This time, I took a break for two days. Two days later, I asked to see the Countess. The head servant Maggie squinted at me and said, "The Countess has gone to the palace and isn't here. Even if she were at the Count's mansion, it's not like you can see her just because you want to."
"When will she be back?" I managed to hold back my anger and asked.
Maggie sneered and said, "What's with your attitude? Who do you think you are to talk to me like that?"
I turned around and left, not bothering to argue with her.
However, what I didn't expect was that from then on, besides being a maid in Aaron's room, I had an additional important duty, which was to help out in the kitchen. That was Maggie's punishment for me.
"Aren't you the one who used to work in the kitchen before?" An old, plump maid put her hands on her hips and said, "Head servant Maggie has said that from now on, after you finish your work in the master's room, you have to go to the kitchen to help."
"How will my wages be calculated then?" I retorted, "Will it be double?"
The old maid walked over with her hands on her hips. Before I knew it, she suddenly grabbed my pointed ear. I yelped in pain. "How dare you bargain with me? I'll teach you a lesson if you don't know your place!" She grinned wickedly and tightened her grip.
I was in so much pain that tears streamed down my face and I howled in pain. There was no way I could continue arguing with her.
Back in my small attic, I wrapped up the wound on my ear and looked at myself in the full-length mirror. I looked just like the bad mouse "One-Ear" in "Black Cat Sheriff". I was on the verge of crying but couldn't.
In the afternoon, I had been standing at the door of the room with a basin of water for quite a while and refused to take a single step inside.
The maid Darl, carrying a pile of freshly ironed clothes, was about to enter the room. When she saw me like this, she couldn't help asking curiously, "Why don't you go in?"
"Well, I'm not going in," I made up an excuse and said, "Head servant Maggie just had something urgent to talk to me about. Could you take this basin of water in for me?"
A sneer appeared on Darl's face as she said, "I'm also very busy. There are still a whole bunch of clothes waiting for me to iron." With that, she walked into the room without looking back. After coming out, she glanced at me and motioned with her mouth towards the room, saying, "The master asks you to go in."
I had no choice but to carry the basin of water and walk in, gritting my teeth.
I put the basin of water on the table beside me, wrung out the towel and started to wipe the various pieces of furniture. I kept a good distance from him and was also full of vigilance in my heart, planning that if he came over, I would slip away immediately. I had to run faster than a rabbit to escape his clutches.
"Come here," I suddenly heard him say this while I was busy. My scalp went numb all of a sudden. After struggling internally for a few seconds, I said straightforwardly to him, "Respected Lord Aaron, if you want to suck my blood this time, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed."
I was determined to defend my "right to my blood" to the death this time.
"What happened to your ear?" His voice came, carrying a somewhat teasing tone.
I was about to snap back with "It's none of your business", but after thinking about it, I held it back and said, "I accidentally bumped it."
"Come here," he said again and added, "Don't worry. There will be benefits for you this time."
"What benefits?" I looked at him warily and said, "Tell me now if there's anything."
He looked at me coldly and said coldly, "All you want is money. No problem. Your blood is good. I can offer a price to buy it."
"How much are you offering?" My tone softened noticeably, and there was another cold smile on his face.
"Ten gold coins each time."
"That's too little," I said, "My blood is extremely precious and definitely worth more than that. Otherwise, why don't you suck other people's blood but mine instead?"
He raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm not used to bargaining with people, especially with a lowly maid. Well, twelve gold coins each time. That's the most I can offer. I can also make up for the previous two times. If you don't agree," a cold expression appeared on his face, "that's fine too. Then you won't get a single penny. Anyway, I'm determined to have your blood."
What kind of deal was this? I felt dizzy for a moment. Before I could react, the door was suddenly pushed open and several maids in black dresses and white skirts walked in. As if they had planned it beforehand, they didn't say a word and directly pinned me down, who was dumbfounded, and then dragged me to Aaron's bed.
"What are you doing?" After coming to my senses, my first reaction was to scream in horror.
"Don't worry," Aaron's eyes were gloomy and fierce, "I just want your blood."
"Ah..." As he bit down hard on my neck in an instant, my shrill scream of terror tore through my throat.
This man was a devil, an out-and-out devil.