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2024-10-29 19:42:56“Poor Lady Eloise…not only did the royal pâtissier pass away, but she had to go through that tragic thunderstorm. Thankfully, even though the ship sunk, Lady Eloise survived…”
Those words replayed in Corinne’s mind as she once again stepped foot into the castle.
Sunken ship…
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Corinne was in big trouble.A minute ago, she was laughing her head off for successfully pranking Olivia. But, after that karma came to bite her. Is that why Claire always warned her to refrain from pranking people?Here she was, standing in a room… wait, actually this was more like an attic. The attic was filled with bookshelves lining the walls, storage boxes scattered across the floor, and bags piled on top of each other.Just as Corinne was about to sort through all the belongings, Black Eloise suddenly appeared behind the pile of luggage. Her face was wet with tears, and she was clutching a photo album tightly to her chest.“My apologies that you have to see me like this.” Black Eloise said as she pulled out a dark handkerchief to wipe away the tears.Corinne glanced at the album that was set down in front of them; her eyes were drawn to the open photo album, and she couldn’t help but examine the picture inside.When Corinne saw the picture, her heart began to pound. It was a pho
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The soft rumbling of the carriage came to a halt when it stopped in front of the cafe.A pair of white heels clicked the ground when White Eloise exited her means of transportation. When she spotted the lady in black that looked identical to her, her lips became a fine thin line.However, she had more important things to do at this moment than to express her distaste towards Black Eloise.Under the sound of crying that resembled the roaring thunder, White Eloise gave White Owen a glance and the butler immediately went over to the cafe.He was just feeling slightly odd as to why the cafe was completely dark when their cafe staff were visiting Black Eloise’s Cafe.When White Owen opened the door, blue glitter gushed out from the cafe, hitting everyone outside like a ferocious tidal wave.Underneath a glittering mountain, a hand shot out and Corinne emerged, crawling out from the blue glitter, her bun became untied as her brown locks fell down to her chest in a soft wave. Corinne spit ou
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Corinne ran at full speed, the dragon tailing her like they were attached.The dragon roared, a billow of flame filling the air before it was blasted straight at Corinne. She leapt and rolled over to the other side, avoiding the fireball.At first, everyone broke off in all different directions to escape from the dragon. Danny had the misfortune of tripping on a rock and falling to the ground. However, when he caught his breath and looked up, he realized that the dragon wasn’t after him or any of the other travellers. The dragon was uninterested in everyone except Corinne. The others soon noticed this as well and stopped.“Why is the dragon only chasing me?” Corinne screamed as she ran.White Eloise and Black Eloise exchanged a glance with their respective butlers before they both started moving towards their own carriages.“Wait! You guys have to do something!” Ava confronted them.“Aren’t you supposed to seal the dragon?” Mia joined her sister and asked.Danny was concerned and he
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Corinne looked at the screen in front of her. There was a timer counting down toward the moment when she would have to press the confirm button or she could wait for the timer to reach zero and return to the train without pressing anything.“The-the mission is completed?” Mia said, rubbing her eyes.“We didn’t even find out who the real Eloise was, or seal the dragon,” Danny gasped in disbelief.“Well, the dragon is dead,” Quinn said, matter-of-factly.The mission stated that they needed to retrieve the lost wand and put the dragon to sleep. The information they received mentioned that the dragon was sealed by the royal pâtissier of the kingdom, the wand he used was lost.The royal pâtissier had an heir, which was Lady Eloise. When they arrived, they found out that there were two Elouises. This was where their minds tricked them.They thought that the two Elouises were something that the station set up to trick them, making them think that they needed to figure out who the real heir t
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