When Aisha arrived in her room, Daisy was standing in a corner. Tears pooled in the young maid’s eyes as she rushed toward her young miss and threw her arms around her.
"Miss Aisha!"
Aisha extended her arms to catch the crying maid and stared at her. "Daisy, what happened? Are you hurt?"
Given how things had ended between her and the Novalis family, Daisy would inevitably bear the brunt of their ire as her personal maid.
Thankfully, it wasn’t as she thought it would be as Daisy shook her head.
Wiping the tears from her eyes, Daisy held Aisha’s hand. "Miss, they’re so rude! When I went down to fetch some water, they dragged me and ordered me around! They told me that I don’t need to serve you anymore. How dare they say that? Who do they think they are?!"
Aisha listened to the young maid’s complaints and fell silent.
Daisy didn’t notice the silence coming from Aisha and continued. "They even told me that you can no longer live here! And you’re not part of their family... Miss, how could they say those words just because you broke off your engagement with the prince? Oh, you must have felt so terrible!"
The young maid’s tears renewed as they fell in drops down her cheeks.
Seeing this, Aisha’s cold heart softened slightly. She lifted a finger to wipe the tears from the young maid’s face.
"Daisy, it’s fine."
"But, miss!"
"Shh... Listen to me first." Aisha stopped the young maid before she could say a word. "They’re right. I don’t belong here and I will be leaving this place... But I have something to tell you and you need to listen carefully."
Daisy fixed her attention on her and slowly nodded.
"I will be going alone."
The young maid’s face instantly fell. But Aisha exhaled softly. "It wouldn’t be good for you to leave with me right now. Your employment contract is in my adoptive mother’s hands and I can’t pull you out of it."
"I don’t want to separate from you, Miss. I could—"
"No." Aisha shook her head. She had seen Daisy’s contract, and there’s still over four months left on it. If Daisy forces her way to terminate it and quit, she’ll have to compensate for it herself.
Of course, Aisha could give her the money to pay for the termination fee. But there was another reason why she couldn’t bring the young maid with her for now.
Things haven’t settled around her yet. And Aisha hasn’t found a place to live, and she couldn’t continue staying at the residence the Admiral had lent her. And the most worrisome thing was the emperor’s unwanted interest in her.
As much as Aisha wanted to bring the only person who had been there for her ever since she had arrived in this world, she couldn’t bring any form of danger to that person as well. That would go against her principles.


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