-Evening of the same day-

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Lillia fell asleep while crying for a while. The head maid decided to give Lillia a visit.

Head Maid: *knocks the door*

No reply.

Head maid: *knocks again*

Still no reply.

The head maid got annoyed and barged into the room. She swung the door wide and stomped in. Lillia got shocked out of her sleep.

Lillia: W-who  I-is  t-t-there ?

Head maid: WHO ELSE CAN IT BE U IDIOTIC BRAT????? HOW LONG DO YOU INTEND TO MOPE AROUND FOR?? ANOTHER 16 YEARS?

Lillia sighed and went back hiding under her blanket. She squirmed around until she found a comfortable position and started snoring.

Head Maid:  ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! WE NEED TO GET YOU DRESSED FOR DINNER!! A LOT OF GUESTS ARE COMING

Lillia: Why do i need to go... it's for them to celebrate. It'll formal if i head down as well

Head Maid: You're wrong. They were the ones who requested me to bring you there. I'm not the only one who is worried.

Lillia: ... can you bring me my casual attire. A hoodie and a pair of jeans if you would. Thanks.

Head Maid: of course. Go wash up. You look hideous!

Lillia staggered with her wobbly legs to the bathroom. She looked in the mirrors to find 2 puffy red eyes. She stared for a quite awhile, deep in her thoughts.

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Should i have just accepted fate back then... or should i never have came back knowing this would happen sooner later... they didn't even visited me that day did they..

What exactly happened Lillia? You never told me anything before. You owe me an explanation!!!

I don't owe an annoying voice anything. Let's get changed fast otherwise Head Maid will start screaming and nagging again. Well, that doesn't feel too bad at least.

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Lillia quickly changed into her casual outfit (ones that she would wear to school) and made her way to the dining hall. The moment she was outside the door, she took a deep breath, straightened her back, and pushed the door wide open. Inside stretched long tables of scrumptious food. Decorations were fancy and the lights from chandeliers shone bright. Laughter and cheers can be heard echoing throughout the entire hall, to Lillia's delight.

Maids who are working there bowed their heads as Lillia strolled towards the nearby table to get some food.

Maid 1's family: Good Evening ma'am. I am the mother of one of the maids that serve you here and i am very grateful to you for hiring my child here to work. Our family are always facing financial difficulties and we're always relying on her to pass these obstacles. I failed as a mother. I could jot give her the proper life of a high-school girl and instead made her work while studying. This may be selfish of me but please do take good care of her from now on.

Lillia's heart clenched and tightened as she heard those words. Words that she knew would never come from hers. Somewhere in her heart felt the sour-ness of jealousy and envied that child.

Lillia: No, it is your child who had been taking care of me and I thank you for that. She is blessed to have such a caring and loving mother.. may i know the name of your daughter?

Maid 1's family: Emily Wastron.

Lillia: May i make an offer for your family, the Wastron family, to come here and stay. As you can see it is quite vacant here and you would not need to worry about rents and stuff. Of course it wouldn't be for free. I'd require both you and your daughter to work here from morning 8am to evening 6pm. No rental fees of course. Meals are provided. What do you say?

Mrs Wastron: H-How generous of you. Is that really alright? Are your parents alright with us staying in this mansion?

Lillia: of course. My parents never comes home due to their business trip and we are quite short-handed here. The staffs here are exhausted everyday so i hope getting 1 or 2 more helpers would save them from some work as well.

Mrs Wastron: Oh my! I'm forever grateful towards your kindness, Ms Kavien.

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Are you sure you wanna do that? People around you are definitely gonna get affected regardless of how stranger they are to you. You know how corruption works. It's an-

Infectious disease that spreads from one to another with just a mere touch. Yes, i know. And i swore to protect. As it is now, this mansion is the safest.

If you say so.

Lillia: I'll send my butlers over to help you move things. Today is Tuesday, do you think you can start work by Friday?

Mrs Wastron: Yes, Ms Kavien.

Lillia: Great. Enjoy your time tonight.

Tomorrow is Wednesday..which means i gotta go for the trials... sighh why is this such a burden.

You don't really need to go do you?

Well, again, i swore to protect especially him since he saw and it's not easy if i don't have a reason to stay close to him.

Sure. That's the reason why. Only to protect him. Right. So convincing Lillia. Ha.ha.ha.

He is a human. I was a human. I am a Reaper.

Who says Reapers and humans can't be together?  There are only the 3 of you and none of you guys ever made that rule!

... Still doesn't feel right.

Sigh. Why am i so done with you

It's mutual don't worry.

Heeeeýyyyyy guysss. Sorry this chapter was updated after so long. I suddenly ran out of things to write and school started with all the piles of homework coming in... :')
I'll try to update ASAP. Thanks for reading again. Also check out "Originals by yours truly" where i post my original poems and stuff like that. Thanksss