Chapter 195 - 195

"I understand that she is your maid, but how could she disrespect someone of high status like Lady Yae? This is not only disrespectful but a maid like her should be put back in her place, if you let her go, other maids might pull stunts like these thinking that they'd be let go too. I believe a punishment might fix that, and all the other maids will never make a mistake."

Lady Melissa had a point as all the other ladies kept staring at the both of them, most of them siding with Lady Melissa since her explanation was reasonable, and she indeed had a point.

"What punishment do you have in mind?"

Lady Yae asked, noticing that most of the Ladies had nodded their head whilst Lady Melissa was speaking, agreeing with her.

"I believe that for such a crime she committed, cutting a finger off should be sufficient enough."

Lady Melissa said, offering her idea to Lady Yae who's face turned to horror in just a few seconds.

"I'll just fire her, I believe that is too much of a punishment for the crime she had committed."

Lady Yae said, not wanting her personal maid's fingers to be cut off.

"Lady Yae, did you or did you not cut off a maid's limbs and hands just because she accidentally forgot to greet you?"

Lady Melissa said as she stared at Lady Yae, knowing that Lady Yae had in fact done that in one of her tea parties with the other noble ladies all watching her, not a single one of them stopping her as the faces turned remorseful, feeling bad for the unlucky maid who had forgotten to greet their master.

Lady Melissa knew that the best way to get through Lady Yae was by hurting her; but since she couldn't do that, her personal maid was the next best option, after all her personal maid had helped her master in a number of cruel pranks to do on Lady Melissa.

"I never did tha-"

Lady Yae said, and the other nobles started whispering to each other, staring at Lady Yae.

Lady Yae's knuckles were red, and her face was filled with both anger and humiliation.

"I'm sure that there are many other Ladies here who can testify to what I'm saying."

Lady Melissa said, a sweet smile on her face.

Lady Yae was filled with anger, how did Lady Melissa even know? She had made sure that everyone in the party wasn't going to say a single word or ever leak anything about it. 

Unless...

There was a rat amongst all the ladies Lady Yae had invited to her tea party, her eyes furrowing just wondering which one of the ladies that she had invited was a rat.

Lady Melissa kept her smile, as she kept staring at Lady Yae.

Lady Yae decided that she wasn't going to win this fight, that she should allow Lady Melissa to just cut her maid's fingers, besides she could always just get another maid.

"I believe you are right Lady Melissa, though I don't believe that simply cutting her fingers off is enough punishment for what she did to me, I believe that instead her arms should be cut off."

Lady Yae said, deciding that if she wasn't going to be able to win against Lady Melissa the very least she could do was cut off the maid's arms, though luckily, all the men had gone to do the hunting event, the only ones remaining to be the guards.

Lady Yae called upon a guard, telling him to use his sword to cut off the maid's arms right in front of all the other ladies, all of them watching in horror, anxious of what was to come.

Just as the guard had his sword up in the air, about to chop off the maid's arms, someone had suddenly interrupted them.

"What's going on?"

The man said as he held his prey in one hand, accompanied by his other friends.

"I-"

Lady Yae said, having a hard time explaining, she was doomed now, no man would ever want to be with her.

"Are you trying to cut off her arm?"

The man said, asking the guard who had the sword in his hand.

"Lady Yae asked me to cut off the maid's arms."

The guard said, replying to the man.

"Unbelievable, and to believe that I caught this reindeer for you. You're pathetic."

The man said as he approached the other noble ladies, giving his deer to the guard.

Lady Yae's personal maid ran off, taking advantage of the fact that all eyes were focussed on the man, and not her.

Except Lady Melissa's, she had noticed the maid had left but decided that there was no use of her anymore, and although she hadn't planned for things to go this way, this was certainly more interesting than she had ever expected.

Lady Melissa noticed that the lady the man had approached was a timid and shy Lady, though she was kind and innocent, she had been quiet most of the time, only nodding her head and giving short replies to the other ladies.

"You have enchanted me with your appearance ever since you appeared, will you be willing to accept my deer?"

The man said as he got on one knee to ask one of the noble ladies to accept his dear.

Lady Melissa almost snickered with how red Lady Yae's face was becoming, she looked like a tomato.

"I- thank you, I'm more than delighted to accept the deer."

The Lady responded, giving the man a small smile.

Although Lady Melissa was a little pissed off at how quickly the man got over Lady Yae, and that he was a piece of trash, Lady Melissa was internally happy with herself, she had gotten her revenge on Lady Yae, and this would satisfy her, at least for the meantime.

The man pulled the Ladies' left arm, kissing it before he stared at her eyes, soon leaving with his friends.