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The maid Amane had saved finally opened her eyes after a little while. A pair of arms tightened around the maid which caused her to flinch.

But the warmth of that embrace carrying her made the maid relax. The maid would have shut her eyes and gone back to sleep if she had not been Lady Tsurugi’s voice calling out to her.

"Are you going to go back to sleep again after making me carry you to your residence? Aren’t you afraid to get fired?"

Lady Tsurugi did not look angry with the maid, but the reality of her situation made the maid flinch and blush.

"I…ugh, this was not…Please forgive me, mistress. I will make sure this does not happen again."

The maid had turned red and her face resembled a ripened apple. She quickly pulled back from Amane’s embrace and stood up with shaking legs.

She looked up at Amane’s face but could not keep staring at Amane for long.

"Hmm, is something wrong? Were you so charmed by my charisma that you are unable to look me in the face? Hmm, is that what is going on here?"

Amane changed the angle of her body to match the maid’s face angle. But the more she chased after the maid, the more flustered that maid became.

"Miss Yoko, please stop teasing the poor girl. God knows we do not need more people crushing on you. Lady Sakura keeps on reassigning our staff so that those who have a crush on you do not cross your path."

The poor maid flinched when she heard her superior’s words. Even Amane looked up at the head maid and waved her hands.

"You, hurry up and go back to your room. I heard what happened to you and I also sympathize with you. So go back to your room now."

The head maid was a scary person. With a single look from her, the poor maid was frightened and went back to her room. Amane could swear that she could see tears in her opponent’s eyes.

"Ouch, that poor girl must have it tough with you breathing down her neck all the time, head maid. Let these poor girls live a little."

That was what Amane said to the head maid. But for some reason, the head maid looked even more annoyed after she heard Amane’s words.

"Lady Yoko, please do not encourage these poor girls’ crush on you. We do not need any more broken hearts around our mansion."

The old head maid looked tired and resigned. Amane felt bad for the head maid since she had to deal with all of Amane’s problems.

"Hmm, well, if you say that I am causing you problems, then I will go back to my room now. I hope you have a nice day ahead. I should not keep my guests waiting for long."

Amane quickly took her leave from the servant’s hallway. Heads turned toward her as she walked toward her wing in the house.

Servants were going in and out of her wing quickly. They seemed to be a lot of moments around the corridor.

’Ah seems that things have become lively suddenly. I should go inside and see what is happening.’

Amane entered her drawing room and instantly regretted her choice. The air inside the room looked tense. Amane was sure that a normal person would not have been able to breathe properly in here.

But she was far from normal and her face did not show any signs of discomfort on it.

In front of her sat four people. Three of them were her classmates and one could only be called as an extra.

"I see that my classmates decided to visit me. But what are *you* doing here, Lady Suzuki? Isn’t the divine guild busy with their preparations for the upcoming investigation?"

Amane was overly polite on the surface. But her words had a clear meaning if you looked closely - aren’t you busy? Don’t you have to go and do some work? Stop bothering me.

"Nope, I am free. I will always be free when it comes to spending time with you."

Charlie was a smooth talker but sometimes, her speech made Amane regret having known her. Like right now for example.

"Charlie."

"Yes."

"Please stop annoying me. If you have something to say to me, then hurry up and speak. I don’t have time to waste on your nonsense."

Charlie finally realized that Amane was serious about her threat. That caused Charlie Suzuki to calm down her act.

"You are right. I am here because I needed your insight on something but it seems like something big is going on in the Tsurugi estate. Your friends seemed to have no idea what is going on either."

The fact that Charlie said this meant that she had talked with Amane’s classmates. It did not seem like Amane’s classmates had left a lasting impression on Charlie.

"PSs Yoko, you should have told us you knew the divine leader. We would have been careful when visiting you."

Emma looked uncomfortable having Charlie Suzuki in front of her. But Faridha had stars shining in her eyes due to the opportunity she had been handed just then.

Then there was Ely, who did not even look at the divine leader as soon as Amane had stepped into the room. Ely’s eyes were glued to Amane.

"Well, if my dear ’divine leader’ would give me a head’s up that she is about to come, it will help me out a lot as well. Right now, even I don’t have any idea when she will and will not show up."

Amane’s annoyed expression was met with indifference. Charlie Suzuki only had a cheerful smile showing up on her face.

"Well, I can give you a head’s up of what I am planning. But you never welcome me anyway, so why does it even matter."

Charlie Suzuki said these words in a relaxed manner. She seemed to not mind her words and her audience.

"Charlie, enough. You go and wait in my room for now. I will entertain my guests for now and then come and talk to you."

"Wait, you are allowing someone into your room? Yoko, that’s dangerous? What if you get hurt?"

Everyone looked surprised at Ely Zhen’s sudden outburst. Even Amane was surprised and she knew how Ely felt about her.

"I m-mean, a bedroom is a very personal space for oneself. You should not allow just anyone to be in that place."

Ely quickly caught herself before she slipped up anymore. Her eyes showed innocence but Amane still had a feeling that Ely had purposely said those misleading words before.

"Aww, you are worried about your dear friend? I understand your worries. But don’t be disheartened. Amane is precious to me as well. As such, I promise to take care of her…"

’Charlie, you talk too much. Go up to my room right now."

Amane pushed Charlie’s back as a mother did to her disobedient child to get her to leave.

Much to everyone’s shock, Charlie did as she was told without question. There was even a small blush on her face when she went up.

"Wow! I have always seen the divine leader on T.V. before. I did not realize how different she was in real life."

Faridha’s interest in this situation caused Amane a small headache. But Faridha would not be able to do much in this situation.

Besides, Amane doubted that Faridha would want to get involved with the divine leader if money was involved. The only option Faridha would be left alone with was to lose money.

And Faridha was too good of a businesswoman to allow that.

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"Hmmm, I don’t know about this Yoko. I know that person is the divine leader and all, but she looks a little weird in the head. The way she glared at all of us…ugh."

Emma seemed to not like the divine leader as well. She looked up at the staircase Charlie had climbed up with a doubtful look on her face.

"Don’t pay her too much attention. Charlie is often like this so you don’t need to pay her much attention. You should tell me why you came to visit me."

Amane took a seat in front of her classmates.

They all had a worried expression on their faces. But when Amane sat so quietly in front of them, even they were tongue-tied.

After all, what could they do when the person they were concerned about did not seem to care much?

"Yoko, you are taking it all too lightly. One day, it will come to bite you back."

Emma sounded worried and justified at the same time. Amane just laughed Emma’s comments off.

After all, what could be the worst that could happen to Amane? And who would be foolish enough to challenge her? Amane finished talking to her friends and finally headed to her room.

A hand grabbed hold of Amane’s arm as soon as she stood in front of her room and pulled her in.