The Knight & The Witch.

Night.

Kitchen, Theodore Mansion.

Critic Arley, Critic-Ishire.

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Lydia had purchased a grand wall clock for the mansion the day they shopped with Helena and it was finally significant to Shade today.

The grand clock in the entrance hall had just struck five when the noble family's carriage pulled up to the stone steps of the mansion, he had rushed to alert every member of the mansion and he loved the job unless the girls still couldn't see him.

The unexpected early return had sent a ripple of urgency through the household staff. In the kitchen, Joyous and Dorothy, along with the acting butler, Hound, sprang into action to prepare a swift yet elegant dinner after having delivered the first course of meals.

Joyous, the elder of the two maids, with her practical brown eyes and steady hands, quickly scanned the larder.