The World Without My Sister Who Everyone Loved - Chapter 7

“Tell me again.”

When he heard that the child had disappeared, the eyes of the Grand Duke grew cold immediately.

“I’m ashamed, Your Highness.”

Mrs. Deborah bent down deeply. “The child’s disappeared from the castle.”

The sigh of the Grand Duke was as heavy as thunder.

“Just how negligent can you be. Do I have to order you to have someone to stand by the child at night? Can’t you at least think of that much before receiving an order?

The Grand Duke was a man who usually did not scold his subordinates for making mistakes. But this time it was different.

“I…I have no excuse.”

It was to the point where the head maid, who expected a harsh admonishment, was in cold sweat.

It was clear that this orphan was much, much more important to the Grand Duke than they had expected.

Mrs. Deborah fell to her knees without hesitation as soon as she realized so.

“I’m ashamed of myself, Your Highness! The servants are going through the house, so we will be able to find her soon.”

“하….”

“Ha…”

The underground castle was renovated from an old castle during from an ancient era

P/N: Everyone, thank Jay, our new TL, because otherwise… well, you’d be seeing ancient prosperity period instead of ancient era.

All around the castle lying dormant was dangerous magic that has not yet been clearly identified. It wasn’t a place to let a child go around on their own.

“I will go too,”

“…Yes?”

Mrs. Deborah, kneeling down on her knees, suddenly raised her head.

What did I just hear…??

“I said that I will find the child with you.”

It was an emergency.

It has been like that for 30 minutes; but it was a real emergency from now.

* * *

While Mrs. Deborah was reporting to the Great Duke, the servants were searching the whole house at the butler’s instruction.

“She wouldn’t have gotten on the wrong foot and dragged into the sewers right?

The butler shook his head.

“Of course not. The ones on duty would have found her by now if she had.”

“For now, it would be better to start searching from the near vicinity of the Moon’s Cradle. “

“We’d better search the Cradle one more time. It’s quite a big place… Huh?!”

One of the servants let out an unsightly scream. The butler, who was about to reprimand him…

“Your Grace?”

“Your Highness said he would search for the missing lady together.”

The butler was a bit surprised by Mrs. Deborah’s words. However, the veteran butler quickly regained his composure.

“Everyone! Do not be intimidated and do what you have to do!”

Don’t be intimidated? The servants yelled in dismay.

‘Just what is so special about that orphan!’

‘Perhaps it’s not just an orphan, but a hidden bloodline of a high-ranked royal family?’

It was a situation where the unbelievable would sound believable.  It was because there was no way the grand duke would search this anxiously for an ordinary orphan. .

“Your Grace? Where are you going? The third floor has not yet been searched…”

“Hush.”

The butler stopped Mrs. Deborah. The others didn’t even have the thought of stopping him.

When he finally arrived at the end of the corridor on the third floor, the Grand Duke carefully pushed the door. The unmaintained door slowly opened with a creak.

“……”

Chilly air was emanating from the walls and floor of what seemed to not have had a fire lit for a million years.

A dust cloth was crumpled on the bed that lacked even sheets.

…As if someone in this cold room used it to cover themselves.

“The child was in this room.”

She was given the best unused room in the castle. (T/N: It still was a good room, Just was never used nor cleaned.)

So why did you come to sleep in such a room?

The Grand Duke bit his lips unconsciously. He felt strange because it was like he could see a child sleeping soundly in this dusty room… it felt weird

‘My heart…’

If I had to choose a word, it seemed to be crushed by something huge. To the point where I forget to breathe for a moment.

“…wait.”

There were unusual traces on the white cloth on the bed.

It was a trail of blood.

The child must have been hurt.

“Call the servants here. Search the perimeter as soon as possible.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

* * *

Grand Duke and Butler came out of the room to search the third floor in earnest.

Mrs. Deborah was just about to follow suit.

Creak (Sfx: Door creaking)

“!”

The closet door, which had been tightly closed in front of Mrs. Deborah’s eyes, slowly opened. And in there…

“…Ah…Miss?”

“Shh”

A girl with a white face and strangely calm green eyes stood her index finger on her lips.

“I’m trying to hide my presence.. Could you speak a little bit softer, please?”

“….Why are you hiding in such a place?”

You must be in trouble because I’m missing, I thought it would be worse if the Grand Duke found me himself.

As soon as Sienna woke up, things were different from her past life. Just as she had guessed.

This room was obviously the one she used in her last life. And no matter how she looked at it, it wasn’t ready to greet people.

‘It’s weird….’

It was the grand duke that told her to ‘go sleep on the ground’ twice.

It didn’t look like I was going to be sleeping in this unprepared room.

‘Ah.’

That’s why I had a nightmare last night, when I opened my eyes in Loreina’s room.

Though I was half asleep, I remember visiting my original room because of how startled I was at that time.

Sienna let out a sound.

“I’m done for….”

Of course, the maid would not have a good impression of Sienna because of her disappearance. However, there was no way she could think well of me when I disappeared without a word and ended up in a place that was not even my room.

‘If I want to live peacefully, I have to maintain an amiable relationship with the maids.’

Sienna was about to go out and greet him herself. But at that moment, the maid shouted, “Your Highness!” and a loud approach was heard.

There was no time to think. Sienna quickly hid before being found by the Grand Duke.

Fortunately, even if she didn’t know anything else, she was good at hiding her presence.

‘I’ve gone through a few moments like this before when I didn’t want to bump into you.’

Anyways, Sienna hid safely in the closet and waited quietly.

I was going to act as if the maid had suddenly found me somehow.

“In a moment, bring me out and say you found me”

“Are you trying to help me?”

“No”

You can’t possible be doing this to be kind.

I just hope that I don’t need to put on an act with Mrs. Deborah.

Sienna assessed herself for such a rational act..

“…… ”

Mrs. Deborah looked at Sienna with an inscrutable expression, and nodded her head as she sighed lightly.

“I understand, it’s not a bad suggestion.”