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"Aaahh" she jumped in her place when she found a maid changing in clothes there.
She looked back at Renata with a frown. There was no respect or concern for the master and the kid.
"What are you doing here? And have you not learnt basic manners to knock on the door before entering? Should I remind you of this small thing when you are the princess here?
Have etiquettes ended in this palace just because you are abandoned. Wait! How can I forget? You are a fool that does not even know what abandonment means!" she chuckled softly and she closed the zip of her dress and waved her hands in her hair.
Leisurely walking towards the small mirror, she started combing her wet hair as she looked back at the three year old baby from the reflection of the mirror.
"What are you doing here? Searching for food like an insect?" looking at Rental with disgust, she did not take any initiative to hold her or feed her but worked on her hair as if she was the mistress here.
Renata did not say a word as she continued to stare at the maid. She was too young when the maid was charged with stealing. So, remembering her name and face was a feat for her.
She had only heard from the other maids later that her father had punished the maid severely to teach a lesson to others.
From then, a few new maids had come to serve her and she must say they were better than others and a bit respectful towards her, but looking at her meek attitude and lack of care from her father, their behavior changed soon too.
"What is your name?" The maid had stopped expecting from Renata and started ignoring her, treating her as a fool that did not know anything. So, she was surprised when she heard the cold voice.
It was too strange for a three year old meek girl who knew nothing but crying to use such a strong and cold voice that made her flinch.
She stared back at the kid whose hands were no less than tiny branches that could be snapped just by strong winds. There was nothing but bones.
Her height was less than other girls of her age and she looked malnourished and weak. There was no way that she would have such a strong and cold voice. It must be her conscience that she felt so.
"Why? Do you want to complain about me to the head maid? Do you even know who the head maid is?" she asked with a laugh as she used a small diamond pin that would suit a baby more to pin her hair backwards and then looked at her with an arrogant look on her face.
But Renata did not need an answer anymore. Unless, all of them are thieves. She was sure she had found one with the proof dangling carelessly in her hair. Just how dumb did they think she was to openly use her belongings.
That must be due to the fact that her own father hated her and he would not care if she was using the jewels had sent to show the world that he cared or the maids were using it.
In fact, he might be happier that she did not get the chance to use the luxury.
She turned to leave as she knew that she was no match for this woman, and without any support to back her up, the maid could beat her and no one would ever know. What if she went as far as to push her from the stairs when she knew that her theft had been caught.
"Nothing much, I wanted to have my room cleaned." she added as she did not want to create suspicions.
The maid blinked and then started laughing after staring at her for a few seconds as if she had heard a great joke.
"Are you ordering me to clean your room? Huh? What made you think that you have the authority to do so? Do you think that you are the owner of this palace?
You are mistaken darling, your father is. And you know what, he hated your presence. He hated it so much that he had forced your mother to die.
He cried so much when you took birth as he was appalled by the thought of having one daughter. But.. if you would have been a boy, then you would have a chance to survive." The miad moved closer to her and bent her head a bit so that she could meet Renata's eyes.
"But too bad, you are a girl! You should be glad that he had forgotten about your existence a long ago. If not, he would have come with a dagger and pierced your small heart with his own hands.
And why not, he had killed his own brother, wife and even the emperor of the empire. Selling both of his sisters so that no one would ever share power with him.
He had only cared about the power he had now. So, it would be better that you live like a living corpse or I will throw you in front of him reminding him that the last strand of his blood was still alive.
Now go, I have to take a rest, I am feeling disgusted by seeing your face." she gave one last look of disgust to Renata before closing the door of the maid's room on her face with a thud.
There was no concern or pity for a kid who did not even understand all those words.
"Do not worry, you do not need to see this face for long since you are going to die anyway. But in this life, i will survive!"