Death Is The Only Ending Ch 6 ✦

Chapter 6

Penelope seemed to be a diligent person, given that I woke easily on my own so early in the morning. It was surprising, considering the kind of personality she had.

Just as I got up and did a light stretch, someone knocked on the door of my room, as if they’d been waiting for that moment.

Knock knock-

For a moment, I simply sat still on the bed and stared at the door. I was curious to see if my warning the night before had taken effect. It was clear it wasn’t the butler knocking, because no one burst into the room after a short time with no response.

“Who is it?”

I finally spoke.

“Lady, it’s Reina.”

The head maid. It seemed like the method of scolding I used yesterday had worked. It was a satisfying result.

“Come in.”

Click

The door opened and a middle-aged woman entered my room.

“Have you slept well?”

“Why did you come?”

“I’ve come for the Lady to pick your new personal maid. Do you have someone in mind, by any chance?”

There’s no way I would.

I didn’t bother answering the head maid’s question. She opened her mouth again to speak, as if this was expected. Of course, no one would be volunteering.

“If you don’t, then pick a new-…”

“Who was the maid who served me before?”

“Are you speaking of Emily?”

“Ah, yes. Emily.”

I asked, pretending to be curious.

“Was she fired from the mansion?”

“No, she wasn’t, but…”

“Then, what is she doing now?”

Her eyes held questions, seeming to ask why I was asking her such things.

“…Her punishment is to do the laundry for three months, due to her not being able to serve the Lady well.”

“Is that so?”

“But why are you…?”

Anxiousness started to show on her face as her mask of confidence started to fall apart.

Looks like she knows briefly what happened, then. Or maybe she was the real agitator hiding behind that maid.

I calmly spoke, setting my suspicions aside.

“Tell her to just continue being my personal maid.”

“…Pardon?”

“It’s uncomfortable since I don’t have anyone to serve me right now. Even if I pick a new one, they’ll be amateurs until they learn their job. If that’s the case, the previous one who has the experience would be better.”

If it was Penelope, she wouldn’t have bothered to include this extra information. However since this is my request, I decided to be more caring to this matter.

“If you understand, then I’ll ask you to bring her up. I’ll leave that to you.”

I smiled at the speechless head maid who’s jaw had dropped.

“H-However Lady, the Second Young Master Reynold also punished that child for her mistreatment of the Lady, so…”

“So, you can’t?”

“…”

I stopped her from her excuses and asked. Then the head maid’s mouth shut, being once again speechless.

This is so bothersome.

It’s only been 2 days, and people in this house never did as I told them to do right away. I had to either scold or warn them.

Is it always like this?

Playing with ranks and titles were a must in a novel or a movie. However in the normal mode, it wasn’t really like that when you remember how all the people in the mansion would just listen to the heroine and do whatever she asked for. I started to feel annoyed rather than think of it as an improvement.

“It’s best if you’d just do as I say when I tell you to…”

I even said ‘I’ll ask you to’ and ‘I’ll leave that to you’ in the sentence. These words added the meaning of trust and plead in the sentence.

Do I really have to behave exactly like how Penelope did?

“I told you that this is uncomfortable. If I told you to, then bring her up here. Or, does the head maid want to serve me personally instead?”

“Then I’ll bring her up after I ask for His Grace’s permission, Lady.”

It was a statement that she wouldn’t do as I say till the end. I laughed at the ridiculousness of the situation.

“No, you don’t need to. I’ll go see Father myself.”

I stood up from on the spot.

“While I’m at it, I’ll tell him what exactly happened yesterday in detail, then I’ll reveal that I’ve forgiven Emily.”

“…”

“Where is Father right now?”

“L-Lady!”

The head maid’s eyes widened when she saw me prepared to go out at any moment. The incident from yesterday had been taken care of with a small punishment of one maid, but if I were to get the Duke involved, then things could get complicated. She abused the Lady. And one of the sons of the Duke had even witnessed it.

“H-His Grace left to go to the Royal Palace earlier.”

“is that so? Then, later when he comes back…”

“I’ll bring Emily right away!”

The head maid spoke in a panicked voice, worried if I’d go find Father.

“I wasn’t able to understand the Lady’s mercy right away, being so old. I apologize.”

Watching the bowing head maid didn’t make me feel refreshed, but rather bitter. I wasn’t going to raise my fame points by getting closer to people around me, but I felt like the fame amount I had at this moment was reaching the negatives.

“Should I bring Emily right now, Lady?”

The head maid suggested, panicked but carefully.

“I hope this kind of thing doesn’t happen again, Reina.”

I spoke to her, thinking about how my day already felt ruined.

“Leave.”