Capítulo 11: [S1] 011 Exposed Identity

　　It was late at night when Orville forced himself to return to the manor, blood soaked through his sleeves. He did not avoid the snow, sniffing the winter snow, walked quickly towards the back door of the main castle.

　　But just as he was passing the small courtyard next to the main castle, suddenly became aware of something strange.

　　There was light...

　　Why was there a light in the garden at night?

　　The faint light was so insignificant that if the Duke had not had excellent night vision, he would hardly have noticed it, approached the direction of the light, his feet treading silently in the snow.

Through the linden windows embedded in the courtyard wall, he could faintly see a figure. It was not the light in the courtyard, and the light came from a charcoal stove.

On the cooker was a large pewter kettle, and steam was pouring from its spout. The people was bent at the waist and poured in. a bucket of water　　Orville leaped over the wall and onto the roof by the side of the house, did this in one fluid motion. He landed on the tiles, while the slight sound was immediately drowned out by the wind.

　　The Duke crouched down again after standing firm, gingerly picked apart half of the tile with his middle and index fingers, then stared through the gap at the man inside.

　　In the late at night in winter, What was this little mute doing sneaking around the courtyard boiling water?

　　He was wondering, and saw Chad underneath me unravel his Knight's tunic, then his shirt, then his shirts. Then came the short shirt, then the midriff, then the lining, then the underclothes. Finally, a piece of cloth was left wrapped around his chest.

　　So it was to scrub ... his body, but Orville was still a bit puzzled, there is a bathhouse in the estate for the wingmen and the guards. Chad was one of the highest ranking knight around him. If he wanted to bathe, he could go to the baths, enjoying servants at his service.

　　Why bother boiling the water in the courtyard over and over again to bath?

　　Anyone who spies on people will be nervous, while Orville is the only one who spies on people frankly and condescendingly. He didn't even look away when he saw Chad stripping himself clean.

Orville is not gay, was not interested in men's bodies. But he had noticed from early on that Chad's body was slimmer and more proportionate than the other knights, but yet his body is explosive and agile that he could take down a bear of an opponent on every mission. This has always puzzled Orville, so was the perfect opportunity to see up close how Chad's small body could contain so much power.

Chad's skin was a very cold white colour, this is probably why she keeps herself so tightly wrapped up all the time. There was only a thin layer of muscle under the skin, but it looks hard and energetic.

　　The Duke's face was silent in earnest, watching her rub from the upper to the lower half of her body, the scabs on her back were scabbed over, like lumps of ink splattered on white paper. The scene actually struck Orville as beautiful, and suddenly a little ticklish from his heart.

　　The little mute was about to bend down to wipe her calves, but didn't know if because that Chad had torn the wound on his back, paused and put his feet up on the chair again.

　　Why didn't the mute have a penis?

　　Orville was shocked, hadn't reacted yet, as the little dummy moved, He saw that underneath Chad's flat little belly, were two pieces of flesh that looked like the flesh of a clam, tightly closed lips of flesh that. Common sense told him that it was not an organ that belonged to a man.

　　It was a vagina.

　　Count Orville was completely confused.

　　The room was dimly lit with only two low candles around the table, which only illuminated a three-foot area.

　　Orville twisted his head around to cover his mouth in shock, after thinking again and again, before deciding to check again, so he continued to look into the room.

　　So he continued to look into the room, Chad was starting to remove the wrap from his chest, layer by layer, while the snowy white jelly-like object that popped out made Orville think he was hallucinating. He had to squint slightly, trying to adjust to the dim light within the light, finally got a good look.

　　He was right.

　　Chad's body was definitely not that of a man.

　　It was a complete and utter... A girl.

　　It was no wonder ... that she hadn't been close to anyone since she was a child, was not seen to be too close to the others on the estate. Orville used to think she was just a loner. Now it seemed that this was not the case.

　　Orville's eyes sank as he stared longingly at the half-framed face of the person in the room, reflected in the candlelight. Suddenly, he felt a wave of dizziness. He forgot that he had lost too much blood from his wound, His head slammed against the roof, there was a thud. The roof tiles were already in a state of disrepair. He was unconscious and just plunged straight down.

　　As he fainted, he thought to himself. Chad had served him closely for ten years, but he hadn't even noticed Chad's true identity.

　　There was a loud bang, which startled Chad. She pulled a clean shirt over his body and looked up abruptly at the man who had come crashing down from the roof.

　　Just then, a gust of wind suddenly pushed aside the black clouds, half-moon was briefly revealed in the sky. The cold, cold light of the moon fell and filtered through the large hole in the roof.

　　Chad's heart was beating fast, cautiously, she stared at the dust rising from the ground. When the dust had cleared, she saw the man lying on all fours on the ground and in a messy position.

Chad saw that the man was half still, so went over and checked his nose.

　　He just fainted, Chad concluded.

　　She hurriedly put on her clothes and began to examine the man's body. There was a steady flow of blood from his left arm, so she rushed to get out the wound remedy and expertly removed the dagger from the man's body, then dressed the wound. When she was done, she tied him to a chair in front of her small table.

　　When had the man been on the roof, anyway?

　　Chad wondered, chagrined, as she gathered up the bricks that had fallen from the roof. She couldn't estimate how much he had seen, and she hated herself for not noticing.

　　After mending the roof in the cold winter night air, Chad shivered and returned to the house, grabbed her jumper and wrapped herself in it, saw the man's head still bowed.

　　"Let go of me," the man's tone was chilly, too, "Chad.", clearly awake.

　　"Who are you?" Chad looked defensively at the bearded man, in over thirteen years in the territory, she had never seen this man before, but this man knew himself.

　　"You're obviously a girl, but you're pretending to be a man to blend in with The Knights," The man exuded an air of low pressure and looked at Chad with an air of calmness

　　Chad was shocked, it seemed the man had seen it all. Whoever it was, if he told Duke her secret. What would Orville ... do to her?

　　She couldn't help but remember that there had been a beautiful maid in His Grace's bedroom.For a time, the Duke had been very fond of her. It was a pity that it was only for a short time. She was kicked in the leg by a runaway horse on the way out. Although she saved her life, her foot was broken and the disease was left behind. With a broken foot, his walking posture became unsightly.

Orville found the man no longer interesting, so Lionel sent her away.

　　And as Chad had been Orville's right-hand man all these years, who knew too many of Duke's secrets. She was afraid she wouldn't even have the chance to be dismissed.

　　She would die.

　　She would surely.

　　"I meant no harm, and I was only seven or eight years old when I first came in. I didn't really know I was a girl then." Chad explained handily.

　　"Heh." Orville sneered, From what he'd learned about Chad in ten years. What she said might indeed be true,but she had lied to him for ten years, so he still couldn't swallow the anger of being lied to. He would make those who had lied to him pay.

　　But before that, he's going to toy with Chad and make her despair a little, "You think the Duke will believe that?"

　　Chad clenched her fists, she considered how to silence the man.

　　"You don't want to kill me," Orville spoke, "I'm Hans, the Duke's secret guard. You know that dark guards are equipped with a letter owl to carry messages. Do you see the feathers on the ground?" His mouth nudged to the left, "I've written a letter by my teeth, and sent a message to its feet. If I were to die without cause, the dear Duke would have followed the trail I left and found out it was you." He smiled wickedly, "Believe it or not."

　　The Duke kept a group of secret guards, all of them were His Highness's eyes hidden in the shadows. Even Chad didn't know where they were hiding, and how many of them. He had only seen them a few times, and they were all masked.

　　Chad was terrified, She knew her information was probably about to be revealed.

　　"What the hell are you trying to do?" Chad was anxious.

　　Orville glanced at the rope around his body.

　　Chad rushed up to help him untie it.

　　Orville loosened his wrists, grinning broadly, stomped off his boots then sat down unceremoniously on his bed in his dusty clothes. And then with a slight frown: "Chad, you're paid well, why don't you put an extra soft blanket on the bed?"

　　"Do you want money, how much?", Chad asked him anxiously, and his hands rose in a rush of sign language.

　　Orville stared at him with interest. Chad was always a gentle man, so he'd never seen him this upset before.

So Orville spoke up, following Chad's lead, "How much do you have?"

　　Chad heard he was willing to ask for silver, she thought she could get rid of him with money, so was slightly relieved to hear that he was willing to ask for money.

Then she stepped over the man, from under the bed he pulled out tattered wooden box.

　　"It opened with a click.

She picked it up and handed it to the man.

　　Orville looked down and saw a shallow layer of gold coins inside, while bottom was full of silver coins, compounded by the ragged wooden walls of the box, which are even more shabby.

　　"Is that all you've saved?" The man looked unconvinced, "I've heard that you're well paid as a Deputy Knight Commander, and the Duke even gives a few bounties on holidays. So where did you waste all your money?"

　　Chad thought he thought the amount of money was too small, so put the box down and said, "That's all I have, Do you want or not??" Chad saw his expressionless face, he wondered what he was thinking, so Chad continued to discuss with the man

"How much do you really want? I'll do my best to get it."

　　"Ten thousand gold pieces," the man said, "Do you have any?"

　　Chad then realised that the man in front of him was playing a trick on him.

She got anxious again and went up to him and took him by the collar, gestured angrily with his other hand, "What the hell do you want?"

　　Before Chad could respond, Orville suddenly fell backwards and used his uninjured arm to take Chad into his arms, whispering fiercely in his ear: "I don't know what I want. It's just that I'm not interested in your pathetic money."

　　As he spoke, he reached into Chad's lapels and squeezed her breasts hard.

Chad shuddered uncontrollably and jumped up, then slapped the man across the face.

　　Orville was knocked off his feet by the slap, looked at Chad incredulously.