“Did you know that a maid caught stealing from a nobleman’s mansion will be kicked out without even receiving a letter of recommendation?”
Just like in her previous life, Emily seemed to have been kicked out of the Newt family without even receiving a letter of recommendation.
Elaine’s heart pounded fearfully.
Because the news Lorina delivered was even more terrible.
However, Lorina was just smiling with a face full of victory.
Elaine couldn’t bear it anymore and asked back.
“And?”
“And what? what else besides not getting a letter of recommendation and getting kicked out?”
“Does it end with her getting kicked out?”
Lorina looked at Elaine in bewilderment when she heard that the maid she loved was kicked out without even receiving a letter of recommendation. She asked if that was the end.
“You don’t know anything, but I see that if the maid doesn’t have a letter of recommendation, she is done as a maid. No other house will accept her.”
“I know…It’s a big deal.”
Elaine was muttering that it was a big deal, but she was relieved that the worst had not happened.
This is because Lorina, who in her previous life was simultaneously reporting the news of Emily being fired and being sold to a bar, is only reporting the news of Emily being fired this time.
‘I think it’s because of Rabes that she didn’t get sold to a bar right away this time. Still, since she was kicked out without a letter of recommendation, Emily’s father won’t let her go. I have to find a way to save Emily somehow!’
Of course, the only person Elaine could ask for was Rabes.
Elaine quickly ran to the dormitory, passing the group of Lorinas who were trying to say something more sarcastic.
“Rabes!”
[What’s going on?]
Rabes, who was sitting by the window looking out, frowned and asked.
“This is a big deal! Emily was fired again without a letter of recommendation! I don’t think she’s been sold to her bar yet, but her father might do something!”
[Emily? Who is that?]
“She is the maid from Newt’s family who secretly brings me food!”
[Ah, the only person who was nice to you? What else can I say?]
Elaine was upset by Rabes’s attitude.
“I will definitely find the Great Wizard’s urn! So please save Emily!”
[I told you not to worry. That person will take care of herself, so don’t worry.]
“How do you know that, Rabes? I heard you don’t have foresight?”
[Before I came here, I did my best to understand that person’s situation. First of all, it was good to get out of that villain’s lair, so I let her get fired.]
“But if Emily can’t earn more money, her father will—”
[You didn’t trust me?]
Elaine shook her head at Rabes’ frowning and displeased attitude.
[I promised. I would save that person. Nothing you need to worry about will happen, so you should worry more about finding Lancers’ urn.]
“All right. I will only trust you, Rabes.”
[Okay.]
Elaine couldn’t completely relax her mind, but she decided to trust Rabes and wait. She had no other choice, and Rabes never broke his promise anyway.
* * *
Two days before Elaine heard Emily’s news, Emily heard a sound like a lightning bolt.
“Ma’am, this maid has been stealing food from the kitchen all this time!”
The head maid, whom Emily thought to be a strict but not unpleasant woman, accused her of being a thief.
The Countess, who first heard this, did not seem very displeased.
When the Countess first hears the story, she doesn’t seem too offended. After all, a maid stealing a little food from Count Newt, who had everything, wasn’t going to make a difference.
However, when the head maid recited Emily’s ‘real sin’ with a stern look in her eyes, the countess’s expression changed.
“She was carrying it up to the third-floor attic.”
“If it’s the attic on the third floor, It’s Elaine…?”
“Yes. I also ask for punishment. My fault for not properly controlling the lower class.”
However, the other maids around did not think that the Countess would punish the head maid.
Everyone’s cold gaze stung Emily.
Emily was confused.
‘It wasn’t like I had stolen anything big, and I didn’t really understand why they were accusing me now long after Elaine had joined the church.’
The Countess looked down coldly at Emily kneeling on the floor.
“It’s ridiculous that there was a thief in my house. She was also a thief who raised rats…”
“B-but ma’am! I just brought to Miss Elaine leftovers from other people and food that I thought would soon be thrown away! I never use freshly prepared food or important ingredients—!”
“Shut up!”
The countess’s voice rose loudly.
“Where is the food that is thrown away? If you let it go, It’ll be used to feed the dogs.”
Only then did Emily realize why she had been angry like that.
‘You’d rather feed the dogs than give it to Miss Elaine….? So, you knew the little girl was going to starve and you didn’t give her food? You really hated Miss Elaine….?’
Her crime was not stealing food. She gave Elaine that food, and it was her crime that she helped Elaine survive.
The Countess must have really hoped that Elaine would starve to death.
“The maid who stole must be kicked out. Of course, there are no letters of recommendation. You know, right?”
“Ma’am!”
“It would be good to kick you out right away, but out of consideration for the kindness I have seen for a long time, I will endure that. If you feel even the slightest bit sorry, pack your bags and leave quietly. Don’t let anyone in my family see you!”
After saying those words, the Countess got up and left.
Emily had no choice.
If she said even one more word, she would be flogged.
“Be grateful for that. Pack your bags and get out now!”
Emily could not even say anything to the head maid who was scolding her, so she retreated, packed up her few belongings, and left the mansion.
She was in tears and her future was at a loss, but staying at Newt’s mansion wasn’t going to make it any better.
‘What should I tell my father?’
Her father was a drunkard and a very violent man.
‘How could it be that my mother ran away with my two younger siblings?’
Emily willingly stayed with her father and became bait so that her mother and younger siblings could escape safely.
When her father found out that her mother was gone, he went on a rampage to find her mother and kill her, but Emily stopped him, telling him to calm down because she would make money.
‘Fortunately, what was important to my father was not my mother herself, but the money she earned.’
As a result, Emily has lived a life since she was 15 years old, spending her salary on her father’s entertainment and alcohol.
She thought it was a way to protect the safety of her mother and younger siblings.
‘No, it’ll be okay. There are many ways to make money even if I don’t work as a maid. I can work at a market vegetable shop or a restaurant. It may be less than a maid’s salary, but it will be enough to pay for my father’s drinking.’
‘Still, since I was fired from a good job, I had to be prepared to get hit a few times by my angry father.’
Emily wiped her wet eyes, sighed, and went home.
The house she came back to after a long time was really messy.
Emily put on her familiar apron and began cleaning up the messy house.
She wondered if her father would be less angry if the house was clean.
But even when the sun went down and the stars were full of stars, her father did not return.
‘Is he coming at dawn? What on earth is he doing at this hour?’
She was more frustrated.
‘I didn’t know how long I would be like this, or if I would ever have a normal future.’
Pitying her unfortunate life, Emily waited for her father until dawn without sleeping.
But her father did not come, and instead, an officer from the Metropolitan Police knocked on the door in the morning.
“Oh, there was someone at home. Is this Dustin’s house?”
“Yes, I am his daughter. My name is Emily.”
“Yes, Miss Emily. I’m sorry to bring you bad news, but Mr. Dustin was drunk and sleeping on the street last night when he was hit and killed by a carriage that didn’t see him.”
“What?”
“Unfortunately, there is little room to attribute negligence on the other side. Mr. Dustin was literally sleeping sprawled out in the middle of the street, and it was very dark because it was the middle of the night…and the other party was a high nobleman.”
Emily’s mind was blank, unable to understand what she had just heard.
‘My father died…?Simply like this…?’
‘I had always wanted him dead, but until now, I had only seen him as a human being who would live forever and bother me.’
‘And now he’s dead, just like that. I didn’t know whether to be happy or sad.’
The officer must have thought Emily was shocked, and after a pause, he spoke with a confused expression.
“It may be difficult, but you still need to collect the body and sign the incident report. The nobleman who hit your father with his carriage would like to meet his family. If you’re lucky, you might get some consolation money.”
“And if I’m unlucky.…?”
“Miss Emily has to pay the cost of removing the body.”
Emily only had enough money to buy two days’ worth of bread, there was no way she could afford to pay the cost of removing the body.
Still, it was something she couldn’t refuse.
Emily followed the officer to the police station.
* * *
