I took a stair down as my room was on the second floor. This time, not only Lisa was there, but the other maids were in the rooms.
Everyone looked at me when I took a step in the kitchen. And believe me, none of them were friendly.
"Look at this princess slave, it was past the morning time yet she just showed her presence." A girl was there in front of the door, staring at me sinisterly.
"Stop it Vera. Go back to your own duty!" Lisa said, shushing her out of the room.
So Vera was her name. She looked at me with her evil eyes before finally getting out of the room."Then you better make her understand her place. A slave was the lowest rank, Lisa."
After the uncomfortable meeting with the others, Lisa told me to follow her, "Come with me."
She showed me the backyard where a lot of fabric was being washed. This manor was amazingly huge.
But it was useless for me if I was a slave. Actually I could just take the silver ring and escape anytime I want. But I need the power of Geargo.
Though I could go to another pack, it would be more work since they won't ever believe me. "Lisa, do you think I could speak to Keegan?"
Lisa halted her step. "Eliana!" She was somehow speechless. "You can't say your master's name like that. And it's right like Vera said, you're just a slave. Even if it's the maid that was talking to you, you have to bow your head listening to whatever they say."
I was on the verge of losing myself when I heard that. This was so ridiculously humiliating. The truth was still eating me alive when I realized I just became a slave.
Lisa grabbed my hand, trying to calm me. "I know it's hard. But bear with it. You don't have to lower your head while talking to me. I don't really like the idea of slavery anyway." She looked at me with so much pity, "But I'm not sure how the others will react. I don't want to be in trouble since I'm the one in charge training you."
Coward. This place was just full of cowardly wolves. I bit my lips so hard that it bled. For now, let's just play along as their slave.
For the rest of the day, I was in the backyard doing the laundry using my hand. Truthfully, there was a time when my hand was not beautiful, rough and full of calluses since Areal always made me do the chores using my hand like this, even in the winter.
But as soon as Gerald noticed my hand, he asked the wolf witch to heal it as I was supposed to be beautiful to seduce someone. I was so disgusted with him that I hoped my hand would always be full of dirt and calluses.
"I heard you were once an alpha daughter." A boy with black hair looked at me from the window. "It's already been a couple of hours since you started, but why haven't I heard any complaints from you? Not to mention the breeze is cold."
He stared at me confused, "Isn't the alpha daughter is nothing but whining? You're surprisingly calm."
Well, I had no answer for that. I'm not a princess.
"I'm Yoshi," He jumped from the window. "You're Eliana, right? I heard it from my aunt."
"You're Lisa's nephew."
"Yes, you're right." Yoshi smiled widely. He was taller than me, and his age could be similar around mine.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to regard you as a slave." He said, "I hate it too, you know."
I turned my back to him and continued doing the laundry. As Yoshi noticed how red my hand was, he looked so uncomfortable. "You know, you won't always wash the laundry using your hand. We have a capable machine. This was only temporary since they want you to be trained."
I was about to snap at him before I saw Rupert, the butler from last night walking toward me. His demeanor changed from last night. This time, he didn't say anything when I looked directly into his eyes.
He threw the bag he brought on my feet, "Wear this and be prepared. One more hour, your presence will be asked in the hall."
I opened the bag, and I realized what was inside. There's a limit for my patience. "Hey..!"
I was about to break his neck when Yoshi out of nowhere pushed my head upfront, making me bow before Rupert.
"I'm sorry sir, this slave was on training. She didn't know what she was doing." Yoshi said, lowering his head towards Rupert.
Rupert glanced at me for a moment before leaving. He kept his mouth shut at the end.
As soon as his figure was out of my sight, I pushed Yoshi away from me. My movement was fast enough so he didn't see it coming. I was on top of him, bending one of his arms while pushing his neck down, making him kiss the ground. "Don't you dare touch me!"
"Seriously. How can you be so strong?" Yoshi was struggling below me, "Let me go! I'm just helping you so you don't receive the punishment. You don't have to be so ungrateful!"
I really had nothing to say to him. It's not like he understood my situation. "Just.. Don't put your hand on me again." I said that before walking away.
As I took out what was inside the bag, this must be what Keegan said by playing along. Let's just do it for now.
- Conrad -
I was about to congratulate my brother when he succeeded in creating another division for medical purposes. But my mood was going south like that.
I was so familiar with that figure, only I never imagined meeting the girl again. She was already buried in my memory.
Now all of that came to surface as soon as I saw her. Eliana Mordue.