She slide through the walls of the palace like a butterfly would skip among beds of flowers, she handed out the already ironed clothes in her arms to the respective maids, as she does this, the already weary maid's morale were boosted because of her cheerfulness.

The grand palace of Azure kingdom was being decorated in advance to the grand royal ball that will be taking place in the palace that same night.

She returned to the ironing room and banged her head severally on the ironing board due to her tiredness, she has been ironing various clothes all through the night, the queen and the princess made sure that everything that will be used the grand ball should be spike and span.

"you cheer others up you cant even cheer your tired self up!" she heard the grumpy voice of Mary through her half closed eyes.

Mary is the leader of the palace maids, she's also a maid but the most senior one with a puffy face and robust appearance.

To Mary no one Is really match to her in terms of beauty she always regarded her puffy self as beautiful due to her make ups.

She raised her head in frustration she had guessed that Mary came to give her more work to do but her guess were wrong because even Mary herself look times hundred as tired as her.

"Mary, whatsup with the grumpy face? She asked

"I have been walking around this palace since last night inspecting and shouting I am really worked up and I still need to get my makeup done for the prince to notice me" she said blushing like a fool

She hissed in disgust, the grand ball is about the arrival of King Atamin's last son but the crown prince arrival, he was said to be on sojourn since his coronation as the crown prince and he's returning home today.

"Even if the prince is to choose thousand women I bet you'll not be worthy to be a maid for any one of them not talk of being one of them" she said

Mary rise up in fury with her thick brows arching like that of a ram.

"how dare you an ordinary ironing maid talk to a senior maid like that? She shouted

"ohh sorry, I was just talking about myself, but as for you Mary, the prince will have eye for no one but you" she said decisively with a smirk.

Mary calmed down a little "Ohh really? I Know you have good eye, you already know that people as skinny as you can never even be a maid to he prince chosen wife, but don't worry, you're the only one that recognize my beauty in this whole palace, when the prince make me his wife I'll surely make you my personal maid" she said to the already down Ashira.

Mary grew angry again…

Ashira who is known for her outrageous and outspoken attitude in the palace laugh out so loud that Mary cant bear it than to leave her…..

She's found of her jokes and cheerfulness sometimes her well wishers call her : BALQIS THE MOONLIGHT IN THE DARK. Because wherever she goes she always carries with her a hair of aura and pleasure

Ashira was still amidst this bouts of laughter when the princess strolled by and caught her laughing.

" I guess you're too happy with the work you're doing so much that you wanted more? Princess Aisha the last born and also the only female child of the royal family said as she stepped into the ironing room.

As Ashira heard her voice, she quickly stopped her laughter and bowed down low before her

"Your highness I don't dare laugh with this so much work, I even considered dying" Ashira said

"you're not allowed to die not until you hand out all the clothes relating to my palace after that you're free to die" Princess Aisha said and left.

"Tsk… what a spoilt brat" Ashira said after her departure.

Ashira, the ironing maid of King Atamin's Palace Is a 20 year old lady that seem too young for her age due to her small stature.

She joned the league of Palace maids when her Grandmother that's taking care of her died while she( Ashira) was just 17 since then she's been running her race alone.

She tried all her possible best to always be happy and live a life of hatred free.

After ironing the remaining clothes she went to the maids quarters to change her dress and also take her bath.

After bathing she met her roommate already dressing up too...

"Hey Kyra are you done already? She asked cleaning her body

"Thanks to Mary, she ordered one of those new recruits to join us, so the work is extra less" Kyra who was a cooking maid said.

Soon Ashira and Kyra got dressed and left for the ball...