If she found me, I would pretend that I had taken the wrong way and got lost. I was scared when I heard the noise, so I hid myself. If she didn't believe me, I could burst into tears and slap myself on the face continuously to show how deeply regretful I was.
If she discovered me, I could also claim that I was young and naive and eager to seize the opportunity to climb up the social ladder. There were many noblemen and noblewomen here. Once one of them took a fancy to me, I could reach the top at one stroke and enjoy all the wealth and honor to my heart's content.
If she still didn't believe me, I would point to my muddy clothes and then to my stomach. Look, just see what I was wearing and what I ate every day. It would be strange if I didn't want to improve my situation.
Furthermore... I racked my brains trying to think of something, while staring wide-eyed in horror and looking down at her approaching footsteps.
She had already walked over. In the extremely dark corner, she accurately grabbed my hair and dragged me out.
I screamed shrilly and at the same time stretched out my hands to resist her old hands that were as dry as withered branches grabbing my hair, screaming, "Please forgive me, madam! Please forgive me!"
Adona threw me hard onto the ground, and a glint flashed in her eyes. "Tell me, what were you doing hiding there? Is this a place you're allowed to come to?"
The elf maid stood beside me with her hands on her hips, glaring at me angrily. "Madam, this little slut is most likely a spy. She's of unknown origin."
With my hair in disarray, I hurriedly got up and argued hastily, "I'm not a spy. I'm not a spy at all..."
At this time, several doors in the corridor opened, and several male and female elves stuck their heads out, looking at us curiously. Of course, the noble guests inside didn't include themselves. Noble guests wouldn't easily show up.
Seeing so many doors opened, Adona was afraid of disturbing the noble guests. She tried hard to suppress her anger and said in a shrill voice, "Aris, drag that little slut back for me."
"Yes." Aris caught me as if catching a chick. I screamed again, "Let me go! Let me go!"
Just when we were in a mess, a light sound of footsteps came from behind us. I looked up, and in an instant, a slender woman dressed all in black walked past us. She was wrapped up very tightly all over her body. Even her hair was wrapped in an airtight headscarf. However, she still faintly exuded a transcendent temperament that combined nobility and arrogance.
This was a real nobility that permeated to the bone and into the blood, a kind of noble air.
A slightly worshipful expression appeared on my face. After all, it was the first time I had seen the legendary elegant noblewoman.
There were also two black-clothed maids beside her, also wrapped up tightly. They covered their faces with thin black veils, and through which one could vaguely see their contemptuous looks.
"Oh, my noble guest," as soon as Adona saw the noble woman in black, her face suddenly bloomed like a flower. "Why are you leaving so soon..."
The woman in black didn't stop walking. She slightly raised her chin and still walked straight ahead as if she hadn't heard anything. The two black-clothed maids closely followed her.
Suddenly, an idea flashed through my mind. With such temperament and such an imposing manner that even Adona had to be respectful, could she be Mrs. Pisnayuoni? Although Adona would be like this to every noble guest of high status, but... I gritted my teeth and decided to take a gamble. What if she was really the one?
I shook off Aris with a quick flick of my hand, took several big steps forward quickly, rushed to the front of the woman in black and whispered, "Mrs. Pisnayuoni?"
Her body obviously stiffened, and a strange and irritated expression faintly appeared on her face behind the black veil. That should be a kind of instinctive reaction. I immediately confirmed my answer. Immediately, I grabbed her hand and cried out, "Please help me, noble guest! Help me! Madam Adona is going to punish me..."
Adona was so angry that she immediately asked Aris to drag me over. Several maids who came after hearing the noise also came to help. Several people worked together to drag me to one side. I kept crying loudly, making a huge noise. The woman in black and her two maids left in a hurry.
"Lock this damn girl up and starve her for three days and three nights," Adona's hysterical shout echoed in the corridor.
After that, I was really locked up and starved for three days and three nights. But there was water to drink, so I didn't lose my life.
When I was lying on the damp and rotten straw in the cell, on the verge of death, my heart was filled with infinite sadness. This was far from a piece of cake. It was clearly risking my life to help him.
At that critical moment when I was about to be dragged away, just like all those who had a sudden inspiration, when I grabbed her hand, I forced the emerald into her hand. She reacted very quickly and immediately grasped it in her palm.
In this way, I could be considered to have completed the task excellently.