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Chapter 14 - My first day with Araharn

"Is Miss Araharn nice?" I asked my brother.

"I don't know. She's not bad to Axlah, though. He says she's silly about her beauty,"

"She would," murmured Iria, " but there are some people," she tossed her hair over her shoulders as she said this, "who don't need to take a bathe to look pretty," and she pinched my cheeks playfully, "in any case, Nei, serve your mistress well,"

I looked at my super-planner sister and sighed.

"Well -- there's nothing for it. But I do hope that she will be nice to me,"

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I gently tapped the sleeping beauty on the shoulder. She opened one eye.

"And you are?"

"I'm your new handmaid, my lady. Master asked me to--"

She sat up.

"You are so pretty!"

I blushed.

"Thank you, my lady,"

"My new personal maid--" she looked dreamy, "wow. What's your name?"

"Nei, my lady,"

"I'm no lady -- I'm a miss. And what is Nei?"

"My name, miss,"

"I've never heard that kind of name before," she looked intrigued, "is it just Nei -- and what does it mean?"

"Well, miss, it is actually Neiman Saarhash,"

"Is Saarhash your family name?"

"No miss,"

"What is your family name?"

Hakorhi. But I couldn't say it.

"Drek, miss,"

"Drek?" She was looking more and more bewildered by the minute, "my-- I can hardly pronounce any of them so I'll call you Nei, as you first said,"

"Yes, miss,"

"I hope we can be friends,"

I looked at her bright blue eyes and said nothing.

"Will you help me? I need to marry Prince Theon!"

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