Eliza took her time getting ready with Christopher, and an hour later, they left the house and headed towards the main mansion.
Upon arrival, Eliza didn't let go of Christopher's hand and guided him through the halls, under the disgusted stares of the servants. They watched them as if they weren't human.
"I will truly enjoy gouging their eyes out in a few years..."
Eliza led Christopher to Marko's office, where the butler announced their arrival and let them in.
Inside, Marko was accompanied by another man who would handle the marriage paperwork.
Upon seeing the children, Marko immediately stood up and walked towards them, slapping Eliza forcefully without warning.
"You damn bastard!! Do you think I have all the time in the world to wait for you?!!" the man yelled furiously, having had to wait for almost an hour for the children's arrival.
Eliza clenched her fist, holding back her anger from killing the man.
"Your days are numbered, you bastard."
However, Eliza failed to notice Christopher's overflowing rage. She couldn't see it, but the sound was clear. That bastard dared to hit Eliza.
"How dare you... I'm going to kill you!!"
Christopher took a step forward, but Eliza noticed his intentions and stopped him by squeezing his hand.
"Not yet," she whispered to him. Christopher stopped, clenching his jaw in anger, but decided to restrain himself as he didn't want to ruin Eliza's plan.
"Besides, it would only cause more problems for Eliza... damn it!!"
"We're already here, Grand Duke..." Eliza said, trying to sound as calm as possible.
Marko let out a heavy sigh and returned to his seat behind the desk.
"Fine, let's get this shit done as quickly as possible," Marko said, giving a signal to the other man, who pulled out some papers and placed them on the desk.
"These are the marriage papers, you just have to sign them and you'll be officially married."
"You heard him, sign here and you're done," Marko commanded.
"Let's go," Eliza said to Christopher, and they approached the desk, taking the ink pen.
Eliza signed her name without hesitation and then passed the pen to Christopher, guiding his hand to sign with his name.
Once they had signed, they stepped back and the man took the papers to verify that everything was correct.
"Done, now you're officially married, my lord."
"Good," Marko said, dismissing the man.
"Get out of here, blind bastard. I have to talk to your wife alone," Marko ordered.
But Christopher refused to leave Eliza alone with that man, so he didn't leave.
"I've ordered you to leave, you damn blind fool!! Guards!!"
Immediately, several guards entered the office.
"Take that bastard out of my office, no, drag him out of my mansion now!!" Marko shouted furiously. The guards quickly grabbed Christopher's arms, forcefully separating him from Eliza.
"No!"
"You stay!" Marko yelled, grabbing Eliza by her hair and pulling it forcefully, causing Eliza to gasp in pain.
Christopher struggled, but it was futile, and in the end, he was dragged away by the guards, taken out of the office.
Marko continued pulling Eliza's hair, preventing her from moving.
Once Marko realized that Christopher had been dragged far away, he forcefully pulled Eliza's hair, causing her to crash onto the floor.
Marko approached Eliza on the ground and grabbed her jaw forcefully, forcing her to look at him.
"Listen to me, you damn bastard. Now that you're married, I want you to get pregnant as soon as possible and give birth to that useless blind boy's child," he said, threateningly looking at Eliza.
But beyond fear, Eliza felt repulsion towards that man.
"I'm a damn child, you fucking sicko..."
Although Eliza was mentally an adult, her current body was that of a twelve-year-old girl, and for this man to have such plans with her, forcing her to get pregnant with another child barely fourteen years old, was disgustingly repulsive no matter how you looked at it.
"This world is more than rotten..."
"Understood? I'll give you a year to get pregnant with that bastard... if you fail, I will personally make sure it happens, and I don't think you want that, right?"
"Disgusting..." Eliza glares at the man and pretends to be scared, causing him to release her abruptly, his repulsive smile lingering in Eliza's eyes.
"Get out of here," Marko says, and Eliza doesn't think twice as she stands up and exits the office, her blood boiling with anger.
Eliza clenches her fists and starts running to find Christopher.
As she leaves the mansion from the back, she finds Christopher waiting. His clothes are dirty, his face shows severe bruises, his nose is bleeding, and his lower lip is broken.
Eliza can't help but feel a strong tightness in her chest at the sight of Christopher like this.
"What the hell happened to you?" she asks.
Christopher immediately embraces Eliza, burying his face in her shoulder.
"Are you okay? Did that bastard do anything to you?" Christopher asks in a low voice.
Eliza can't help but shed a few tears as she hugs Christopher tightly.
"How can you worry about me when you're like this?"
She can't help but wonder what these two children did to deserve such cruel treatment.
"Damn author... You didn't have to be so cruel to them."
Miserable lives with miserable endings, that was the summary of Eliza and Christopher's lives in the novel.
The readers might consider it necessary for character development, but now that this is reality for Eliza, she realizes how cruel and atrocious it is with regard to their lives.
"Of course, I'm fine, you idiot... You should worry about yourself," Eliza says between sobs.
"I'm sorry... I'm just useless... I'm sorry, Eli. You always end up in trouble because of me."
"Don't say that... You know you're the most important thing to me in this world, and I don't consider you a burden. You're the reason I live, without you, nothing would make sense. So don't say that, Cris... I'm sorry I couldn't protect you... It's all my fault... I'm sorry."
Eliza can't hold back anymore and bursts into tears. Who is she fooling? Maybe her mind is that of an adult, but her body is that of a child, and the heart and feelings within that body are still those of a child. A child who has endured all kinds of abuse, and no matter how much she tries to be strong and brave all the time...
How can she not break in situations like this? It's all so cruel and unfair... Neither of them deserve to be treated this way.
"We're human too, damn it!! We have feelings too..."
"That's not true! Eliza doesn't have to apologize! None of this is her fault! None of this... is our fault..."
Even Christopher, who tried to repress his emotions, finally broke, and the bandages covering his eyes gradually became wet with his tears.
"This is bullshit... Let's go home," Eliza says.
They both remained embraced for a while, unaware that the sky had become cloudy, and suddenly rain started pouring, covering everything.
"This is truly a complete mess..."
Eliza looks up at the sky, the raindrops falling on her face, drenching her.
Christopher separates from Eliza, and she takes his hand as they start walking towards their home.
Both of them are completely covered by the rain as they walk, eventually disappearing into the downpour, heading back to their home.
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