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Capítulo 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?"


Capítulo 36: Working As a Maid, The Lords Of The Lands-II

Elise who was still in the middle of taking a bite out of the long bread heard a sudden slamming in front of her and steadied her eyes tensely at the woman who stood before her. She had a very bright face and a wide kind smile across her face, proving her to be a very friendly person. As she named herself, Elise returned her smile with another one and heard another voice from behind.

"I told you not to surprise her, didn't I? Did you forgot how many people you have scared of due to your rough personality?" Vella added from behind a snappy voice.

Carmen turned her head, shrugging her shoulder, and took a seat across Elise. "Duh, that isn't my fault here, and don't call it rough! It's called being friendly you know!"

Vella rolled her eyes. "Yes, yes, friendly to the point you scare someone of, that's the first time I've ever heard that." Her cynical tone added her cold nature and black hair but Carmen didn't take her friend's chiding tone to heart and seemed to be very used to her snappy tone.

Since at her small town Elise rarely come across someone of the same age, seeing the two girls and their friendship, she couldn't help but to burst into a giggle. Seeing Vella sitting down, she greeted. "My name is Elise, nice to meet you too, Carmen."

Carmen returned her greeting with a smile and turned her eyes, seeing Vella and inclined her head for a whisper. "This is Vella. She's very sarcastic so bear with her alright."

But her not-so-subtle voice could be heard directly to Vella's ear. Giving a sigh, she chopped Carmen's head lightly and rolled her eyes again. "I can hear you, alright!"

Once again Carmen ignored her and began to take a bite out of the bread and asked curiously, "So where are you from, Elise?"

Normally people would feel pressured by the sudden interrogation gave by Carmen and judging from Vella's words there had been many people who were uncomfortable by her straightforwardness. But Elise found Carmen as a bright and honest person. She didn't think twice and replied, "Runalia."

"Runalia?!" Carmen exclaimed aloud, standing up due to surprise to have everyone looking at her sudden outburst. Although Vella didn't scream like her, her expression and her hand which was still in the middle of breaking the bread stopped.

"What's wrong?" Elise asked but then she understood their expression after a second thought, she knew what was wrong. In Runalia only humans and sorcerer lived within the land. All citizens in the Empire knew just how well the people in Runalia feared mythical beings and often found mythical beings as either disgusting or barbaric. Take one Runalia citizen in front of an innocent mythical being and the outcome was clear. They would run with their life on the line as though their hair was burning with living fire while shouting for their life. Due to the extreme abhorrent of Runalia people to the mythical beings stepping their feet outside the land almost never occurred.

Not only Elise's journey from Runalia to Warine the land abundant with mythical beings was very unique and attention-attractor. Since long ago some people from the other four lands had their own opinions to Runalia's extreme detest to mythical beings. Most of their opinions being negative opinions. The outsiders think Runalia citizens as overbearing, stupid, and annoyance, or sore-eyes.

Seeing their surprised faces, Elise could only guess that both things must have made them taken aback. She rubbed her cheek awkwardly. Will they go away now? That's a pity, I have just finally talked to someone; Elise thought to herself while fiddling with her fingers. When she saw Carmen starting a talk with her, she felt happy but going away isn't something she could hold them back from. She thought herself anew again, even if one avoids her she was sure sooner or later she would find someone who would become her friend.

Yet unexpectedly, Carmen gave out her curious eyes and inquired again. "So are you a sorcerer? Is it true that only people in Runalia humans?" Her question was straightforward, pure with only curiosity.

Seeing her expression, Elise gazed warmed from her straightforwardness. She had been too worried that the culture of humans and mythical beings would be very different. Thankfully she met very kind people. She returned the smile. "I am not and yes, most of the people there are humans."

Carmen was about to ask again when suddenly Vella chopped her head once again. With a frowned, she sighed. "Can you please not ask her questions after questions? It is very rude, Carmen!"

"Ah!" Carmen finally realized that she had been rudely asking her various question and apologized. "I'm sorry for my rudeness, Elise."

Elise shook her head frankly it was nice to see someone bright like her and she didn't view Carmen's behavior as rude. "No, it's not a problem Ms. Carmen."

"Just call me Carmen," Carmen spoke with a grin. "In case you are wondering, I came from Hurthend."

"Hurthend?" Elise asked to herself and recalled her knowledge from the book that she studied for the Church examination. The Empire was divided into five lands. The middle of the country, Runalia with its only human citizens. Warine, the land with many mythical beings and humans. Marshfoth a land abundant of mountains and forest, the land controlled by the elves and the land that held the most dangerous and forbidden first of dreadful mythical beings. Hurthend, the land that rarely greeted with the sun, thus has a very low temperature perfect for the vampires. Lastly, Downbridge, the land of peacefulness with humans and the beasts mythical beings such as werewolves and werecats.

"Yes," Carmen confirmed with a muffled noise while munching to her bread and continued, "But I'm not a full-fledged vampire. I'm a half-vampire. Vella here came from Warine, she's a local."

Elise shifted her eyes over to Vella and saw the woman smiling thinly with her still cold face to greet her.

"Has the Lord left yet?" A woman in the neighboring table spoke with her friend. Her voice was very loud that many heads snapped to hear her talk. The same also goes for Elise. She turned her head curiously when Ian was mentioned. The three women were speaking loud enough for Elise to her but staring at them was rude and so, she turned her head again but her eyes still involuntarily overhear their conversation.

"He did! I saw him leave this very early in the morning. I heard the lords are holding a meeting with the others."

"Is that so? But for what reason? There was almost no meeting held between the Lords before."

"Who knows?" The woman spoke again with a shrug of her shoulder.


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