Reborn princess: I will change my ill-fate - 154 chapter 154. Death

If she is really a casual maid like any other, then everything will be all happies and good, but what if she turned something elese from his expectations? What if she came to harm his friend Evan’s lover? Compared to her betrayal, Peter is more worried about how Aeinshia would receive the news if his hunches were true.

From what he heard and saw, the princess is very close with this particular maid and treated her like her own sister. So he knew, the whole matter might give a heavy blow to Aeinshia and he wished, for the first time to not let any of his suspicions on Shirley to come out true.

Phew~ Peter let out a heavy sign out of tiredness.

” I really shouldn’t give much work to my wonderful brain. Where she might be now? ” Peter asked himself, as he fretted over the possible places, where he could meet Shirley.

Since she is a maid came from Rutz house, works in palace won’t be assigned her and it is her wish to volunteer here. So either she might be somewhere roaming or doing some chores if she didn’t go for the trip.

Peter searched for few minutes and soon understood, that it’s not good if he dragged time. So he decided to enquire about Shirley’s whereabouts.

Peter saw a guard standing outside the servants quaters. He went to him.

Noticing the presence of a high figure in terms of position, the guard immediately bowed out of respect and

greeted Peter, ” Greetings Sir Felix, ” The guard spoke.

Peter nodded his head and came straight to the point, ” Do you know whereabouts about a maid named Shirley? ” He enquired.

The young guard gave into the thought for a second before giving a reply, ” Sorry Sir Felix. I don’t know where the maid is, but if you want I can go and find about her, ” He spoke back politely.

Peter brooded over listening his reply, contemplating for sometime, he contined, ” No need, ” Saying that Peter didn’t waste any further second and went inside the quarters.

He first went to Shirley’s room.

Knock~ knock~

Peter knocked Shirley’s room. No response came. He again knocked the door, however, the result was same. He couldn’t hear any response from the other end.

” No one might be inside to answer, ” He commented and turned around.

As soon as he took a turn in the hallway, he saw few gossiping maids. Peter felt a little happy, as he thought he might get some news on Shirley with their help.

” Beautiful ladies…” Peter politely addressed them in a soft voice.

Peter smiled at them, his smile made them to hit back to reality, leaving their frenzied state ashore.

” Sir Peter. Sorry for our ignorance to not realize your presence. Hope you won’t get us wrong, ” A maid took the lead, as she didn’t wish to have a punishment for not greeting someone in high position.

Following the maid, other maid bowed her head and simply waited for Peter’s orders.

Peter chuckled out. Well, this is something which he commonly sees and that’s how flustered and nervous everyone react, of course, Shirley is an exception now.

With cheerful voice, he continued, ” It’s ok. I hope you guys could give me some useful answers. Do you know a maid named Shirley? ” He passed the question now to these two maids. Since all are maids, someone or the other will surely encounter each other occasionally, henceforth, he is expecting them to provide some useful information.

His gaze rooted on them, a hint of curiosity sweeped on his eyes, as he expectantly stared at the opposite party.

The two maids glanced at each other, before landing their gaze on the young sir. They instantly became curious to knew what made for a young man to seek for a maid. They internally thought some juicy news is on their way, and soon, it piqued their interest.

“Sir Peter, are you talking about the same Shirley who follows princess Aeinshia? ” The maid, who took the lead before continued to ask further.

Peter simply nodded his head in aggrement and didn’t reply back, as he is expecting one of them to know any recent news about Shirley.

The maid, who originally seemed silent, spoke this time, ” Sir Peter, her highness princess Aeinshia went to a trip. So I think Shirley must have tagged along too, knowing how well both the princess and Shirley get along well with each other, ” She spoke her thoughts out, as she never once saw Shirley since this early morning.

Even though she is a gossiper, she is only on the listening side. It’s not like she ever paid any heed to her surroundings. So it is no wonder that she didn’t get a glimpse of her fellow maid Shirley.

The other maid immediately snapped between and continued in a little loud voice compared to before, ” You better don’t say just anything. Shirley is here in palace. I saw her doing laundry with other maids with my own eyes. They might be still there, ” The other maid told everything she knew and turned to face Felix, to reply his question, ” Sir Peter. I think you can cross paths with her if you go to the laundry division, ” She smiled back cheerfully, as her tone sounded politely. More than smiling, it looked like she grinned at him, which made him to frown his brows.

” What’s with her reaction? ” Peter thought internally, finding it hard to understand the meaning behind her reaction.

Soon getting an answer, he made his way towards the laundry division. Since many clothes come in daily, it is indeed required for many people to join hands. So Shirley might have been one among them, helping her fellow mates.

It’s not much distance between servants quaters and laundry section. However, some unusual activity caught his line of sight, making him halt his tracks right at that moment.

There’s a woman, dressed in maids clothes, standing in the bright morning sun light, her head lifted high, as if she is curiously waiting for something to falloff from sky.

If she is normally slacking off, then that wouldn’t have made him to notice her actions, but the more he looked into the matter, the more it seemed like she is waiting for someone or something there.

A crease formed on Peters forehead. This young maid looked like someone he met before. Since they were separated by a long distance, he was unable to see her face clearly, but if he is near her even a little bit more, he thought he could recognize her.

Thinking as such, Peter slowly took few light weight steps and hid behind a tree, not forgetting to follow her action of moments.

Both Peter and the maid rooted on in their spots, none of them budged an inch from their respective places.

The young maid soon began to tap her leg on ground, which clearly showing her impatience. This made Peter to confirm his suspicions. She is sure here for something and came here on a purpose.

‘What could it be? ” His questioning gaze landed on the young maid.

The young maid not long before began to walk to and fro, totally losing it. Her actions are enough for anyone to say something is wrong here.

Her gaze constantly lingered on the high above sky and is travelling between the sky and other entrances of this particular ground. She began to bite her nails in nervousness.

How can she not be nervous? If she got caught, then she would be doomed. She could simply kiss goodbye to tomorrow and sleep forever. She knew it before, that being a black pawn isn’t easy and joining a black paw means they already boarded on the ship that is doomed to sink. So the only way to live is do the given work perfectly. That is what making her this nervous.

She gulped down a lump of saliva stuck on her throat, quenching her thirst. Soon, she saw a white colour bird flying in the sky. A smile crept on her face as she saw the bird. The thing for which she waited for this long has finally arrived to her.

She immediately stretched her hand, the bird landed on the young maids hand. The girl then took the message paper attached to the bird’s leg. Yes, as all could guess, it’s a carrier pigeon. In her previous state of nervousness, she forgot to notice that she caught someone’s attention on her and that someone is lurking behind the shadows, waiting for a time.

And that person immediately turned up in front of the maid. Stretching his hand, he asked her, ” Pass it to me, ” He gave a single command and nothing more than that came out of his mouth.

The maid stood there, startled. Death…