Jack let her finished her rants first, and then continue to keep his silence so more.
"What? Nothing to say for yourself?" She said with a smug expression, thinking that Jack had been intimidated by her scolding.
Jack then gave her a sharp look and said, "well, miss…"
"Jina, I'm the head maid of this mansion," the old maid said with so pride.
"Miss Jina, what I can assure you about your master, the duke's unhappiness, is if he fails to recover the thing that he is looking for. I've been tasked to help him in finding it, and what do you think he will respond if I told him I fail to find it because so of his servants are not willing to cooperate? How about we call him now and ask if he would like to have you working on your chores or helping look for the stolen item. should we call him?"
The old maid shifted uncomfortably. It was apparent that she was not so confident anymore.
"There is no need to disturb His Grace, he is busy as it is," she said, her eyes were not looking at Jack.
"Well, then this ans you will answer my questions willingly?"
"Fine, ask as you will," the old maid answered with an annoyed face.
"Where were you in the morning at 10 AM two days ago?"
"Working," she answered. "This mansion is huge, do you think it was easy keeping it clean while still attending to the duke and duchess' needs? There is hardly any ti for to take a break, I spent every day fully at work!"
"Mam, I'm just asking for your whereabouts in the morning two days ago. Is it necessary to tell your life story…?"
"I'm with the duchess! I'm preparing her dicine, and tend to her needs, and made sure her room was clean. She had a weak body that requires regular dication and a clean environnt. When Luciana gave the morning report, Joselyn was absent. So I went to search for her. That's when I found her to be in detention in the duke's workroom. They were having a eting with the castle guards that had just arrived. That was when I found out about the theft."
"You didn't see the barrier formation being erected?"
"Do you an that colorful light that prevents people from going in and out? No, I was busy inside the mansion, how would I be aware of it?"
Jack was silent in his thought for a while.
"Are you done? I still have many chores to tend to," the head maid spoke impatiently when Jack stopped asking her questions.
"One last thing, did you go out at any ti after finding out about the theft? Particularly to the tower under the duke's workroom."
"Did you have a problem with your ears? I have said already I am a very busy lady. I have almost not enough ti to deal with the tasks inside the mansion, why do I still have the ti to go out?"
"Thank you for your ti, please take care when you go out," Jack said with a forced smile.
Next ca a plump guy. When he sat on the chair, it creaked. Jack was worried for a second that it would break. The plump guy seed to be cautious of it too, as his expression appeared to be awaiting that fateful mont. After a few seconds passed without the worry ca to pass, he finally relaxed and looked at Jack with a genuine smile.
"Nice to et you, I'm Tomas, the chef," he said cheerily.
"Nice to et you too. Mr. Tomas, I'm sure you have been told before. I will be giving you so questions, I hope you will answer them truthfully," Jack said.
"Of course, of course. I would be happy too," he replied enthusiastically.
Jack nodded. "So, can you tell where you are in the morning two days ago?"
"In the kitchen, preparing breakfast."
"After that?"
"Preparing lunch."
"…"
"Any other things you did? Did you go out of the kitchen for anything?"
"No."
"Did you et anyone during that ti?"
"The maid Joselyn, ca to take the breakfast and later, wine for the duke. The maid Luciana ca bringing groceries and again later to take the wine for Marquess Fernando whom I heard had co to visit."
"So, you didn't see anything unusual?"
"No."
"When did you find out about the theft that happened?"
"There was a theft?"
"…"
"Okay, next!"
The Maid Luciana was next. When she sat on the chair, sothing did not feel right. She fidgeted the chair a bit and felt that its legs were shaky. She pushed the chair away and took another one to replace it. She sat back down after, made another fidgeting. After satisfied nothing was wrong, she turned her attention to Jack with a sweet smile.
Jack smiled back, not willing to waste more ti, he imdiately began, "Miss Luciana, I…"
"Please call sister, everyone here calls that way. I'm still very young after all, and I prefer that way."
"O… kay, Sister Luciana. I will be giving you so questions, and I hope you will answer them honestly."
"Shoot away," she said.
"O… kay. Can you describe what you did in the morning two days ago?"
"Two days ago? Let's see, hm, I did my chores as usual. I cleaned the guest hall, dining hall. I received grocery deliveries from the shop and brought them to the kitchen. Then I report to head maid Jina, before I was summoned by butler Winston to serve Marquess Fernando who had co to visit. I gave him a cup of wine, then I go back to do so more cleaning on the other halls."
"When do you find out about the theft?"
"After the guards showed up, I realized there was a ruckus, but I don't know what it was. Later when I t head maid Jina again, I asked her about it, she then told about the theft."
"Do you see anything unusual? Any stranger or sothing out of place?"
"No… but… hm, I'm not sure if it is important, but it was unusual."
"Oh? Tell ," Jack's interest was piqued.
"I don't think it's anything significant. It's just that when I said I t the head maid, she was at the west wing of the mansion."
"What's so unusual about she being there?"
"It's not exactly about she being there. It's more like the way she behaved. She looked to be sneaking, or maybe it's my imagination. Do you know I have a wild imagination? Do you know once I thought I saw a unicorn in the woods in this estate? I an, can you believe that?"
"I find that hard to believe. Can we go back to the sneaking head maid?"
"Oh, right. Forgive , sotis I get distracted. I was often ti scolded by the head maid and butler Winston because of it. I an, can you bla ? It's just that my mind likes to run by itself, I think it's because of my youthful energy."
"Yes, yes. About the sneaking head maid. Do you see what she was up to?"
"Oh no, she realized I was there, so she called and told that she was getting so dicines for the duchess from the dicine room, which was, by itself unusual. Because usually, she asked either or Joselyn to get this dicine."
"So she was trying to explain herself when you caught her sneaking?"
"I don't know, or maybe she really was just getting dicine from the dicine room. Speaking of catching people sneaking, I also caught the butler sneaking so food a few days ago when…"
"Okay, thank you for your ti. We will talk again when I think of so other questions."
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