Test of courage

"Lucia… I will go with you."

The Duke showed me the most pitiful eyes he could make. It always takes me a lot of effort to reject him, but I can't let him come with me. This time I should go alone.

"No, you can't," I took his hand and kissed it, but I could feel his anxiousness and fear and I knew he could see the hesitation in my eyes, but it was no use, I had to go alone. "I will be fine."

"But…"

"Trust me," he sighed, he knew we didn't have a choice.

"Miss Lucia… I can go with you, I am also part of the Nerum clan and Blaze," my dear Irina looked worried and a bit scared. I noticed it from the moment we stepped inside this place. She had been watching the paintings with suspicious interest, but deep inside was fear. Why those paintings and drawings scare her so much?