Maid Returns

37: Qu'elle

Qu'elle means What in French

[Lun]

the last night's news was really horrible, those armored men killed a lot of our fellow princess-maids, spared no one.

I begin to worry if those men will after us, because of that I cannot sleep until morning came...

Next Day. Lun and Dan's House

I go out from the room and I see Dan drinking tea while holding a newspaper

Dan: Lun, you're--
Lun: Dan, I cannot sleep well
Dan: me too. I can imagine how they are being killed...
Lun: Parfait said, that only five of us are left
Dan: I'm not a real agent, I'm only a staff. Whoever is the other one, that would not be me
Lun: but you're part of us
Dan: I don't know, what's important is, we are safe

when I flip the page

Lun: Dan, here's the news. there are 54 people who are burned to death, agents, rookies, heads--
Dan: Sir Alfredo, Sir Basil, Ms Clarette, Ms Cerise...

we continue reading the names and we know all of them. I can't believe this, what would their parents or loved ones react to this news? they only know that these victims are working in an ordinary office, not a secret agency that protects princesses and fight bad guys.

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[Parfait]

Meanwhile.House of Neapolitan

"Par... Faye!!!"

mother is calling me but I cannot look at her or I'll cut my hand, I'm getting a bark for my witchcraft occult, just kidding. I need a cinnamon bark for our drink. After I get the barks, I run very fast to the kitchen and then I meet her--

Apricot: you got cinnamon barks?
Parfait: this is for our cinnamon tea
Apricot: Faye, your office was burned, many people died. what are you going to do? you will not go to the wake or burial?
Parfait: mother, that is not an ordinary office, it's an agency that has the same work of a police. It's not safe to visit a wake or burial because that could be a trap. Don't worry mother, we hide our things that could discover us. From now on, we will live like normal people do

and Pearl approaches us

Pearl: I cannot sleep well and I have to go to Chelun
Parfait: really? I'll go with you
Pearl: no need. You just said that we will live a normal life but I will not, I have to catch the mastermind to this

Pearl goes out from the house. Woah, I didn't say that we will ignore the case, I just have to tell mother that we will live normally for us to be safe.

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[Dan]

Lun and Dan's house again.

Pearl is knocking at the house, she can use our doorbell instead

Lun: Yes Pearl?
Pearl: where's Dan Bing!?

She's here for me? Oh no, she thinks that I have a connection to those men who killed the princess-maid/prince-maid agents yesterday or the previous days

Pearl: Dan, tell us the truth, are you behind this!? (points at Dan)
Dan: If I'm behind this, why you're still alive? I don't hate any princess-maid heads and agents, why would I kill someone??
Lun: we don't know who killed those agents and please don't point at my husband like that!!
Pearl: Your husband might be one of the suspects 'cuz he's an assassin, he once ordered his men to kill any princess-maid who will cross their teritory