>>Corvina
Days went by quietly. It was decided that I would visit the palace to et Lyal twice a month. It was the sa as last ti and I agreed.
I was looking out the open window enjoying the breeze when there was a knock on the door, right as the clock struck noon.
It was the busiest ti in the mansion so I wondered who was there.
"Co in," I answered and the door opened.
I turned to look expecting to be Tracy or Hael but it was neither. There is never going to be a day when my father or brother co to visit , so who was this woman?
"My Lady," The plain looking maid with twin braids bowed as a greeting. She looked awfully familiar for so reason but I couldn't put my finger on it, not at first.
"Co closer," I told her as I turned my body in her direction while I kept sitting on the chair.
"Yes," She was a bit chubby and when she got closer and the sunlight hit her face, I saw she had a lot of freckles. Sothing pinched at the nerves in my brain.
I know her, but from where?
"Why are you here?" I asked.
Her expressions turned serious, "My lady I ca to you before too,"
"Hmm?"
"When I told you about Hael sleeping with a maid," She kept her head down as she nervously fiddled with her fingers, "I was the one who told you about it the very first ti it happened."
It suddenly hit .
It was like a flood of mories that ca back to as I kept my eyes on her
"Nancy," I called her na and she looked at in surprise.
"Yes!" Her face lit up while my heart fell. Looking at her brought back unpleasant mories back. mories that made rember what an awful person I was in the past.
Light palpitations of my heart got louder and I started feeling a sense of suffocation.
"Nancy," I rembered sothing else, "What proof did you bring along when you ca to report Hael the first ti?"
She was surprised at my question, and then her gaze fell again, "Uh-" She got nervous, "I saw him, My lady," My chest squeezed as I felt anxious.
"Anything else?"
"W-well," She stuttered as I recalled that indeed when she ca running to that day, that was all she said, that she saw Hael sleeping around with another maid. If I recall correctly, her face was tear stained but I paid her no attention.
"Right,"
I rember I went crazy and nothing else mattered to , not even her condition which should have been a sign enough. I stomped my way to the library where Hael was working and I yelled at him.
'Hael!' He looked at in shock, 'How dare you sleep with soone!!'
'I, what?' He was confused about my words. I don't think he even got what I was saying right away.
I put my mana in the gemstone as soon as I accused him of adultery to hurt him and he fell to the ground panting. I was so furious, I didn't even listen to him. I was so immature, I didn't even doubt anything. Because even if I paid no attention to Nancy, I should have paid attention to Hael's reaction.
I was head over heels for him and in that obsession and in the abusive 'love' ga, I gave him so much pain
....
Everyone in this house did...
"So, why are you here today?" I asked
"I wanted to tell you that Tracy isn't lying," She had her hands nervously clamped in front of her, "I saw it, I saw him and Tracy in the kitchen the other night."
Ah... The other night.
I saw that too,
"You saw him assaulting her?" My feelings grew more stern by the second, "Or did you see them sleeping together?" I asked this question solely to confirm the fact what Nancy was.
There was a small pause, "...I saw him assault her."
And she proved to be a liar.
"Nancy," This bitch manipulated all along! Considering how plain she looks, I can tell she's insecure. Did she try to co onto Hael and he rejected her? So she ca and lied to . It must have been too much for to get rejected and she chose to get back at him. She didn't even wash her face and ca to and I was such an idiot back then.
My insecurity always caused to believe everything anyone said about Hael, especially the bad things.
!!!
And along with that realization ca another realization.
So many of the maids wanted to sleep with Hael because of his looks but if I think about it now, he must have started after I punished him for the first ti.
Because I didn't listen to him!
My eyes went wide as the mories ca back to . I blad it on him and to get back at he started sleeping around... Or maybe it was sothing more... Maybe he did it to avoid trouble. Or maybe it was both.
That's why he stopped after I showed no reaction to seeing him bang Tracy...
God...
The conversation of the maids made its way to my mory.
'I thought my ti would co,'
'Sa here,'
'He barely just started and then he stopped.'
'I know right! Only a few maids got to sleep with Hael.'
'Isn't he afraid that soone would tell the lady and get him in trouble?'`
Ah,
So that's what it was.
There must have been soone threatening him to sleep with her, otherwise they'll tell he slept with soone!
There was anger boiling inside of . All of this was my fault to begin with.
I pursed my lips and looked at Nancy
And the person who was the mastermind behind this all was most likely Nancy. Because she was the person who always ca to to tell on Hael.
Oh Nancy, you cunning little bitch. I doubt Hael slept with her even after all this, that's why she kept going. The only difference was, after the first ti, she actually brought back proof.
"Would you like to work for as my personal maid?" I asked her,
"Yes?" She looked surprised at first, then her face lit up, "Yes!!"
"Good," I nodded at her, "You start from tomorrow." Only soone worse than Tracy would want to work for .
"Understood,"
"You may leave," I gestured to her and she bowed and left.
***
I guess it's around this ti all the maid started swooning over his looks. The bullying changed from the maid... They wanted to sleep with him. I didn't notice it in my past life.... But I guess the males of the house were jealous of him... So that's why he was still getting bullied
I sat in my room, thinking over things when soone knocked on the door
"Co in," I straightened up as Tracy entered the room.
"You called, My Lady," Her eyes were already down today along with her hands tied in front of her
"I heard you said Hael assaulted you,"
"Yes," Today of all days, she didn't dare look into my eyes.
"I see," I nodded, "You're fired." I did not have the energy for playing around, so I went straight to business.
"What?" Her eyes went wide and she looked at in horror. Right behind her Hael entered the room as well. He was holding a tray of salad and he put it down on the table near the room.
"You're fired, you can leave," I turned and looked out of the window, "I've already appointed soone else in your place."
"WHAT!?" She was ready to scream when I raised my hand to stop her.
"Leave," I glanced at the other person in the room, "Take her out, Hael,"
"As you wish," He smiled and grabbed her from the back and pulled her out.
"Hey!! You can't do this to !!!" She started yelling but I ignored her and looked out the window to enjoy the weather, "Hey!! You'll regret this!!!"
Her voice faded in the distance as she got dragged away while I, on the other hand, felt so exhausted, it felt like soone was draining my soul.
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