The gentle maid guided me through enormous halls and finally to the Palace kitchen. In the way, I was able to learn her and the other girl's names as she kept bubbling about how exciting everyone must be.
Her name was Elena and the blonde wolf one was Parker. Apparently we got along well. At least if I was guessing right. I have Sherlock level deduction abilities after all.
The kitchen was also very big and seemed busy as well, everything was either wooden or high quality marble. Despite its largeness, this place felt very cozy with bright red faced cooks from fire and welcoming pastry smells in it.
I guessed approximately most of the staff was here, they were huddled to listen to someone. We mingled as well.
"Listen up everyone! The second prince is finally coming from border patrol after a year, this is our chance to welcome him back with utmost care. I'm excepting every employee of this palace, to work twice as much. I'm counting on you so let's work hard together and prepare the most perfect welcome. Understood! "
There were bunch of hurrays and whistles with dedicated voices. I would be touched if it didn't mean more work. Workers seem like a family, and the head maid is quite a good boss…
Was I really part of them…
It's still not right time to think about it, I will wait until I'm alone
"Isn't that great Alex, maybe we could even meet the Second Prince?" Elena was sure excited. I, on the other hand, felt work anxiety. I didn't want to work, and NOT certainly, as a maid of all things.
"Great? Don't you see the poor girl's exhausted face?" another maid answered, her name was Kath I think, only then I realized my face looked like melted cheese with a sad face carved on it.
"When is she ever energetic about work anyway?" miss wolf, ehem, I mean Parker snorted. Well I guess she knew me well.
" Aw c'mon Al, you must be at least excited about seeing the dashing second prince." a what I guessed to be cook also joined our conversation. He was young so I assumed he was an apprentice. He was relatively handsome but more like cute handsome types. He was skinny though but small amount of flour on his flushed face made him seem even cuter. Maybe even as cute as Elena...hmm why is everyone so eye pleasing?
"Earth to Al, you okay? You spaced out."
"She didn't spaced out Kath, she was staring at Alejandro." The young cook got even redder after hearing Parker's very proud comment. Welp, there is no meaning in lying if you get caught.
"N-no you...you weren't right?" ohh? What's that, is he embarrassed? Heh, how cute... (devilish sadistic face)
"Eh? But I was staring." I sang with an innocence mask while leaning towards him. It was so satisfying to tease him.
"Why would you do THAT?"
"Because you looked so cute." I smiled and wiped some of the flour on his nose.
He blinked... and blinked aaannnddd... He jumped a few meters away from me trying to hide his face. The girls and I were looking at him and then we started to giggle.
"You gals are too cruel, give the poor lad a break." a muscly man in his late thirties put his arms on Alejandro's shoulders like a protective mother hen. He was scolding us like little girls. It was a warm feeling actually.
"And Alejandro, you shouldn't let them tease you like this every time. You see women are like dough they-"
"ALRIGHT, let's get working before head maid gets angry again Big Joe." with that, they both disappeared.
"*sigh* Boys..." we said in unison. Maybe this place wasn't so bad after all.
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I TAKE MY WORD BACK. THIS IS WORSE THAN THE CAFE.
My all afternoon consisted of washing, cleaning the dust of VERY tiny but expensive things that could get me killed if I damaged them (the anxiety is with me) and cleaning the gigantic windows. Let's remember, I was not good at too much physical activity, and cleaning 5 meters long windows is nothing like basketball. Luckily I was able to cut my work half by negotiating. This maid called Daisy wanted to see the prince desperately and I heard from others while washing sheets that prince would come this evening. So I left the front windows to last saying if she wanted to see the prince she could take my duty. She agreed while praising me. I'm sorry I really am but hey, she is happy and I'm happy it is a win-win.
What I didn't calculate was...
"Daisy, goodness calm down. Why are you running?"
"The prince- THE PRINCE CAME WITH A GIRL!" huh?
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