《Hunger for affection》


 Prologue – The Warm Hunger

    "I''m hungry."


    Sad words echoed out in the middle of a still night, slipping away weakly, as if it were a whisper in search of mercy, amid the sounds of wildlife and the uneven patter of wood against stone and earth.


    But these words, they were dying tired of not having someone to meet, be it the small wooden space where it originated, or the immensity of the plain where it had escaped.


    But these words and more continued to emerge even against all hope of listening since, in principle, they arose from the unproductive lament of their creator.


    "I''m hungry, Mommy I''m hungry ... but it''s very cold..."


    Until little by little, they were fading into the dim lighting of the full moon, to the sound of the loss of consciousness of their producer.


    Dark clouds enveloped the fatigued and subliminal mind of its sad mistress, showing her, according to the design of her subconscious, changing and inaccurate scenes from her sad past and the light that was in her.


    "Mom, Mom, I''m cold, hug me and warm me please," a little girl said to her beloved mother, who tenderly took her in her arms and snuggled her into herself.


    "So warm... how do you do to be so warm, Mom?" The little girl asked with pleasure.


    "Magic honey, magic," her mother answered with a warm smile.


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    "Yes, magic honey."


    "Wow, can I do it too?"


    "Of course, darling, it''s something that''s part of you, it''s like purring."


    "How to purr?"


    "Yes, as natural as purring or moving your hand, you just have to practice, the bad thing is that you get a little hungry," the mother explained patiently to her daughter, but that was the last thing she said, since the scene it was swallowed by the dark clouds, to give way to another scene.


    "Mom, Mom, my sisters, and Daddy beat me again," the little girl cried as she ran to the bed where her mother was.


    "My little girl, don''t cry, you have to be strong."


    "But mom is that, is that, they invited me to play and, and ..." The girl said crying.


    "Now, now, calm down, remember that I told you not to mess with them, that you have to be invisible, that''s better ..."


    The scenes changed and changed without reason or preamble, showing different scenes, sometimes sad where her father or sisters beat her, sometimes happy being with her mother, until she reached a scene where she entered in front of her mother at the end of their life.


    "Mom, mom, don''t go, stay with me, don''t die ..." The girl begged her lying down and pale mother, who even despite her state, still kept a smile of love and affection, despite so many years of pain and abuse.


    "My girl, my treasure, I love you so much, but since I''m sorry, oh my girl, listen you have to be strong, you have to be flexible, you have to be clever, but above all, you have to survive and always seek happiness, since life is very hard ... " She weakly sighed her last words, giving way to the girl''s cries of pain.


    Cries that went on and on even when the scene was transformed, to one where a subject carried her on his broad shoulders, while she saw her father entering his house with a bag of his currency.


    "Daddy don''t abandon me, don''t abandon me ... I''ll be good, please"


    But her cries were not heard by her father, who was getting further and further but at the same time closer, until in a cry of supplication, she cleared all the darkness that formed her vision, to give way to the cold wooden floor of where she was lying.


    It was a nightmare, the girl reasoned after waking up drenched in sweat and with her heart pounding, and then snuggled up as much as possible with her arms, legs, and tail, to then resume her lament.


    "I''m cold... but I''m hungry."

 Act I – Homes | Offer

    The light of the day illuminated with fervor and without obstructions the streets and inhabitants of a busy commercial city next to a great river through which several ships of the nation passed.


    This city, being next to this lively river, is characterized by being prosperous by having a good trade for all the boats that pass next to it, as well as providing by itself good agriculture.


    But even with this, it can still only be considered a city of little importance, due to its young age and being so far from the capital and the border; in general, it could be considered a city with a stable but not so prosperous future.


    As a commercial city and of relative importance, it can access a good variety of wines from low to high quality, which can be seen being sold and bought with spirit in the commercial area of ??the city, which is defined in the western part of the city bordering the great river.


    In this area you can see here and there are several stores and several types of businesses, as well as several sellers shouting here and there are advertising their products or negotiating with buyers, which there were several distributed here and there are.


    It is in this area, where a fat and greedy man could be heard singing aloud, on a wooden platform, advertising his product with enthusiasm.


    "Come, come!" He exclaimed, "here are the best slaves in the entire empire, you are lacking a good servant to take care of your house, or a beautiful companion to spend an unforgettable night, well, wait no more, here I bring you 10 the best slaves you can find. "We have them of different sizes and ages, from the small, perfect to raise and train them to your liking or already in the prime of their life ready for any job, and above all, they are all 100 percent pure. So go ahead and buy, I promise your money will be well spent."


    This merchant talked about and promoted his unfortunate products as he did every day in his life, caring for them nothing more than keeping them clean, barely fed, and wearing barely decent clothing to present them in a shame wrap.If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.


    And as every day he sometimes sold and sometimes he did not, but there were times that some of his unfortunate maids remained unsold for a long time, it was then that he put it on sale to get out of them quickly, and if this did not work he could always sell it to some brothel who always had room for someone.


    Then this afternoon of the same day, this situation was presented to one of her maids who, due to her race, was not popular to sell.


    "Offer, offer at half price, this maiden is a rare breed of feline beast, capable of generating heat, perfect to keep a warm night, and not be guided by her eyes by her features, she is very capable in performing her tasks In addition to being a beast, she will have more resistance and power than the others, being able to do double, no, triple the work of a normal maid, so do not hesitate and buy now. Also, since she is still a girl, you will have the pleasure of training her and shaping her as you like.


    That merchant talked and shouted promoting not only her but other poor maidens, and from time to time he approached the poor feline and said threateningly.


    "Look, little beast, you better not cry, start acting flirtatious and put on a beautiful smile just like her," he said while pointing to another slave who was a few years older than she, who was seen smiling at everyone who passed by "because if you don''t sell yourself by tomorrow, I swear I''ll sell to a brothel as a third-grade lady, and let me warn you, that third-grade girls, especially scrawny girls like you, don''t last a month, do you understand?"


    Hearing this, the girl without a voice in the matter could only nod her head, and in great fear put a forced smile on her face.


    "This fatal, but there are those who feel sorry for this, so keep it up and remember my promise."


    At the end of this exchange, the merchant, without wasting his valuable time, resumed his commercial activity, changing his menacing face, to a cheerful and friendly one as usual.


    Sometime later, as if fate took pity on the poor feline, who was on the verge of collapse, a middle-aged woman approached the merchant and asked him about the feline, and after a little negotiation, the little girl was successfully sold.


    "Come on little one, she will be your owner, so behave yourself and don''t make me lose my face, because I swear that if they give you back if they don''t kill you, I''ll sell you to the brothel at once."


    It was then with these words of farewells, that the little girl left in silence with the lady who carried her tied with a strap in her hands, which, upon reaching the front of a large house in the east, she said to her.


    "Look girl, I''ll tell you now, don''t even dream of waiting for more than hard work, since I only buy you because you''re ugly, cheap, and because of your beast strength."

 Act I – Homes | Ugly

    Ugly, cheap, and strength. Those were the three reasons why she was bought.


    [But, why those reasons?] The girl asked herself shortly after hearing it from her mistress.


    But upon entering the house, sooner rather than later she would find her answer.


    As she entered, like a frightened sheep, she was guided through the elegant house by its owner or rather was carried through it, to the deepest part of it, where elegance was left aside, giving way to a more atmosphere. simple and humble.


    [Where will it take me] was a thought that the little girl had at the beginning of this trip, but soon, it was replaced or rather put aside, by dire thoughts resulting from the looks of disgust she received here and there by the staff who saw her pass so similar to the looks that all her family gave her, except her mother, before coming here.


    At the end of their destiny, the madam and the girl crossed a simple one that gave way to a room with some beds, but the room was not alone, since there was a young maid, who was getting ready.


    "By the gods" the madam complained when saw the young maid unoccupied, but instead of scolding her, as if this were a waste of time, she decided to give her a little punishment. "Yi, it''s good that you''re here, look at this is the newcomer, She will work as a maid from now on, more specifically cleaning, go teaching her the rules while I arrange her papers with the mistress."


    And just as the madam ordered, it was fulfilled, or at least the essential, she after ordering, left the room leaving the girl with the young maid, who was a bit moody about her unexpected work.


    But even with this disgust, she made sure to teach him the rules and hierarchy of society.


    From the top was the owner of the property and his wife, followed by his 3 concubines, from here down are the employees and servants with their different hierarchies.


    And she was in the lowest of all, a newly arrived servant, with no place to stand, whose rules that concerned her would be to follow orders from the superior servants, especially the one who brought her here, as well as the orders from her masters.


    "Well that would be all, now little beast, while your work finishes being defined, go clean this place," the young maid ordered the girl.


    [Beast, monster, spawn, wild cat] The girl remembered several titles that her family told her and that she would now receive from other people.


    "Hey, what are you waiting for? Start now, beast," the young maid urged her, pulling her out of her little stupor and making her go out to start her work.Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site.


    And so she stayed for an hour, cleaning the room alone until the madam came back for her.


    "Take, your uniform," said the madam, throwing her some clothes, and after taking them tell her" Well, from now on you will work from 6 in the morning to 8 at night sweeping and taking care of the back garden, that your companions explain you better.


    And taking a breath, the madam added one last thing.


    "By the way, the mistress named you Di Go, that''s all, so after I dress you, start working."


    The madam said goodbye but before leaving the poor girl told her.


    "Madam, excuse me, but my name is Rin Shin."


    Little did the girl know that this would be her first mistake, since when she spoke, the madam was invaded by a strong angry flame, which she let out mercilessly against the girl, starting with a strong slap, so hard that it knocked her down in the act.


    But this does not end here, since being on the floor, the lady did not wait for anything to give her a kick in the stomach, leaving her deprived and crying on the floor.


    "Stinking beast, how dare you to reply to me and oppose me not only to me but to the mistress, hear the word of the mistress is God''s command, and if she wants to call you manure, you will be called manure, so get into your head, of course, you are not worth anything, you are just a cheap object that the mistress bought on sale, which she can throw away or destroy whenever she wants, do you understand?


    "Yes ..." Rin sobbed in response.


    "Well, we''ll see you then. Say, don''t forget what I told you," the madam said goodbye to Rin, but not before giving her another kick in her stomach, as a final point.


    And with this painful punishment, the Rin''s life of servitude began as well as learning that here she was worth nothing, that she was just a cheap product, thus answering one of her questions.


    As the days went by, she learned from her assigned job or rather from her jobs.


    At first, she started working with difficulty like any newbie and even more so I feel so young.


    But this increased with the intimidation of her companions, they scold her and insulted her every so often, and they devised some way to make her make a mistake so that they would punish her.


    And among this was that she was put to do work for others.


    This got to such a point that she complained to her superior, the head of the servant, and the one who brought her here, but what she received was scolding and insults.


    [Why so much work? Why me?] The little Rin wondered every night before going to sleep.


    But after the days and months, she learned that her colleagues left work for any excuse to go to serve their master, realizing why they needed someone strong, and it was to cover these young maids.


    And this took more meaning, when one day while cleaning the garden, it was realized how far away that a servant and a man were in the distance making fun of her.


    "How ugly, how does it happen to my wife to hire such a thing, I had told her that she wanted someone pretty and young," said the man with enough force for her to listen and with the intention of annoying her.


    "Oh my lord, you are right, every day I have to calm down because of its idiocy and ugliness, at least it contributes by working," the maid flirted.


    [Ugly, work], maybe she was young, but not stupid, so when listening to them she began to connect the dots reaching the true conclusion, she was here to cover the others, while they flirted with the master.


    It had taken half a year but she had her answer, this depressed her for a while, but over time she was able to bear it.


    Until she had been in the place for more than a year and received news from her boss.


    "We are selling you."

 Act I - Homes | Tips

    "Am I going to be sold?"


    Rin spoke with bewilderment as she listened in disbelief and bewilderment to the sentence of her boss.


    "Yes, you will be sold, the master has been able to enter as a government official, and he cannot let people know that he has a beast as a servant, that would damage his reputation, that is why you will be sold."


    That strict Madam explained without keeping anything to herself, and Rin, upon hearing this information, could only lower her head as a sign of regret and submission, since after this year, full of discipline and experience, she knew that she could not do anything.


    Just wait, the next orders from the Madam.


    "Well, it''s good that you are taking it well, at least this year it was not in vain, now, what will happen is that when you leave here I will guide you to a room, where there later you will be collected for your sale."


    But it happened, to the surprise of Rin, that the following words gestured by her strict and insensitive boss were words of comfort.


    "I will tell you that you will be sold to a distant relative of the master, who has a high position, so in theory, you should not go hungry. Well, it would be all I should tell you, but listen now to this, this you can take as a gift for your effort, I will give you some tips.


    When Rin heard this, she was more the surprise than the happiness in her, but even so, she raised her head to see her cruel boss being good for the first time she came here.


    "I don''t know how you''re going to do it, but you should paint your hair black and straighten it as much as possible, in addition to hiding that dirty tail, this is to make you look more like a human, at least that way maybe they''ll treat you better, but no get confused, one thing to appear human and another thing to pass yourself off as a human, why if you start lying about your identity, only death awaits you, do you understand?"Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    Hearing all this, Rin just took note and nodded.


    "Well, that would be all, it hurts that we can''t do anything with your ears," the boss lamented at the end, before this last detail that could not be hidden, but to her surprise, the girl told her.


    "Excuse me, I can say something."


    "Yes, speak."


    "You see, I''m actually half beastly, so my ears, they''re human, just ... these have a lot of hair, so if you cut my hair, it might work."


    "Hybrid? How disgusting, how good that you''re not going, you''re here anymore, well continue with your idea if it''s true, how filthy, come follow me and let''s finish with this, I can''t believe I''m getting soft with a grotesque."


    the madam ended up cursing poor Rin upon discovering her mixed origin, accidentally teaching the girl what worse than being a beast, is being a hybrid, she did not know why, but if the result, which was enough for her.


    As the madam had said, she was guided by the good ones, to a dark room with no floor or furniture, only four walls, a door, and a small slit, where she would be waiting for several days, without eating or drinking, no more than a few small ones. and insignificant leftovers of bread and water once a day, more than enough to at least keep her alive until it''s time to go.


    These days, filled with loneliness and weakness, she only had her mind to deal with boredom, and resist the madness.


    There were in these days, where she dedicated herself firmly, to prepare, for what came her, thinking and thinking, how not to be mistreated, trying to remember the behavior of their oppressive companions, as well as always remembering her place and the rules that bound her.


    And besides this, with her hand, start to comb her hair at all times with the small hope of being able to smooth it a little.


    But, the days are severe for those who do not receive food, so that sooner rather than later, they only had the strength to eat the little that came.


    And already on the sixth day, the door of her room had been opened, revealing a poor dying girl.

 Act I Homes | Reboot

    "where I''m?"


    Poor Rin wondered, when she woke up all hungry and in pain, as a result of the trembling she felt on the floor, and soon, she realized as she regained more and more her consciousness, that she was nowhere else than in a cart next to other slaves, on their way somewhere.


    "It seems that they already picked me up and I''m on my way", Rin reasoned, being able to remember the brief mementos of consciousness before arriving and comparing it with her current situation, but this only brought a little calm to her curiosity and nothing more, since from this moment, she only had to wait for the fortune that would bring her at the end of her trip.


    Fortunately for her and the others, the dealers had an appreciation for their wares, Unlike the darkroom where she was, so they were relatively well-fed, or at least enough to keep them going.


    But sometimes, being active is not always good and even more so when you are locked up with nothing to do, having this much more weight in Rin, since even though they were all slaves without a future, they were still human.


    The first days they denied her existence, limiting themselves to only insulting her about anything, about her origin, her figure, or her hair, which took more emphasis when she saw that she struggled desperately to smooth it out with her hand.If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    But this seemed normal to Rin, there was already a lot of experience of this, but the experience was not enough to prevent them from starting to attack her.


    Some blows and spitting here and there were somewhat light but annoying but worsened when she began to secretly shave her ears, with some sharp stone but with total deficiency and pain, the latter unfortunately was noticed by the other slaves, who with great kindness, they helped her with their clumsy hands in waxing her not only with the stone but also pulling her hair.


    The end, the result was not pleasant, as there were still some hair residues in addition to small cuts, but the worst thing was that the hair grows, and after two weeks of travel, the hair was already beginning to hide the skin of her ears.


    Fortunately for Rin, as these weeks passed, the car had reached its destination, a city on a mountain in the west, more specifically, in a large residence located in some wealthy area, but this did not know, until The trafficker had taken her out of the cart and guided her to the front of the house and in front of a middle-aged woman, who by the way, when she saw her, reminded her of her old and bitter boss.


    But reality continued, even if she was thinking, and soon that lady, after finishing negotiating with the trafficker, ordered poor Rin to follow her, beginning once again, a life of servitude.

 Act I - Homes | False

    As if it were a deja vu, she was guided through the house, until she reached a shared room located at some end of the house, once there they found that the room was being occupied by chance by two young maids.


    "Girls listen," said the middle-aged woman, taking the attention of the servants, and then continue "This girl, for now, will be working with you specifically in the central garden, so I''m counting on you to teach her the rules of the house.


    But while the middle-aged woman, was giving instructions, Rin by her side, listening to her only thought that she was reliving her first moments in the house where she was, but, contrary to her expectations, or at least a part, the lady who apparently was going to be her boss ended up saying.


    "And also, please do something with her tail and hair, that at least she looks like a human, the image of our masters would look bad if any guest saw her; well that''s all, I''ll leave them, I''m going to find her a uniform.


    And when the head servant finished speaking, she left the room, leaving Rin with the two servants, one of which came out to her and spoke to her.


    "Greetings little beast, I''m Tao Ming and she is Fi Huang, we will be your superiors, let me make it clear to you once and for all that we do not like you, so do not expect anything from us, just what is necessary."


    "In this residence, we are all treated the same, but be clear that this does not mean, that our eyes will be less careful of you, else the opposite."


    "Now this house is ruled, Mr. Song, his wife, and his three princes; it is unnecessary to warn you that they are your gods."


    "The house is essentially divided into the front and back section, we are servants of the front section so we are prohibited from the back section, be clear about that."


    ¡°The front section is the center of the house''s operations if you want to see it that way and the back section the family residence.


    "In this house, the new maids are accompanied for a while by a companion, while they teach them their duties, in this case, I imagine that to our misfortune, some of us will be your nanny, how horrible."


    "Now, according to Madam Lin who was the one who brought you, which by the way is called Gi lin, we have to do something with your hair and tail, umm let me see," Tao said approaching her to check it.


    During this, she became aware of Rin''s attempt to shave her ear which she found amusing.


    "It was horrible" She laughs "worthy of a tactless beast, but at least you know what suits you..."


    And next to her Fi also made fun of her a bit, making Rin feel bad who, as she knew her position in this world, could only hold her tears and laments, until madam Lin arrived, who only came to throw her a simple maid uniform and ask the two maids about her hair, who replied that her tail could hide it under her skirt and that her hair could be painted, but that it would cost some money, which Madam Li did not find pleasant but she ends up accepting.Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit.


    From here, Rin''s life in the mansion had begun, at first, she was a bit lost but thanks to her experience in the previous residence, she was able to adapt quickly to her work.


    Regarding her appearance, as planned, a few days later, Madam Li brought the dye with which, they painted Rin''s hair black, but with the detail that the cost of the dye fell on her salary, which as House rule, all maids should receive a salary, something that in the previous house, she had been denied.


    About her hair, like the dye, her salary was deducted in the purchase of basic hairdressing utensils such as combs and scissors, which she used with the help of her ''companions'', to make her ears hairless and try to straighten her hair without apparent results.


    Days and months passed in Rin''s new residence, and little by little she realized the meaning that they are all treated the same, it turns out that the master believes in equality and justice, so no one dares to take advantage of her. Directly as it happened previously, but as her companion Tao had said, being who she is, there were always eyes watching waiting for her to make a mistake to use it against her, something that sometimes happened to her bad luck.


    But despite this, Rin did not get depressed, since compared to the old residence, the treatment here was better, and even, over the years, to the sight of strangers or new employees, she was confused as a human, but always her truth came to light.


    And so, it happened once again, on any given day, Rin now in her pre-teen, was cleaning the central courtyard, a task of which, she maintained over the years, was slightly interrupted, when a ball hit lightly. with his leg.


    [And this?] Rin thought about this event, and then when she saw the direction the ball had traveled, she noticed a small infant, with elegant attire, raising her small hands towards her asking for her ball.


    [A boy? Ah, he must be the new young master, but what is he doing here?" Well, I just have to do the right thing "Rin said to herself, then stooping to pick up the ball and pass it to the infant.


    But it happened, that before touching the ball, an annoying voice burst her ears, stopping it instantly.


    "Hold there beast, don''t you dare touch something of the young master with your dirty hands."


    Then, moments after hearing the voice, she got up to see that the owner of the voice was a young maid from the back section, identified by her blue uniform, unlike Rin who carried a yellow symbol of her position as a servant of the front section.


    This maid, when Rin saw her, she was hurrying towards her.


    "I ... I''m sorry ..." Rin was apologizing when that maid came in front of her and interrupted her and gave her a strong slap.


    "You better be sorry, filthy beast in human clothes, know your place."


    And after these words, the maid picked up the ball and gave it back to the young master and then left with him holding his hand, and saying loud enough for Rin to hear.


    "Listen, young master, don''t go near her, she may seem like a human, but in reality, she is a dirty beast full of diseases and lice..."


    And Rin for her part, after the maid was away, after caressing her cheek a bit, she continued her work with relative calm.


    But, after a while, she slowed her pace as silent tears fell from her eyes.


    [Why does everyone hate me? Why was I born like this? What wrong did I do to deserve this?] Rin said in silence and solitude, wondering, and lamenting her situation, falling more and more into a dark abyss without compassion.


    Although, this darkness would not last long, since did a soft and quality voice bring light to her darkness.


    "Are you okay? Why are you crying?"

 Act I - Homes | Motivation

    "Are you okay? Why are you crying?"


    Those words, those kind questions, brought Rin''s mind from its dark abyss and made her pay attention to the owner of this voice, who without her noticing, was just a meter away, causing her to be surprised and will back down.


    Once Rin took distance from him, she could look at him better and noticed that he was a young man with a few years older than her, who was wearing elegant clothes, for which she immediately lowered her head and apologized saying.


    "I''m sorry young master, for not greeting you, I beg your forgiveness to this humble servant," Rin said hastily, knowing that she was the oldest of the master''s four children, who had only seen, sometimes from afar.


    "Easy, don''t worry, you''re not in trouble, I just saw you a little down and I wanted to see what you had," said the young master with a smile.


    "Thank you very much for your compassion, this maid is fine, it is nothing that the young master should worry about."


    But the young master ignored her excuse approaching her, then with his hand he took her chin and raised her face to see her better, revealing her watery silver eyes and a puffing cheek.


    "What a horror, how can someone be so cruel, tell me who it was, I''ll see that justice is done since in this house abuse is not allowed and everyone is treated the same," said the young master with tenderness and concern for her, which Rin It seemed very strange but happy to her, but this only lasted an instant before her, for fear of some punishment due to a confusion she expressed.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    "Young master, please have mercy, do not touch this humble servant, this servant is herself a beastly hybrid and does not deserve your compassion and I fear that I am contaminating him, with my being.


    When the young master heard this confection, he released it a little surprised, to then see it again and tell him with a smile.


    "It certainly surprises me, since it seems to me you are a human, but I will believe you and I will tell you, that even if you are of the race you are, you have the right to receive fair treatment, so do not worry and you will see that you will receive justice."


    And with that said, that young master left the place, leaving little Rin lost in his thoughts and blushing, thus with some hope inside her.


    Hope that was answered the next day, when Rin was getting ready with the other servant to go to work, when suddenly, one of her companions came to the room announcing news.


    "Listen," she said, drawing the attention of all. "I just found out that Yi was expelled from the back section, and the reason is that he dared to hit a companion."


    And in front of this news, the others began to speak lively on this subject, some of them giving their opinion with fear about whether they will be the next ones or eagerly as if it were foreign and juicy news for her.


    But unlike her, Rin on her side thought


    [This cannot be true, back section, hit a servant, could it be that the young master kept his promise? No, no, no, it must be a coincidence] Rin lied to herself, in vain sure before the disappointment.


    So with this news overcome, Rin continued her work as usual, because she reasoned that this fact regardless of whether it was a coincidence or not, her life would continue the same, or so she believed.


    This is because, while she was working, she was summoned by the head servant, who almost as soon as she arrived, to her room, threw her a blue uniform, a symbol of the back section servants.


    "And this?" Rin asked puzzled with the uniform in her hands, after stopping him.


    "You''ve been promoted to the back section, congratulations," the head servant announced with a scowl.

 Act I - Homes | Ascent

    "Eh? it''s true?" Rin asked confused at this statement.


    "Yes, it''s true, now follow me, let me guide you to your new room, to introduce you."


    The head servant said dryly and then leave the room unceremoniously, following her as she passed, poor Rin who still had some doubts for herself, which she expressed while they were walking.


    "Why did I get promoted?"


    "I don''t know, and it''s not my business," the head servant answered honestly, appeasing young Rin''s curiosity a bit, bringing with this a bit of silence.


    But this silence did not last that long, since the head servant while walking, as if releasing a bit of a regret that she was keeping, sighed, and commented to Rin.


    "I don''t like you, but like others like you who have been promoted, I can''t help but tell you this: the back section, although it gives you more prestige and opportunities, is more dangerous." And without waiting for an answer from Rin, the head servant continued walking, remembering the different responses that the innocent young lady gave them when they heard her words.


    Although most of all, she remembered the cruel fate suffered by some servants, who wanted to reach the stars.


    And on the part of Rin, upon hearing this, to the consolation of the head servant, she could take into account her warning, it hurts that he could not thank her, for fear of a reply, she could only answer her with a submissive silence.This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.


    But this silence did not last forever, as they soon arrived at their destination, a bedroom just like the one that was before, but with the slight difference is that now, the servant, their new companions were dressed in blue.


    "She is your new partner, it goes without saying that they treat her fairly and teach her how the customs are here, anyway, for now, she will work sweeping the backyard, that''s all."


    And having said those words just like the previous time, the head servant left the place just like that, leaving the young Rin once again at the mercy of her new companions.


    Like in her previous status, her companions, none gave her more difficulties, than her rejection due to the rules, but, this time, Rin felt that this time, she felt a greater hatred from them.


    But even with this, her life continued, which did not change greatly, it was just another courtyard to sweep with a different uniform.


    If you can name a few changes, it''s the most common presence of the masters, the master''s eldest son being the first to appear in front of her while she was working.


    "Hello, how are you?" Said the young master appearing out of nowhere, surprising the young Rin.


    "I''m fine, thanks for your concern, this servant doesn''t deserve it," Rin thanked him taking the etiquette a bit into account.


    "I''m glad, by the way, that you think the fair treatment I have achieved with you and with that servant I expelled."


    Hearing this, Rin in her mind began to connect everything that happened, with what she said reaching a surprising conclusion, so much that it left her dry for a few moments, but then confirmed this with the young master.


    "Young Master, you ..."


    "Yes it was me, I fixed everything, take it as you want, but here everyone receives the same treatment, and it seemed fair, to get rid of a plague and promote a great worker like you."


    "I ... Thank you very much, this humble servant does not deserve such favor."


    "Quiet, as I told you I only apply justice, well I have to go, I have lessons."


    And with that farewell, the young master once again planted the young Rin lost in her thoughts, as well as, without Rin being aware of this, it was that the young master had cultivated in her heart a dangerous and bittersweet seed.

 Act I - Homes | Fall

    The days and months passed quietly in the mansion where Rin was, in which Rin was able to perform her monotonous duty without much trouble, just like when she was a yellow dress, only this time, she had to be more careful with the masters, since it is in this area, where they usually walk, judge or bother her.


    The latter was mainly due to the eldest son whose name was, Hon Long, of the Long family.


    This young man was very restless and diligent according to Rin since if he was not studying, he was hanging around the mansion looking for what to do, and since she is in the position, he has taken the trouble to chat with her, just like other servants her age, as well as making everyone see that her race is no reason to despise her, giving her heart a bit of bliss, bliss which tended to take the form of happy thoughts.


    [Could it be that he likes me?]


    [I''m beautiful?]


    [Why does he always protect me?]


    [Is he in love with me?]


    Some of these thoughts as well as others, emerged from time to time Rin every time he abruptly said goodbye, but along with these thoughts, she sometimes fantasized about being his wife or at least a concubine, but Rin always got rid of these thoughts, since because of their race, nothing could arise between them.


    But it was very difficult for her to do this, since Hon''s affection for her gradually increased, even worrying if one of these days she was going to be in his bed, and the horrors or wonders that would come after this.


    In short, everything was going well and improving in Rin''s life, she was even being more expressive, but all happiness has its downs.


    A day like any other, she was sweeping calmly enjoying the atmosphere, and waiting for the not so surprising visit of Master Hon, but the one who would visit her was not him but an envoy from her boss, to invite her to meet her.


    Like last time, she was intrigued, what could happen to her, but, unlike the previous time, this time, she brought with herself a positive mind, full of thoughts of promotion, so when she arrived, she did not expect the following words of that lady.


    "You are being sold, or rather given away."


    These words were like a blow to her head, bringing her dreamy mind back to dark reality.


    " how?" Rin asked shyly, hoping she had misheard.


    "You''re leaving! Are you not listening, or is it that your stay in the backyard made you forget that you are a replaceable object."


    Rin, upon hearing these words, her mind fell into a total state of shock and depression so strong that when she regained her sanity she was already locked in a dark and familiar room without a window, waiting to be picked up, only accompanied by her thoughts.


    "Again," she repeated several times to herself "I''m thrown out, why, why," she said at the beginning looking for answers, but the head servant hadn''t said anything to her.


    "Because..., surely why I''m a beast," she concluded after an hour.


    "Why was I born like this? What did I do to deserve this?" She questioned, crying with sadness, until the next day.


    "Mom... I miss you." She cried at the end of the day.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings.


    "I''m hungry..." she said at the third start of the day.


    Three days, three agonizing but familiar days, Rin suffered alone along with her dark thoughts, but, in the midst of this eternal torment, a distant thought of hope rolled around her head.


    [Young master... save me]


    A hopeful thought, a thought like many sweets she had about him and her, which she always avoided to save herself from disappointment.


    Now once again through these days, she thought and tried not to think, in the hope that he would come to save her, but she always repeated herself That this was not possible due to her status, and she almost succeeded, she almost managed to get rid of this hope on the night of the third day, if it weren''t that while she was trying to sleep the door opened.


    [Who?] Rin thought wondering who it was and if it was time, but to her pleasant surprise, the figure that entered spoke with a familiar voice.


    "Rin? Are you okay?"


    "Young master, is that you?" Rin acknowledged that voice with great happiness.


    "Yeah, it''s me, I came to get you out," Hon said, approaching with a lamp to see how she was doing.


    "Why?" Rin asked when he was halfway there.


    "Like what why?, how could I let them sell someone important to me, oh gods look how they have you" Hon finish saying when he is already in front of her and seeing her emaciated figure.


    "But ... but I''m just a servant, a beast ... I don''t deserve it," Rin denied crying.


    "Of course, no one deserves this, least of all you," Hon said, taking her hand to help her stand up and then saying, "Do you know why?"


    "Why?" Rin asked shyly.


    "Why ... why do I love you Rin" He confessed, Hon, leaving Rin completely red with utter happiness, incredibleness, and shock, and then asked her "And... I, Do you like me?"


    Hearing Rin these questions, she could only say crying.


    "Yes ... yes," she said brokenly, "young master, I like you, you are the only person who has loved me by being here."


    And when she finished speaking, Hon brought her to him, to hug her and let her cry with happiness in his chest, and after a few seconds after she calmed down, she took some distance away ashamed, but this was not an impediment for him. tell.


    "I''m glad, when we get out of here, I''ll talk to my parents, it will be difficult but I think they will let me marry you."


    "Getting married ... but we are of very different positions ..."


    "Easy, you just trust me."


    "Yes..."


    "Okay, then let''s go."


    And with that said, Hon taking Rin''s hand, guided her to the exit, but upon arrival, he stopped a little alarmed and said.


    "Wait."


    "What... happens," Rin said scared thinking that someone from Hon''s parents had discovered them.


    "I''ll ask you one more time, do you love me? Do you trust me?"


    "Yes, I love you, I trust you."


    "I see, then ... how delusional," Hon said gracefully, immediately shoving her back into the room, knocking her down hard as a result.


    "Eh? Young master?" Rin asked puzzled at this in complete mental shock.


    "Deluded, hahaha, what a laugh, you have to see your face" Hon laughed and laughed sadistically at her suffering and bewilderment for a while until later telling her "I''m sorry, your situation makes me laugh, look, look, what happens is that It was all a lie."


    "Ho... how? It''s a joke, young master," Rin said, denying the truth, hoping that everything is a joke.


    "What is a joke is our relationship, listen, everything we go through together, kindness, justice, everything is a lie, and do you know why I did this? Because it''s funny," he finished laughing once more, leaving her in total despair. Rin seeing that all her beautiful memories and hopes were a hoax.


    "But, don''t feel so bad, you''re not the only one, from time to time I find a servant and do similar but worse things, you can say that you''re lucky."


    "And the reason is that I planned to invite you to a night with me as an excuse and then throw you to some old perverts to devastate you, and once finished, I would sell you to a brothel as punishment," he said with total sadism.


    "But that had to be canceled, I didn''t expect my unfortunate aunt to ask for a servant, that''s too bad, that''s why I could only do this little act" The young Hon finished explaining with a smile.


    When finishing explaining, Rin was already plunged into such a depressing madness that she clouded her thoughts by asking one last thing.


    "Why don''t you... Why don''t you devastate me? Why don''t you torture me? Why don''t you finish me off now."


    "Ah yes, it''s true, it''s good because I would be disgusted to fuck a beast, I could only touch you before why the satisfaction of the lie surpassed my disgust, but do not worry when I think that with my aunt you will have fun, it fills me of happiness, so goodbye my adorable beast, and by the way, what a beautiful face you are making." He said laughed.


    And with those laughter, he slammed the door shut once again leaving Rin in darkness, but this time plunged into pure sadness, anger, and despair.

 Act I - Homes | Decay

    The next morning, as if it were an ironic twist of destiny, was the day when she would be taken to her new home.


    As the servant in charge of escorting her came in, they were a bit surprised to notice that the face of death and despair that poor Rin carried was greater than what they expected and that she also did not fight at all for her destiny.


    Apart from this novelty, the rest of the process flowed, as usual, they mounted her on a wagon trellis of a carriage and took her away.


    But before leaving, as if it were a farewell, the young master left to see his prey leave, which upon seeing his sadistic smile could only laugh while crying and cursing him silently.


    The trip was calm and uncomplicated, and even unlike the last two, in this one, they provided a better meal, the only disadvantage would be that the destination was far to the north, so that little by little the atmosphere was cooling.


    After a few weeks, the carriage finally reached its destination, which apparently from Rin was just another city where they were going to hate her, only it was colder.


    And with that cold, she was transported to a small but luxurious house, although with an air of decadence, in the middle of a rich neighborhood, and on the porch of this house, she, guided by the merchant, was introduced to an old lady, whose gray hair was starting to come out of her head.


    "My good lady, she is the servant, which you request from her brother, I hope you are pleased," said the merchant with kindness.Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there.


    But the lady, already suspicious, asked him.


    "I ask you, won''t this little girl have something wrong? I doubt very much that my greedy brother will spoil me so much."


    "Well ... the truth is that you are very insightful my lady, I hope you do not get angry with this humble merchant, who is only a tool of the wishes of others, the truth is that this young woman is a bestial hybrid, she is everything the bad in her.


    "Hybrid? Hey, hey, I''ll have bad eyesight, but from what I see she''s a human."


    "That''s because she dyed her hair, cut her ear hair, and hidden her tail, my lady."


    "Ummm, what a horror, this brother of mine, after what I did for him, he treats me like that" She complained, "sometimes he causes me to kill him like now, well thanks for your services, you can leave her and goodbye."


    Said the old lady accepting what for her is an ugly gift, to then receive Rin''s slavery papers and then take her inside.


    Passing through the door, Rin found herself in a room, and although sad but very conscious, she took into account the place was very neglected as if it had not received cleaning for several days.


    But this appreciation only lasted a moment, since the old lady apparently her new mistress told her.


    "You, filthy beast, from today you will take care of everything, from cleaning, going through food, to any wish of mine, do you understand?"


    "I understand ..." Rin said in response without much encouragement.


    However, this answer did not please the lady, who at once gave him a terrible slap that left her hand imprinted on her face.


    "Your highness is understood, beast."


    "Understood ... your highness," he said with tears of pain, but apparently this was not enough, as the lady slapped him again and said.


    "You must be happy to serve me! Again!"


    And with all the accumulated hatred, this lady was only satisfied after hitting her 2 more times, before ordering him.


    "Well, that''s better, good servants do not express their feelings only devotion to their masters, now your first task is to clean this house, things are in a room at the end of the house," said the old lady waiting for an answer.


    "Yes, my beloved highness," Rin finished saying with her face all red, with tears in her eyes, but with a big smile on her face.

 Act I - Homes | Learn

    The first thing Rin learned when she arrived in this ramshackle house was to see what she was facing, the first thing is to have a crazy and cruel mistress, this I experience first hand as soon as she arrives, and the second is that when looking for things to Cleaning discovered that only her and her mistress were in this house, and she would confirm this later when it was time to eat.


    "Beast, come here," called the old lady, to poor Rin who was cleaning the room, which she left to go where the lady was, who was drinking in another smaller room.


    "My beloved Highness, what do you want?" Rin asked with a forced smile even if it made her were her cheeks still hurt.


    "Go to the kitchen and make dinner," the old lady ordered without further ado, but it turns out that there was a problem in this order, which Rin expressed.


    "My beloved Highness, but ... I don''t know how to cook", excused herself poor Rin, who since she was little and in all her years of service could never touch the kitchen.


    But this excuse was not suitable for her mistress, since she stood up from her comfortable sofa to slap her again and scold her.


    "You are a useless beast, surely you settle for eating raw meat like animals, now come."


    When she finished saying this, the old lady guides Rin to the kitchen, where she would teach her to cook, her first meal, steamed buns, during this training, the lady did not stop insulting and mistreating her claiming


    "The servant should know, clean, cook, some art and nocturnal pleasure techniques, but you are useless who only knows how to clean, if it weren''t that I can''t get another servant, I''d be selling you to a brothel.


    From this moment on, the old lady would cruelly teach Rin to cook different dishes, learning her second thing with this, but it should be noted, that the situation of the house did not provide for an abundant meal and less for a servant like her, bringing with this a constant hunger in her


    As the months went by, Rin aside from learning to cook, Rin was instructed in a bad way, to express herself and act as an obedient imperial servant, with the excuse of her mistress that it gave her agony to see her act and speak so horrible, learning with this, after 6 months a good etiquette as the fourth thing, but at the cost of losing her facial expression and speaking unnecessary things, reaching almost muteness.


    And it was after these months where she would learn something else, a glimpse of the lady''s past life, since neither drunk nor sane, she released some useful information, in addition to her obsession with perfection.


    This happened when the old lady was saying goodbye to a man who came to visit, a very rare thing in this house abandoned by heaven, but the important thing was that the man during the visit from time to time savored the young Rin with his sight, and when he left, she was attacked by her mistress, leaving her in pain on the floor.


    "You are not a cat, you are a bitch in heat, dirty, filthy like that bitch who took my husband from me and sent me here, from today on, you will stop dyeing your hair, shaving your ears and hiding your tail, let it be known that you are a bitch, false, hypocrite; I no longer care if they say I have a beast for a servant."A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.


    She insulted and angrily explained the insane lady, then went off to drink.


    From here on, Rin did as your mistress commanded, reverting to her old beastly brown appearance after another 6 months.


    In these times she began to learn something else, as always because of her mistress''s whims.


    "Here, play something," said her mistress, throwing her a flute, which Rin grabbed and remembering the last time how when she learned to cook, she gave in to the pain and began to play terribly.


    "Stop, you''re disgusting, it seems that you don''t know how to play, as expected of a beast without delicacy, you only serve to dirty these delicate instruments, wait for me here," said the old lady to go aside and return with another flute.


    "Listen and see my fingers, see if you learn something" and when she finished saying that, she began to expel a relaxing and beautiful melody that touched Rin''s heart, even if the origin was a cruel old lady.


    From now on the old lady would teach him to play from time to time, as well as give her the flute that she used in principle, explaining "This is already useless with your drool."


    Too bad she had no talent and with the passage of time, she could only play, according to the old lady, a passable sound.


    As well as this art, something else she learned, although she never expected it, which was accounting.


    For her time, she knew that the lady had vision problems, but during the first two years that she was with her, this worsened proving her ability to read, causing her to one day tell him.


    "You know how to read numbers? and add and subtract?"


    "My beloved Highness, this humble and filthy servant know."


    "Until finally something that you do know, well come with me."


    And so, like the other times, she dedicated time to her teaching her how to keep the accounts of the house and as always, in front of any mistake, well it''s a punishment.


    Luckily, the accounts weren''t that difficult, especially since all the money came from her brother, and most of the money that came out was drinks.


    After this, she did not learn anything else, if not she polished her skills until she reached a point that her mistress almost did not yell at her.


    But, during the middle of her third year this changed, as a result of when the old lady received a certain letter from her brother; From this moment on, she was more and more rabid and demanded more and more from poor Rin, leaving her always beaten and tired.


    Although she did not know what the letter said, from the accounts she sensed that her brother had stopped sending her money, but she never commented on it, it was not convenient for her to do so, it would only invite pain.


    But, fortunately, or unfortunately, this suffering ended after 6 months, when her mistress called her and told her.


    "I''m selling to you."


    "Yes, my beloved highness," Nodded with submissive and calm poor Rin who was now in a slight depression again.


    "The prince''s palace is buying good servants regardless of their race, good price," explained her mistress, and then comment with a strange familiarity.


    "You know, I was a servant of some Marquez with a good position; After a lot of effort, I managed to win him over and be his wife; but that bastard, with time to see that he was getting old, began to belittle me, dating beauties, for my case, little could say, since I did not bear children, then One day I got angry and made a fuss and he threw me out."


    "Men suck."


    "Listen, if you will ever ascend to the heavens, see to it that you make Yun Goe''s life miserable."


    "And take care, don''t let my honor and my teachings go to waste with a pathetic death."


    And after these words of strange affection, the old lady locked herself in her room and wouldn''t come out until the next day to deliver to a merchant to Rin, a poor slave in her adolescence, whose race would come as a hybrid beast with a human, which you might notice by looking at her furry feline ears and her tail, both covered in brown fur, a color she shared with the rest of your hairs.


    An adolescent whose contortion could be described as short and thin with almost no curves, this due in part to malnutrition and a face that is arguably regular but battered by a bit of acne, but that contained a pair of silver jewels that he wore for eyes, like her fellow humans, Those, with whom she will have to live whether she wants it or not.

 Act II - Palace | Arrival

    "It will be that here, I can eat well?"


    The young Rin thought in silence and concern, who, despite arriving at her fourth home, no longer cared about her treatment, or her masters, much less the place where he worked, else if she could satisfy the hunger that had plagued her for years at her old job.


    This is since she already knew that in the end, it would go badly for her, so when being guided through the luxurious palace by a woman, who could be her boss, she did not express any emotion about this and simply followed her in silence and grace, as a result of the hateful label that was forcibly embedded in it.


    The woman, for her part, was analyzing the future employee, while she explained a little the rules of the place while guiding her to her residence, and it''s in this analysis where she concluded with disappointment that it would have been good material if it weren''t for their race.


    But these thoughts mattered little to Rin, who only thought about eating and sleeping, and with those wishes in mind, time passed quickly for her, arriving together with the woman at a residence, secluded in a corner of this small town called palace, in which as a matter of course for her she was presented to the few present in the room where she was going to be living.This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.


    "You know how this is, she is Rin, she is part of the new servant that the palace is buying, and she will be her companion in residence, and for now she will be working in the laundry," the woman explained to the young servant.


    But to all of this, Rin wasn''t paying attention, until they mentioned the laundry, which made her laugh in her mind.


    [Laundry, it would be funny if I were to sweep again]


    Apart from the laundry, everything started relatively the same as their old houses, an elegant place, a uniform, people who hate to see her, and untouchable masters.


    [How long will I be here? Will it''s a year or two?]


    [Or how am I going to leave? Maybe they''ll kick me out for being ugly as always"] Rin laugh thinking that.


    She gracefully gambled and thought Rin in her mind, about her so familiar situation as she changed, silently ignoring the insults of her classmates before leaving for her new job.


    Following directions, from some servant on her way, Rin was able to get to the laundry, where she found what she expected, lots of clothes, and several servants.


    As always, she was received with hatred and disgust by the others except for a servant, who would be her companion because she shared part of her stigma, being part of another race, in her case, being from the tribe of wolves.


    "Hello, my name Yue Jin, I''m glad to see a bestial companion, even if it''s from another tribe." Yue greeted Rin with kindness.


    This kindness and this person surprised Rin and filled her with joy to finally find someone like her.


    "Rin Shin, nice to meet you," She replied simply, a product of the customs instilled in her old job.

 Act II - Palace | Friend

    Yue Jin, If Rin had a word to describe her, it would be lively


    From the first day that Rin started her monotonous work in the laundry, she has always been by her side with her outgoing personality, brightening her day.


    At first, Rin distrusted her, a product of her previous betrayals, but it was inevitable to gain confidence, that by spending so much time together and without any proof.


    And with this confidence came the information that both of them learned from each other as the days passed.


    Yue Jin was born into a nomadic tribe of beastly wolves, but it happened, that while traveling the country, they were assaulted by slavers, resulting in the death of her parents, and the enslavement of her and her older sister.


    In that short period, both sisters were sold, in different places, with the palace being Yue''s final destination.


    Rin, knowing this, reasoned that by becoming a slave after living a good life, it could be the cause of her optimism, but this was only a guess, and she did not care much, she only cared about living as well as possible in this prison. and that her partner is cheerful was not bad for her.


    Rin''s experience in the palace was not bad, without counting the mistreatment of humans towards her, she had enough food to avoid hunger, the work although tedious was acceptable, she had a good partner, there were no physical abuses, and best of all, a hope.


    This particular hope was provided from her companion within three days of beginning her duty beginning with these words.


    "Listen, listen, Rin, I suppose because you are new and you are a beast that I think they have not told you, but here you receive a monthly salary, with which you can buy, among other things, your freedom."Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    At these words, Rin opened her eyes in surprise and then expelled this word.


    "Seriously?."


    "Yes, really, it took me three months to find out, my colleagues kind of agreed not to tell me anything... well, the good thing is that we can be free, the bad thing is that we have to save a lot..., I estimate that it would be eight years of work, and I''m barely 5 months old ... well, something is something, you don''t think so.


    Rin in response nodded her head.


    "Of course you think so, who doesn''t want to be free, well, maybe some of these crazy servant, who seek to be something of the prince, but that is something that is almost impossible for them, and even more so for us" Yue explained, then took a breath and said "well, well, that aside, what would you do if you were free?"


    This question, for Rin, was something very important and imprecise for her, at first she wanted to go home, but this was soon crossed out by reasoning that there was nothing good in there.


    After that, she felt love and wanted to start a family with someone she loved, but this was destroyed as a result of betrayal.


    From here on, she stopped thinking about it, only wishing for little pleasures like food, or a good home, and for this Rin hesitated for a while before answering.


    "I don''t know, living without masters and with food."


    "Umm, well at least it''s not impossible, the first is easy, the second will be seen, well, in my case I would like to search for my sister, hey, what if you help me after being free? If you accept I''ll share some of my savings, so we can go out at the same time, what do you say?"


    This sudden proposal took Rin by surprise, but thinking about it a bit, she who was lost in what to do did not think it was a bad idea so she agreed with a nod.


    "Really? That''s great, but we have to do it seriously," Yue commented happily, then extended her closed fist with only the pinky extended towards Rin, and then told her, "This is a pinky promise, it''s very important, it means umm..., I don''t know, but it''s very important, come take my finger with your little finger."


    On the other hand, Rin, a little surprised by this unusual proposal, without giving any importance to this, took her partner''s finger, to wait for her response.


    "Well, then I promise for my little finger, now you," Young Yue promised.


    "I promise for my little finger..."


    Rin promised a little insecure, but this was enough to make Yue happy, and also make herself a little happy.

 Act II - Palace | Magic

    The days of calm and tranquility passed with normally in Rin''s life in the palace, but recently there has been a problem with which all the people of the empire have suffered lately and it is the chronic heat of summer.


    Every summer it''s hot, that is a fact, but even with this permanent fact, the people have never avoided complaining about the heat, regardless of whether you are an emperor or the servants who serve them.


    This is demonstrated by the moans of annoyance in the morning that Rin heard when getting up after a difficult and hot night.


    "What annoying this heat, and it doesn''t help that this is surrounded by buildings."


    "Yes, absolutely right, Ahh as I would like, to be back at my house."


    "Don''t be arrogant, at least you had a house, and not only this but a house at the Sword of Wind school."


    "Well, I''m sorry for coming from an important place, not like you, who came from the street."


    "You will..."


    These small squabbles were normal in Rin''s residence, as were reconciliations, normal talks, schemes, betrayals, and for better or worse, these for the most part did not involve her.


    Therefore, this conversation, Rin only took as a morning gossip to entertain herself in her silence, to then get up to prepare.


    But, influenced by the continuous moans of the heat around her, and the little importance that Rin had to her appearance, she thought of a small solution for her heat, which she implemented that same morning, fed up with the heat.


    Thus, with all the determination in the world and with great calm without leaving the room, she grabbed a scissors recently obtained after her first payment, to use it to cut her long hair without much precision, leaving it to the middle of her neck.


    But when she finished her work, and after enjoying the new lightness of the head and enjoying a new psychological freshness, she received, as expected, the insults of her roommates, who were present at that time.


    "Look how ridiculous, you look like a boy." They laughed at her out loud.


    "Yes, yes, it is true, small, and without qualities."


    "Beast, what happened? Were you very hot? It wasn''t that beasts were stronger than humans, what a joke."


    "Incidentally, you''re a beast, you''re a weakling" They all made fun of and laughed at her.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.


    Rin, before all this, turned a deaf ear, since, at this point, her words were worth nothing, so after throwing away her trash and finishing getting ready, Rin, with a sublime elegance, like every day, she went out the door to go to the laundry, not if before being fired for more laughter and ridicule.


    "Look, look, she thinks she''s important, but she''s a beast."


    "Hahaha yes, it''s very funny, it''s like seeing a boy acting like a lady."


    But these impressions did not end here but were repeated by whoever saw her pass by, except for one person, her co-worker Yue, who received her with words of surprise and concern.


    "My God, what happened to you, did your roommates do that to you?" She said looking at her with concern and unable to stop looking at her new haircut.


    "No, myself," Rin explained, to get to work alongside Yue


    "But, but why?" She babbled. "Did you have a revelation or something?"


    "No, I was hot," Rin explained, wondering what she meant by revelation.


    "Don''t play with me, just for that?"


    "Yes"


    "Oh God, what a waste, you had such beautiful hair, and the worst thing is that you cut it without any aesthetics."


    "Doesn''t matter," Rin said feeling a little warm because her hair always hated was praised.


    "of course it does matter! the hair is a woman''s treasure, be it long or short."


    "Well," Rin said intending to make her stop complaining.


    "Of course it''s not right, oh my god, if you had told me you were so hot, I would have used some magic, so you wouldn''t have cut it."


    ¡°Magic?¡± Rin asked surprised at this mystical word.


    "Oh, oops, it was a secret, well I think it doesn''t matter if it''s you, it''s good that we''re far from the rest," Yue confessed, and then continued lowering her voice a bit. "Yes, I can use magic, but look, I not really know if it is good or bad to use it, you know if it is good or bad?.


    "I don''t know," Rin said thoughtfully.


    "Oh, how bad, you see is that I am afraid to ask surrounded by so many enemies, well, well, let me show you, be patient, it is something difficult," Yue said and then, after a while a current of air began to be felt between Rin and Yue, making them feel fresh, and in the case of Rin amazed, since the only magic they had seen was her and her mother''s.


    "Wow!" Rin was looking at everything trying not to miss anything.


    "Yes, it''s really great, oh I lost control," Yue said resulting in her loss of concentration and the disintegration of her spell.


    "Why, isn''t that like waving your hand?" Rin spoke a lot as a result of her interest.


    "You''re crazy, that saying is only said by super magicians, or those with native magic."


    When she said that, Rin understood a little that she didn''t know much about magic and that according to her friend she might be the last thing she mentioned.


    "Yue, I''m sorry."


    "Yeah, it doesn''t matter," she said, not giving importance to the subject.


    "Good, me too."


    "What about, you too?"


    "I use magic... and is native," Rin confessed.


    "Really, great, show me, show me," Yue said with bright eyes.


    "Feel this" Rin said to then take Yue''s wrist, to then generate heat through her hand.


    "Wow, that''s awesome! It''s like a portable microwave," Yue said enthusiastically.


    ¡°Microwave?¡± Rin asked for this strange word and also removing the effect of her magic.


    "Ehh, well, it''s something from my tribe, it''s difficult to explain, but it''s something that generates heat, but more importantly, tell me, how hot you can do, is it enough to melt metal?"


    "I don''t know, I hardly use it, I''m hungry."


    "Ah, sorry, I didn''t know."


    "Easy," Rin said smiling at her.


    After this, they talked a little more about magic, until they got fed up a bit and decided to talk about other things as they always did until their work was finished, and they had to say goodbye as usual, until the next day.

 Act II - Palace | Roommates

    "It would be nice if we were roommates," Yue commented, two days after Rin discovered her magic.


    This comment, this longing, was something that she commented from time to time, and she was always accompanied many times by how lonely and bad she felt with her hateful roommates.


    Of course, Rin could understand these allegations, since she was going through the same situation, for this reason, at this time, she always responded similarly.


    "I concur."


    But today instead of leaving this wish forgotten, later, Yue burst out saying.


    "Yes, I''ve decided, I''ll convince the boss to move with you."


    At these words, Rin couldn''t help but worry, since she always remembered that her interests never mattered to her superiors and she received punishments for them; For this reason, she only had to warn her friend.


    "No, She will punish you."


    "I don''t think so, As a minimum, she gives me a slight scolding, so don''t be afraid," Yue reassured her.


    [This Yue..., always spirited and fearless, I can''t help but admire her and worry] Rin thought about her spontaneous friend, and then answered her  "Good."


    "By the way," Yue said changing the subject.


    "Uhu."


    ¡°It''s hot, how about I do magic?¡± Yue asked with beads of sweat on her face.


    "Yes!" Rin replied, also bathed in sweat, a product of the cruel and suffocating heat increased by the humidity of the water.Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.


    What happened next, was the routine of every day, washing until the twilight hours with only a few moments of rest, and then each one went to their residence or some other place to recreate, this was if they no longer wanted to work, since some servant, in order to get a better position, give the extra to achieve it.


    This is not the case of Rin, since her experience and negative thinking, whispered to her that it was not worth trying in vain and for this reason, when she finished her work for the day, she returned to her residence, counting on luck, that her annoying companions weren''t here.


    [It seems that they are also late today] Rin was happy to notice her joyous but temporary loneliness, since she could rest in her bed, without responsibility or care, and if Rin was lucky, she could be in this state for a few hours until all the servants would have used the communal bathroom.


    So with this plan that she had used daily, Rin rested calmly, for a long time, until she was disturbed by the visit of her boss, who when she entered made such a noise that she could not avoid taking a look at her.


    [It''s not true] as she stood up, Rin thought when she saw that her boss was not alone, but behind her was the cheerful Yue with a large cloth bag, who when she saw her smiled in surprise.


    But the moving one had to wait since, in the order of events, it indicated that the boss of both had something to say, which she without waiting announced with annoyance to the only one in the room, who was none other than Rin.


    "Well, from today she will live here, you must be a happy beast to have some company."


    After this, without waiting for an answer, she left the place without looking back, leaving the two looking at each other, one with a shocked face and the other with an achievement face.


    "You saw I did it! I made them transfer me, I''m the best, right?" Yue said jumping for joy.


    "Yes, you did," Rin replied still surprised but happy.


    But her surprise increased, when Yue looked around both of them, to then run towards Rin, and hug her tightly saying.


    "Come here, friend."


    "What ... are you doing," Rin said totally sorry, but somehow happy with this strange situation.


    "A hug, a hug, as I needed one, surely you too," She said with happiness and relief and then released her and explained, "It''s that ... well, I know it''s childish, but... in this lonely situation, I needed it, and I would not have hugged you before because the others were going to annoy us, don''t you agree?


    "Uhu," Rin agreed sadly, sharing her point of view, remembering with this sadly how much she missed her mother.


    "Well, then once more before the hateful ones come," Yue said and then hugged her for another little while and then released her, starting Yue''s stay in Rin''s residence with this gesture.

 Act II - Palace | exchange

    A day has passed since Yue''s integration into Rin''s residence, and the happiness that this brought to Rin''s life has not even diminished yet, with the passing of the day, rather, it rose sharply, as her routine in the afternoon underwent a substantial change.


    This was due to a simple conversation that occurred, at the end of their working day and both were going to their residence.


    "Hey Rin, I know that for us it''s hardly worth it, working too much, but being without doing anything frustrates me, tell me, what do you do to pass the time? I practice my magic a little, although I''m not very good, ¡±Yue spoke without suspicion.


    "I sleep or write," Rin answered as usual.


    "Are you writing? Are you serious? That''s great."


    "By?."


    "Don''t you know? Knowing how to read and write is a pass to greatness."


    "Fine..."


    "Jum, you don''t seem to believe me, well, I''m going to tell our boss about it, for sure you get promoted."


    "No, a lot of problems," said Rin who had in mind, that the higher she was, the easier it was to receive misfortunes.


    "Ok, well, but then you will have to teach me to read and since we are here I will teach you magic."


    "Good," Rin agreed, but taking into account her friend''s words, she couldn''t help but wrinkle her face a little and ask, "Ok?"This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.


    "Oh, uh well, in my tribe ''ok'' means good, everything is fine, or agree, ok?" Yue said in a bit of a rush.


    "Ok..." Rin agreed, with this strange word from her friend.


    So, having agreed to this exchange of knowledge, both, from this afternoon, began their classes in the solitude of their residence, giving a somewhat humble beginning.


    "So you practice with the earth," Yue commented standing, seeing her friend in squat, drawing on the earth a small yard, next to the residence."


    "Yes, why?" Rin said, surprised by the obviousness.


    "Hehe, well I guess my mind played it, I thought you were writing on paper."


    "No, very expensive."


    "Yes, I imagine, then where do we start, teacher."


    "Alphabet," Rin said smiling, starting her language classes, which only lasted about an hour, to give way to her magic class, of which Yue this time the entire role of teacher.


    "Well, my sister is the one who taught me, she told me that mana, is something like a gas that we all have, it''s just a matter of feeling it and giving it shape," She said, explaining "My sister and I, we had it easy already that we have always felt it, so I only had to handle it, your case I think is similar, but something different, umm tell me, how do you do that to heat up? ¡±Yue asked.


    "It''s like my hand..."


    "Yes but, you don''t feel something, I don''t know, gaseous that does."


    "Umm," Rin replied, starting to activate her heat, only to feel it in detail realizing that she actually felt some of that ''gas'', and then nodded in response.


    "Well, there is not much help here, just try to move that, my sister recommended, try to move it and concentrate it on my hand."


    Rin, hearing this, tried to try it but without results, the good thing is that Yue encouraged her saying that it is a matter of practice, which comforted her a bit.


    At this point, they both realized that with regard to magic, there was no need to use these free hours, since it could be practiced, at other times, such as when lying down, moments before sleeping; Therefore, it was decided that these free hours would be dedicated to writing.


    And with this they agreed, both would begin to repeat this routine every day without fail.

 Act II - Palace | Farewell

    The hot summer days pass with relative tranquility in the lives of the two beastly girls, who since they began to share a residence, each day they were learning more skills, as well as getting to know each other more.


    As one afternoon Yue suggested how much the limit of Rin''s racial magic was.


    "Rin, have you ever tested how hot you can get?" Yue said, stopping after writing on the floor for a while.


    "No, it''s hungry."


    "Well, I know that, but I''m curious, so I brought you this, for you to try," she said taking out some buns hidden in her uniform, and then put them away.


    "Where?."


    "You don''t ask and accept my designs."


    "Well..." Rin said, thinking that maybe she has saved some lunch, like some servant.


    "Well, now let''s do this, give me your hand, and you are heating up to your limit, if I feel very hot I release it, but you continue that I will touch you with a leaf, ok?"


    "Ok..."


    Rin said accepting, to then take Yue''s hand and start to warm it up; the pace was fast being that the second was already warm, at three it was hot, and at five it was unbearable for Yue who let go of her hand and started using a leaf, then after seven seconds, the tip of the leaf dried up, but it happened that after this, Rin decided to stop.


    "It''s all," Rin said


    "Is that your limit?" Yue questioned.


    "No ... but it hurts," Rin said showing her hands, which were red from the heat.


    "Auch, I''m sorry, it''s good that you didn''t continue, good listening to what you say. So you can continue, but your body can''t take it?"


    "Umm yeah," Rin said after thinking about it.


    "Yeah, well, it seems that you have a physical but not magical limit, I think that with practice you can improve, but I think you''re not willing to do that," Yue analyzed.


    "No, I don''t like hunger," Rin said.


    "Yeah, I figured it out, so I guess you''re already hungry?" Yue asked to give him the scones.


    "No, little time doing this," Rin said.


    "How? And what did I think I was giving you at once," Yue said.


    "No, it takes at least a minute," Rin explained.


    "Minutes... well then I guess I''ll keep the buns."


    "Give me, you promised," she said, smiling.


    "You ... scammer," Yue said to then give the buns to Rin and then laugh with her.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.


    Yes, they both had fun and were amazed, as you see that Rin discovered that Yue could read and write but not this language, on any given afternoon when she was teaching Yue numbers and she asked her out of curiosity


    "Rin, do you by any chance know math?"


    "Yes, add and subtract," she said proudly.


    "Ah, just that," Yue said arrogantly and then said, "well, I, in addition to that, multiply, divide and after things."


    "Umm? But you can''t read," Rin said, doubtful of her friend''s mind.


    "Of course I know, but the language of my tribe, you know my tribe is very smart," Yue said proudly but then she was saddened saying, "Too bad your language is not served..."


    "I see..." Rin said thinking that her friend''s tribe was very impressive.


    Then, as a matter of fact, it did not take two sentences, for Yue to agree to teach Rin, in a basic way these mathematical operations, as well as the numbers of her tribe, which Rin hardly used since those who she knew, did the same.


    They were days of warm learning, of warm exchange, of warm friendship, but just as summer ends to give way to autumn; people''s routines at some point must change, and that is precisely what happened to Rin at the end of summer, when she was Alone in the yard waiting for her friend, while she saw how her finger moved with her mana, as a result of her friend''s training to be ''super-strong''.


    "I hope nothing happens to her" Rin thought with concern since while the two of them were heading here, she was summoned by our boss, the head servant.


    These concerns were not so far-fetched, since she always remembered that every time they called her it was out of scolding or because they sold her, therefore, to face these thoughts, she decided to practice despite the absence of her friend, who fortunately would appear later before her.


    "Hehe, sorry for waiting," Yue said with a slightly awkward smile.


    ¡°What did she want?¡± Rin asked intrigued.


    "Well, this one, I was promoted! That''s good, right?"


    When Rin heard this, she could sigh in relief, but she immediately remembered the time she was promoted and the obscure reason why, why it caused the worry to return in her, causing her to explode saying "Tell me everything!"


    "Eh, well, she didn''t tell me much though," Yue started saying, and then voraciously explained her promotion.


    It turns out that the phrase that the walls listen to, should not be underestimated, since the fact that she knew magic had filtered through the servant, reaching the highest levels of the palace.


    Yue explained fluently that when she was told this, she was scared by the uncertainty of the deal with the mages, but was relieved when the head servant told her that it was something very good, rare, and highly requested reason for this, a concubine of the prince, requested her as her personal servant.


    That would be essentially all she had to explain, but the fact of this promotion meant one thing, which brought her sadness Yue who couldn''t help but filter this feeling out by explaining this reason.


    "Well, as I am now going to be working deep within the palace for the concubine, it seems that it will be very difficult for me to meet you."


    "Yue..." Rin said sadly as she understood this.


    "Hehe, but it doesn''t matter, I''ll see how I strain, you know I thought about telling you that you also knew magic but, then I remembered that you didn''t want to ascend, you still think that? I can talk and tell them about you so we will be, together, so what do you say to me?" Yue said a little cheerfully.


    When she heard this, Rin felt excited and happy, but she came to herself, and this danger so present in her memory, was made her shut up for a long time, before telling her friend, who was waiting patiently for her.


    "I''m sorry, I can not."


    "Yeah, I see, it''s fine, I don''t blame you, then I''ll just go ahead with sneaking in," Yue commented a bit discouraged.


    "Yue..."


    "Yes, what happens?"


    "Take care of yourself, take care, take care, don''t get killed, don''t let them sell you, please" Rin spoke and cried who knew the things that could happen to her precious friend, and that she could not do anything, since you servant like them, They had no voice nor vote in their destinations.


    For which she could only cry and wish the best to her friend, who hugged her and consented saying.


    "Fine, fine, little girl, you will see that this lady will not let herself be killed, indeed, with my super cheating knowledge I will live like a queen, so don''t cry."


    And so it went on and on for a while until night came and the moment when she had to leave the residence, being accompanied by the voices of jealousy from her fellow residents, but among them, there was a sincere voice that said goodbye with appreciation.


    "See you later Yue, my friend, please take care of yourself."

 Act III – Warehouse | Change

    Autumn looms over people''s lives, replacing the warm summer, as well as the warm moments of friendship, lived by Rin, for a lonely but familiar cold, which she has experienced so much in her life, leaving her only the faith of some time being able to contact her friend and the pleasant memories of those moments.


    Unfortunately, since that parting at the end of the summer, she has not heard from her again, any more than the unreliable gossip of her companions, who were ignored by her for the sake of her own sanity.


    And this same love for herself, forced her to maintain the study routine, which Rin and Yue had devised, even if it received good but now sad memories because Rin knew that this personal growth could be useful to her one day. Maybe not now where she only wanted to be free, but maybe later when she no longer had a chain to catch her.


    Since once being free, she might not be able to see her friend, but at least she could know about her, and she could also fulfill her promise and look for her friend''s sister.


    But these are only ideals about an uncertain future, so now Rin only focused on working what was necessary, and then dedicating herself to her studies, which she could do without any problem, no more than some malicious words she did.


    Her dedication was good and fruitful, so when autumn came, she who was already agile with numbers, could learn to multiply and divide, but time is still scarce and she had not yet learned completely, other things such as powers, fractions, and most of all equations, which her friend didn''t know much about either, or what they were used for.


    And at the same time, and, with a greater tangible result, it was magic, rather super strength magic according to Yue, which he was able to apply without in his hand, in such a way that he could synchronize both his physical and magical strength in it. at the same time without problems.


    But she did not confirm herself with these practices, which Yue taught her, if not that, as a product of her boredom and enthusiasm, she went little by little, increasing the difficulty and even combining the practices, reaching a point that one autumn afternoon She was writing mathematical operations, with her entire arm manipulated by her mana.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.


    [Umm it seems that learning to move my arm, it wasn''t that difficult, as I expected, maybe after a few days, I start practicing with my left ...] Rin thought enthusiastically at his progress, enthusiasm that has recently been partially replaced the sadness that loneliness brought her.


    But this pleasant feeling, she was soon interrupted by the feeling of caution, hearing someone approaching her.


    So, for this reason, Rin calmly stopped writing, to turn her head towards the source of the sound, realizing to her surprise, that it was her boss''s assistant, the same one that Yue had met before leaving.


    And so, Rin, controlling her storm of dire thoughts, straightened her body and prepared it to receive her with the good bearing and grace of which she was instructed.


    "You must be the beast, listen, Madam Fen is asking you to stop playing with the earth like an animal, and go at once," said that servant with arrogance.


    "This humble servant understands." She responded with courtesy even knowing that her fellow man was also a servant.


    "Okay then I''m retiring, I have better things to do," he said in annoyance, before turning around and walking away from Rin.


    So, just as she left the patio, Rin without waiting, also left the small and humble patio, to go with elegance and firmness to the small office of her boss, hiding in it, all the fears that were turning in the Rin''s volatile mind.


    Fears of being sold, fears of being punished, and even fears of being promoted to a more dangerous place, and it is the latter that became a reality as her boss began to talk to her.


    "So Rin, according to your papers, you know how to read, write, add, subtract and you have even done accounting work, I am correct?"


    "Yes, this humble servant knows," Rin confirmed without preamble, since it was not worth hiding a truth, so easily verifiable.


    "Well, I hope, not for your sake, it better be true, since I am transferring you to the general warehouse outside the palace," Mrs. Fen announced, to later explain. "This is because of the festival of Autumn, and they are requesting some extra hands, preferably educated," She said evaluating Rin "So, from tomorrow you will present yourself with the esteemed manager Yon, your entry time would be the same, but the exit time will depend on him, ? did you understand


    "This humble servant understands," Rin answered, thinking of the terrible situation she was going to be in, since this time she had to be involved with many goods, goods that could be lost or damaged.


    "Jum, that''s good, you can retire now, I don''t want hair in my office," Mrs. Fen said goodbye, thinking about her inside, how ridiculous that ugly little beast looked, acting elegantly.


    "This humble servant says goodbye," she said politely, then turned around to leave that fearsome room, synonymous with coming misfortunes, to then embark and mentally prepare for her future job, and above all, pray not to fall into an abyss.

 Act III - Warehouse | Pressure

    The next morning, as planned, Rin now had to report to the general Warehouse to start her work, but when she got up, in addition to the simple nerves about starting a new job, she contained within herself the worry of things bad things that could await her.


    But refusing or fleeing was not an option for those without freedom like her, who could only accept her destiny, remaining at her sole discretion, in what way and with what attitude she was going to face it.


    And this would be the same way you have done lately, take a breath, calm your emotions, and go normally to your destination.


    [It must be here,] Rin thought when she reached the front of a door belonging to an immense building about three stories high, but then with all logic and manners, she knocked on the door, from which after a while, he appeared before her.


    [Eunuch] was the word that came to Rin''s mind, when she saw that this young man walked out the door, being able to identify him, by his uniform consisting mainly of a gray and plain blue pencil skirt dress, which covered almost everything his body exposing only his head, hands, and feet.


    ¡°What do you want?¡± This eunuch snapped and disgusted to see her.


    "This humble servant, comes from Mrs. Fe, in response to the request for a new staff," Rin explained, taking into account that by hierarchy level, eunuchs are generally above servants.


    "Fine, then come and come in, we''ll check your veracity," said the eunuch letting her pass, to then guide her inside, while he complained in his mind about her.


    Rin, when taking her first steps, could notice how immense the place was when she appreciated that, she was in a corridor formed by two small buildings, which looking at them in a certain way, could be seen as if it were two houses within a huge house of three floors.You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.


    But her sight did not stop here, but, in the distance, at the end of the corridor, the rest of the warehouse would have been before her, made up of several rows of wide shelves, which reached up to the roof of the building, which was filled with various things.


    Although unfortunately, she could not appreciate more, since she, guided by the eunuch, had almost immediately reached her destination after a few steps, and this would be a door of the building on her left, which had been opened by the eunuch after touching and receiving permission, by a male voice.


    Thus, after entering, she was able to visualize the interior of the room, or rather office, which in itself was very simple, having as main furniture, a shelf full of papers, and a desk with some papers that faced the front of the room. door, and, behind it, was a middle-aged eunuch, who could be seen to have makeup.


    "Manager Yon, sorry for the inconvenience, here I bring you a worker on behalf of Mrs. Fu, following your request," explained the young eunuch who would be the manager of the place.


    Then, the manager, hearing his subordinate, gave Rin a glance, then wrinkled his face and said.


    "I, I asked someone who knows some mathematics, so that they bring me a beast of burden, for that, I myself would have grabbed some servants at random."


    "Manager Yon, this beast tells me that she knows math," said the eunuch.


    "That says? Well, we''ll see that," said the manager and then go to Rin and say, "Beast, go and make a small inventory of one of the shelves, you have 3 days, Then we will see according to your results if you stay or we beat you up for liar."


    "And you, since you are here, you will be responsible for her, explain only what is essential, and choose a shelf that is hardly used, and do not teach her anything about how to assemble the register and much less help her, see her see how Resolve, ¡±said the manager now turning to his subordinate.


    "And finally, see to it that she gets the ink and paper to work with, only what is necessary, that''s all, you can retire now."


    And so, as he finished speaking, the young subordinate, now complaining more than ever about Rin, after saying goodbye, left the office together with Rin, to begin with, the test.


    A test, that Rin knowing about this, could only be scared and filled with nerves, knowing that in three days, it was very possible that they will beat her to death, just taking into account how unfair they could be with her, being a beast.

 Act III - Warehouse | Test

    Three days, three short and stressful days, Rin had ahead of her to prove her worth and thereby save her life. Therefore, that same day, she had just been given some paper, a small board to support herself, and some charcoal To write, as well as to have indicated the shelf that she was going to count, Rin without waiting for a second more, began to register all the inventory on the shelf.


    The work itself was not difficult for Rin, it was just very monotonous and tedious, but to this was added, the difficulty produced by the stress produced by the test, which made Rin make a mistake from time to time, but fortunately, this same stress made her revise her work several times, thus being able to find and solve her mistakes.


    But it is a fact that this same stress caused her to fall behind in her work, although ironically, even with this, Rin at the end of the day covered a third of the shelf.


    However, when the night came when Rin got to her bed to rest after they threw her out of the place, she, when analyzing her progress with the little mental strength that she had left, realized that this third was barely enough and that when she reached the third day, it was very possible that she could not save herself, for this, before sleep took her away, she was reviewing, how to do her job faster.


    And these thoughts were not in vain, since the only idea that occurred to her was not other than to take it easy, but apply it although it was more difficult than she thought, in the end, Rin succeeded, managed to fulfill the task of registering all stocks on that shelf, And now with a lot of nerves, Rin was now in front of the manager.This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.


    [It''s all right, it''s all, well I checked it like 5 times before my time ran out,] Rin thought when she saw the manager review her work while comparing it with other sheets she had.


    [Come on, come on, please don''t disqualify me for being a beast, or something else] Rin begged in her mind so that an injustice would not happen.


    But these thoughts, in the end, could only influence Rin''s mind and not the manager''s decision which Rin could hear after waiting a few long, agonizing minutes.


    "You passed, there are some discrepancies, but it is because the report I have to compare is old and there is space for errors."


    These words, these sentences, were like finding an oasis after being lost in the desert, giving Rin tremendous relief, but it was still too early to fall on the ground with satisfaction since the manager was still in front of her and had more to say.


    "Now, with you, we already have 5 servants who are going to help us with the festival that will be in 3 weeks, so don''t waste your time and go to Mr. Len, you can retire now.


    And so, having finished these words, Rin said goodbye and then left the room with the feeling that she weighed less than a feather.


    Once outside, as if she were floating, she met with Mr. Len, the same one who received her for the first time, who, upon hearing the command from her superior, could not help but sigh in annoyance, and then resigned to start giving Rin some job with which, she would officially start her working life in this warehouse.

 Act III - Warehouse | Intensity

    A few days have passed since Rin has been accepted into the warehouse, and during these days, she has not remained unoccupied but has been mostly learning about the place and the way of working from her superiors.


    It is in this apprenticeship that Rin knew in a general sense, that there are normally three eunuchs who manage the place, the manager and two assistants, of which Rin along with four other servants are currently under his care.


    Other small things that she knew, is that this place had three entrances, one for employees which is where she enters and the others for those who come to request or enter a good, of which one is for the handling of relatively small goods and others are for goods of either large or massive quantities.


    But in addition to all this and more than Rin had learned, she had the doubt that even though a week had passed since she entered, in a global sense the warehouse has remained quite inactive, despite the reminders that this period was going to be intense.


    Fortunately, this doubt had been clarified a bit, when hearing this concern asked through one of the servants.


    "Sir, this humble servant has a doubt, I hope you can clarify it for me."


    "Yes, what happened," said the eunuch.


    "It''s been a week, and there''s hardly any activity other than files."


    "Yeah, look, what happens is that the horror comes in the week of the festival, this period is for them to learn."


    "Oh yeah, that''s the way it is ... thank you very much for your kindness."


    "You''re welcome, now get on with yours."


    Certainly, this answer brought satisfaction not only to her companion''s curiosity but also to herself, but Rin, now knowing this, during the following week she insisted more on studying in preparation for hell, since even if the eunuch, not tell her, she knew, that failures are punished and this increases according to the responsibility of your work.


    And this decision, this effort, was not in vain, since between the days, the mystical week of horror had arrived, which, asserting its name on high, has monopolized all the time of the workers including Rin.


    So much was this, that Rin, who almost always was not allowed to attend to visitors because she was a beast, had to start attending more often, one of these times, for example, was that she had to attend a certain visitor who came with a trolley.Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author.


    This visitor, unlike the servants, was an official who worked in the palace, who had long gray hair as a descriptive feature as well as his mustache, a sign of his advanced age, age of which was not lived in vain, since his face exuded a presence of authority and wisdom.


    But this presence, this dignity, was corrupted by her murky thoughts.


    [Oh my, I was so close to winning the bet, if I had rolled a six and not a five, I wouldn''t have to stoop to look for these papers.]


    "Good morning dear sir, how can this humble servant help you?" Rin appeared before he to attend him with the greatest etiquette and courtesy, which, together with her words, made the lord pay attention.


    [Oh yeah right, what I came to, but what is this, a beast? Wait, is it a woman? This is weird.]


    Thought of noble lord when he noticed Rin''s presence, and then spoke to her while showing her a paper


    "Yeah, I want umm, some materials, here''s the form."


    "Understood, dear sir, this humble servant will immediately set off, please be patient," Rin spoke politely, and then took the role and left to do her duty.


    [Oh, how strange, usually the servants try to offer themselves more to serve me, well, that''s better, clingy girls are annoying and inefficient] The man thought when he noticed that this request was not much, it was just a few reams of paper and some pots of ink, which was easy for Rin to pick up, who knew at this point where things were, the manager being her only delay since she had to review the form.


    But even with this, Rin was able to resolve the request quickly enough not to disturb the guest who was more or less entertained, watching and praising how that androgynous beast girl did her task with utmost efficiency and elegance, as well as comparing her with the useless servants who serve him.


    "This would be everything requested dear sir, I beg you to forgive this humble servant for this delay" Rin spoke after finishing arranging things in the lord''s cart.


    "Yes, everything''s fine, don''t worry, then I''ll retire," the man said a little strangely again, as he did not receive more than necessary from her, and then left for his workplace, with this creature in mind and with the doubt of how the store could get it.


    But these thoughts did not matter to Rin, since she only wanted to fulfill her duty without getting into trouble.


    Problems that fortunately did not occur during these intense weeks in the warehouse in addition to some hurtful words or sharp looks.


    The only thing, that could be called problematic, in those weeks, was that as the day of the festival approached, the work was much harder and the fewer hours of sleep Rin and the others had, as well as great stress, which the only one allowed Put it openly when they were alone, It was the manager who from time to time complained saying.


    "By all the gods! How great is the prince looking to make the festival, we are full of decorations, I think this year the prince will fulfill his mission of filling the entire warehouse to the point of having to store things outside ...".


    And certainly, these words were not exaggerated, since the warehouse in normal conditions was only half full, and now in recent days, many smaller goods had to take up space on the floor due to lack of space, leaving the strange situation, that the workers, including Rin had to jump between things in order to pass.


    But, the effect occurred that, through several days of effort, the warehouse had been filled, on the early morning of the day of the festival, unlike those who were immersed in happiness for the celebration, all the warehouse workers were exhausted by fatigue, somewhere in the warehouse which was now at its normal capacity, but with many messy things.

 Act III - Warehouse | Doubt

    The hard work of the palace workers paid off, resulting in a great and imposing festival, which, unfortunately, several of those responsible could not enjoy it and even less, be able to rest even after this.


    And this is because, just as they had the duty to arm it, they now had the duty to disarm it; a duty of which the general warehouse staff was also a part.


    For this reason, even if everyone was fatigued and late-night since the end of the festival, they still had to work the day after this, which, in particular, no one was able to be late because everyone had slept that night in the store.


    "Wake up, wake up," Rin''s supervisor said to her, who was asleep under a shelf.


    "Yes ..." She said stunned upon awakening by these words, but then when she focused her eyes and saw her supervisor, she became nervous and pale.


    "Easy ... we''re all ahhh," yawned the supervisor to continue saying, "same ..., but we have a meeting, with the manager."


    Rin, hearing this explanation, had some relief and it increased to see better her supervisor also in a sorry state.


    Thus, already relaxed, after apologizing politely, she got up and then headed to the meeting, route and moment in which, she noticed that everyone had stayed to sleep here, and were in a similar or worse state to her, being the eunuchs in worse shape, as they were stopped first by the manager, who was now waiting for them in the middle of the warehouse sitting in a chair with dark circles in his eyes.


    "Well, we''re all ..." Manager Yon began to speak, still sleepy.


    "As you can see, it must be around 6 in the morning, and I know everyone is sleepy, including me, but unfortunately this is not over yet, the eunuchs here who have been here past festivals will already know this."


    "Now, what I''m going to say is mostly for the new ones, look at it as a matter of fact, once the festival is over, now it''s time to pick up and clean up the mess, and we always have to put things away."


    "But the detail, is that many of the things that will come are already useless, so as a solution, in order not to fill this warehouse with garbage, these things that will come, will go directly to the warehouse next door, which is like an annex to this and serves as a garbage can."


    "Well, that would be more or less everything ..., supervisors, you know what to do, so get started, ahhh hoped that this year, there will be no disaster in the internal palace" Manager Yun finished by fearing for more work, for disasters strangers.Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.


    Without rudeness or seriousness, manager Yon had explained because of his fatigue, and just as he acted with ease, the supervisors, also reluctant to sleep, also took it easy when carrying out their tasks.


    Tasks in which, Rin was able to know for the first time this warehouse, which she always saw abandoned, but now she knew why.


    This warehouse, This dirty and abandoned warehouse, had nothing special, it was just a large space, filled with several shelves, half of them occupied by the trash from previous festivals or other events, basically defined as decorations of various kinds or broken furniture, being the only office area, a desk located in some corner.


    Thus, with the passing of the hours and the work slowly arrived with reluctance, she was learning that the paperwork of this place was carried along with the papers of the general store and was very similar, only with the detail, that the place where housing the goods was different.


    But, in addition to learning this, she learned in the afternoon, a piece of news that Manager Yon had predicted and hoped for, but did not want it, and it was a disaster in the inner courtyard.


    And this disaster, Rin, this time she found out when her supervisor told them.


    "Hey, girls, maybe you don''t know, but here, in these years it has become, custom if you can say so, that someone important dies at the festival, in this case, we found out that one of the prince''s concubines was executed, by trying to poison the prince, I tell you this so that you are prepared for more work since several of your belongings somehow end up here, and there are usually few..."


    More work, this was not important for Rin, who when hearing that the concubine died, began to theorize without hesitation and with great fear, that if the concubine died, it is likely that all or some of her servants were going to die for a matter of complicity.


    And it was the case, that her friend Yue, coincidentally, was the servant of a concubine, but was this unfortunate soul the owner of Yue or if this were the case, Yue died of complicity or was saved, or perhaps a worse fate awaited her.


    These theories, these thoughts were enough, to fill Rin''s life with torment these days, unable to do anything but pray in her mind and continue with her work.


    "Please Yue, don''t be dead, you promised you were going to be queen or something like that"


    "Please Gods, that she is not dead"


    But despite this martyrdom, she could not ask the others if they had news of her friend, since she swore that everything they could tell them would be a lie.


    Although, who was lying to her was herself, since even if she denied it, the truth is that she did not have the courage to ask and therefore the courage to know the truth.


    And this, evolved without realizing it, as a matter of self-healing to a cowardly exit which he thought, one night to a week after the festival.


    "Yes, I shouldn''t worry without knowing, since this will kill me, for sure she''s fine, she must be fine."


    But she knew, although she will bury him in a forgotten corner of her mind, that her friend could be dead ... and this, she was going to be stabbing her heart until she knew it.


    And next to it, now the next day, her stomach was now being stabbed by nerves from the news that the manager gave everyone.


    "At this point, we can conclude the work of the festival, now comes the detail, what will become of you now that your work is over and you are not necessary?"

 Act III - Warehouse | promotion

    "At this point, we can finish the work of the festival, now comes the detail, what will become of you now that your work is finished and you are not necessary?"


    This question posed by the manager Yon, had already been present in all the servants during their time in the general warehouse, some thought that they were going to be promoted and others that after being used they were going to return to their old job, the latter being shared thought by Rin who never expected or wanted to move up.


    But despite their different thoughts, they all, in the end, had invaded their nerves when heard their manager express this and they only had to listen to the fate that their boss had in store for them.


    "Well, I can only tell you that this hard period, as well as other festivities ..., (What a pain, the winter and the end of the year are missing ...), we took the opportunity to evaluate and perhaps promote some servants." Began to explain the manager Yon.


    Hearing these words, the servants could not help but get excited, at the possibility of a promotion, but in the end, this was not under their stress, since they were still in the same situation of an insecure destination and the manager seemed to enjoy prolonging this situation.


    "So, based on this, I will call you to my office through one of my assistants, to inform you about your destination", concluded manager Yon with a smile on his face, and then retired to his office.


    Once he disappeared from the sight of the servants, they did not wait to talk about their dreams and illusions about the good future that could bring them.


    But Rin was the exception who was not invited or wanted to join the conversation, besides her thoughts, unlike the others who expected either a promotion or a return to old work, Rin expected to return to old work or some punishment.


    Luckily or unfortunate for all of them, the moment of truth hadn''t taken long, and after a few minutes, manager Yon started calling them one by one, leaving Rin last.


    That Rin was last was not strange for her, and she even enjoyed it a bit, since she was able to see and learn a bit about the fate of her relatives.


    These 4 could only be defined as balanced, since the first one who entered excited, left crying, Rin listening more carefully to her conversation with the rest, discovered that she had been demoted from the kitchen to cleaning, for wandering at work and flirting with the others. officials.


    This worried Rin, who always thought the worst for her, but the fate of the second one reassured her after she entered worried and left happy because she was promoted to administration.


    The third was regular, she came in with some hope but came out with a face a disappointed face, and this was because she was returned to her old job in the kitchen.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.


    Then the last one came before Rin finding out with her, that she was the last to his surprise; The latter was like the second, she entered concerned but left extremely happy due to a great promotion to assistant purchasing management.


    Working cleaning as her old job, this ascent was like climbing a mountain, everyone including Rin thought to give logic to her euphoric state.


    But in the end, this was someone else''s problem, and now it was Rin''s turn to get more nervous with each step she took until she was in front of Manager Yon who was sitting at her desk.


    "Well, it seems like it''s your turn beast," the manager began to speak without kindness and patience.


    "Speaking frankly, your case is difficult."


    These words sent a chill that picked up the spine of poor Rin, who with this began to expect the worst and could only hope for it.


    "Really, it was difficult."


    "I wish you had worked badly, to send you back and not see you again, but that''s not the case here."


    [Wait, did I do it right? But then what happens.] Rin thought finding a ray of light in the middle of her darkness.


    "In this case, you did well, the problem is that you are a beast."


    [In the end, it was for being beastly] Rin thought taking a step to her warning.


    "Of those who saw you, some complained to us about having a beast stinking the place and things. And with that and likewise, nobody wants you to work with them."


    [Then I''ll go back to the laundry, or they''ll kick me out ...]


    "Damn, not even where you worked, they expressly told me they don''t know how they had you there."


    [They''ll sell me ...] Rin thought sadly.


    "What a problem, don''t you think? But hey, this last one is something to comment on, anyway I can return you there, but I won''t."


    [So ...] Rin thought already with some annoyance from so many depressed turns.


    "This tradition of promotions has been sustained because I have made sure to enforce it, regardless of whether the girl is ugly or disfigured and you are not the exception, so you will have a promotion"


    "It turns out, that accounting and administration these two years are They were complaining that the waste warehouse was messy, neglected, and with no one watching over it."


    "And they are right, the most we have is a record of those who entered it and we hardly ever review it, since in the end it is waste."


    "And here you enter, feel happy since from now on, you will be the deputy manager of the general warehouse and manager of the waste warehouse."


    [Wait, what? Me, manager? No no no, this can''t be] Rin began to think about this strange situation, but manager Yon''s words continued without waiting for her thoughts.


    "Your job, now it will be like mine, watching over what is inside, with the only difference that people will still have to go through me first to get things out of there."


    [There must be a mistake, oh wait, yes, this must be a trap, It must be a trap where they will sweeten me first and then kill me with more pleasure] with dire thoughts Rin theorized the reason for his promotion.


    "And the best of all is that neither we nor anyone will have a problem with you, since you are practically alone in that landfill, so as long as you don''t give your face to the public and don''t break or steal anything, you could be fine."


    "There it is, so I''m going to die, they''ll accuse me of something I didn''t do." Rin thought sadly enough to bring tears to her eyes.


    "I see you''re crying with happiness, that''s good, I''m also happy that I won''t see you anymore, now come and take the key to the warehouse" Manager Yon finished explaining and then told Rin to take the key that he took from the desk for Rin, who with his pale and temperate hand, once he had taken this key, started his new life as a manager.

 Act III - Warehouse | Fraud

    [What I''m going to do, what will become of me]


    Rin thought with concern, once she was alone and inside the waste warehouse, in celebration of her first day of work.


    And these thoughts were not unreasonable for a person, she had a terrible experience in the past, but the body is adaptable and these concerns that the first day was so acute, as the days went by, although they were still present, they were no longer so mortifying for her who with the passing of the day, she was psyched to accept her destiny.


    But this fate she was not going to surrender easily, as in the past where regardless of her future, she always worked not to give reasons for punishments, now, again she was trying hard to try not to give reasons for her death or sale.


    For this reason and because of having a lot of free time as a manager of a forgotten place, she dedicated herself to organizing and accounting for the waste warehouse, even if half of the goods were garbage.


    But while fighting against an idealized future, manager Yon, who was previously sure that his idea was perfect, as the days went by, discovered a small flaw in his plan, which to correct it, he had to have an awkward meeting with his new subordinate one week after joining.


    [Maybe I''ll get out of here] Rin thought nervously once more in front of manager Yon, trying to discover what mistake she had made or they were going to accuse her to convict her.


    "My plan wasn''t that perfect," the manager began, confusing poor Rin once more.


    "Since having you visit us every day to ask for the key implies that we are going to see you here, so I thought of an interesting solution."


    "And now what will happen to me ..."


    "As the key is in your possession when you are in the warehouse, I thought you could stay in it all the time, so I spoke with the servant in charge, and I agreed that you are going to live from today in the warehouse, so you won''t have to return or ask for the key every so often."


    "And by the way, no one will have to see you roaming the hallways from the bedroom to here," Manager Yon finished explaining.


    This plan for Rin was a bit weird even for herself, but in the end, it paid off as well and she had to deal with it as usual.


    It was so, that after several hours, now she was spending her first night locked in the gloomy darkness of the immense warehouse, lying on a mattress that they could provide.This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.


    Isolated, that is the perfect word to describe Rin''s situation at this time, and so much was this, that the manager Yon, made sure that someone would provide her with food and clothing, leaving for herself only the moments of going to the bathroom to leave the warehouse.


    But this was not bad at all, it can be said that it was a blessing in disguise, since in addition to her concern for an invented sentence, she did not have to deal with the bad language or the looks of contempt from others.


    And also, to a large extent, she now had a lot of time to herself, which she used for two things, to work in the warehouse and to continue her studies.


    But not all people were as lucky as she, if not they had to work, as is the purchasing manager, who from his desk to the top of papers, threw a cup of tea, to a servant who was terrified in front of him, which fortunately had passed by to crash into the wall.


    "You''re not an assistant, just a prostitute with some knowledge, so long my eyes, I''ll see that they send you to clean the barracks so that you are surrounded by the men you like so much, Bitch."


    This manager said mercilessly and then dismissed her saying.


    "What are you waiting for, a consolation, well no, get out of here."


    And so with these words, the maid, wrapped in a sea of ??tears, rushed out of the room.


    Once she left, the manager could not help but redouble her anger, and then angrily recalled the story of this servant, while playing with her long gray mustache.


    It turns out that last month, he had a good perspective, for the servants who were raising the warehouse at the time of the festival, so he used his influence to demand the best servant, to help him and his colleagues with the tasks. mundane things, like meals or some errands.


    And this without giving them lustful complications like the last one they had last year, which was so much the problem that it caused, that in the end she, one of her colleagues died, and several were fired.


    And their request worked, or so she believed, fulfilling their designs, the general store, according to them, sent their best servant.


    "What a horror, what a scam, the best of all? It will be the best of whores, on the third day she was already flirting with all of us, and even with me a 60-year-old shitty old man."


    "Just seeing her doing that reminds me of poor innocent Ho, may he rest in peace."


    "Ahh, if we had wanted a prostitute, with our salary we all go to a brothel or buy some random servants, which we have already done, and some continue to do so, except for me who no longer have the courage or the strength for those things."


    "Ay I only wanted a maid that would function without problems, and the eunuchs are only in the service of the prince, damn, not even the servants of the internal area, we officials of the external area can only settle for these leftovers."


    "By the gods, what was I thinking, when I asked for a servant, yes, that beastly one," said the manager in the air, remembering his meeting with that beastly servant who took care of her so well.


    "Yes ... the bestial, the origin of this scam, I thought that if she was so orderly, the one they gave me would be better, I think I was fooling myself."


    And it was with these words that an idea came to him, a crazy idea, one so unhinged that if he started it, his teammates would doubt his sanity, but in the end, he decided to say.


    "Ahh, why do I think about it, who is going to tell me something, my son? Above all, well, then may this bet be successful."

 Act III - Warehouse | Refund

    Good opportunities or ideas must be taken advantage of as soon as possible, it was a saying that a certain old manager who liked to gamble, carried it on him and applied it whenever he could.


    And once again, already in his old age, as if he were a wayward young man,


    once having decided on an idea of ??his, he left his office, as well as the shopping palace, in order to get what he wanted.


    So, with this resolution, he had arrived at the general warehouse, specifically sitting across from Manager Yon in his office.


    "Honorable Manager Sou, I hope you''re well and what a surprise to have you here to talk to me," Manager Yon started the conversation.


    "Yes, well, I came to ask you for a refund for the servant you sent me," said manager Sou cheekily.


    "Oh gods, I''m sorry, but in truth, I had sent you our most suitable servant, but before continuing with your claim, may I know in what outrage this servant has committed?"


    Manager Yon asked with sincere doubt since although, in the end, the information that this servant was fired was going to reach him, Manager Sou arrived before he knew anything about it.


    "Well, this servant is a whore, not three days had passed, when she started flirting with all the workers, is that you don''t know what happened last year because of this?."


    "I see ..., I ..., I don''t know what to tell you, during her time here, that servant has worked here with efficiency and morality," Manager Yon excused himself.


    "But look, in the end, I can only offer you my sincere apologies and a better deal for ''purchases'' when dealing with the warehouse, as well as privileges in the next batch of a servant, since as you will see, we do not have servant here" He tried to apologize. Manager Yon had great respect for Manager Sou.


    "Jum, at least you''re sorry, and I''m not someone without senses or tact, so I''ll take your offer and your apology, but besides that, I hope you help me with something."


    "Of course, whatever it is for the honorable Sou," Manager Yon humbled himself.


    "It''s good that you are willing, so you will see, I explain, the reason that I am so disappointed in you is that it happened that I came one day looking for something, and it turned out that a beastly servant attended me.


    "Oh gods, since I''m sorry you''ve had to live an uncomfortable situation, I swear to you ..."


    "Yes, don''t interrupt me, that she''s ugly, it doesn''t matter to me, what was important is that she took great care of me, she was perfect, which is why this gave me high expectations when receiving a servant from you."


    "I see..."


    "But well, we already know the result, so it occurred to me after throwing out that whore, is that I would like to have this beast in my palace."The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    "Oh, I see honorable Sou, well about that I must apologize to you."


    "Yeah, what''s wrong, something happened to her, don''t tell me you made them sell her."


    "No, not anything like that, you know that my policy is to degrade or promote those who deserve it, and this one deserved a promotion."


    "Jojo .., and then where is the problem."


    "You see, what happens is that I lied to her a little ..., somehow she is still here in the warehouse."


    "I''ll ignore your lie, but speak up."


    "Yes, you see, she, since I couldn''t send her anywhere, I decided to lock her in the scrap warehouse, making her a pseudo manager."


    "Hey, it''s serious."


    "Yes, dear Sou."


    "Puff hahaha, what a laugh, good that, if that''s true, somehow you managed to have in the history of the palace, five servant managers at the same time."


    "Uh, thanks I guess ..."


    "Well, well, then what are we waiting for, take me to her, I''m curious what this ''manager'' has done," Manager Sou finished ordering his poor colleague who had fulfilled his design by taking him to the front of the waste warehouse.


    It is in this place, wrapped in the cold of late autumn, where both after knocking on the deteriorated door, were received by the taciturn figure of the young Rin, who to see them both could not help but worry.


    "Good afternoon dear Sir, Manager Yon, may this humble servant serve you."


    "For now let us pass, it''s cold in here," Manager Yon said.


    "Of course, I''d be delighted to receive you," Rin said politely while hiding the coldness of her fear.


    Before entering, just as manager Sou was curious what she had done as a manager, her colleague, manager Yon, even if he did not want to know anything about her, from time to time he wondered what things she had done so far, and this was answered for both of them upon entering and encountering the word order and cleanliness.


    "It seems you have tidied up the place," Manager Yon said in surprise, as he walked with the rest to the only desk in the place.


    "Your words fill this servant with joy, who believes that she does not deserve these compliments for her humble work," Rin replied with courtesy but fear, which increased when she reached her humble desk, which was clean within its deterioration, having on it two small stacks of papers.


    "This humble servant apologizes to both of you, as I can only offer you a chair for your comfort."


    "Easy, we can stand, this won''t last long," said manager Sou.


    "So look, first of all, do you remember me?" Manager Sou continued speaking.


    Faced with this question, Rin couldn''t help but delay in answering while carefully remembering the identity of this esteemed lord.


    "You are the esteemed gentleman that I attended in the weeks of preparation for the festival, which came in search of papers and ink."


    "Oh, what a good memory you have," said the manager Sou praising her.


    Of course, she did have a good memory, considering that since she was little she got used to remembering people with avoiding problems with them, and this case was easy since she had hardly attended the public during those weeks.


    "This humble servant does not deserve your grace, this is only what could be expected of me."


    "And courtesy too, if every moment I spend with you, I''m more sure, dear manager Yon, I''ll take it, is there a problem ahead?"


    [It seems I was right, my time has come, I am going to be sold to this old man ..., at least he seems kind ...] Rin thought sadly trying to shrink from a disgusting future, because of her confusion by the So unclear words from manager Sou.


    "No, none, she can take her right now, but you see, she currently lives here, so as not to be seen by the public."


    "I see, well, I imagine you can go solving that right?"


    "Oh yes, of course, no problem, I''ll fix everything."


    "Perfect, well, if that''s all, then we retire, thanks for your kindness manager Yon."


    "Yes, there is nothing, I''m happy to help you."


    And so, with this farewell, the manager Sou left the warehouse followed by Rin who at this point, was all scared and only thought about a cruel future.

 Act IV - purchasing | Arrogance

    [What will become of me, what will become of me]


    [It will be that it will be the feast of a meeting of colleagues]


    [It will be, that I will be eaten in some building of this palace, to then kill myself, and I have heard that some officials do that.]


    [Will he take me to his house ... and I will be his concubine, no, I doubt it.]


    [It will be...]


    [It will be...]


    [It will be...]


    [It will be...]


    Many dire thoughts swirled in the mind of the young woman, Rin, as she followed with submission and fear to him, who would now be judge and executioner in her life.


    And little did she, who was mired in negativism, know that this old man, this dear man, was thinking about the excellent worker, that he and his colleagues were now going to have in purchases.


    But as a result of these thoughts, he realized a small detail, inform his new employee.


    [What a mistake, what a mistake, how good I realized right now that I''m on my way,] thought manager Sou and then stopped short, followed by the sad Rin.


    "Hey, you ..., umm now that we are, what''s your name?" Asked the manager Sou now realizing that she didn''t know her name either.If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    "This humble servant is named Rin Shi, dear sir."


    "Fine, Rin, I think I still haven''t told you anything about who I am or where we''re going, or what you''ll do," Manager Sou began explaining.


    "True, it''s simple, I''m the purchasing manager Gu Sou, and in short, I am welcoming you to work as an assistant in purchasing management."


    These words, although the manager Sou did not know it, brought great relief to Rin''s mind, who now knew that he was going to put her to work, but there were some doubts, why to her and what it was going to be exactly.


    "So that you don''t get lost, I''ll tell you that I chose you because the previous one was a whore, reason more than enough to throw it away, and I hoped that you, in addition to doing a good job, wouldn''t start flirting around there, that''s all" Manager Sou finished explaining, to then immediately continue his tour with Rin behind him, now walking as if he had no weight on her, because of the relief he felt to receive this explanation.


    And so with this relief, Rin, following the manager Sou, had arrived at the purchasing palace, a spacious place full of officials and some servants, who were either back and forth, or were sitting at a desk, but in the end, all-seeing the two arrive and pass, could not help but fix their gazes on them.


    Some with surprise because their manager had brought a dirty beast, and others with disgust at seeing the beast, and of course Rin had noticed it, feeling total discomfort for this, but it turns out that her new boss was also aware of this so he did something about it.


    As they both reached the center of everyone, the manager stopped to express the following in front of everyone with total impudence and dominance.


    "Good to everyone, I see that everyone is surprised by this little guest."


    "Well, get used to it, because she will be the new assistant to the management and I have faith that she is efficient and lasts a long time, so I don''t want fabricated complaints from you, that''s all."


    And just as he silenced everyone in the room, he also silenced his management colleagues in the back room afterward, arrogantly kicking off Rin''s working life in the purchasing palace.

 Act IV - Purchasing | Manager

    The first days are always difficult, especially for Rin who always kept in mind that she was not loved by others, but even so, she did her job, which fortunately only consisted of going from one place to another handing out papers or food.


    But there was still a doubt that gnawed at her inside in addition to her distrust of a betrayal, and it was, that where was she going to sleep?


    To her relief, at the end of the day, this problem had been solved, since in addition to replacing the position of the old assistant, she too, unknowingly occupied her bed in some of the rooms where the servants slept.


    And this room, in particular, was where all the servants who worked in purchases resided, which could not give a good welcome to Rin based on insults and contempt, but above all, jealousy.


    Yes, jealous, they were jealous of Rin, who even being of the same level and also being a beast and a stranger, arrived like a fall from heaven, to the great position of assistant to the management, since she could allow them to any of them an opportunity to leave the palace as a concubine or wife if she was lucky.


    But even with this jealousy, this hatred, they had to contain themselves, either by the laws of non-violence, or by the threat of the manager, so they could only risk insulting her or ignoring her.


    Rin for her part, this was nothing new, since she had experienced a similar situation and therefore this bath of contempt was the only noise in her ears.


    The same strong ears as 3 days later after another successful day without accidents, she heard before sleeping, jealous words about her but that gave information from her boss.Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    "How can a vulgar beast be in management and not one of us."


    "Yes, what kind of ruse did he use to charm the esteemed manager Sou."


    "No idea, only she will know, dear, I almost wish they hadn''t thrown her out, at least she helped us a little."


    "Uju, maybe we shouldn''t have told him about the manager after we told him she started acting crazy."


    "Hey yeah, that''s it, let''s tell Rin about the manager so if we''re lucky, she''ll leave by herself just like the previous one."


    And when that idea fell, the others were in agreement, causing one of them to go to where Rin was, who was listening to everything while trying to sleep.


    [What will they tell me ...?, Although I doubt that this will change anything,] Rin thought with curiosity at this action against her, which she would know in some moments after the servants woke her up.


    "Hey listen, my friends and I thought it would be good for you to know this, for your safety."


    [I think their impudence is so great that their logic is failing] Rin thought about these kind words, but still, she didn''t say anything and kept listening.


    "Look, you know who the manager Sou really is, well, you see, he was the previous prime minister of the empire, the one who was down only for the emperor and princes. It is not known why he got to this position, but what is known is that he got on the right foot, so he still maintains his authority and influence.


    "We tell you this so that you take good care of yourself, since with his power, who knows what could happen to you ..., but conversely you can be very lucky if he likes you, and I think you already have an advantage"


    [Aff this is very bad ..., But in the end, it does not change the fact that he is still another one who can kill me or something worse.] Rin thought with concern at the power of this boss but relieved to reason that this in itself does not change anything.


    So Rin at this fact simply decided to try harder and be more careful, as well as happily doubting the intelligence of her companions about such an obvious attack.

 Act IV - Purchasing | Assistant

    "He can kill you."


    "It will kill me."


    "He can sell me"


    "He can do anything just by wanting it."


    "I have to work harder."


    "I must not be wrong."


    "I have to be better."


    "I have to improve."


    "I''m being silly, I mustn''t let what they told me affect me."


    Poor Rin thought with great regret about ''that well-intentioned advice from her companions'' since although her logic in denying it and moving forward as always, was good reasoning, the doubt, and mistrust that lived within her, I couldn''t let this happen.


    But in the end, the reality always prevails in front of the imagination, being this same, the same one that Rin has been living her first days, nothing.


    Nothing at all, no false charges, nothing about selling her, if there was a change it would be for the better, and that would be that she has received good praise for working better because of her paranoia.


    Although of course, these changes were limited only to the manager himself, since the others, only considered her in the best of cases, only a pet.


    And among these people were the management staff who, having greater familiarity with their manager, had no qualms about advising their boss to dump her despite his warning, which he undoubtedly asserted.


    This fact, this act, was something that took all the staff by surprise, especially Rin, and it happened only a week after Rin''s integration.


    "Let''s see everyone, pay attention," said the manager Sou after having gathered everyone.


    "I had told them that I didn''t want fabricated complaints from the rookie, but here we are, the product of their complaints."


    "So as a good boss that I am, I''m going to try to be something reasonable, tell me, has she ever failed with her job no more than would be expected of someone new?"This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    "Nobody, nobody has anything to say, okay, so let''s move on to the next point."


    "Has she ever taken to seducing staff or teasing them in which case?"


    "No one, well I would have been surprised by this if someone said something, since she, by the way, is ugly, looks like a man, and the worst thing is that she doesn''t even speak.


    "I''ve never heard her speak of anything other than the necessary minimal etiquette, which incidentally is worthy of any servant of the imperial palace."


    "And finally my honor, by the gods I doubt very much that my great honor and prestige will be stained by having a beast working here and not by my gambling vice."


    "So, seeing the facts you have been guilty and not her, for which this requires a punishment that will surely annoy you."


    "And I''m going to promote her to my personal assistant, and I''m going to leave her in that position even if she makes a lot of mistakes."


    "And this is not for her, since anyone can be my assistant, if not to annoy them and so that they learn not to be contrary to what I say, understood."


    "It seems that your understanding, but for this clear, I will tell you one last thing, this is not because you were bothering her, if it were for that I would start to throw out whoever insults her or looks at her badly.


    "No, this is because I was offended to go against my word and that I cannot forgive, since my word is as much my law as yours, or perhaps I am not responsible for all the silly challenges that me you do when I lose a bet, like the time that a friend made me clean the bathrooms.


    "Jum, this is it, you can continue working and Rin tomorrow you will start as my assistant."


    The arrogant and tyrant manager Sou finished speaking to her people, leaving them all cold with fear and sorry for their actions; And Rin for her part, her emotions were in conflict of whether to be grateful for this help or horrified to be on a higher cliff to fall.


    But the fact that regardless of her feelings, the next day she had started her first day as assistant manager Sou.


    Being manager Sou''s personal assistant was slightly similar to her previous job and even easier since instead of going from one place to another at the orders of several people, she only responded to Sou''s voice and Sou himself gave it to her. he made it clear on the morning of his first day by saying.


    "You are my assistant, my first assistant since I''ve been in this position and the truth is I have no idea what to do with you, since before I just called someone and someone appeared to assist me. But anyway, I am deviating, since you are my assistant, only I can order you, so do not accept messages from others, only I, you understand."


    "This humble servant understands," Rin answered perfectly but with great nerve inside her.


    "Well then, umm stay in that corner until I order you something," said the manager pointing to a corner of his office that was in front of him.


    "This humble servant listens and complies, my lord," Rin said and then headed towards her assigned corner.


    And there she spent some time, without resting, until the manager, who was busy with papers all the time, ordered her to hand over some papers, which she did without regard, starting with this her work as an assistant.

 Act IV - Purchasing | Bet

    For Rin, this new job was uncomfortable for her at first, mostly because of her fears, but with the passing of the days, these fears gradually disappeared.


    And this is more than all because little by little she got to know the person who was her manager.


    Who in general was a very peaceful and cheerful person, unless they got ill with him.


    But this was very difficult to happen since no one wanted to offend her on purpose due to her power and status.


    Which suited Rin very well since she didn''t have to deal with an unpleasant boss but on the contrary, which made her job a lot easier.


    Work of which, strangely, it was even easier than when she attended to all the management since she now only had to attend to a single person.


    But within this facility lies greater responsibility, since she now represents directly the manager, and her mistakes could now affect not only the face of her boss or the entire department but her own life.


    For this reason and, for this reason alone, Rin never stopped working hard or making excuses for hurting her, resulting in her healthy tenure in the position.


    A stay, which led him to meet some important individuals, such as a certain old man who was the doctor of the internal palace, who was received by the manager and guided to his private room, where they would be talking with Rin present attending them.


    "And then, when I saw that brat extending his hands, to that vial of poison, I couldn''t help but scold him terribly as well as give him a beating, so that he doesn''t touch things carelessly and without permission."


    "Oh old friend, poor boy, you are cruel."


    "Cruel? Me? And what about you, who expelled his own grandson from his family."


    "Jum, right, but I don''t regret it, my grandson is useless who only thinks about playing."


    "Like you?."


    "Yes ... but worse, at least I do work and study, not like that useless one."


    "Hehe, now I''m the one who says, poor boy, by the way, something that I''ve been wondering since I arrived, who is that beast that has been here since I arrived," said the old man referring to Rin who was watching them calmly and politely from a corner, awaiting orders.


    "Oh she, she''s my assistant, I ran into her by chance and took her for myself."


    "Well, I think it''s beastly, you were always something weird, but assistant, you?"


    "What can I tell you, one day I had to get over it, besides she hasn''t let me down."


    "Well, it took you, it was 40 years since that time if I''m not wrong."


    "Don''t mock, retired medic."


    "Look who says it, a retired minister."


    "Hahahaha" they both finished laughing, and then continue talking for a while before the doctor left for work.


    Yes, he was the royal physician of the inner palace, and like him, she was meeting other managers, and even got to meet again with the manager Yon, who was surprised to see her in that position.


    And adding another reunion, on a day at the end of autumn, the doctor of the inner palace had come again to meet with the manager Sou, but this time, both of them prepared to play a board game.Stolen story; please report.


    "Damn, old Sou, I almost beat you."


    "What can I tell you, this time I was better than you."


    "But you''re very bad at gambling, you hardly ever win."


    "Of course not, I always win, even when I lose."


    "Yes of course, and speaking of bets, how about we make one."


    "Oh, I hear you, you know, I still remember when you made me clean the bathrooms."


    "It was you or me, old friend, and besides, you were the one who came up with that."


    "Tch, well, let''s forget that, tell me then, what are you looking for."


    "I''d like you to give me your assistant."


    "At her?" He said surprised while pointing at Rin.


    Rin for her part, upon hearing this proposal, could not help but get nervous and very worried, since at this point, although she had already overcome her fear that the manager would betray her at ease.


    But she knew that the manager was a first-rate gambler, and that also, if he fulfilled his bets, therefore, it was a fact to predict that he would accept and it was correct to say that in case of his loss, she would leave. from this position to an unknown one.


    Although in the end, all this escaped her hands, and she could only watch with concern, how this unfolded and wish her current boss luck.


    "Yes, she, who else."


    "Hey, don''t tell me you got a weird taste after you''re old."


    "No! Not that old pig, you see, I had already mentioned it to you, but my nose in these years has gotten worse, making my work difficult with this, and that''s when I saw her."


    "So what, did you start thinking about using her as a walking nose?"


    "Exactly, it''s good that you understand me."


    "Of course not, if you want a nose, you have that of your grandson and heir."


    "He is just a brat now and knows almost nothing, on the other hand, he should have a good nose for her and only have to answer what he smells."


    "Your logic doesn''t make sense despite being a scholar, so tell me if you want a big nose, why not grab some beast here, I think there are some who are soldiers."


    "Those brutes? I wish, if I go to the harem with him, there will be a scandal and not even think if the prince makes him an eye."


    "Yes ... that makes sense, but how about another bestial servant."


    "And for me to be touched by a madwoman with dreams of greatness, that''s why I want her, who is a statue if what you told me was not false."


    "Of course it''s true, I win by lying to you ... at least outside of games ..."


    "Well, then are you satisfied with this justification, or is the great Sou afraid of a bet."


    "Of course not, I''ll bet but I want something of the same level."


    "Oh of course, how about I pull a few strings and send you a eunuch from the inner palace?"


    "Not that gross, at least she is ugly, but is a woman."


    "And you tell me, filthy old man ..., then tell me what you want."


    "Umm, I want you to start cleaning the bathrooms for a week."


    "You really still get over it ... you look like a child ..."


    "I''m 60 and I''m in retirement, what''s wrong with enjoying these little tastes."


    "That I can''t deny you, well then I accept."


    "Well then, let''s get started," said manager Sou confidently starting another game.


    This was just another game for them, but for Rin who was present, it would not be strange to think that it was the game of her life, in which she could only watch with agony how it slowly unfolded with each passing turn, until later. an hour had ended after a close encounter.


    A meeting that from the beginning to the end there was no clear winner, and only at the end, due to a small oversight, one of the 2 had lost and another won the victory and the prize.


    "Well, it looks like I win, some excuse to give."


    ¡°Tch, neither was a fair match."


    "Well then, to avoid making this more uncomfortable, I''ll walk away with my award, oh and don''t worry I''ll do the paperwork for her."


    "Get out of here, old scammer," Manager Sou said a little annoyed at his loss, but without suspicions.


    And with this said, the doctor of the inner palace, got up from his chair and then left the place with Rin behind him, who by the way, seeing his boss lose, could not avoid sinking once badly in the depression of going to an unknown place with unknown dangers.


    But even with this fear, honoring her good stay in this place, she before leaving the door, leaned towards her old boss and told him sincerely.


    "It was a great pleasure for this humble servant to work under your command, dear sir."


    And to her surprise, her former boss, the one who, although never interested in her and even considered her an object, also said goodbye to her saying.


    "It was also nice working with you and don''t worry, that miserable old man is good people, besides, I still maintain that I always win my bets even when I don''t."


    This sincere farewell, from this sincere boss, although he still could not get her out of his dark hole, at least, it gave her hope to meet good people, and the calm of his near future, and, with these feelings, she bowed one last time, and then leave the door, ending their stay not only in the purchasing department but also in the external area of ??the palace.