The Warmonger's Runaway Princess

Chapter 8 **A Maid's Power**

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The biggest problem was...I had missed my chance to leave...

The wedding had been and gone, and I had no chance to leave the Warmonger's side to use my ideas to get out of the palace!

I was really upset about that...

When would be the next time that I would be able to get away!?

So...With the fact of having to find another way out of the palace, I was now at a loss!

I was often only allocated to stay in the Warmonger's quarters, hardly seeing any other person besides the bodyguard, so I wasn't able to even hear of many secrets!

It was a strange situation though, because I felt freer and felt like I had less to do, even though I was still a maid...

I cleaned my own quarters happily, taking my time and even moving things around at my own leisure, but...When it came to helping the Warmonger, I still felt like I couldn't completely relax...

I found him sometimes looking at me and I really wished I knew what was going through his head but...I was sure now that he did think of me of only a maid, a servant, because he still ordered me around!

I had to admit, though, that I found that his voice was not as firm as it was to many others at other times and wondered if he did this to all his personal maids...

With the strange feeling flowing through me, of him having other maids, I tried not to think of it just like before, when I tried not to think of the weasel!

Ah, it was so good not to worry about being found out either, because of not being seen by people now. My dirty face seemed to be accepted by all and nothing went wrong in that department!

I felt pretty lucky!

But...I had thought too quickly...

On the second week...Things changed...

That's right, the Crowned Prince set me up! I'm sure of it!

He was not satisfied with something that the weasel did in the residence and demanded me to look over it and even gave me the right to change it...

So...I was going to do as I was told!

"You're giving me the power to once again change Lady May's recent rule?" I asked in a strange tone...Honestly, I didn't know what to think about this!

Did he forget that I was a maid?

"Who do you think changed the rules in the first place!?" I heard the Warmonger snap, yet I felt like he was directing his anger at the weasel, making me happy in the process!

"Very well, I'll change it back then!" I state with a smile.

Watching him look at me then and smile back, I got lost in a trance and before I knew it, he caressed my cheek, before walking away, "I'll leave it to you!"

The problem that Lady May had done, was really doing herself in!

It seems that the maid rules, that apparently got changed by the Warmonger himself, was trying to be reverted back to what it used to be!

She wanted to install the last rule upon the maids being servants without eyes, mouth and ears and must not have any power to be given a chance to clear their name or ask for help.