Villainess Becomes The Knight

I had expected both of them to react, but they continued to look at me even in their fit of coughing as if I was a ghost! Which I certainly was not!

"What is it? Do you want to die just by looking at me?" I scolded both of them as I walked to the closet and threw all the bedsheets out.

"What are you waiting for? Come and help me!" I shouted again when they finally came to their senses and walked towards me. 

"I want you to add all the strong clothes. Curtains, bedsheet, towels, anything that could hold our weight for a while i want three ropes so that we could add them to balcony and climb down.'' I started with blankets and started knotting their points with the knot we were taught at the time of training.

"Look carefully, you have to knot it this way." I showed them two to three time only for them to nod.

"Now fast, we do not have much time." They both started taking bedsheets and towels to make another rope while I worked on the first one. 

"Abi, there are no more bedsheets." The duchess looked at me as they showed the first rope they had made and I looked around only to find there were no more appropriate clothes to make rope. And the fire had already broken the door.

"It is fine. Then we have to manage with two only.`` I replied without any remorse. I would not even blink if I died while saving them. This way I would be able to reduce the debt I had.

They both looked at each other and nodded. We all ran to the balcony. And I secured the ropes on the railing.

"Now hold the rope tightly and try to descend slowly. You would be fine.`` They looked at each other and then shook their heads.

"No, my lady. I am just a mere servant. How could I think of saving my life before you? You go ahead and take the second rope. I will descend once you have reached the floor." she replied with a bow but all i felt was fury.

"Do you think we have time to chit chat? Go and start climbing down. Who said that I was going to wait here. I am going to try my luck and jump to the nearby balcony. The fire was only stronger in this room.'' I replied and they looked at the other balcony which was a bit far/.

"No! The distance is too high!" thi time it was duchess to shout that.

"I do not care. Now start descending. I have to go too. Or else we would waste all our time talking while the fire would engulf all of us." with that i jumped on the railing on the balcony.

"See you down there." I smiled at them and then walked to the farthest coroner and then looked back at them.

"I beg you.." the duchess sighed and nodded. And then held the rope tightly in her hands and started descending.

The maid looked at me and then at her mistress. With a lot of hesitation, she finally moved and started climbing down from the other rope. When I was assured that they could do that. I looked at the distance once again. The risk was worth it. Or I was sure I would not be alive until one of them reached the ground.

With a gulp. I jumped only to fall in the air when it was just centimetres away.

"Could you do anything by yourself?" I heard her and there she was standing neatly and comfortably on the balcony I was trying to hold. 

"Help me." She shook her head and then stretched her hand to hold me but I was already falling with a high speed. I was sure I would fall but then something unexpected happened. Her hands stretched and it continued to grow until she held me. Her stretched hand wrapped around my waist and with a certain push it started getting shorter again. As if the button of the lever was switched on. It continued to pull us towards the balcony with a speed that was making me dizzy.

I fell on the floor of the balcony with a thud while she was standing there prim and proper. She still looked like a kid of 6-7 years, but there was no way that she was a human let alone a kid!

I glared at her and rubbed my ass. "You could have done that nicely too." i complained only for her to raise her eyebrow.

"Don't you think you are being too friendly with me?" her voice was more of amused than furious so i took the chance. 

"Ofcourse, first I saved your life from the truck, then you saved my life by sending me here. And now you saved my life once again. It is not like we save anyone with this much effort. So we are friends now." she chuckled listening to my strange explanation. 

Honestly, i didn't even know what i was speaking anymore. I just wanted to make friends with her because I was sure she had more powers than anyone could fathom. And it may sound selfish but I need them in the future too. It was not only for me but for the benefit of all the lives who could die if Gerard was not stopped in his malicious deeds. I may sing here with that line, but we both knew that I was only being selfish once again. Gerard was right! I had always been greedy since the start.

"Alright. Stop arguing with your thoughts. It would not take you anywhere. Try to think of a way to go down. Though the fire was not prominent in this room at the start. It is spread now. The door had been burnt and it is only a matter of time when this room would be engulfed too.

I nodded as I looked at both of them who were almost going to reach the ground.

"Can they see you?" though i was sure they could not, yet i asked and as expected she shook her head.

"Then did they see me falling and then flying in the sky only to land back on the balcony?" I have to reply to thousands of their questions if that would have been the case. But thankfully she shook her head again.

"They were not able to see you due to the smoke and mist. Now go and try to make another rope before it is too late.`` I nodded my head at her strict tone. I was relieved that I was not seen, I was not caught and I did not need to explain things I did not understand myself.

I walked into the room and took out the sheets. 

"By the way, can we talk till I am making rope? So, tell me who you actually are?`` I asked as I started to tie them but only silence mocked me. I looked around only to find that I was alone in the room. I ran back to the balcony but it was empty too.

I sighed and shook my head. That girl is too uncertain. As I walked into the room I saw the curtains had already started burning. I didn't have time to think about the girl anymore. I started making the rope again hastily and then ran towards the balcony and closed its door.

Tying the rope securely, I started climbing down it when I heard noises. I started doing it as fast as i could as i realised i was fool to think that all the men of Gerard have left the premises after setting the fire. They must be looking at the show from a distance. And now that they had seen that duchess had escaped the fire successfully. They must be trying to kill her down there to not leave any witness or proof.

I jumped when the distance was not much when my eyes fell on the person who was standing in front of me.

"What are you doing here?" I asked as I could not believe that Kirian was there, fighting with the knights that were trying to attack the duchess.

"Are you going to talk only or help too?'' This was the second time someone had taunted me for talking in the past ten minutes.

  My lips turned into a thin line as I took my sword from the scabbard which Kirian threw towards me and started helping him.

"Your highness is here. He had gone into the palace to look for you." he added when i attacked a man and killed him in a single attack.

He glared at me instead of thinking, making me frown. 

"Do not kill them. We need them alive to get the witness or I would have killed them a long time ago!"