Angelina was heading towards her class, where her manners teacher was waiting for her.

It was then when she passed a suspicious door.

The door was locked. It also gave off an eerie aura.

When Angelina passed by it, she felt strange and uncomfortable. For a second it was a little hard to breathe and chills ran up her spine.

'hm....how strange...' Angelina stopped for a moment to wonder. After a couple of seconds she continued and headed towards her classroom.

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After hours of classes, Angelina was exhausted and tired.

She went back to her bedroom to find that Marie was not there.

Usually Marie would be waiting for Angelina in the bedroom. She would be waiting with a cup of warm tea to help the tired young lady.

Angelina didn't think anything about it.

She shrugged it off as perhaps Marie was busy or was tired and decided to rest.

Angelina laid down on her bed, resting for quite a while. But Marie was still not there.

Eventually Angelina got up and headed towards the areas Marie would usually be at.

She headed to the kitchen first.

"Get out, slave!"

"We don't have anything for you!"

The scene she was welcomed with was a little disturbing.

Eric was on his knees, begging for food from the kitchen maids and chefs.

"Get out! You slav-" as the maid was shouting and trying to get rid of Eric, she noticed Angelina by the door.

"Ah!" She immediately bowed "greetings m'lady, the second miss"

Angelina's gaze swept by the bowing maids and then Eric.

"What's going on?"

"My apologies m'lady. This slave has been pestering us for food, even though we were ordered not to give him any."

"Oh? Why is that?"

"The first miss said it was a punishment."

Angelina's gaze fell on Eric's weakly figure.

"How long have you not fed him?"

"Uhmm...perhaps two days.."

"If you don't feed him for any longer he'll die"

"........"

"......."

Eric stared at Angelina with a little bit of confusion. Why is she helping him?

"Sorry m'lady...but this is the first miss's orders..."

"Is that so?" Angelina turned to a maid "you there...get me some bread."

"W-what?"

Angelina raised one eyebrow "did you not hear what i said?"

"N-no miss! I'll get it right away!" The maid went to get a three pieces of bread and gave it to Angelina.

Then Angelina walked towards Eric.

He flinched. For some reason he expected to be hit or perhaps scolded by Angelina.

But unlike his expectation, Angelina bent down and gave the three pieces of bread to him.

"...?" Eric was confused.

"Are you not going to take it? My hands are starting to get tired"

"A-ah no...." Eric took the three pieces of bread from Angelina. Eric kowtowed to Angelina.

"This slave thanks the 2nd miss!"

"S-second m-miss!" The maid were shocked by Angelina's actions.

"What? Do you think my authority is any less than elder sister's?"

"I-i....this lowly servant doesn't dare!" The maid kneeled. One thought was on the maid's mind.

'the second miss was unexpectedly very scary!'

"Bu-but second miss....he is lady Evelina's slave...!" Another maid spoke.

"Well do you think elder sister would want her slave to die? If he did die, you know who would be punished."

"...."

Angelina turned to Eric once again.

"Don't stay here anymore. Go back now, or perhaps you would like to stay with them?"

Eric shook his head. He left after bowing and paying his thanks to Angelina.

Once Eric left, Angelina turned to the kneeling maid.

"You"

"Ye-yes..m'lady..?"

"Do you know where my personal maid is?"

"Huh?"

"Marie. Do where she is?"

"Um...this servant heard that the maid 2nd miss is looking for is currently punished to kneeling outside..."

"What!?"

The maid flinched and trembled I'm fear.

"Take to where she is, now!"

"Ye-yes m'lady!" The maid got up and escorted Angelina to where Marie is.

The remaining maids in the kitchen sighed in relief.

They all had a similar thought in mind.

'the delicate and seemingly angelic second miss was unexpectedly very terrifying!'

The maid that escorted Angelina was called Tina by the other maids.

Tina led Angelina outside to somewhere quite far from where they were.

It was currently noon and the sun was extremely hot.

When the kneeling Marie came into view, Angelina was shocked.

Marie was sweating and she could tell Marie was exhausted.

"Miss!" When Marie saw Angelina, her face brightened.

"Marie why are you kneeling?"

"Well...the head maid said this was my punishment..."

"What did you do?"

"I'm not sure, miss! I was drinking a cup of water, when the head maid suddenly shouted at me and demanded I kneel here for five hours."

"That's ridiculous!" Angelina helped Marie up and turned to Tina "bring the head maid here now!"

"Um yes m'lady!" Tina left hurriedly.

Tina soon came back with the head maid.

" Second miss, I've brought the head maid."

" What is the problem, m'lady?" The head maid looked quite calm.

"Head maid, I don't believe my personal maid did anything wrong. Why did you punish her?"

"I punished her because she was neglecting her duties and was slacking off"

"What duties!? She is my personal maid! Her only duty is to take care of me and follow my orders!"

Tina was already trembling. The head maid flinched at Angelina's words but kept calm.

"Even so...m'lady...she should help the other servants."

"Help the other servants? I didn't know the mansion was lacking competent servants."

"......"

"......"

"If the other servants really needed my maid's help, then they should be replaced for being incompetent!"

"I-...uh..." The head maid didn't know if she was sweating because of the heat or the fear and nervousness.

"Also...even if she was slacking off...kneeling for five hours outside is too much!"

"...."

"How absurd that some servants rely on my personal maid. Perhaps we should inform the duchess of the mansion's problems...."

"The-theres no n-need to bother the busy duchess-!" The maid got nervous.

"Oh? Then perhaps we should find a more competent head maid...."

The head maid immediately kneeled and begged for mercy.

"Please forgive this servant, m'lady! This servant won't do it again! "

Even after the head maid's pleading, Angelina's eyes remained cold and unmerciful.

"I'm starting to get really annoyed by you, head maid. I heard you've been constantly troubling my maid for no reason....what punishment do you think I should give you for abusing your power?"

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A/N: just a thought.....do you guys think I'm uploading chapters too fast..? (・-・;)ゞ

Also forgive me if there are any typos (• ▽ •;)