I closed the door behind myself and thought with murderous intent hidden deep within my eyes "He definitely knew how the former owner was being treated but didn't bother to do anything about it"
I took a deep breath to calm my nerves but suddenly smiled since I decided to just get rid of him and others who get in my way to become the new count of niebla an started heading in the direction of where my mother's chamber is.
"Where do you think you're going black horse shit." Said baltasar's voice out of nowhere that contained complete disgust.
I paused an looked behind myself and seen baltasar with a disgusted look on his face and sighed and said calmly "That is none of a servants business now run along and go wipe your master's ass."
Baltasar's face twisted and became even more ugly and screamed "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY YOU PIECE OF S..."
"Ahem..." Said an old woman's voice adjusting itself out of nowhere, which made baltasar jump a little and intinctively calm himself down and adjust his outfit an looked behind himself and seen the head maid standing behind himself elegantly with cold eyes.
"Did I interrupt something butler baltasar." Asked the head maid coldly.
Baltasar scoffed Internally at her attitude and said "Nothing at all ms sofia I was just having a friendly conversation with sir adan here."
"Is that so, anyways the countess has ordered your presence butler baltasar so I wouldn't make her wait if I were you." Said sofia coldly while taking her leave with baltasar not falling behind an not forgetting to shoot me a glare which I in turn returned with a middle finger.
I watched them take there leave an after they left my field of view I started continuing on my way to my mother's chambers while chuckling, thinking of numerous ways to get rid of my father who I need to be very discreet when getting rid of since I haven't been shown mercy so why should I show mercy.
(Baltasar's POV)
"Do you know why the countess has called for me." Asked baltasar calmly while secretly gritting his teeth in rage from the little spat we had earlier.
Sofia stopped in her tracks and looked at baltasar and said with a serious face "The countess wanted to ask how a faithful servant such as yourself who's been serving this house for 67 years has failed to kill a mere bastard child."
"But that's impossible, he should've died." Said baltasar with a confused face, remembering himself vividly paying off and giving the poison to a servant of mine.
Sofia stared at baltasar for a moment and said very coldly "Obviously he didn't."
Baltasar started sweating hardly and was about to say something, only to notice that sofia started continuing on her way to the countesses chambers while saying "Save it for the countess."
Baltasar started sweating even harder and took a deep breath to calm his nerves and started following behind her.
(Adan's POV)
*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*
"Mother it's me." I said calmly while immediately spotting guards at the end of the hallways on both sides walking past like they where patrolling the mansion for anything suspicious.
While I was busy watching my surroundings, the door opened revealing a very beautiful calculative chocolate skinned woman about 5'7 with a heart shaped face, dark brown eyes, very short curly hair, with a hourglass figure.
"Come in." Said juana with no surprise at all.
I nodded and walked past her into the room while she looked out in the hallway both ways and closed the door while I sat at the table in the room and said calmly "You don't seem surprise to see me mother."
"Indeed I'm not considering your being sent off to war which is definitely a eleanor move." Said juana with a sigh and came and sat across the table from me.
I also sighed and stared at her for a moment and said with a serious face "Do you an liliana want to move into my mansion."
Juana was surprised by my sudden mood change and said with a smile "I'll gladly move away from this shit place with lily."
"That's good since I plan to get rid of you know who." I said calmly which made juana shocked.
"You plan to kill him." Asked juana with extreme shock, knowing if what I said gets out I could be charged and executed for having ill intent towards a noble.
"Yes." I said calmly while looking around the room and didn't see anything impressive but a typical bedroom with nothing decorative, only things that you'd need for a day to day life like a bed and whatnot.
Juana took a deep breath to calm her anxiety for my well being and said with scary eyes "Don't just outright kill him you have to be smart about it, I recommend you get rid of that slut's two sons first since their most likely to inherit."
"And what about catalina." I asked calmly, forming a whole plan in my mind while just now realizing that my every action is so proper like a nobles which is most likely due to my etiquette skill.
"Marry her." Said juana with a smile while picking up the tea pot and two tea cups and poured tea in both of the tea cups, finally regaining her bearings back.
My eyes we're wide open in surprise and said while instantly gathering my bearings back "You want me too marry my half sister."
Juana slid the tea cup full of tea towards me on a small plate and said with a calm straight face "Yes, just think for a moment if you marry her it'll make things easier for you to usurp because if you kill both the son's of that whore it'll naturally fall to the daughter despite protests since there is no longer a male heir to inherit as count excluding you my son."
"That makes alot of sense and she's right too exclude me because bastard children of nobles will have to go through hell just to take their father's position, life as a bastard isn't easy so I'll probably end up marrying my half sister since it's beneficial to my survival and there's no place to think about what's morally right or wrong right now since me being alive is more important which is what I prioritize above anything." I thought with a sigh while picking up the tea cup and took a sip of it and put it back on the tiny plate.
Juana hearing my sigh also sighed and said "I know you probably want to find true love and don't want too since the catholic church considereds incest as an abomination and a sin against god and nature but it's common amongst other nobles to marry their cousins and nieces it's a way to maintain their power and status an not have to sacrifice anything for the marriage."
"I'm not sighing because I have to marry catalina I'm sighing at how hard it is too live during this time." I said calmly while picking up the tea cup again and taking another sip and putting it back down.
Juana smiled and said "Well thats good that you understand an we're on the same page because I was telling you all this so you wouldn't be surprised if your father brought it up which I doubt he'll marry you off because no one would let their daughters marry a bastard child since they gain nothing from it, plus your not 14 years old yet so you can't consummate your marriage so you have nothing to worry about for now."
I choked a little on the tea from what she just said and thought with a calm face on the outside but a huge sigh on the inside "It completely slipped my mind that the age of consent during this century was 12 for girl's and 14 for boys in the spanish empire during this century which I don't know how since my perk makes me smarter and remember things easily, probably since I've been too preoccupied with other things"
I picked up the tea cup an and drinked the rest of the tea inside it and slammed it back on the tiny plate while saying calmly with scary eyes "I guess It's time too start putting my plans into motion."
*Clang*
(Baltasar's POV / Timeskip: 1 hour earlier)
"BUT COUNTESS I SWEAR THE SERVANT THAT I PAYED OFF, CHECKED TO SEE IF HE WAS REALLY DEAD." Said baltasar pleading loudly for his life, immediately dropping to his knees on the floor in a kowtowing position.
"Is that so, well baltasar he doesn't appear to have been killed and is currently laughing happily with his mother which isn't what a dead person should be doing now is it, baltasar." Said a beautiful light skinned woman elegantly with long dark brown hair, a square oblonged shaped face, hazel eyes, and 5,3 in height with a luxurious attire on.
Baltasar's face turned very ugly and said with a stutter "B...but...c...counte...."
"Silence you fool." Said eleanor while waving her hand slightly which made the maid who was brushing her hair step aside as she got up from her seat.
Eleanor held her dress and went and stood in front of the kowtowing baltasar and said elegantly with cold eyes looking down at him "You've outlived your usefulness baltasar."
"Cou...." Said baltasar, only for his words to immediately get cut off.
*BOOOM*
*SPLAT*
Eleanor took her right foot out of her heel that was inside of the lifeless baltasar's head and said to sofia with a gentle smile "How unfortunate that he died of natural causes."
"Indeed countess, indeed." Said sofia calmly, immediately understanding what she needs to do.
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THE END...