chapter: 5

Kaya blankly stares at the woman who's sitting before him. He's wondering if he heard what she said correctly.

He dugs his hand into his blond wavy hair, "what ... what did you say? "

" Take his place ! " She repeats, " You'll have a better life if you do so and never again you'll worry about the food you'll eat!"

" . . . "

'Is she that desperate to save that family? She can't even think correctly. . .'

Kaya, " Listen, that's impossible! The Duke will surely notice unless he's blin___"

" No no! " She interrupts him, " What I'm trying to tell you is that you look exactly like him! "

" . . . What!?"

" The same hair colour, the same eyes and the same face. . . The only difference between you two is that you're just a little bit taller than him."

Kaya sighs, "Even so, I still can't!"

He stands up.

She's trying to catch him, " Wait! Where are you going? "

He didn't respond. It's already hard enough to believe her story and now she's telling him that there's a double of himself? She's probably a mad woman! Yeah, that's it. Or maybe she just takes Kaya for a fool.

Kaya, 'Even if what she said is true, does it means that poor people doesn't mind to be tortured by a crazy duke? '

There're still not many people outside. Some merchants are still displaying their merchandises.

" Please! At least meet him once! " The woman begs behind him.

Kaya pauses, ' Should I meet___'

[Pang]

Someone throws a flowerpot in his head. The pot breaks at the second it hits the back of his head. He falls on the ground. His vision becomes blurry.

' Damn . . . I let my guard down'

" What happened? " A man who passed by asks.

" That-That man stole my necklace! " A woman complains.

' What are they talking about? ' Kaya wonders as his eyes slowly closed. ' Wait, I recognize that voice. . . That's the woman who paid for my breakfast. . . Was she the one who. . .'

Kaya slowly regains his sense. A piercing pain is coming from the back of his head. His eyes are covered with a white handkerchief. He's trying to move but his hands are tied up behind a backrest.

Kaya, 'What happened? '

His misfortune suddenly flashed across his mind.

"That-That woman. . . I will make her pay for what she's done to me!" He says between his teeth.

The speak of a door make him shuts his mouth. Someone is coming. The footsteps are getting nearer and nearer to him.

Suddenly, he felt a warm hand caressing his forehead. The second after that, the handkerchief which covered his eyes falls on his neck.

The first thing he see is a pair of golden eyes. There's a mole under the corner of those bright eyes. The face of the young man he sees before him is familiar. He's sure that he's seen him somewhere.

Kaya, " . . . "

Now he remembers! He sees that face every time he's watching himself into the mirror.

" Good morning! " His double greets with a tender smile.

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