19 had lost track of time since she was locked in prison. Had it been a few days since she was here? A week, perhaps? She wasn't sure; the dim cell didn't have any window and was only lit by a candle, giving her a surreal feeling. Occasionally it was almost as if she was in a dream and her involuntary stay behind bars was nothing more than a product of her overactive imagination.
But when she looked across from her cell and saw the new scullery maid, she was immediately pulled back to reality. This was definitely not a dream, and the reason why she and the other servant were being held in the imperial prison made her heart constrict with worry. 20 was poisoned, and both of them were suspected of the crime.
