Chapter 41: Servant Cedric (7). Image Rehabilitation. Mansion Arc
If you asked Neria, a maid at the mansion, who the scariest person in the world was, she would answer without hesitation: "The Young Lady."
“Ack! ...Hey, are you kidding me right now!?”
It all started with something trivial.
While helping the Young Lady get ready in the morning and brushing her hair, a few strands got caught in the comb.
It was the kind of minor mishap that could happen to anyone during brushing.
But for that small mistake, Neria was beaten until her face was bruised and spent the entire day in pain.
From then on, it became an endless vicious cycle.
Whenever she so much as caught a glimpse of the Young Lady or sensed her presence, her body would flinch instinctively. And trying to do her chores while frozen in fear naturally led to more mistakes.
Each mistake brought another harsh scolding from the Young Lady, which in turn made her even more tense the next time.
Some of the other maids, sympathetic to the newcomer, tried to switch shifts with her now and then, but that too had its limits.
Too many servants had quit, unable to endure the Young Lady’s violent whims, leaving the mansion perpetually short-staffed.
Neria had considered quitting more than once herself, but in the end, she never handed in her resignation.