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Even though there was a distance between them , thanks to his abilities , he was able to hear their conversation clearly .

‘ ….I better go give her this book . ‘ thought Damon with a smirk .

After finishing the first file , Daphne told them she would go back to her room to get her charger .

When she went out of the library looking at her phone’s dead battery she sighed .

“ My mom will kill me if I don’t call her soon . This phone really choose the best time to run out of battery . “ said Daphne sighting troubled .

While walking into the lounge , she stopped as she felt a weird feeling . When she looked at her left , she saw a corridor which wasn't there the day before .

‘ …I am pretty sure there wasn’t a corridor yesterday here . ‘ thought Daphne to herself .She tried to walk away from there but she just couldn’t . That corridor kept urging her to go there with each glance .

‘ A glance wouldn’t hurt anyone . Plus , maybe I am mistaken and this corridor was here before . ‘ thought Daphne to herself .

As she walked inside Damon noticed Daphne walking to the forbidden area .

‘ I personally used my magic to make it seem like a wall to those humans and they can’t pass through it even if someone accidentally leans there . How can she see the corridor ?…..How can she even enter through it ? ‘ thought Damon to himself .

Damon followed her from behind curiously to see how far she would go and what her purpose was . The more she walked the more drawn she felt to the door at the end . When she saw the door , she looked at the handle and stopped .

“ I should be doing this .  I shouldn't be here at all . “ said Daphne .

“ That is right . You shouldn’t be here at all yet here you are . “ said a voice from behind startling her .

When she tried around , she saw the white silver haired man wearing black sunglasses , a black shirt slightly opened around his check showing a glimpse of his rocky muscles . She looked at him surprised as he was the last person she expected to see .

" What are you doing here ? " asked Daphne surprised .

" This is my home . I can go wherever I want . What are you doing here ? " said Damon .

Daphne remained silent gulping lightly .

' Even if he may not be the duke , he is still his relative so it is normal he would ask me what I am doing here . ' thought Daphne .

His intimidating handsome look made her I unable to look away from him .

" …..R…Research . “ said Daphne turning her head away when she realised she was staring at him for too long .

Damon looked at the door and could see the seals as intact .

‘ How was she able to stand close to it when the seal should have pushed her away ? ‘ thought Damon suspicious as he looked at her .

“ This is not a part of the castle included in the research program . You walking in here on your own accord which is called trespassing . “ said Damon with a serious tone .

Daphne looked at him and wondered why he was keeping his glasses on when the corridor was dark and illuminated by some lights on the wall only . There was a faint red light underneath the black glass of the sunglasses but she thought that maybe it was the reflection of something on the walls or chandeliers .

She realised that the best solution would be to walk away quietly without chatting too much with him even though he annoyed her very much .

“ I have a lot of work to finish and our strict professor forbade us from attending the dinner with the duke if we hadn’t finished our duties . I don’t want to take more of your time either so I better get going . “ said Daphne .

She passed by him as he showed a slight smirk .

“ Oh , don’t worry . Even if you don’t finish your work , you will definitely attend the dinner with the duke . “ said the silver haired man .

Seeing him look at her with a smirk on his face made her feel confused but she hurried to walk away and refused to bump into him anymore .

‘ He gives me some off vibes . I better avoid bumping into him anymore . ‘ thought Daphne to herself as she hurried back to her room to take the charger .

‘ What’s behind that door ? ‘ thought Daphne to herself on her way back to the library as she couldn’t shake off the feeling she felt as if something had possessed her for a second .

When she entered inside Ana and Lion were waiting for her .

“ You sure took a while to take that charger . “ said Ana .

She smiled a little as she sat back to her desk .

“ I met a creep that likes to scare people . “ said Daphne .

Lion and Ana looked at her confused with their eyes wide open . It was rare for Daphne to say something like this but they had no time to ask as the professor urged them to finish their work before the dinner with the duke . The dinner was set in two hours and their hurried to finish the last pages of the files then hurried to their rooms to get ready .

When the time for the dinner finally came , butler Arnold gathered the seven of them along with the professor together and escorted them back to the dinning room .  The moment they stepped inside , they saw the servants lined with golden trays places on the table . The big chandelier shining in the ceiling , the golden decorations on the wall and the two golden lions with ruby eyes at the entrance door . Everything looked like a scene out of a fairytale .

“ I can’t believe they placed golden plates for mere students like us . They are royalty so this much is nothing to them anyway…Haaa….We poor people can never understand this complicated rich world . “ said Ana shocked to be surrounded by all that luxury .

“  Usually this dinning room is used only by the family and the special business dinner meetings where important deals are signed with influential people . “ said the butler .

“ It is an honour that the duke is hosting us in this dinning room . We are all very grateful . “ said the professor amazed and excited by the thought .

The professor wasn’t the only one amazed , the other students were as well . Everyone apart from Daphne and Lion seemed way too excited .

“ What’s with you two ? Didn’t you just hear what the butler said ?! “ said Ana when noticing the disbelief in their faces .

“ I find it hard to believe that they invited us to have dinner in this special place for free . Our research isn’t that important as to guarantee us this privilege . “ said Daphne .

“ Okay busybody ! Why did you think they invited to have dinner here then ? “ asked Ana with a tired expression .

“ Isn’t it obvious ?! They want to add more work for us to do or documents to deal with. “ said Daphne with full confidence making Ana speechless as Lion couldn’t help but laugh .

“ Don’t tell me you share the same opinion ?! “ said Ana horrified of having to deal with two nerds .

Contrary to Daphne , Lion gave off a familiar feeling as if he had already been there before which made Daphne look at him in doubt .

“ …I have traveled a lot to a lot of castles so they don’t really surprise me anymore . “ said Lion with a gentle smile .

Daphne still wasn’t convinced by his explanation but before she could ask more about it , the door opened .

“ Duke Damon Nigrescent and Young Duchess Daria Nigrescent ! “ said the butler .

Everyone turned their heads towards him . The professor and the rest turned their head towards them .

“ Oh my ! Both brother and sister are gorgeous . If they weren’t royalty , they could have easily become famous celebrities . “ said Ana looking at them amazed just like the others .

Daphne was the only one whose face was filled with shock .

“ Daphne ? “ asked Lion upon seeing her expression .

“ He’s…the creep ? “ said Daphne shocked .

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