viggo opened the dressing room by moving the curtain that covers the dressing room aside. He stood in front of me as if he is not bothered by what he looked like right now, but for us who can see him, he looks like a Greek God as he wears the full white suit with red and black linings as its design as he fixed the way he wore the necktie. He may look serious as he stood there, but for me, it is as if he’s posing for a photoshoot as he looks so handsome wearing the suit.

“T-Try this one too,” I stuttered as I hand him the next set of suits. He glared at me first before he took the clothes from my hand. And after waiting for a short time, he stepped out of the dressing room, and now he’s wearing a black suit with gold embroidery. He looks so cool wearing this set as if he’s a secret agent from one of the famous movies.

My mouth gaped at how handsome and how the suits can look so good on him, and I am starting to have this thought of making him try all the clothes prepared for him by the dresser, so I did.

“Seriously? You’re still not done choosing?” he asked while carrying the other suits that I want him to try on.

“Well, it’s so hard to choose since they all look good on you,” I replied to him, and I saw his face turned red, but he quickly turned around and avoided my gaze and went back inside the dressing room.

Aww, the vampire is shy. I thought to myself while holding my smile back.

“Tsk! All you need is to buy one suit, so why do I have to wear all of these?” I heard him complained while changing his clothes which made me laugh.

Well, he can’t blame me, he looks so good in those suits, to the point that I wanted to buy all of them for him.

“My Lady, would you like to have a paired dress and suit for you and your boyfriend?” the dresser asked me, and I suddenly felt embarrassed.

Boyfriend? This woman probably does not know who I am, and she thought that I am just a simple, noble lady. I thought and just smiled at her.

“Ahm, no need, my father already has ordered for our family’s clothes,” I answered, and she just nodded at me.

After almost an hour of Viggo trying all the clothes on, it is now time to take his body measurements. I saw the dresser holding the tape measure used for sewing, and she placed it around Viggo’s broad chest. I looked at the dresser’s expression, and I can see that she feels shy as her hands touched Viggo and that she can’t control her admiration for Viggo’s masculinity.

My forehead creased, and I have a feeling that I wanted to take the tape measure from her and do the measurements myself, but I controlled myself and waited for them to finish.

“Everything is settled now, My Lady. Within three days, we will send the suit to the Romulus manor,” the dresser said, and I nodded my head at her. Three days would be enough before the royal inauguration and celebration for Diana that will occur five days from now.

Viggo and I went out of the boutique and decided to walk around the plaza for a while. Like the Lumire Empire's regular climate, the sky is still cloudy, and the sun is still hidden behind the clouds, which made the place shady.

“Don’t you feel hot in that uniform? Or perhaps in the sun?” I asked Viggo while walking at the plaza.

“Not really, but aren’t we were going home yet?” he questioned in return, and I just shook my head at him.

“Isn’t this the first time that you had a leisurely walk outside of the estate? So come one, let’s drop by to the places that you want to check,” I answered to him with a smile since I knew that it had been a long time since he got out of the casket, and now, he’s bonded in the contract between him and me. That is why I wanted him to feel his freedom, even with just these short moments.

I saw him staring at me while I’m smiling at him, so I raised my eyebrows as if asking him what? Then, he avoided his eyes.

“I don’t have anywhere that I want to go to,” he replied, which made me smile even more.

“Alright, if that’s the case, then let’s go to my favorite shop,” I excitedly said to him and grabbed his hand. Then, I pulled him towards the famous bakery from my time.

This bakery is very well known in my time, and as time passes by, they have been passing their recipes to the next generation, and their pieces of bread are getting yummier and yummier as time changes. Now, this bakery just had a small store beside the plaza.

“Huh? This is your favorite shop?” Viggo inquired as soon as we both stopped in front of the bakery, and I just nodded at him while eyeing all the displayed pieces of bread that look so delicious.

“Lady Kiera. It’s been a while since you stopped by here, so we were worried about you. Thank goodness you’re alright and was able to revisit our store,” the baker said, which surprised me that she knew Kiera, and that is when all of Kiera’s memories about this shop and baker came rushing into my mind.

“Ah, haha, I was sick, that’s why I was not able to drop by,” I lied as I still could not believe that this shop is also Kiera’s favorite bakery.

“I see, but how do you feel now? Have you fully recovered? And if I may ask, who is this man with you?” the baker asked as she packed the bread that I have been eyeing since we arrived here, as if she already knew what I would be purchasing from their shop.

“Yes, I feel better now and have fully recovered, and this man is my personal guard and butler,” I answered, and she handed me the bag of bread that I did not choose but also the pieces of bread that I wanted to order, which made it more wondering.

“Oh, I thought he’s your new boyfriend,” she said, which made me blushed.

Why does everyone think of Viggo as my boyfriend? I thought.

“And you don’t have to pay for that, Lady Kiera, since it’s been a long time that we have not seen you here in Zoraida,” the owner of the bakery suddenly came to the front of the shop and spoke to me.

“What? No, I will pay for this,” I said and placed my p*****t on top of their stall and dragged Viggo away.

“Thank you!” I shouted as I waved my hand at them.

“Lady Kiera! You’re doing it again; this is too much!” I heard the owner shouted, which made me laugh as I saw them scratching their heads, and they all bowed at me and waved their hands.

“I did not expect that you like places like that,” Viggo commented while carrying the bag of bread.

Honestly, I also did not expect that Kiera likes the bread that I also like. As in all the bread that I always order in that shop, Kiera also orders the same kinds of bread. This similarity between her and me makes me smile while wondering how she and I had the same tastes.

“It surprised me that a noble lady such as you also prefer to eat foods like this,” Viggo said as we both sat down on the bench near the wide lake inside the park, and I just smiled at him, since I, too, did not expect it from Kiera. And I can’t recall all of her memories in this place. Those memories will come to me as soon as I have seen, heard, or touched them.

“Give me some,” I said and pulled out my favorite cheese bread from the paper bag of bread.

“I thought you’re just like the noble ladies that I have known,” Out of nowhere, Viggo said while staring at the lake in front of us, where a lot of water lilies are floating on and as the cold wind blows in the middle of the day, which made the newly baked food tastes even better.

“Huh? What do you mean?” I questioned while eating the bread in my hand.

“Most of the female mortals that belong to the noble ranks are arrogant and did nothing but judge others and do whatever they want to do,” he replied, so I looked at him. His words sound like he has some bad memories that he recalled, so I do not know what to reply to.

“I thought so too,” these are the only words that left my mouth since I also do not have any idea that this side of Kiera even exists.

“Huh? Why are we talking so seriously?” he asked, which made me laugh. Then I took the remaining bread from my hand and shoved it into my mouth. I chewed carefully before swallowing and shake out my hands to remove the bread dust from my hands before I spoke with Viggo again. I saw him looking at me as if I am a weird woman with the way I replied to him.

“I mean, I also did not know myself clearly until now, maybe because I was still searching for myself or what I wanted to do with my life,” I cleared, which is true since the truth is that I am not Kiera and up until now, I am still trying to figure out who she truly is.

About the things that she wanted to do, what her plans are, or if she’s really the Villainess in this story because of her jealousy, why she still proceeded with her plan of killing her best friend Diana, and why did this woman do all of those things before?

Because now that I am slowly getting to know the real Kiera as I entered her body, I know that she’s not a bad person. She only wanted to be loved by other people around her. I wanted to know the reason or the answer to why she became mad and revengeful.

“Like your dreams in life?” Viggo inquired and grabbed a piece of bread from the paper bag on his lap.

“Hmm, I think it’s more on the part where should I still prove to everyone that I can do a lot more than being the black sheep of my family, or should I just let them think and say anything about me and just do the things that I want to do,” I answered him, and he just looked at me.

“Is this because of how the others treat you back to your own house?” he questioned, and I just gave him a bitter smile. It seems like Viggo had noticed how the others looked and treated Kiera like she’s a bastard child born into the noble family of the Romulus.

“Maybee, I just wanted to prove to all of them that I am no longer the Kiera that they have known before, the Kiera that they could just make fun of and belittle,” I responded to him, and he just nodded at me.

“Then you should do that. Prove to them that you have changed already, while not minding about the negative comments and discouragement about you from the other people around you,” he advised me, then he did something that genuinely surprised me.

“Huh? Are you giving me head pats?” I asked him, and it looks like he was embarrassed when I noticed his action, so he quickly removed his hand on my head and frowned at me. I laughed at his expression. I never expected that this short-tempered and irritated vampire would comfort me with his head pats.

“Thank you, Viggo,” I said to him and smiled at him, but he just avoided his gaze from me, so I ended up giggling more at his reaction.

“Lady Kiera Deidamia?” I turned around as soon as I heard the familiar voice, and when I looked up, I saw Sir Grimm looking at me seriously.

“S-Sir Grimm?” I asked, and I noticed his eyes transferred from me to Viggo.

“Why are you here, with a vampire sitting beside you, Lady Kiera?” 

TO BE CONTINUED