Their little snowflake

The new little lady

"How else should I talk to my dear mother?" Xiao Ai raised an eyebrow, [This punk!!! We just met a few hours ago and she's already talking down on me? hah...how interesting.] Delancy smirked, "Ah yes, well then from now on you refer to me as 'Your Grace' or 'Mommy' if not, you will sleep in the attic." Delancy beamed at the troubled Stephen that took Xiao Ai's side.

[What will you do now, Shiyai?]

"I haven't said that word in a while..." Xiao Ai mumbled under her breath, every time she remembered the face of her real mother she couldn't help but sigh and wonder what life could've been like with her? Would it be much worse than when she was actually dead? The memories still haunted her as such she only managed to spit out, "Your Grace," She gleamed at Delancy, she froze as she heard what Xiao Ai said.

The mother she knew manipulated her and made Xiao Ai grow obsessive over her, waiting day and night for her arrival. It'd always been like that, Xiao Ai noticed from the beginning but let it unroll into the future it was before she died.

"Darling, you are so lovable and pretty, You know Mommy loves you and only you, right?" She whispered sweetly into her ears, "You must be perfect and patient, even if you must wait for all of eternity I will eventually come back when I wan-- When I need to. Don't be scared, because you'll always belong to me and me only, That man simply left because he knew he was incapable of anything, My sweet and precious Xiao Ai, you only have Mommy, and only Mommy..." Xiao Ai couldn't help but shiver.

"Aya~ You don't have to call me that, but I assume it's more comfortable for you?" Delancy smiled, she didn't belittle Xiao Ai and neither did she fancy her so much so, it didn't go unnoticed.

"But..."

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"I've started to realize you seem to be--"

SLAP!

"???"

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"HAhahahaHaaHAH~ Your Grace you seem to be tired, how about we head to your chambers as you take your daily does of sanity?" Stephen slapped his hands onto Delancy's lips, silencing her before she could say anything else.

"WAHSFGHDFSK!!! (I'M GOING TO SEND YOU TO DUNGEONS TONIGHT AGAIN!)" Delancy struggled only for it to be of no avail in the end. She'd admitted defeat.

[Hah...I can already guess it was something insensitive. If only I didn't remember, if only she didn't come back to haunt me...] Xiao Ai clenched her fists as blood started to seep out pulsing violently through her veins, she felt the warm liquid course through her fists and looked at it with a stoic expression.

[Ah...I forgot this wasn't my body again. I probably shouldn't hurt the small child, I'll die again soon anyway, before I know it this life will end again too. For me that is.] Xiao Ai wiped her crimson scarlet palms with a cotton handkerchief as a maid barged in without notice.

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"Good Evening, Little lady, we're going to wash you up today!" The woman had such a sweet voice coming out of her mouth that did NOT fit with her figure. Broad and wide shoulders and with muscly thighs and muscles on her arms, brown hair fixed into a ponytail and barely visible features on her face she tried to exude such a sweet aura.

"!!!" Xiao Ai felt troubled and bewildered for the first time in her life. [WHAT THE HELL!!??]

"Oh no! Little lady your small hands!" The maid ran over quickly as you could hear the stomps of her footsteps. [ACK!]

"You're bleeding!" She shouted with her loud voice that even Stephen could hear from miles away, the maid had such a determined expression on her face as she took out a bandaid from her side pocket and tied it around her palms where she was bleeding.

[OHMAHGOSH! THE LITTLE LADY IS SOADORABLE!!!] The Maid's eyes twinkled in delight, Xiao Ai started to tremble, [Wh...wha...] Until she got k.o.ed by the suspicious glint in the maid's eyes.

"Marilyn what have you done?!"

"I didn't mean to..." She sobbed, thus was how the day ended in the duchy.