275 A Chilly Gaze So Frighteningly Cold (2/2)

”Filthy commoner, I gave you such a simple task like cleaning my room because I looked highly upon you, yet you dare to steal my stuff?! Where did you hide my cultivation resource?! Cough it up!”

A senior maid pulled the hair of a new maid and gave her a resounding slap before proceeding to give a kick to the stomach.

The difference in strength between senior maids who enjoyed the cultivation resources of the palace and the new maids who had barely started on their cultivation was simply too great!

The new maid almost lost consciousness from that single slap and immediately spat blood after the kick.

”Wuwu… I didn't steal anything.” The new maid wept with a pale face full of tears while coughing up more blood. Obviously, the kick had seriously injured her!

”Bullshit! If you didn't then who did?! Do you think I would believe that my cultivation resource would just disappear on its own!?”

”Stop it! You seniors are too overbearing! Not only do you seniors take away the monthly quota allocated to us, you even beat us for no good reason! Ellie is one of the kindest girls I know! She would never steal! If you want to find the culprit, you should ask that senior! I saw her walking out of Senior Claire's room earlier before Ellie entered!”

Another new maid tried to defend the grievously wounded new maid, Ellie but she was immediately pinned down and stepped on by another senior maid.

”Nonsense! Sister Claire and I have been very good for years! How dare you accuse me of stealing from her! You two must be accomplices! Sister Claire's cultivation resource must be on you! Where did you hide it!”

”Ahhh!”

The new maid screamed in pain as she had hand broken after being stepped on with excessive pressure.

Tears filled the new maid's eyes, but she gritted her teeth and endured tenaciously. Even if she gets killed, she will not plead for mercy. She was fed up with the excessive bullying!

”Kill me if you dare, Darcy! See how you will explain to Senior Lily when she finds out!”

The senior maid, Darcy's eyes grew cold with killing intent and broke the other hand. ”You think I don't dare?! You're just a commoner! No one will care if you die!”

”You're wrong! The prince will care! We were saved and taken in due to the prince's benevolence! What you doing to us is nothing short of stepping on his Highness's grace!”

The new maid spouted nonsense. She was not sure if the prince would care or not, but she no longer fears speaking carelessly in the face of death.

”Melody… I really didn't steal anything…” Ellie weakly called out before coughing up another batch of blood while fearing for her fellow sister's life. She felt a heavy feeling of drowsiness as her eyes became unfocused.

All the new maids still had their commoner and inferior mindset. It was also for that reason that they had kept silent about the bullying until now.

”I know Ellie… I know...”

Melody tried not to cry. She could sense Ellie's lifeforce was slipping away.

The three senior maids were hesitant after hearing Melody's claims. It was not without reason and might very well be true! But only if the prince finds out the truth!

Darcy and Claire both glinted with ruthlessness in the next moment! They were prepared to silence the two new maids.

Claire no longer cared who stole from her. The new maids only need to cry to the prince, and she would be in deep trouble for being too heavy-handed if they report to the prince. And by the looks of it, the new maids no longer feared them and were prepared to do just that! They had to die!

No one will know the truth except them if the two new maids both die! She could just make up some treacherous crimes and pin it on them after!

”Stop it, Darcy! I won't allow any further harm to these two girls. You both have been far too heavy-handed this time! Ellie needs to be treated immediately!” The third senior maid finally spoke up with a frowned and stopped them.

As a lady of noble birth, she shared the same disdain for commoners and was also inclined to believe that the new maid Ellie had stolen from Claire. Thus, it will not matter if they die.

However, despite being at death's door, the new maid did not plead guilty, making her finally convinced that the new maids were innocent. Her moral principals compelled her to intervene!

”Don't stop us, Ember! They must die for us to live! If you don't step aside, you will have to join them!”

Ember was silent. They were all 9th step Awakeners, but it would be too much for her to take on the both of them if she wanted to intervene.

Ember clenched her fist as she was stuck between a crossroad. Does she risk her life to intervene or turn a blind eye to the injustice in front of her?

After waging a furious battle between choices in her mind, her fist loosens. She had decided to turn a blind eye!

It was also at this moment that a mountain of pressure came crashing down on the room as the door to the room was swept open by a gust of wind.

Leon stepped inside with a chilly gaze so cold it felt like the three senior maids have been plunged into the lowest level of frozen hell!