Mayana tensed as soon as she saw Vainty’s face, but she never showed it.
For several days, going back and forth to the Duke’s estate, there had been no one among the many maids who could catch flaws as well as Vainty. On Mayana’s first day at the Duke’s estate, the person in Ariante’s room had been Vainty herself.
“Miss Vainty, hello. What brings you here……”
Before Mayana’s words could even finish, Vainty forcefully threw the laundry basket she had been holding with both hands to the floor. It was done with the full knowledge that this would cause the basket to tip over and spill the laundry.
Vainty said,
“Didn’t you hear me say to take the laundry basket to the laundry room?”
The corners of Mayana’s eyes faintly twitched. She had indeed forgotten. She had heard what Vainty said, but right after, Ariante’s stocking had torn, and she had completely forgotten about it until now as she was mending it.
“I heard. But Princess’s stocking was torn, so I was mending it.”
“Are you making excuses for being lazy? Take it to the laundry room immediately. And clean all the window frames in the hallway.”
Mayana furrowed her brows.
“Cleaning the window frames is not my job.”
Vainty’s lips twisted maliciously.
“Is that so? Starting today, it will be.”
“I was hired to attend to the Princess. Taking care of her is what I believe I should be doing first.”
“Then go learn some magic to duplicate yourself or something. It’s none of my business. You must have the luxury to brag here, not even knowing where the Princess you’re supposed to be attending is?”
Vainty kicked the overturned laundry basket and went outside, grumbling. Mayana picked up the scattered laundry, one by one, shaking her head.
This was the biggest problem. Even being by Ariante’s side all day long wasn’t enough, but the situation was not allowing that.
Just like the servants of the Poebek writer, the Duke’s servants were also treating Mayana poorly. Not all of them, of course, but the problem was Vainty, whom she encountered most often.
She was not one of the maids assigned to the eastern part of the mansion where Ariante stayed. However, she sometimes helped with Ariante’s morning dressing or cleaned the living room furniture on orders from the butler Jocelyn.
But for some unknown reason, she seemed to hate Mayana enough to wake up from sleep to grind her teeth!
Housekeeper Kosha knew about the squabbles between the maids but turned a blind eye. Butler Jocelyn had been nowhere to be seen since the first day they met…
Nor could she say to Valterminster Duke, “I can’t properly attend to your daughter because of your employees.”
“From the beginning, the Duke should have been in the Duke’s estate.”
Mayana grumbled to herself.
Valterminster Duke, or Sedilloy von Valterminster, the master of this vast mansion and estate, often left his duchy, fitting his reputation as the righthand man of King Elmerat.
Due to his handling of various diplomatic affairs big and small, he sometimes spent days or even a month in the capital without coming to the duchy.
“Sigh.”
Muttering to herself, Mayana forcefully lifted the heavy basket of laundry.
The laundry was usually separated by fabric or type and carried in small baskets. But everything from clothing to stockings, ribbons, and bonnet covers was jumbled together in the basket that Vainty brought.
Putting all of it into a huge basket, used for gathering curtains for washing, was done purely to torment Mayana. Since she couldn’t leave the laundry strewn around Ariante’s living room, she carried the heavy basket down to the basement laundry room without complaint.
“Mayana!”
Mayana, about to descend the stairs, turned her head at the sound of her name being called.
The one who had called her was a maid of the same age named Grete. Grete had slightly hollow cheeks and sadlooking eyes, along with faint freckles on her cheeks, which somehow stimulated a protective instinct.
Grete glanced at the laundry basket Mayana was holding and frowned.
“Bainty’s been mean to you again, hasn’t he? This isn’t your job.”
Mayana shrugged her shoulders as if it didn’t matter.
“I don’t know why he does this, but it’s best not to deal with these kinds of people. Just let them get tired until they fall apart.”
“Bainty? Bainty would never do that. Tormenting others is his only hobby.”
Grete’s thin lips moved sharply. She rarely spoke ill of others, but when it came to Bainty, she would become angry like this.
Mayana said,
“Have you seen the princess by any chance? I can’t find her anywhere, and her homework is piling up. I told her to do it right away after I changed her torn stocking, but….”
Grete shook her head.
“Everyone’s looking for her. Teacher Bimen seems really angry.”
Bimen was a newly arrived teacher in Ariante. He had immediately come to the duke’s mansion after replacing the teacher who had been scared out of his wits by a frog jumping out of a bag. Bimen’s very domineering personality made him a natural enemy to Ariante.
A long sigh escaped from Mayana’s mouth.
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
