Chapter 159: Emergency summons
Abrielle turned out to be one of the worst students Zoltana could wish for. She really could not grasp the true nature of her magic. It wasn’t that Abrielle was dumb or not resilient, but their natures were very different.
A long sigh left the princess’s lips just thinking about it. "Is anything wrong your highness?" A maid asked her scared she wasn’t satisfied with something.
"No, I am fine, just a bit tired," Abrielle answered that there was something odd. Abrielle noticed about the maids these few days. They were more uptight and dared not do anything that got on her slightest nerves.
She has no idea of the maid who lost her life for breaking the house rules. Evelyn did not hide the reason why she was killed. She did it so that no one would be dumb enough to repeat it.
Everything was still fresh in her mind, before dawn after the banquet. The loud sounds of a bell in the hallway of the maid’s quarters woke everyone from sleep
"To the courtyard immediately. Anyone who isn’t there on time wages would be deducted." The voice of the head maid echoed in the hallway.
Hearing about their wages being deducted did the trick, and everyone was wide awake, rushing to the courtyard. It was roughly two hours before dawn, 4 am on Earth time and an hour before the maids woke up, so most of them were still wearing their old night wares, and most wrapped their blankets around them because of the cold.
Jubilee, the little girl Abrielle rescued, was no exception; she sluggishly woke up standing from the bed. "We should get moving." She heard her roommate snap at her followed by the sound of the door being slammed shut.
The sound made her jolt backwards. "What do they want now?" Jubilee grumbled, they still had an hour more to sleep before starting the day. Jubilee didn’t have any coat so she had to leave like that.