Chapter 5

"You fit in here! You rot here!" My Auntie shouted, then pushed me into a small and dark room.

It was a punishment for me to steal bread because I was so hungry from a day's work. "I won't do it again, Auntie Seline." I was crying begging.

"You're ungrateful! The next time you rob me, I'll make sure your life will be hell!"

When she said the word hell, the place where I was also changed and I was surrounded by fire. It was so hot, it was like I was burning and my body was filled with sweat.

I could see a shadow in the middle of the fire. "Alyanna Rohan." He called my name and when I found out who he was, I saw Brylle Zaffiro. "Welcome to hell!"

He and Auntie Seline were together and laughed like a demon at the same time. Suddenly Cerina and Vander came out of their side and as they approached me, they looked like monsters.

What am I going to do? They will eat me. What am I going to do! "Aaaahhh!"

And I woke up from that nightmare. I was panting and sweating profusely. But I was flattered because, "It's just a nightmare Yana." I said to myself.

When I woke up, I noticed something. "Where am I?"

I am in a soft bed and even though the room is dirty, it is better compared to the bedroom i have back then.

"In that case ..." About my Auntie's thieft and my meeting with Brylle Zaffiro was, "True. It's all true."

I had another problem so I just covered my face. I still don't know what I actually got into it.

I looked at my finger and I was still wearing the ring from the spell made by Brylle Zaffiro. I tried to remove it, but it could not be removed with my finger.

"It's useless, what you're doing!" I was startled by the small voice that came from under my bed. When I peeked, "Rawr!"

"Hwaaaaaaah!" I froze and fell to the floor.

"Ahahahahaha!" Vander, on the other hand, laughs funny. "Mortals! Why are you so scared?" If you startled by someone like him, you won't be afraid?

"What are you doing here? "

"Wow, wow, wow! You're the one I should ask that!"

If I measure the size — i mean the smallness of Vander, the ruler is even taller! And when he is so small, he easily disappears from my sight. "It's the beginning of your work, why aren't you working yet?"

"Work?" I looked around, where was he now? Then someone sailed to my feet. "Waaah!" Vander, he's behind me! "Come on, come on, come on!" He pulled my clothes so we could go out of the bedroom. “When Master Brylle wakes up and you're not finished yet your doom"

Vander served as a tour guide throughout the house. We first walked to the most dusty part of the mansion, the hallway! Finished in the most pungent, the bathroom! Most messy, the living room and at the most rude, the dining room. Lastly, he brought me most sloppy, the kitchen of the house!

"You're disgusting! It's like no one lives here!" I cried with so much disgust!

"It's not just people living here! It's also a Garden Gnome! Me, me, me!" And Vander went to the top so we could be equal. Honestly, I'm not afraid of him anymore, because he's lively! And very cute .

"So how did your house get so dirty?" As in what I am referring to is the whole mansion!

"Rituals, spells, research, trainings. Rituals, spells, research, trainings, Rituals, spells, research, trainings. Rituals, spells, research, trainings. Rit-" And I stopped him from speaking!

"I get it! You're so busy!"

"Right!" Then he jumped somewhere. I heard noises and crackles and when he came out again, "Here's the broom, rag, soap ..." And what other cleaning tools! "You can now start cleaning up! But remember you must wake Master Brylle at six o'clock! Her breakfast should be ready when you wake him up!"

"Vander."

He suddenly covered his ears. Then he puffed out his cheek as if angry. "You have no right to call me by my name! Are we close ? Do you already know everything about me? You just arrived! We're not friends yet-"

"Okay!" He has no brakes when it comes to speaking. "What shall I call you?"

"Ahem ..." He adjusted himself and shook his red pointed hat. "I'm a 225 year-old Garden Gnome who has been serving the Zaffiro family since I was born." Is he that old?

"Expert in magic under the Earth Element! Call me um .... aha! Vander! I'm Vander!"

Earlier he was going crazy when I called him Vander, then he want me to call him that! I shook hands with him, but I only used two fingers because his hand was also small.

"What shall I call you, mortal?"

"You can call me Yana."

"Yana, Yana, Yana!"

"Hehe, just Yana." But Vander also just repeated the mention of my name several times. "Vander, may I ask a question?"

"What's that?"

"What's this ring for? Why can't I remove it?"

"It's also called Bond! That's your lifeline. Your life depends on that white crystal." I was suddenly nervous because the conversation was my life! "The crystal will get dirty and turn black whenever you make Master Brylle angry or sad. By the time the crystal turns black, it will be a poison that will kill you."

I was swallowed. What a brutal ring!

"But, you can stop it by making Master happy! Besides, when master is happy then the crystal of your ring will shine! And do you know what it means?"

"What does it mean?"

"One wish, Yana! You can wish whenever you can illuminate the crystal in Master Brylle's ring." I already smiled. If so, I should just make Brylle happy and avoid getting him angry!

"But you can't make a request in connection with the contract you signed, is that clear?"

I nod . Vander was about to leave but I stopped him again. "Wait, I have another question!"

"this is the last, Yana." He is sober now.

"If your Master is powerful, why does he need a housekeeper and helper like me? Can't he just do magic and clean his whole house?"

Vander laughed at me and the earache of his sharp voice. "Master Brylle doesn't use his power to do things that can be ordered to others. One more thing, he'll clean, and get dirt again! Then he'll clean,and get dirt again! And he'll clean again, and get dirt again. And he'll clean again. uli- "

"Hep! You mean, just over and over?" And I notice that Vander really likes to repeat what he says.

"Exactly! And with the amount of work that Master is doing, he can't even insert the cleaning because he's just going to get dirty again!" Vander hung from the ceiling after his repeated explanation. "Start cleaning up!" And he was completely out of my sight.

I started cleaning Brylle Zaffiro's mansion. I really need a day to clean the whole house. But since I'm an expert in helping, I'm sure I can clean it completely.

Before six o'clock, I did Vander's order to prepare Master Brylle's breakfast. After that I went straight to his room to wake him up. When I entered her room, it was miraculously so clean. It's unfair, only his room was clean.

"Master Brylle ..." I slowly approached his bed and saw Brylle Zaffiro sleeping. I stared intently at his face. From hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, nose, nostrils and his...

I covered my mouth! I suddenly remembered something! This man kissed me! My first kiss, he stole it just like that!

I shook my head and calmed myself. But I can't control my rage! I want to punch him from stealing a kiss! I want to beat him, stab him to death!

"Alyanna Rohan."

" kill!"

"Kill who? Me?"

I choked suddenly. He was awake! "It's not you. Kill that~"

*pak*

Suppose I caught something on the side of his bed. Then I stared in front of him. "Okay, there's a bug. I've already killed it." Then I smiled at him innocently.

He got up, then yawned and unfairness he had no morning breath! "I guess you forgot how I feel when you lie, or when you think bad things about me."

My eyes widened. I lost that in my mind! It's hard to keep a secret from him! The only bad thing he thought of me was that it had already begun, I just imitated it. We just look at each other badly.

But he pointed to my finger and the ring I was wearing. When I looked at it, "Hwaah! Why-" There was dirt on my ring! I tried to clean it, but the dirt was inside! He's angry. Probably

"sorry!sorry master"

"so Vander already told you about that"

It is forbidden to get him angry and consume the patience of this Master ! Just change the topic. "I prepared breakfast in bed for you." I brought the food to him and he just stared at it. "Enjoy?"

He's still not smiling! He tasted the coffee first. He just raised an eyebrow. He then ate the toasted bread. He did not say anything. Eggs and bacon followed — and no more reaction!

"Are you really going to watch me while eating?"

"Ah-no. I'm leaving."

I turned my back on him and simply stared as I walked out of his room.

But if there was one thing that made me smile, it was because I noticed that the black had disappeared again in the crystal of my ring. I sighed in relief. I mean, I made him happy with what he ate.

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