The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

The Grand Duke's estate.

After the ball, the manor returned to its former tranquility. Only the ribbons on the buildings that had not been removed testified to the lively atmosphere not long ago.

As usual, housekeeper Amber was walking around the manor, checking the status of various places, and occasionally calling maids and servants to clean up the places she was not satisfied with.

Ding ding bang bang!

There was a sound of something being thrown coming from a building on one side, and the servants shrank their necks, pretending not to hear anything.

Others could ignore all this, but Amber couldn't.

"Is the young lady angry again? Go and have two people check on her, don't let her hurt herself."

The assigned servant looked reluctant and took many steps, but did not move far towards the residence.

Amber glared at them in disgust and assigned them to another place. He wanted to go and check on the eldest lady himself.

Amber entered the mansion, a classical aristocratic residence with a very spacious porch.

Two spiral staircases lead to the second floor, with a huge portrait of the first head of the family hanging in the center.

Every time she came here, Amber would recall the days when she first came to the manor as a housekeeper.

It was here that he saw the lady holding the eldest daughter that day. The lady always had a smile on her face and pleaded for every servant who made a mistake.

Because of his family debt, Amber stole a golden statue from the mansion. It was his wife who forgave him and even paid to repay Amber's family's debt.

From then on, Amber vowed to be loyal to the Grand Duke, even if others looked down on him.

What Amber thought would happen, that everyone would exclude him, did not happen. Instead, his wife died in a traffic accident shortly after giving birth to their second son.

There are rumors that the traffic accident was not an accident, but a murder plot set up by the Noble Council in collusion with the City Guards.

"Butler!"

"Well, the young lady is making trouble again. I'll go check it out."

Amber climbed the steps, thinking of the deceased Grand Duchess.

Behind Amber, two rows of palace guards, twenty people in total, stood solemnly with swords and guns in hand.

The Grand Duke's family originally had a gap with the royal family, and the appearance of royal guards in the mansion was unimaginable before.

But the Grand Duke rose, and so did the royal family.

In order to regain power from the Council of Nobles, the Grand Duke chose to unite with the royal family.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. What's more, the Grand Duke and the royal family have been one family since ancient times.

"It would be nice if Madam could see what he looks like now."

The Grand Duchess was the one who most hoped for the family's rise. It was precisely because she had been committed to revitalizing the family that she was targeted and died tragically in an accident.

If there were a chance to start over again, Amber would definitely advise his wife to be more patient and wait, as opportunities would eventually come.

Amber walked to the master bedroom on the second floor, where two royal guards were also standing in front of the door.

Seeing Amber coming, the two nodded to Amber and then removed the sealing magic on the door.

The solid stone walls made of earth magic peeled off piece by piece, revealing the door to the room.

Amber pushed the door open and saw Lian dismantling the only furniture in the room.

"Miss, how can you rest if you take down the bed?"

"Amber! Don't call me a young lady. I don't have a young lady like you!"

Lian, who was always calm and patient, completely exploded when she saw Amber.

Lian had thought that she would be imprisoned or even treated more cruelly.

But Lian never thought that the people who imprisoned her would be her trusted and relied upon family members.

Lian took the bed apart, held the bed legs in her hands, and knocked hard on the glass window of the room.

Unfortunately, there is reinforcing magic on the glass window, and Lian's power cannot break through the blockade.

"Miss, it's just a marriage, why are you making such a fuss?"

In Amber's opinion, Lian was just being unreasonable at the moment.

Marrying Prince Leon is a good thing that benefits everyone. With Lian's identity and status, she will never find a better marriage than this.

"I'm making trouble? Do you want to see what I look like now? You locked me in the bedroom, moved all my things away, and I have to eat like a dog, accepting food passed through the crack of the door!"

Until now, Lian is still confused and she has no idea what happened.

After the banquet ended that day, Lian simply went back to her bedroom to take a nap, and when she woke up, she found herself imprisoned.

At the moment, Lian was only wearing a thin pair of pajamas, which she hadn't changed for three days. Lian could even smell the sour odor on her body.

"I want to see my father. I want him to come and see me. I want to ask him what he wants to do!"

When Lian first discovered that she was imprisoned, she thought her family had been attacked.

But after meeting Amber, Lian discovered that it was her father who imprisoned her.

"Master is thinking about Miss. Why can't you understand Master's painstaking efforts? Didn't Miss always say that she would be loyal to the family?"

"When I say loyalty, I mean shedding my last drop of blood for my family, not being treated as an object and marrying into the royal family!"

In Lian's impression, the aristocratic parliament is not a good group of people, and the royal family is not a good group of people either.

The fatal curse on his younger brother, Coton, was caused by the royal family!

"Miss, you are stubborn. Since ancient times, marriages have been mutually beneficial. If you refuse, you will hurt the family. In the beginning, the lady gave up her beloved for the sake of the family and chose to marry the master. Why do you object?"

"Get out of here!"

Lian used to respect Amber very much. Although Amber was the housekeeper, he was more like her grandfather.

But after this encounter, Lian only saw an old butler who was immersed in the world of his own imagination.

When Amber faced Lian, his eyes were always wandering.

Lian used to think that Amber was just taking care of her, but now Lian understands that Amber sees her as her mother.

The former kindness and care only make Lian feel sick!

This is a psychopath!

“…Someone, come and clean up the room and bring in a stone bed for the young lady.”

The maid came in and cleaned up the wood that Lian had destroyed.

Several more soldiers carried heavy stones and pieced them together to make beds.

The door closed again and Lian was locked inside again.

"A bunch of bastards!"

Lian hit the stone bed with her fist, trying to break a handy stone and use it to smash the surrounding walls, looking for a breakthrough.

But Lian's fist smashed the flesh and blood into a mess, but the solid stone was not damaged at all.

Lian subconsciously touched her earlobe, but found nothing.

If only the Black Rose was still there.

Lian lowered her head and buried it in her arms.

Lian was already strong enough, but faced with the betrayal of her family, she was at a loss for words.

"Why did Dad do this? Is he crazy..."

When the family was in poverty, the father was so kind and amiable. He took care of Lian and Katon and supported their healthy growth.

Why, after the family rose to prominence, did the father go against his daughter's wishes and want to marry her to the prince?

Lian doesn't understand...