Chapter 107

Chapter 107 Tanya’s concern

“Phew…”

Combing through the hair I’d let down, I sighed .

It was almost at the time when the calendar was about to flip over, signifying the end of a day .

After I finished preparing all the small things milady needed to finish before going to sleep, I was also about to go to bed .

Although a lot of people ask, “Do you really ever sleep?” in a half-joking way, I’m human too . Of course, sleep is necessary .

Plus, this seemed like a more suitable question for Mr . Sebastian rather than me . He looked as if he would never tire, always with a gentle expression on his face . How admirable .

I needed to treat him as my role model, and continuously improve myself to that end .

As I mulled over one thing after another, I suddenly picked up the ribbon on the table . The one that was in a set with Merida, milady, and Rehme .

…When was it? I recall it was back when I was still practicing as a servant girl .

When milady’s father invited a merchant friend over, and milady was asked if there was anything she wanted, she picked out these hair ribbons .

“That’s all? What about these gemstones?”

Seeing milady pick the ribbon among a collection of luxurious and expensive items, her father seemed somewhat incredulous…her mother also tried to convince her to pick something else .

“Yes, this is enough . May I please have four of them?”

And then, milady brought the ribbons to us three .

“Everyone is the same . ”

Saying this, she smiled .

Although it was quite a high-price artifact for us…but for milady, who was the daughter of a duke’s family, it should have been something cheap .

But to her, they were treasures .

“If you don’t like them, I’m sorry . But I was thinking that it would be great if we could get them all in a set . If you’d be willing to take them I would be very happy . ”

I felt that that day, I was so happy . Happy that I was picked up in that place, on that day, by milady .

If she hadn’t, I probably would have died somewhere .

I don’t remember when I started living there . But I was probably abandoned by my parents .

What I do remember is that I was there, alone–in the slums of the capital .

Young and clueless as I was, I went hungry every day and gradually began to deteriorate .

Every day, I sat in the alleyway, and stared up at the sky .

Occasionally, I’d see children hand in hand with their parents . I didn’t know why, but it made me cry .

So this was my fate, to die alone…yes, before long, even I lost the will to live . In fact, I wanted to disappear as quickly as possible .

And then one day, two men that I didn’t know started speaking to me .

What they said was unclear . I don’t remember anymore .

But their dirty smiles made me understand instinctively that these were not good people .

Although I had already given up hope for survival, my body still reacted to the danger out of instinct . I wanted to escape, so I started to run .

Running, running…but a child without stamina couldn’t hope to run away from these men . I was about to be caught .

Milady was the one who stepped in back then and saved me .

I had been running with all my strength . Fortunately for me, the route that I was taking was in the direction of the main street–I charged in front of her carriage .

“Are you hurt?”

The first time I saw her, I remember thinking–why is it that the world she and I exist in is so different? I shook my head .

“That’s good…hey, do you have anywhere to go?”

In response to that question, I shook my head again .

“Is that so…then, do you want to come with us?”

After that, although her servants tried to stop her, she still brought me along…and so I was saved .

“I kept feeling that she was being pursued by someone . I’ll tell my father about the people who were after her . ”