Too wise yet foolish

He noticed that I was staring at him and suddenly stopped and cleared his throat. "Em... I should get back to work. We can talk about this later." soon, the waiting room was silent with me standing there staring in the direction where he just left.

I shook my head and smiled. 'I guess he isn't as stern as I thought.' I thought to myself.

Come to think of it, he has not been that bad lately. The first time I came here, he always had that unapproachable expression on his face but now, I've grown used to it.

I soon shrugged that thought aside and looked at the bigger picture. He wants me to go to school?

'Hmm... How long has it been? Five years? Six? It has been so long since I last went to school and right now, I don't even know how it feels anymore.' back at Salem, Mare managed to send to high school but I couldn't go to college after my father died and my junior sister Theodore was the only one who went to college and she is now in the capital city of country M.

I knew a few things but that wasn't equivalent to school besides, if not for my petite figure, people would know that I am way older than that level.

Going to school was a dream come true but was I still interested in that aspect of life?

"Ali..." Lucy whispered close to my ear pulling me from my trance.

"Oh Hy!" I pushed my hair behind my ear and smiled at Lucy.

"So what do you think? Do you like the idea of going back to school?" I stared at her like an alien.

"How did you know?" I asked surprised because no one was present when we were discussing that.

"Sharp ears." she laughed and I laughed at her hilarious answer as well. We walked towards the kitchen to check how breakfast was going and on the way, Lucy kept smiling.

"So, bodyguard huh?" the sarcasm was evident on her face and I couldn't help but laugh.

"You heard that part as well?" I laughed and Lucy managed to respond through held breaths.

"Yup!... It was so funny and the expression on your face was worse." now I wished I had a mirror to look at how my expression was because as Lucy recalled it, it made her laugh harder.

"It's all your master's fault he is clearly overreacting. It's not like I would run away or anything..."

"I bet going to school calls for celebration. You should probably teach me how to cook because your food is always fantastic. I think that's why master wants you to go to school so that you can feel comfortable and then, he can get to eat more food when you are happy." Lucy was being funny with her words and actions that i couldn't help but laugh.

"I should probably cook today's meal so that I can show you my recipe but you are praising me too much." we both laughed and she pushed the door only for me to realize that no one was in the kitchen and everywhere was clean.

Lucy's expression was calm as though she expected this in the first place. "I guess the food is already prepared and the staff have finished for today."

"Oh... And here I was thinking that I would learn that recipe of yours." she pouted when she realized that they had already finished cooking.

"That's alright, I can still show you besides, it's nothing special and wouldn't take too long," I assured her and she was clearly ecstatic when she heard my words.

"Ms Lucy!" suddenly, a girl called Lucy from behind.

"Yes Rebecca, what is it?" the girl didn't seem to be from this place and was probably just someone who usually came for delivery.

"Someone ordered for some milk and she said I should bring it to you once I get here." the girl gave Lucy the supplies and asked her to sign.

This was a normal thing so Lucy checked who the delivery was for and realized that it was for Anastasia.

"It is for Anastasia. I better bring this to her before the roof falls because of her rant." I laughed and Lucy lazily went to give them to Anastasia.

Now, I was all alone in the kitchen and decided to start preparing the Ingredients before Lucy came back.

I walked around the big kitchen and wondered why it smells different today. From the moment I entered the kitchen, I knew that something was off but when Lucy said nothing, I thought it was just me overreacting.

Now that I was alone, I decided to check the kitchen well. I walked around looking for where that smell was coming from but there was no effort.

Then I thought this was just me overthinking and maybe the staff had used some sort of substance when cleaning the kitchen.

I put the pot on the cooker and was about to lit it when I heard an awkward sound coming from behind the gas. Because I was the only person in the kitchen and because the house was usually quiet like a graveyard, I was able to hear the sound properly.

I dropped the lighter and looked at the back of the gas. "There you are... I got you." I smiled when I saw that the pipe or the gas had been removed and it was licking.

I fixed it back and opened all the windows then turned it off from the cylinder at the back. Whoever did this did a great job covering it up. Too great that it became stupid.

They had locked all the windows to prevent ventilation and even made the staff finish cooking earlier than the supposed time.

Not just that, they were stupid enough to remove the pipe completely instead of slightly. This type of criminal behaviour was just too archaic.

I smiled and walked out of the kitchen and waited in the corridor for Lucy to come back but certainly, I locked the door to the kitchen just so no one goes in and lights the whole house on fire.