A Rebel Pawn

Mei had been having a tough time since she came into the Kudo residence. Since her lady sent her on a secret mission here, she had not been able to achieve anything despite the promises she made to lady Sakura to not let her down.

"All you have to do is start by getting close to her and becoming her confidante. Can you do that, Mei?"

"Of course, I can, my lady. Just leave it to me"

Just leave it to me. That was what she had said. Yet for the past weeks, she had barely even caught sight of the damned baron's widow. After her small slip up on the first day, everyone avoided her like a plague and treated her like the scum under their foot. Word about her looking down on the laundry maids and claiming that the lady of the house had made a mistake by sending her to the laundry department had spread like wildfire and she was caught in the middle of it all; burning at the stakes as everyone seemed to be bewitched by Hina!