The three of them accompanied me towards who-knows-where.
"Uhm." I broke the silence resonating within us. We are currently in the second floor of this massive Guillermez Palace.
The hallway is like a runway. The red carpet is attached to this whole hallway. From the stairs to the this floor.
There are also antique paintings all over the place. There are some vases that we have went through. I'm afraid I would be held responsible if one of them was destroyed. Those vases looked so authentic and old. I'm pretty sure it costs a lot.
"May I ask a question?" I continued.
"No." The three of them answered in unison.
I raised both my hands. "Okay. Chill."
The moment of silent once again embraced the four of us. Damn, this silence is deafening.
I sigh.
"What are you sighing for, Milady." The girl with a platinum blonde hair asked me without breaking her stare in front.
"Hm? Uhm. Nothing." I immediately answered.
"Just to tell you this, Milady. Just because we are assigned to be at your aid, doesn't mean we're already friends or something. So I will say this in advance, don't talk to us familiarly." She said in her monotonous voice.
"Hey, Xy. That's enough." I heard Meeca whispered to her.
"And please be reminded also that we don't trust you yet. So, one suspicious move and you're dead." She added.
I smiled. They don't trust me 'yet'. "Fine by me." I turned my face forward.
"We're dead if Ms. Eldora knows about your attitude towards the Milady again." Nerry said with a blank face. It seems that they are fond of being scolded by Eldora already.
"It's okay, I don't snitch. You need not to worry." I said directly without looking at them. I remained my stare in front. I know that they are thinking and talking about me, that I might tell everything to Eldora. It seems to me that they think I'm going to tell Eldora to back me up.
For some reason, even if my patience is long...This is kind of irritating and pissing me off. The way they are treating me if I must say.
They remained silent afterwards.
"We're here, Milady."
We stopped in front of a room. There's so much room here and all of them has the same door patterns and style. But this one is kind of different.
The door is kind of bigger than the others and it has a slip on card socket.
"This will be your haven from now on, Milady." Nerry opened the door for me.
"Thank you." I went inside and the inside is quite large.
I had my room at my parent's house and it was about the same size, this room is just a bit bigger.
The three also went inside. "Please take a rest, Milady. We'll come here to fetch you later for breakfast."
I just realized that I haven't eaten anything since yesterday's midnight and I'm already starving before I even got to meet Sebastian and his crew.
I just nodded. The three of them bowed before leaving and closing the door.
I just sighed. Now that I've think about it. It hasn't even a day before I've been with this people, but I'm already exhausted. This is a month's worth of exhaustion.
I roamed my eyes inside the room.
This room seems to be unused for a long time, but it seems to be always cleaned.
I went to the bed and sat on it. I can feel the exhaustion from all this things rocking up my whole system. I laid on the bed and stared at the cream colored ceiling.
Everything in this room is light colored. From the walls, furnitures and even necessities. I saw the stock of clothes that seems to be brought here while I was asleep.
I just lie myself on the bed while staring at the void ceiling. I could feel the exhaustion turning into a sleepiness.
When I know that I was ready for a deep slumber, I closed my eyes and let the sleepiness get a hold of me.
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I heard subtle noises coming from outside my room. I disregarded it at first but the noise is getting more and more louder.
I decided to see it for my self on what was happening outside my room.
I get out of my bed and walked slowly in front of my door.
"You wake her up."
"No. 'You' wake her up."
"Shut it, Meeca. Just wake her up."
"No! You too, Xy?! Stop teaming up on me!"
I suppose that was Meeka, hissing.
I just sigh and forcefully opened the damn door. They seemed shocked that I was already there.
"I'm awake, no need to bother." I said in my monotonous voice. I'm quite offended right now. Maybe it is because of my sleep deprivation. My patience isn't as long as it seems to be right now.
They immediately fixed their poise.
"Ehem. Milady, breakfast is ready. May we go already?" Meeca cleared her throat once again after speaking.
I just nodded and stared at them. I was deliberately waiting for them to move and walk me towards the dining room, but they just stood in front of me like a goddamn dolls.
It was almost half a minute before Xy broke the silence.
"Don't you want to eat, Milady? This isn't a staring contest. Stop wasting our time and tell us immediately if you don't have any plans for a meal."
The two of them nodded.
I raised my left eyebrow at them. Ah, so they plan on teaming up on me again huh?
"Don't be stupid. Do I look like I know where the goddamn dining room is? Seems like common sense isn't common here at all." I look at them deadpan on the eyes.
The three of them flinched. Oh, are they offended? Like hell I care. As they should.
Nerry turned his back on us. "Follow me, Milady."
I rolled my eyes. Finally.
I can't feel any guilt as of now because of what I have said to them. All I know right now is the clear annoyance I've been feeling.
I walked behind them.
We walked downstairs and went towards a room with a double door. This door is as of the same size as the door outside.
I was shocked to see Xy raising her right foot.
She then kicked that whole door with her one foot. The door slammed on the wall just besides it.
The hell? That door is approximately as heavy as a couple of rice sacks, that's why you need to exert a lot of force to even open it slightly.
Now that I think about it. Eldora did opened the front door for us single handedly. Are all people here really crazy strong? Are they all trained to be like a warrior? I know the guys at the crew is skilled enough to be at the front line because just like what have Sebastian said, they are trained for it. But I didn't expected that even the girls here are trained as much as them to be this strong.
I just shrug the thought. Maybe I shouldn't anger them that much.
I know I can't defend myself that much if I'm going against people with numbers.
Anyways, I'm just treating them based on how they treat me and my mood.
We walked inside the room. I saw Eldora with her arms crossed across her chest.
"I remember how I told you not to kick any door here. Am I right?" She looked at Xy with great authority.
Xy bowed her head. "My apologies, Miss Eldora."
"You guys seems upset. Why is that?" She asked directly to the three lasses besides me.
The three didn't responded, instead, they just avoided her gaze and slightly bowed their heads.
"Hm, seems like you don't want to talk about it. Regardless of that, being upset doesn't justify you for being violent. You still lack manners."
Damn, her words works like a goddamn knives. A direct hit would result into a critical blow.
She looked at me. "Come, Tatty. We've prepared a meal for you."
There is a long table in front of me. Now this is what you call, nobility.
This long table reaches from almost the end of the dining room. There's a candle holders on the table and the meals.
"Uhm. Eldora..." I reluctantly called her name.
"The meal seems kind of too much for me." I mumbled.
When I say too much. I meant it like, too 'much'!
There's so much food in front of me. This almost seems like a goddamn feast.
"Oh, don't you worry. The Young Master would be joining you shortly." She smiled.
"Huh?"
"Oh, speaking of."
Just when I was about to ask Eldora about this young master, she looked behind and me bowed.
"Oh? You're here already, Kitty?"
My eyes widened after hearing that voice.
I looked behind me.
I saw Sebastian walking towards me in a casual attire. A polo and a simple pants. He was subtly smiling at me.
"I was about to call you upstairs if you aren't here yet."
The three maids seems to flinch a bit after hearing his retort. It seems that they are surprised about what have Sebastian said to me.
Hm? Is that an unlikely words coming from Sebastian for them?
But hold on....
"What the..." I can't seem to find the right term about this situation.
"What are you..."
"Hm? Are you asking what am I doing here?" He looked at me innocently.
Eldora cleared her throat.
"Tatty, I assume you already know the Young Master. He's the captain of the ship that has brought you here..."
"....And the current owner of this palace." She then smiled at me.
Huh?