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Chapter 6

The Duchess of D'or had only visited the tournament to survey the sponsorship her father paid for. She'd been in the stadium for the past two hours, yet there was no sign of the advertisement.

Despite being present in between matches, she had not only failed with the task she was given; to ensure that the D'or family got sponsored.

Instead, she got distracted, bought a product from another company, singlehandedly offended Eimy and Mewmi with the same collar. Also made Faim, one of the most laid back people she knew lose his patience with her and went to work out at the gym to blow off some steam. Dirlu was by herself, testing the supposed mop vacuum for its efficiency.

A total waste of money.

1) The blender attachment needed to be sealed properly or the contents would spill or worse, lose a finger or two while adjusting the apparatus.

2) The hammer only vibrates when its attached to the vac.

3) The soap dispenser and scissor are separated and only have the label of the brand attached to it.

What was the point of having one if it isn't able to collect the pieces she broke?

“You can take the vacuum.” Dirlu gave them the product and allowed the Beauchamp brothers to take the attachments for their own personal use.

The mop heads could be replaced easily. She could find a better use for those attachments.

The hammer could be used as a weapon. The soap dispenser and the sheer she can keep. Perhaps Cutten could redesign the mop vacuum for a better household appliance. Dirlu considered as an afterthought.

Eimy hated the assumption of being treated as someone's property. Just because she was a workaholic to an extension didn't mean that her employer had a leverage over her. What infuriated Eimy wasn't the collar itself, it was the intention Dirlu had with her knowing that she had been abducted twice. If Faim hadn't caught the Duchess of D'or with his quick reflexes, Eimy would've been the one screaming her head off instead of Dirlu. It was a déjà vu of her first abduction.

She was ambushed by three men on her way home after a long day of work from her two jobs; as a waitress and a housekeeper. One of them had sneaked up from behind her while another another used a cloth laced with chloroform and silenced her while she fought as hard as she could to escape, only to flail in vain as her body went numb before blacking out. The second time it happened, she wasn't aware that a ninja had slipped a somniferous powder in her tea.

The duchess of D'or knew what Eimy had suffered after the first incident back when she stayed in the D'or Manor to work as a new servant. Rising earlier than the rest of her workers to conceal the emotional scar with the lingering fear that someone could sneak up behind her and rapture her again.