Sandrina is a maid working at Chateau Blois.
To be honest, as a squib, it is not only difficult to receive normal wizard education in the magical world, but it is also very difficult to find a job that can survive.
Therefore, it was undoubtedly a great favor for her that she, who had nothing to do with the Blois family, could be taken in to work here as a maid by some chance.
And perhaps it is out of this gratitude to the Blois family that young Sandrina works diligently every day. She is usually the first to get up in the morning, and she often sleeps better than most maids at night. later.
For example, these nights, no matter how late Maka and the three of them come back, they can still see her and the old housekeeper waiting silently in the corridor and the other in the hall.
Tonight is certainly the same.
Kingsley had already returned before, and when he passed the only way connecting the hall and the stairs, Sandrina stayed there and asked softly as usual if he wanted a midnight snack or something like that. Even though Maka and the others usually didn't eat very much at night, she would still ask thoughtfully every night.
As for now... more than two hours have passed since Kingsley came back, and the time has entered the middle of the night. To be honest, Sandrina was already very sleepy, and her eyelids couldn't help but fall down just by standing there.
But she still stood there with her head slightly lowered, maintaining the posture that a maid should have, almost not out of shape at all.
"Sandrina?"
Suddenly, a voice sounded not far in front of her, causing her whole body to tremble slightly as she happened to be dozing off.
The next moment, she quickly raised her head to take a look, and then immediately leaned forward and lowered her head and said:
"I'm sorry, Mr. Butler, I..."
"No, no, there is nothing to apologize for," the old housekeeper who came to see her waved her hand gently, "Sandrina, if you are sleepy, go to bed first! After all, even if you stay here all the time, when Mr. MacLean comes back, You may not be able to see it either.”
"How... is this okay?" Sandrina shook her head and said, "Mr. Butler, you also said that Mr. McLean is the most distinguished guest of our Blois family - so, even if he is likely to miss it, he will miss it today. It’s too late to come back, what if I get hungry by chance? It’s better for me to stay here!”
"Well," the old housekeeper touched the white beard on his upper lip, thought for a while and then said, "Then you can take half a day off tomorrow morning! Get a good sleep... This is not only for your body, but also for being able to better Work."
After saying this, the old housekeeper immediately turned around and left.
Behind him, Sandrina looked at the housekeeper who was slowly leaving, and couldn't help but pursed her lips a little - didn't Mr. Housekeeper stay until so late himself? The old butler is getting older now, and perhaps the one who needs the most rest is himself.
Just as Sandrina was thinking this in her mind, the old housekeeper who had just walked back to the side door of the hall suddenly leaned towards a certain direction in the hall and gave a salute.
Then, I heard the old housekeeper say:
"Welcome back, both of you... Oh, Mr. Shacklebolt has gone back to his room to rest -"
Just as he said this, the old housekeeper suddenly seemed to remember something, turned his head hurriedly, and waved his hand towards Sandrina.
When the smart Sandrina saw it, she quickly stepped forward knowingly, then stood behind the old housekeeper and looked towards the hall outside. Afterwards, I saw her bending down and bowing to the old housekeeper.
"Boy, welcome back—do you need a midnight snack or a bath?"
Those outside right now are Maca and Delphi who have just returned from the royal manor. While Sandrina was speaking, the old housekeeper had quietly retreated to the side, smiling as he watched Sandrina politely ask Maka what she needed.
"Oh! I really want to take a bath, but I still have a lot of things to do, so forget it today!" Maka looked at Sandrina and shrugged, "Speaking of which, you look much more tired than me. Otherwise, why don’t you go to the bathroom for me and take a dip to relieve your fatigue!”
It seemed to Sandrina that Mr. MacLean was really busy. After making a little joke with himself, the other party took the extraordinarily beautiful "female companion" and passed her and the old housekeeper to the other end of the corridor.
"Fortunately, Mr. McLean is not too late tonight... Sandrina, go to bed! Remember to rest tomorrow morning, got it?" At this point, the old housekeeper added as if to suggest:
"By the way, I think Mr. McLean is right - you should take a bath before going to sleep. It will be quite helpful for your sleep."
As soon as he finished speaking, the old housekeeper nodded to Sandrina and then turned back again.
Sandrina, who had just been persuaded by two people to take a bath, hesitated for a moment, as if she actually wanted to go to the bathroom to take a dip and relax. She hesitated and walked towards the bathroom with a gentle step.
…
"Waiting until so late?"
Maka, who had just left there, suddenly nodded slightly with emotion and muttered to herself. After hearing this, Delphi couldn't help but explain further to Maka:
"She is here every night. Dad, you always walk out of the hall when you come back, so you rarely see her, right?"
"Every day?" Maka nodded when she heard this, "That's really not easy... Well, I'm starting to feel that it's really not good to come back too late."
Even so, he just said that. Even if he didn't want to do some things, he couldn't just put them down easily.
"Delphi, you don't have to follow me, just go and rest!"
When passing the stairs going upstairs, Maka stopped for a moment and watched Delphi go upstairs. When he could no longer see the other party's figure, he turned around and continued walking towards the tower where he lived.
"Ah... let's continue studying the Devouring Mirror!"
The pile of unfinished things is still as high as a mountain. Regardless of whether others sleep or not, Maka is probably going to have to work all night again today.
"Oh, I seem to have slept well."
When passing by the second floor where Enns was, Maka looked at the other person's room and couldn't help but chuckle and nodded. Immediately afterwards, he went up the stairs and re-entered the room where he had been staring at the Devouring Mirror in a daze.
At about the same time, Sandrina had packed up her clothes and walked into the bathroom dedicated to the servants. The bathtub, which is almost no smaller than the master bathroom, and the various complete supplies and facilities, show the preferential treatment the Blois family gives to their servants.