The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 26. A Maid's Observation

                                                                      Anna Mori's Point of View

Hello, my name is Anna, I am a maid by trade. However, my job is the Druid class. Once I was appraised and my job was known, I worked hard to make my combat abilities as great as possible. After graduating from the Royal Acadamy I took to the family business.

My family who for generation after generation were part of the scouting division of the Royal Diablos Army, after 2 years of my hard work, Told me that my Job did not match up well with scouting work. Instead, I was instructed by my father to work as a maid. And like that I was whisked away to The Royal Palace of Diablos due to my father's connections. As a person who spent the majority of her days practicing magic and martial skills, I found it incredibly difficult to properly adapt. From my cooking to my etiquette, I could never do anything right. aside from cleaning, which thanks to the abilities of a Dodomeki, was child's play for me.

4 months had passed like that. Perhaps because of my talent in cleaning I was given the honor to continue working in the Royal Palace of Diablos. My family were very proud of this, but I was filled with dread. Could such a failure as myself, really be worthy of working for the Royal Family of Diablos? It didn't take long for me to receive an emphatic answer to that. On the day after Princess Sarah had drifted to her deep sleep, I had dropped food I was transporting to a dining hall, causing a massive interruption for my co-workers. after my work had finished, I went to the inner courtyard so I could cry in private. Us maids of the castle have lodging in a Live in dormitory, but the walls are thin I didn't wish for my sobs to annoy my co-workers even more. everyone in the Royal Palace were on edge as we all watched Princess Sarah slowly weaken over time.

 When I had made it to a location that had become a second home for me, a place for me to unload all of my sorrow in, I was surprised to find someone already there. Her Majesty Queen Aqua was already there crying as well. Her Majesty Princess Sarah had been in a deep sleep for around 30 hours at this point, growing weaker all the while. Queen Aqua noticed I was there. As I stood there flustered at her stare, I tried to hand her a handkerchief, while stuttering trying to speak.

" Her M- Majesty Queen Aqua! I-I-I I'm sorry to have s-s Stumbled upon you!"

Queen Aqua softened her face and spoke to me.

" I highly doubt I'm worthy of being called a "Queen". at this moment, I'm just a grieving mother."

The look of sadness permeating her blue eyes left me speechless. Queen Aqua took my handkerchief and proceeded to clean her cheeks of her tears. After handing me back my handkerchief she began to speak to me.

" You are the new maid... Anna! Right?"

" Yes, Your Majesty."

" Why are you here in this place? Did you get lost?"

" No, Your Majesty I was going to do the same thing you were doing."

 "Why is that?"

To her questioning gaze I recounted my tale of how I became a maid and how I believe myself to be unfit for service and not being worthy of serving the Royal Family. To this Aqua asked me how long I had been working in the Royal Palace. I answered.

" 3 months, Your Majesty."

" I see..."

 After her response, we simply stared at each other. Not being able to stand the quiet, I blurted out the first thing that came to my mind.

" If only someone could appear out of thin air to help solve my problem. Life would be so much easier!"

Queen Aqua listening to my words looked as if she was struck by something. Her eyes widened for a moment and then she was deep in thought. Now noticing what I had just said and remembering Princess Sarah, I hurriedly got down and bowed with my head to the ground.