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Kapitel 34: New Maid In White's Mansion-III

In the carriage, Elise sat across Ian and stayed in silence. Some times, she would look at the window and spot some Sulix that she hadn't seen for so long and wondered to herself where was Aryl. After she entered the cemetery, Aryl followed her and by the time she exited to ride the carriage, she finally noticed her little friend missing. Feeling worried about her friend, she turned to ask Ian. "My lord, may I ask whether you know where Aryl went?"

Ian was propping his head and had his scarlet eyes gazing at her when she noticed her asking with gingerly. "The Sulix, you mean? Not that I know of. You don't have to worry, that little thing could find their way back to you."

She inclined her head, wondering how Aryl would be able to find her way back to her and curiously added, "Is that so?"

"Yes, Sulix know you by your scent." Seeing Elise looking up with questions bouncing over her eyes, he chuckled faintly with mirth and explained, "The sweet child has a distinct fragrance than a normal human. They're sweeter like a flower and the fragrance could be smell even to other lands in the Empire. The bracelet that you had have the power to shield this scent but now that you don't have the bracelet your fragrance creates a trace for the faeries to pick up."

Elise continued to nod in understanding. She had never known what they meant by The Sweet Child but recalled to have heard once of this term. Aryl told her that she's a sweet child but at that time she only thought the sweet child referred to people who could see ghosts and faeries. She pondered and spot something amiss then asked Ian, "Does that mean Lord Ian you are also a sweet child?"

Her question brought a sudden grave of silence. Ian had his eyes a little froze from her words and "Pfft-" he chuckled. He didn't expect her to ask such a question beforehand. The sweet child is akin to angels yet he is a creature that's far opposite of the term. Calling him the sweet child sounds like asking whether the Demon Lucifer is a God.

Elise rubbed her cheeks with her index finger. Seeing him laughing wholeheartedly, she reflected her own question and thought that perhaps her question was too direct or perhaps even foolish. Hesitantly she asked, "Was my question wrong?"

Ian shook his head slightly with a grin that he always used. "No, not the least. But I'm not a sweet child."

Elise wondered, "Even though you could see the ghosts and faeries?"

"Ghost and faeries are something that I was born to see. The sweet child, however, they are only one in the world for an entire thousand years. There had never occurred when the world has two sweet child at once." Ian replied, thoroughly explaining her.

Elise sang her hum for a reply and asked again, this time her question was a little bolder than before. "My Lord, I remembered to have seen you once teleported with magic. You could have gone back to the White's Mansion by now, but why do you ride a carriage?"

Ian's smirk now turned to a devilish smile. With the Sun setting down into an orange color, the light shone over his black hair and fair skin, the charm he gave was teasingly bewitching. He gazed at her propped his chin to the left hand and chuckled mischievously to reply, "Who knows? Because by using the magic transportation I wouldn't be able to see the view that I will come to across."

"Oh-" Elise turned her head instinctively, looking at the view outside the window to hear her heart thudding in a different tune, like a chime of a bell light and fuzzy.

The road to Warine Land was smooth-sailing. They couldn't stop at inn in between the road as mostly the road to the land was empty with only fields of green land. Two days inside the carriage, Elise found her theory as a child whereas Ian doesn't need to eat or rest didn't change. At one point he made an amused face while staring at something and when their gaze met, he would give a smile which Elise returned back with a giddy one and turned her face before they have a staring contest. When it was time for lunch, Ian would give her a ham sandwich that brought back a nostalgic memory when she had just met him.

The sky had turned a little dark by the time they arrived at the White's Mansion. Elise walked down to see a carriage stool prepared for her to exit the carriage and stepped down. Turning her eyes up at the magnificent view of the White's Mansion, she stood in awe.

The Mansion was exactly the same as she remembered. Long large white pillars standing up to support the entrance of the Mansion. The stairs curving to the entrance was wide and enough to support for more than twenty people to ascend at once. The large two wooden doors were large and had beautiful pattern carvings with a golden doorknob. Just from the rear view of the house, one could know how luxurious it is within the mansion. Even though nine years had passed the Mansion didn't lose its beautifulness, Instead, the enchanting beauty deepened with the time. It made Elise wondered how the people and the place weren't affected by the time.

Maroon had hopped out from the carriage, from the seat beside the coachman now stood beside Ian, helping him with his coat. Suddenly from afar, Ian's black Raven flew out of nowhere. Flapping it splendid black wings, it found its way over at Ian's right shoulder, snapping its head with its red eyes staring at Elise.

"Maroon." Ian called to have the butler stopping with a bow.

"Yes, my lord."

"From now on she would be working here in the mansion. Prepare her room and have Mila as her supervisor to teach her work here. I would be retiring to my room now." Ian spoke the last word loud enough for Elise to hear and entered beforehand. His lazy steps brought him inside the mansion and disappeared from Elise's gaze.

Maroon didn't say anything and looked sideways. With his toneless words, he called another maid to call Mila and left the place to continue with his work. On the other hand, Cynthia placed her hand on Elise's head and gently cheered, "Welcome to the White's Mansion Elise! I'm glad that we would be seeing each other more often now. Also, about Maroon, whatever he did don't take it much to heart. He's a type of person who is cold to people unknowingly."

Elise shook her head. The people in White's Mansion are all kind people, well at the least the people she knew who work in White Mansion are very kind. Although Maroon was cold, he never did anything worth to hate and she only saw him as a stern person. She took Cynthia's gentle words and spoke again with a wide smile across her face, "It's a pleasure to work with you too, Cy. I'm happy to meet everyone again in great health."

Due to her mourning her family, she didn't get to greet the people she missed the most with the delight that she felt. But it didn't change the fact how happy she was for being able to meet them again that her smiles clinkered with beaming joy.

Cynthia saw the adorable wafting from her. She giggled softly and retract her hand from Elise's head. "Good luck. I still have some work to do so I'll be leaving you now. See you again later, dear."

Elise nodded, "You too."

Not long after Cynthia left, a maid with an inky dress and white apron walked over to greet her at the entrance. Her features were a little older than what Elise remembered, but the same mild smile that she had didn't change. The maid was none other than Mila, the same maid who used to take care of her when she had just come to White's Mansion.


Kapitel 35: Working As a Maid, The Lords Of The Land-I

Elise felt her eyes lit up with delight, her smiles widened. She ascended the stairs and greeted, "Mila!"

Mila had been the closest maid to her when she had just come to White's Mansion. Being the only human maid in the house, she was very much like a figure of mother to Elise. After a long time seeing Mila again, he smiles became soft like a daughter to her mother. Mila who heard from the maid a new maid came didn't expect it to be Elise. When she saw the little girl had grown well into a beautiful lady, she gentled smiled, "Elise, so it was you who are going to start working here?"

Elise nodded, the delight in her eyes sparkled greatly. "Yes, it's been a long time, Mila. I'm happy to see you again."

Mila chuckled and rubbed her head, "Me too, come in the night is cold, we wouldn't want you to catch a cold."

"Okay." Elise followed her steps from behind. She looked across the room within the mansion and as expected nothing had changed. They stopped at the intersection in front of the circular stair when Mila turned her face and spoke, "It's a very tiring journey to here isn't it?"

The journey from Runalia to Warine took two days without a single rest at any inn due to the fact that there was nothing than a green landscape. Although it took two days, Elise suspected it to be the fastest ride the coach could take.

Elise replied, "It's not really tiring, I didn't do anything than sitting in the coach. The coachman must be the one very tired now."

Mila chuckled, "There isn't much who are worried about the coachman. If Mr. Pann hears this, he must be very delighted. Oh, that's right!" Mila turned her body fully, "Before we go to your room, are you hungry, should I prepare you something light first?"

Elise shook her head and turned her eyes, "No, thank you. I have eaten on the way here."

Mila nodded gently, "Alright then, let's not stand here for a long time, come with me to your room."

Then Mila resumed their walking. From the intersection, they took the far left of the building and went to a very long hallway. Elise turner her gazes around, looking at the hallway. The hallway was very long and wide, to the point that perhaps six people could walk altogether side by side without having to push each other or feeling crowded. Due to the nature of the Lord, the White Mansion was very unlike its name dark and always dimmed with scarce light, there were only candles hanged on the walls beside the walls to light up the hallway. Yet even with the dimmed room, the place was still beautiful and at some point, it even enhanced the beauty of the mansion.

If someone put it in a bad way, the house seemed as it was mourning, but in a good way, the house was beautiful even with its eerie vibe. Afraid that she will lose Mila in the dark to lead her the way, Elise fastened her steps to follow Mila very closely. When they reached the corner of the hallway, they took a right turn and walked down another long hallway before eventually stopping at the door of a room. Mila rummaged something from her pocket and took the key of her room to pass it toward her palm.

"I still have something to do tonight, take a good rest tomorrow I will show you the places in the Mansion."

Elise's glanced down at the key on her hand and looked back up. "Thank you, good night."

"You too, have a sweet dream." Mila returned while rubbing her head and turned to leave.

Elise heard Mila's wishes for the night and felt warmth. She recalled in the past whenever she was going to sleep, Mila would always say the same thing before putting her to sleep. It was a warm and nostalgic memory for Elise. She was without a family who care deeply for her and when Mila showed her kindness she had thought her as her own family.

Elise remembered she was still in the middle of the hallway and turned the doorknob to enter her new room. Lighting up a few candles, she was quite surprised by her room. It wasn't as large and luxurious as the other mansion in Runalia, however to Elise the room was very large and beautiful. Unlike the hallway with wooden railing and dark color walls, the room where she was had white walls with simple golden patterns. She also thought that working as a maid in White's Mansion, she would have to share rooms with the fellow workers but unexpectedly the room had only one large bed in the middle, showing a sign that she wouldn't be sharing the room with anyone.

Elise took her time to see the room and found the bathroom inside and looked down at herself. Since the journey to Warine took two days, it had been exactly two days since she took a bath. She remembered that she had been staying inside the carriage in jitters, afraid that Ian would think she smells bad and now seeing the bathtub, she couldn't be more than happy to take one before she sleeps.

She searched for a dress to change and opened the closet to find one. Seeing the dress, her thought about Lord Ian being a very considerate person grew again. When she finished changing her dress to a new one, she blew off all the candles on the wall and took a seat at her bed.

In a blow, the fire candle extinguished.

The next morning, Elise woke up early and followed Mila's instruction to take breakfast with the other maids in the room with two long tables and seats. As Mila had her work, she apologized for being unable to accompany her with breakfast, and Elise being alone felt a little awkward. She pushed the door of the room, take the tray for her breakfast that consisted of bread and soup, and walked to take a seat at the empty place. The maids seemed to have their own group, perhaps by friends or due to them sharing rooms. Because she had not yet adjusted herself in the new place, Elise couldn't muster her courage and talked to them first.

She sighed. At the same time, while Elise was mulling what to say with the maids whose origin was different from her, a young lady with a heavily curly brown hair spotted her from afar. Besides, her other woman with beautiful black hair had also just entered the servant's dining room to see Elise sitting alone.

"Vella, there's a new maid!" The curly hair woman named Carmen spoke.

Vella heard her exclamation with a sigh and chopped Carmen's head with a frown. "Stop screaming on top of your lung, Carmen! If Mr. Maroon is here I wouldn't help you!"

Carmen ignored Vella's warning and continued, "I haven't heard that there would be a new maid coming here."

Vella turned her head and saw the girl with a long burning red hair like sunset and nodded. "I did hear that the Lord brought in someone too but I didn't guess it was a maid."

Carmen took their shares of food and passed it to her friend. "Let's eat there then!"

Vella agreed, sitting in the corner of the table she guessed Elise to be in a very awkward position now. "Alright, but she's a new maid here so don't surprise her too mu-"

Carmen strode off with haste, the soup that was filled to the brim to her wooden bowl shook and made it hard for people to see as they were afraid it would spill all over. She slammed the tray, gaining Elise's surprised guess and greeted with a wide grin. "Hello, I'm Carmen! Are you new here?"


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