The Ghost Lady Of The Duke's Family (20 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 147

At the maid’s cry, the child gasped sharply.

It was fortunate, perhaps, that the sound had been so faint they hadn’t been caught.

‘M-Mother…?’

There was no time to dwell on such thoughts.

Denying what they’d heard, the child pressed their ear tightly against the door.

“What on earth is this about! It’s tragic that Madam passed away—I get that—but does that mean her child has to be banished to the annex too? What sin have we even committed!”

“The moment you say ‘banished,’ remember—the Young Master’s transfer here came with furnishings and belongings worth as much as a whole mansion in the capital! There’s got to be something else behind this, right?”

“That’s exactly why I can’t understand! Then why were all the servants who’d even had the slightest connection with the child fired?”

Of course, nothing changed because of it.

Outside the door, the irritated voice continued—now half-choked with tears.

“Otherwise, why would the girls called back to the main estate due to staff shortages all return looking utterly devastated? Do you know what they said?”

“…What did they say?”

“They said the servants at the main estate have been subtly treating our people here as inferiors—ever since we were ‘banished’ to the annex!”

“But didn’t you just say—it’s hardly banishment when you consider the seniority of those moved here—”

“If this isn’t banishment, then what is! We cared for the child back at the main estate too! The rumor is they spared us only because we’d served long enough—the Duke couldn’t bring himself to dismiss us outright, so he demoted us instead!”

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