NOVEL WEB Unexpect the expected
Deep in the basement of a marquisate, there eludes a putrid smell with a hint of blood and urine combined. A figure of a scrawny girl sitting against the hard cold wall can be seen. She was trembling with fear and hopelessness in her eyes. Her body looks like that of a person that has been starving for days, well it was no surprise since she only gets to eat once a day sometimes not at all. She has a case of severe dehydration. She was full of bruises and cuts. She was in no condition to even speaks. The girl had been there for over 10 years. The basement had no light and it was incredibly cold, so she often had to hug her knees for a bit of warmness. It also gave her a sense of comfort. There's nowhere she can escape too and no one to help her, she's all by herself in that dark basement
Then suddenly she heard the door being forcibly slammed open. She squints her eyes to see whether it was a man or a woman entering the dark basement. When she sees that it was a woman, a sigh of relief left her mouth. It was none other than her adopted mother and also the marquis (her adopted father)'s wife.
The woman: Here's your goddamn food! 'Seriously when is she going to die?' *The woman muttered under her breath*
The girl's shaky hand began to reach out for the plate. The bread was stale with an unsettling sight of a soup, but she had no choice for she was filled with starvation and could no longer hold on. She was desperate to survive, physically wise.
The woman: Disgusting! Ugh! I can't even stand the sight of you. How did my husband ever find you attractive? And how long do you plan on keeping this facade? You yourself know that even if u keep up a pitiful front there's no one here who will pity you right?
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The woman: Oh! So now you're not even going to answer me? I'm not even worth your time? Tsk How rude!
Yet still no reply came from the girl
The unknown woman had enough and began to violently abused the frail girl.
She began by kicking her violently in the stomach that results in the girl having to vomit all the food she had consumed.
The woman: I wish I could kill you right now but my husband wouldn't be happy about it. Seriously just thinking about it made me filled me rage, just why would he favor you over me, HIS OWN WIFE?!
After saying that the woman punched the girl's face and pulled her hair really hard, some of her hair fell out. A metal like aftertaste was left in her mouth. It was honestly a miracle to her that she was still alive and able to move, but not to the old woman.
The girl said nothing. She then started to search for her food only to find out everything was complete ruined. The bread was torn apart and full of shoeprint while the soup spilled everywhere. The old woman saw that scene and blurted out in a mocking tone.
The woman: Oh dear! Looks like you would have to not eat anything again today. What a shame, I really was looking forward to you desperately trying to consume the meal while being kicked around like a pig.
She lets out a laugh and continued beating her supposedly adopted daughter.
The girl helpless and starving started to resist a little and tried to crawl out of the woman grasp. But unfortunately, she was too weak and frail to succeed that. Seeing the girl's desperate attempt, the woman scoffed then shouted loudly.
The woman: You fucking whore! Don't you dare escape this! You did it to yourself, you're the one who crawled all over my husband and licked his feet like a slut. Everything was your fault in the first place. So how dare you try to escape, how dare you! You can't even let me have my fun after ruining my life?!
The girl was visibly shaking and trembling, although this happens to her often, she finds it hard to get used to. Especially when she's stuck in a room with no light or warmth. The room constantly reeks of human waste and blood. It smelled like a dead person was there. The floor was cold. The wall was cold. The food was absolutely appalling but she still managed to get used to it in order to survive. Yet, the action of her once beloved mother that had always engaged her in a warm hug with a smile on her face whenever she sees her suddenly turn into an action of a demon that has eyes fumed with jealousy and rage all because of a single human being in her life was absolutely unfamiliar to the girl. No matter how hard she tries to get used to it she physically and mentally just can't. It fills her with sentiment and disappointment. Yet she cannot stop longing for the woman's warmth and love because in her eyes she was the one that has been there her entire life and a child can't easily separate themself from their mother's arm. Every word the woman had told her the girl believes it all, no matter how vulgar it was. Because she was once her world. The girl knows that her mother was no longer the woman she once knew but she still won't stop hanging on. She also knows how much the woman loathes her but the moment that same woman extends her arm the girl would take it in an instant without any thought, though it would only be poisonous and the woman would not hesitate to bite her when she gets the chance. Similar to a chick blindly following the first living being it sees while thinking the creature's their mother and believes it will be treated with love and care only for the creature to turn out to be a ferocious dog who was only looking for a chance to kill the chick. The girl refused to believe everything that has happened, including the action of her adopted mother.
Unbeknownst to the woman, the fact that the little girl she once saves would still think of her like this. She continued to verbally and physically abused the poor child with no sense of empathy. She's not sympathetic towards the girl at all, in fact she gets pleasures off of seeing how much her once daughter suffers.
The woman: Pathetic. (The woman scoffed)
Even if she has the strength to speaks, the girl wouldn't dare. She was afraid she'd spoil her mother's mood further than she has now.
In the girl's eyes she still sees the now corrupted creature as her mother despite all the bruises and wound on her body and mind, but she won't ever get to let the woman knows.
Every wound and bruise the woman had inflicted on to her did not hurt at all to the girl because she had received this almost as often as she blinks but instead it was the sight of it that makes her heart aches.
The woman then grabs her head out of anger and smash it violently against the cold hard brick wall which made the girl bleed uncontrollably. The smells of blood engulfed the dark basement.
They then noticed the girl's eyesight slowly fading and her consciousness was barely still there.
The woman did nothing to stop the bleeding and proceed to blame it on the girl yet again.
The girl having lost all the strength in all parts of her body and due to the immense amount of blood she has lost, to top it off the severe dehydration and starvation slowly starts to close her eyes.
Seeing this the woman shouted loudly at the girl.
The woman: Don't you dare die! Oh god! He'll be so mad at me.
The woman panicked.
The woman: Hey if you die, no one will mourn for you and you'll be completely alone in a place shrouded in darkness. You don't want that do you?!
No matter how much the woman shouts, all the things the girl heard are completely muffled due to her sense of hearing and brain shutting down.
Finally, the girl was asleep again after a long time of staying awake out of fear and stress. She'll have a good rest because this time she'll never open her eyes again. She'll be in a good long sleep forever. Knowing this, she shed her last tears as this is her last time in this world and the last time she'll ever see her beloved mother again. The hope she so desperately tried to cling onto is gone.
And just like that the pitiful girl sadly passed after 16 years of life in this universe.
But fate has prepared a fun mystery for her to unravel.