Then, a wicked smile appears on my face.
I sit right there and say to the maid next to me, "I'm getting bored, I feel like writing something. Is there anything to write with here?" and I was paying attention to her face to see if she would look surprised. Then, hearing my words, she moves away from there and some other maids come closer and start whispering among themselves. I was wondering what they could be talking about? But then I thought—forget it, I was just thinking that there must be a custom of writing here, and if there is a book here, someone must have written it, so it's possible that I can write too, as far as I think. And even if books are expensive, this family is very rich, so in my opinion, it won't be impossible for me.
Then that maid brings a notebook and a peacock feather, along with an ink pot. Now I am wondering how I will write? I write with a pen. Then the maid looks at me, smiles, and says, "It is not used just like this, don't you worry."
Then she pulls out a dagger which was very sharp. Then, in less than a second (10x fast), she cuts it into the shape of a pen. I was amazed to see her agility. She hands the prepared feather to me and leaves. I was thinking, what was that? And the biggest thing—will I even be able to write with this or not? And didn't these people suspect whether I know how to write or not? Forget all this. Then some of those maids leave for other work and now only 7 maids were left there.
Now I think, "Alright, now I should get to my work." I sit down and start writing. My camera angle (scene) is shown from behind where I am writing with full concentration. After a while I say, "Alright, my work is done."
Reading what I wrote, I give a dangerous smile. Just then a maid is working nearby; finding a chance, I secretly slip that written letter into her back pocket and go back to sit in my place, then say while rubbing both my hands— "Now the real fun begins."
After a while another maid says, "Hey, there's something kept in your back pocket." She says startled, "What?" As soon as she pulls it out, her eyes widen and she blushes. She immediately closes the letter. The maids nearby surround her, "What is written? Tell us at least!" She starts refusing while blushing, but then a maid comes from behind and steals the letter from her hands. She immediately moves away and two maids catch the blushing maid. Now that maid starts reading that letter loudly in front of everyone.....
That blushing maid can't do anything. Then another maid says teasingly, "After all, who sent this letter? Tell us the name at least!"
The maid reading the letter slowly reads the name— "Kota."
As soon as the name is heard, the face of the one who asked the question drops. She angrily jerks the maid's hand away. The one who was reading the letter was also a bit startled now; then the one who had jerked the hand says, "So now you are after my Kota?"
The second maid says, "What? Do you love him?" The first one replies, "Not just me, he loves me too!"
Then she says I didn't know, but cutting her off she says— "Now you are after Kota!" and "He is mine!" She was trying to explain to her, but the second maid was not ready to listen to her answer at all and the first one also now jumps into the fight. And she says what can I do, Kota got distracted by my beauty and you aren't even beautiful, so why wouldn't he fall in love with a beautiful girl? Otherwise, whose would he fall for? A girl like you? Then the second one gets very angry and their fight starts. The other maids were trying to stop them, but the atmosphere was heating up, but only with words. I was watching all this and saying to myself— "Man, this is fun, but I can't get out of here like this."
Then I get up from my place and my eyes fall on one thing. I give a wicked smile. Over there, the fight between those two had now turned into a scuffle. Then suddenly, from the first maid's side, a cookie comes flying and hits the second maid directly on her mouth.
In anger, that maid throws her basket towards her, but she ducks at the right time. The basket hits the maid directly behind her. The one who threw it starts apologizing out of fear, but the one who got hurt, without thinking twice, throws her broom towards her. She also ducks and saves herself, but the broom hits the one behind her.
Now she also throws something to take revenge; the one in front dodges that 'attack', but the maid behind her becomes the target. In no time, all the maids clash with each other and a cloud of cookies and utensils forms in the whole room.
Then the camera focus comes on me. Eating a cookie with enjoyment I say— "Man, this cookie is really tasty!" Then, crawling like a snake, I silently leave from underneath.
As soon as I stepped out of the room, words came out of my mouth, "Man, now I realize how a bird must feel living in a cage!" The air of freedom was something else. I was moving forward through the corridors, hiding, when my eyes fell on the guard standing on duty. I said to myself, "Brother Kota! Today you are gone, no one can save you now. Sorry man, but doing this was necessary for me... bear with it a little for my sake."
Then I saw that heavy basement gate in front of me. "This is the chance!" I said to myself and was just rushing towards the gate when suddenly... the sound of footsteps!
My breath hitched right there and my heartbeat became so fast that it felt like it would be heard outside. Without a moment's delay, I immediately hid under a table kept nearby, which was covered with a long cloth.
Then Mom came out from that 'T' shaped turn. I was peeking out through a small hole in the cloth. The palace manager was also with her. Mom was looking very angry and worried.
Mom said, "There has been a lot of loss to the villagers this time. After all, what are you people doing? How did the number of Demonic Beasts increase so much and why hasn't everything been fixed yet?"
The manager gave an explanation while bowing his head, "Madam, we are killing them every day, but they are not normal beasts. Even though they are C-class, they are showing powers that should be in A-class beasts. Mutations are also being seen in their bodies—those who used to have 3 fingers now have 5, and their size has also increased. Their numbers are increasing so fast that it's now looking impossible to stop them. We will need help from the Royal Palace, otherwise the people of this kingdom will suffer more loss and the villages might even be destroyed."
Mom took a long breath sadly, "Yes, that's why Thomas (Father) has gone to the Royal Palace..." Then the manager said in a low voice, "Madam, I feel that all this could be the doing of 'those people'..."
Mom immediately interrupted him and said, "It's good you didn't take their name. It's better if you don't take their name here. Alright, let's go, give me further reports as soon as possible."
As soon as they both left, I came out and took a deep breath. "After all, what is all this going on? And who are these people whose name is strictly forbidden to be taken here?" I fell into thought. I didn't even know that such a big problem was going on in the kingdom and Thomas has gone to the Royal Palace. After all, why didn't I know? Anyway, who and why would anyone tell all these things to a small child.
But I was also feeling scared. If that boar there was E-rank, then these C-rank demonic beasts now, how dangerous will they be! I composed myself, "Now is not the time to think about all this, I have to find out the truth here quickly, as to what after all is happening here and what kind of world this is."
I quickly reached inside the basement. My book was still kept safe there. Touching it, my mind felt at peace, "Thank goodness, you are safe!"