My family has grown up to be the maids and butlers of the Leanbox royalty for generations. After having our homeland of Lowee invaded nearly five decades ago, we who were part of the nobles, now only serve wholeheartedly.

I wonder how our ancestors would feel knowing that their grandchildren are servants?

Not that I would know. All I know is how to serve my Mistress, Vert, from the moment I was born.

"Mistress, please wake up. It is almost time for school." I said, gently shaking the Mistress' body to wake her up.

"It is the entrance ceremony, Mistress. It is imperative you do not miss this. Especially for the sake of the Royal Family's reputation."

My Mistress finally stirred awake and sat up. Her outwardly appearance of blonde hair and white skin, being contrasted with her green onesie pajamas almost slipping off of her, and her hair being in disarray.

"Blanc…" she said as she yawned, stretching her arms behind her and looking at me with those blue eyes of hers, "I thought I told you to call me Vert…"

"Habit." I replied simply, "I was taught to call you-"

"Yeah yeah… we have this shpiel every morning. Can't you do something to improve it?"

"Mi-" I cleared my throat, "Vert, that is not very ladylike of you. I'm sure your mother would disprove of your actions."

Vert sighed and slowly pushed herself off of her bed, "Yeah, and I don't really listen to my mom to begin with."

"Shall I help you prepare for the day, Vert?" I offered, trying to change the subject from the current one.

Vert groaned and gently facepalmed, "How many times do I have to tell you that-"

"You don't need my help, right"

Vert nodded, "Now get out, before your Mom spots you"

I let out a dejected sigh and grimly nodded, "I understand. I shall take my leave then."

Before I left Vert's room however, I took a quick glance at my complexion through the Mistress' full body mirror.

A classical style maid uniform with no headband, my fair skin, brown hair and blue eyes. I wouldn't say that I'm flattering, but I did have to thank the Mistress for having some modesty. The other maids were made to wear modern maid outfits, what with those short skirts, headbands, and in general skimpier and sexually appearing appearance.

As I left the room finally, I could only feel a sense of dread as I'd have to face my Mother soon.

"Kicked out of the Young Mistress' room again, my daughter?"

Ah fuck… I didn't actually want to run into her so early in the morning.

"You should know as well as I do, Mother, that she specifically requests that I do not help her, and that I leave her room. And you taught me to follow her orders verbatim."

"Indeed I did, but you are still allowed a degree of personal freedom with the Young Mistress to try and persuade her. Yet you don't, and let her walk all over you."

I quickly turned towards the dining hall and started walking, "I will prepare breakfast for the Mistress. I do not wish to discuss this matter further."

My Mother let out an exasperated sigh, and I could sense her nodding behind me, "Where did the Royal Family go so wrong with her…?"

Suddenly, Vert's door was thrown open quickly, "I'm sorry. I couldn't stay quiet with my ears bleeding out, can you repeat what you said, Head Maid?"

My Mother shook her head, "I did not mean t―"

"Blanc."

"Yes, Vert?"

"Your Mom was clearly scolding you and slandering my name right?"

I turned to face the Mistress and glanced between her and my Mother. The latter gave me a look to not chew her out, but the former knew I had a set of rules and ethics to abide by.

And to be honest, I did favour the Mistress more than my own Mother so…

I gave a curt nod in agreement. "Indeed she was. But this none of my business anymore as your personal ma-"

"I told you. I'd reprimand your Mom if she scolded you didn't I?"

I gulped and nodded.

The Mistress then pulled my Mother into her room and went on a tirade to her as she prepared herself in the morning. It didn't even take me being in proximity for a little bit to know that much.

—

"Thanks as always for preparing my breakfast, Blanc." Vert said thankfully as she sat down at the large table.

"It's no issue. Not since you don't even eat with the family, nor do you eat what they eat."

Indeed. While the Mistress always had the option of a full course meal that provided her all the nutrients that she would need for the whole day, instead she chose to eat cereal and eat her breakfast an hour earlier than her parents.

In her words she describes it as, "Those old people just care about looks. I'm not too fond of that."

"Which I find kind of ironic…" I accidentally mumbled out loud to myself as I stood behind the Mistress

"Reflecting on how odd this situation is for you again, Blanc?" Vert asked

"I am once again reflecting on the oddness of the situation at hand, yes."

Vert sighed after having a scoop of her cereal. "I'm not gonna have my family dictate the way I live my life. Its my life, and I want to do it my own way."

"I do only wish that you'd relent somewhat. Like keeping up with the norms at the very least." I interjected, "Your behavior in general is not befitting the future heir of the Leanbox Royal Family."

"You're barred from speaking for the rest of the morning, Blanc. Your Mistress' orders."

The only thing I could do at this point was sigh as my Mistress ate her cereal.

—

What do I do when my Mistress is gone for school? Not much of anything since I am the dedicated maid for my Mistress.

We have a lot of staff for the maids and butlers, so we have dedicated personnel for cleaning the house, for each of the different family members, and so on. The garden is also being taken cared of, along with the laundry and some other chores around the house.

Needless to say, this is my free time, but I don't really have free time usually as I have to clean my Mistress' room and then receive lessons on how to be the best maid possible from my Mother. Not that I need any of those.

But because she was reprimanded today, her usually scheduled time slot was indefinitely delayed today as my Mistress' parents were prodding at how and why my Mother made their precious daughter so mad. Let alone the slander she was spewing.

"Huh…" I blinked as I cleaned up the Mistress room, "I actually have a free day for once…"

As I dusted off the bedside table, my duster naturally fell onto a tablet. I had always been allowed to use Vert's stuff whenever I wanted, but I never took that chance since they're still my Mistress' belongings. I would rather avoid trouble for Vert if I could help it.

Without thinking too much about it, I put down my duster and opened up the tablet.

As I unlocked it, there weren't any games or apps that I immediately found interesting. All I knew is that she barely uses this tablet aside from the occasional picture taking. Seeing as how the battery isn't near full, I'm guessing that she was browsing before she went off to sleep last night.

With nothing to do apart from cleaning, I opened up the Gallery app, and browsed through the unfathomably large number of digital photos she's taken. And of course, the embarrassing ones are here too.

"She's taking way too many." I mumbled to myself, casually browsing through.

My finger stopped at a particular photo. A photo showing all three of us.

Despite the Mistress having such a sharp and imposing demeanor, when you looked at the photo, you wouldn't have ever thought that. She had the happiest smile out of all of us, what with her grinning from ear to ear in the photo. No one would've guessed that she'd be such a problem child.

Right in the middle of the trio was me, with an awkward look that bordered between confusion and surprise. If it weren't for the Mistress, I wouldn't be in this photo. She kept insisting I be in this photo after all..

And the final person in the photo was…

"Hey Verty-poo~! Let's play~!"

"AAaah!"

The door suddenly swung open, revealing a girl with purple hair wearing the same uniform as the Mistress. I couldn't help but squeak out a scream from her loud voice that erupted from the doorway.

"Oh? It's you. Where's Vert?"

"She went to school, Mistress Neptune." I quickly composed myself before I answered her.

"Ugh, I thought she'd skip school today too with me." Neptune said as she walked towards the bed.

"Why would you think that?" I closed the door she left open.

"Well, I kinda got her thinking that skipping school is fun. Plus, having only the weekend as a day off feels like it's an extortion on student rights!"

"Please elect your concerns to the Board of Education. I'm sure they would love to hear you out"

"I walked all the way here and you're gonna kick me out? You're cold. Cold!" she pretended to shiver.

"More than that. How'd you get in anyway?" The butlers and maids here aren't too fond of her. If you guessed that she's a troublemaker from the start, then you're right. She is. I wouldn't be surprised then if the others tried to force her out.

"I dunno. But Vert said last week that I can come in anytime without reservations so…" Neptune gave an innocent smile and giggled, "I kind of just waltzed right in!"

I can only imagine what strings Mistress pulled behind the scenes for this to happen.

While I was thinking that, Neptune took notice of the tablet in my hands and immediately took interest in it.

"Oooh! Is that Vert's tablet?! Can I have a looksie?"

"Don't go touching Mistress' belongings Neptune." I chided back, "Don't you have your own phone?"

"Yeah, but just a phone." She hopped off of the bed and got closer to me, "Not a tablet. That thing is huge compared to my phone!"

I backed up slightly and kept the tablet out of reach in the meanwhile, "It isn't any different than a regular smartphone isn't it, Neptune?"

"Hmmm? But I only have a flip phone?" Right… I forgot that this person belonged to a barely middle-class family.

"H-Hey! Stop getting so close to me, Neptune!" I pleaded, panicking as she kept getting closer to me, forcing me to back up until, "W-Woa-...!"

In one swift motion, Neptune caught the tablet that had slipped out of my hands in one hand, and supported me with the other. An innocent smile on her face as she didn't realize the predicament we were in.

I quickly snatched the tablet away from her and continued my cleaning before she could ask if I was okay… and to hide my embarrassment.

"Huh? You okay there, Blanc?"

"I-I'm fine. Even if it is only the entrance ceremony, you should still go, Neptune. You should still have some time to get to school and meet up with the Mistress."

I could hear her shrugging her shoulders as she didn't know what was wrong with me. "I'll do that. See ya later, Blanc!"

As she exited the room and closed the door behind her, I let out a sigh of relief and relaxed my shoulders, now taking a more natural standing stance compared to before.

"I guess I should prepare Neptune's favorite tonight" I expect that she'll be coming with The Mistress later