Kamigani fished out a comb from Winter's drawer and starting combing her hair slowly humming a distant song that was stucked in her memory. She worked through her hair staring at the mirror but her eyes seemed vacant she turned sharply when she heard the door opened to reveal Winter, Kamigani's eyes lit up and her mood brightened and she couldn't help but wear a radiant smile.
"You are back.." She almost shrieked since she was a little excited but didn't stand up from the chair to welcome her. She doesn't want to startle her.
"Sorry... I had to stay for two days, mother only let me off today." Winter explained before collecting the comb from Kamigani and started combing her hair.
Kamigani could see she was dressed in a fine silk robes which made her wonder if Winter was really a servant in the palace or just a highborn that doesn't like her being leisured.
"Oh, Why didn't you leave the previous day? Aenti told me you always leave to go home at dusk to wake up early to start extracting the oil." It was a little difficult having a conversation with Aenti and making inquries about Winter absense. He told her Winter always stays at home for a day in a week to help their mother prepare her oil sales for the next day at the market.
"Well it's your first day and I didn't want to just leave." She started to plait her hair.
"Thank you." Kamigani couldn't help but smile sincerely when Winter was done. After Tutina told her their purpose was to complete her failed mission, she had been downcasted wearing fake smiles.
"Now just a little touch of this." Winter stretched her hand to grab her makeup basket.
"Is that necessarily?"
"Of course, you are a lady." She started applying powder on Kamigani's face and fished out a pink lipstick. She worked on her face gesturing to Kamigani to smack her lips which she did.
When she was done Kamigani quickly went to check her face and tears almost welled up her eyes. She blinked staring at how soft her face looked and her lips were so pink, her eyes looked larger. She feel so pretty she turned to Winter and gave her a brief hug.
"Cecil if you can see me now I know you will like the way I look." She mumbled feeling like it was how Cecil said they would dress and look.
"Cecil?" Winter took her sit on her bed.
"She was my bestfriend and she died a year ago." She choked out trying to avoid Winter asking more about Cecil.
"I am so sorry.."
Kamigani shrugged. "It's okay."
"I used to have a friend too." Winter started which made Kamigani blinked at the tense she used. Does that mean she lost her friend too? "She was also brought home but she had experienced a traumatic event she refused to tell me, each morning she would flinched when I tried to wake up, always screaming and I would be there always trying to make her remember me before she can get a little calm then she couldn't take it anymore and took her life..." A tear rolled down her eyes which Kamigani quickly went over to clean with her sleeves as her white sleeves got smeared with her powder but it was not noticeable at first glance.
Now that she explained she was able to understand her reaction when she tried to wake her up before going home. She quickly glanced at her bed. Does that mean she shared a room with Winter on her bed....
"Not here, I mean at home." She said like she read Kamigani's thought.
"Okay." Kamigani muttered.
"No more sad talk, we shouldn't mess our makeup." Winter smiled taking her powder to dab on her face. "Lets go to the kitchen, tell me did anyone disturb you?" She asked before pulling her out of the room.
Kamigani brows furrowed. "I met Quotos and Sky briefly, Quotos smiled brightly but Sky was kind of glaring at me, maybe it is my imagination though but it means they don't like me much." She complained referring to how the serving girls whispered about her. She almost froze on her spot when it dawned on her what she said without thinking if it was a conversation she could have with Winter.
Winter laughed brightly. "Don't mind them, they are just jealous, am sure Sky is pretty mad." She said still laughing.
Kamigani started biting her lower lip since understanding people was a bit complicated. They were all servants in the palace, why would they be jealous and what did she do to make Sky mad.
Oh its because am the King's personal maid.
Kamigani nodded in understanding. "I see.." Who wouldn't be jealous, she wasn't any Lady lady-in-waiting but the King's personal maid. That should be the highest level of all servants and she was sure they really believed her title which was only in name. She was even starting to get used to the title, there was no complain or backlash from the servants since she was obviously lying about her title only means the King doesn't know or doesn't care.
"You shouldn't frown so much and don't bite your lip much because it will spoil your makeup or the lipstick can stick to your teeth and also do not touch your face."
"Okay." Kamigani smiled as they started climbing the stairs.
"Anybody else?" She asked.
"Well... I met..."
"Hello Kamigani." A striking voice said.
Just whom Kamigani was about to tell Winter appeared once more with a dashing smile and his beautiful golden eyes sparkling and he was dressed in a light green robes.
"Ienlouch." Winter smile fell.
"Hi Winter." He turned to Kamigani. "I have been looking for you."
Winter snorted. "As you can see me standing here to protect her from people like you Ienlouch.... are you now bored with Sky?" She asked folding her arms in front of her judging him silently as she narrowed her eyes, her stance screaming 'A detailed explanation'.
Ienlouch blinked. "I do not have any sort of relationship with Sky as you well know she was the one chasing after me I didn't mean to come in between her and Aenti." He explained calmly. "I just want to be Kamigani's friend and invite her for tea." He stated clearly.
Winter thought about it before nodding. "As you can see a maid doesn't have much time in their hands." She pointed out.
"I am well awear of that Winter and also well awear that time can be created and as a scholar and also Lord Za son I think having tea with Kamigani will not create any trouble." He smiled brightly which made Kamigani wondered of how it would look if a certain man with veil decided to remove the veil to show his handsome face and smile. It would be a radianting smile that outshines the sun.
She mentally shook the thought off. She had been thinking about him recently but who wouldn't after seeing his face, a face she felt so blessed to see, she was also tasked with murdering him in the near future and she hadn't seen him around and nobody would blame her for thinking about her target.
"Fine, When we get Kamigani schedule right then we will know." Winter told him before taking a step to move a little closer to him. "Just friends nothing more because if she comes crying to me I will break your neck, I am only trusting you beacuse you are my friend." She whispered.
Kamigani was a little glad of those training she undergone which means she only needed to strain her ears to hear what Winter said. She really doesn't understand why she would run to her crying. She barely cry, the last time she remembered was when they told them Cecil died.
"Thank you, I will see you around Kamigani." Ienlouch smiled.
Kamigani nodded and watched him leave walking down the stairs.
"Try not to fall in love with him not that I can tell you who you can fall in love with." Winter silently warned her with a hint of worry in her voice.
"Why will I fall in love with him?" Kamigani asked.
"Because you will realise he is a good person but people do misunderstands him because of his features, they branded him as a womanizer and it didn't help since women chases him about." She explained. "Not that I vouch for him." She added quickly.
"But relationship with servants? I don't think it is allowed."
"Yes you are right, it is rare for it to be successful between nobles and servants and am sure Lord Za may be a gentle going man but since Lord Yua didn't allow Quotos relationship with his son and Lord Yua and Lord Za are close so what do you think Lord Za will do even though Ienlouch is adopted, his only sister which was Ienlouch mother died due to some illness am not sure about."
"So Sky and Aenti, Didn't your father have something to say to it?"
"Aenti is his own person and master Dorovan doesn't care about things like that also Aenti deserves better than Sky, not like I don't Sky but she... wait" Winter stopped abrutly.
Kamigani stopped only to see they had walked past the kitchen and were at the south wings and right in front of them was Lord Vane who looked amused.
They quickly bowed and Winter grabbed her hand pulling Kamigani along as they increased their pace more like they were fleeing.