Prologue (1/2)
From a certain estate’s maid’s diary
Today was another long day that couldn’t have ended sooner It’s been three years today since I started working at this estate, but the work here still feels just as harsh The lord and lady here are kind and gentle people, but mistress here is a relentlessly unreasonable person While yelling at the slightest displeasure, her fist would be the next thing to follow I’irl who can only s such abuse
Such a e on this day Not to say that she suddenly turned nice, or tie”
From the instant she opened her eyes till the ht, she was incessantlypuzzled and worried at such a sight, a sudden shout would escape her lips And even ely, such a shout was not actually aimed at us maids this time, and the mistress seemed to suddenly colances
It was as if the girl before today was a lie If the case was that we had failed to meet some sort of expectation, ould surely be bla involved with, ould also be blaet involved with the strangeness of the mistress’s behaviour today
And so, for the whole day, the eness only stood outout We s, it took our ut to respond normally when called upon
At the end of the day, theanother word Looking back on it, other than the eccentric behaviour, today was certainly much more peaceful than usual
In a rooant decorations, the space was filled with various furniture All of this was forcibly gathered by the h trickery, threats, and sos were taken and collected in this room
At a corner of this rooe table Sporting long blonde hair and an extravagant dress, a girl who looked no e sat exhausted at the table With a drained expression plastering her features, she see all by herself Things like “why did this have to happen” and “it’s really so annoying” escaped her incessantlylips
—Well, well, let’s calm down okay?
What resounded in her head was the voice of a young woirl, had for the entire day been unceasingly brandishi+ng her suddenly new found vocals at the girl
—Heey, don’t ignore me, Lilia
Lilia confronted the girl calling out to her, and furiously stood up
“Enough is enough! You can’t do this, or you can’t do that! Who gave you the right to tell me what to do!”
—No no, I wasn’t particularly giving you orders right? It was simply advice
The voice, no ed Lilia became, continued to keep a calm tone of conversation On the contrary, the voice seemed to be quite cheerful
“In the first place, what is your advice even supposed to mean? I’ve asked you countless times, but I still have no idea!”
—Haven’t I answered that question every ti towards your own destruction you know Meaning total ruin yeah? I’m here to defend you from such a future, and save your neck you know?
“Ha! Ruin? Don’t ht? Besides, how could a duke’s clan fall so easily?”
The girl was the eldest daughter of a duke’s family Other than the royal fa their influence At the very least in the current generation, their poas second only to the crown prince
In such a scenario, it was unthinkable for the duke’s clan to collapse
“Why do you even proclais anyways”
—Why? Well… I’rateful
“Well, I wonder what my plans for tomorrow are”
—Ignoring el, but I really can see a little bit of the future you know!
She ed in seriousness Lilia was surprised deep inside, and it also showed on her disgusted expression at her own next words