Lady Monica, thought Elise, she recalled the Lady to be the one who was the daughter of the Count but she didn't remember the Lady had a daughter.

Mila pulled her breaths, she looked at her before turning to the maid, "I will notify the head butler, for now you should escort the guests to the receiving room." and when the maid left, Mila looked at her, "Have a good rest, I heard that you slept for hours, it would be good if you eat more, but I know it would not be easy to digest food the first thing."

"Thank you, Mila," and Mila left. Elise entered her room, placing the tray on the cupboard before she went to peek on the window across the door of her room. There she saw Lady Monica stepping out from her carriage with a man taller than her. Elise wondered what the maid meant by urgent case that Lady Monica had. It would be normal if Count Gary, their father who came but instead it was Lady Monica and her brother.

Not to forget, Ian was out at the moment and she asked herself if everything will go well. Not wanting to think too much about the guest, Elise who felt her body tired and head aching went inside her room.

"I don't see that maid," said Elijah when entering the foyer of White Mansion. He looked around, noting the maids.

"The one with the red hair," said Monica, "But father said she is here. He saw her," the girl whispered. "You," Monica called the maid who was showing them the way, "Do you know of a maid with red hair?"

The maid was the same maid who had been told off by Maroon a few days ago for talking rumors about Elise. Questioned by the lady, she wondered what she should do. Should she reply? But that would only earn her another scolding from Maroon and she doesn't know if this would be her last warning before getting fired from the castle. But then she couldn't refuse to tell the Lady either.

"I-I..." the maid stuttered, she looked around but there was no one who could help her!

"My sister only want to know of the maid's name because last time, she had helped her. She want to meet and thank her," said Elijah, making the maid to know his intention which was false.

The maid saw the sweet smile Elijah offered and with the man's handsome face, she was quick to believe that the man didn't lie to her. "Is that so. The maid that you are searching for is called Elise Scott. She is a new maid to the castle."

Monica hummed, "How long have she been here for?"

"About a month and a half," answered the maid who then continue to resume showing the way to the receiving room.

Once the siblings reached the receiving room, Monica gave her brother a hint. Knowing it, Elijah leave her sister's side and made way to the maid who had showed them the room, "Could you please call the maid we talked about earlier? If you could we want to have a small talk with her." 

"I don't think that could happen," replied the maid, seeing how close the distance between them, the girl's cheeks were red with blushes. "Elise is taking a day leave today. She often do things like this, taking break when it is not her time yet." the maid used the chance to make herself look better out of spite.

Elijah could tell that the maid wasn't lying about Elise not being in the castle, he the continue, "Do all maids live here?"

"Yes, everyone live here," the maid answer all questions Elijah had without getting the bits suspicions.

"Okay," Elijah left the maid's side. Once the maid had left, the smile he put left his lips and he looked at Monica who crossed her arm with a huff.

"She has been working here for a month and half, isn't this time for Lord Ian to get bored of her?"

"It should be, but the maid could have pulled some trick to keep the Lord's interest on her room. You know the maid once live in a village and who knows what kind of bed tricks she had learned from her place. I heard that there are many maid who succeed to gain favor of noblemen by pleasing the men on bed with seductions they learned from the street," Elijah said, instead of taking a seat stayed on the window, his eyes looking outside.

But Monica wasn't satisfied with it, "I don't care about bed tricks or whatever it is, in the end they come from the street. The lord is a pureblood how could he settle with a woman from the street?! Dirty things should be kept out from the house and the Lord should know that better. When I meet her I will-"

"Grab her by her hair and have a fight?" Elijah finished his sister's words to see her sister looking at him with a deep frown.

"Are you telling me not to and stay here watch her with Lord Ian? I don't like this at all!" Monica whined, her face was filled with jealousy. "Like Ellen and the maid, they both are thieving cats!"

"Of course I'm not telling you that. You know as your brother I support you," Elijah said as he walked beside his sister. He sat down on the chair and leaned to Monica's ears, "But you should know how to play your card rights. There are better things than having a fight that could only warrant you death. Lord Ian hates bothersome things and he dislike people touching his possession. Right now, that maid is his possession."

What her brother said was true but Monica couldn't sit still and see everything transpiring, like how the maid would cling to Ian's hand. "Are you telling me you know a way to have the maid disappear?"

"I do," grinned Elijah with an ill intent coming to settle on his eyes, "You have to first find out if there are any other secrets the maid is hiding around here. The maid from earlier seem to hate the red-haired girl. We could use that as a chance to earn more rumors about her and use it when time is right or spread rumors about her secret. If that's not enough..." trailed Elijah whose eyes went back to the window and his lips curled when a red haired girl passed by the garden, "I could help you."

Monica was late to understand what Elijah meant as she was stuck staring at the door, "Then do it if you could help me!"

"Okay, but I will need your help," Elijah decided to give a hand because it seemed to be fun. At the same time, the maid who had left came back inside the room, Elijah gave his sister a hint for her to ask the maid and the girl nodded, understanding his words. "Excuse me, but I would like to go to the restroom where is it?"

"I can show you the way!" the maid quickly said but Monica hit her hand to the vase that fell. Fortunately it didn't break as the floor was carpeted, but it alarmed the maid, who quickly left to take care of the vase. 

Elijah with a smile then left the room. He then find her way to the garden without knowing the blonde-haired man who stood at the corner of the hallway with his hands crossed. Beelzebub chose to watch as he could tell something exciting was about to happen to Ian's bride. Some times a little quake on a silent ship would make the ship stronger for the waves that come after which goes the same way as relationship, thought Beel.

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