Kannavis Corvus, a villainess from the otome game, Levanta Strings. Because of her weak affinities with the world of magic, she's been looked down by almost all her peers, even though they wouldn't say it right at her face, the snickers and mockings, whispering through the wind onto her ears made her spirits wither into something wicked. Furthermore, the shades from her own blood. When giving birth to Kannavis, her mother passed away, leaving only her godmother, Holly, to took care of her.

The Duke of Corvus was saddened by his wife passing, and blamed Kannavis for what happened. He would always favored Galium over Kannavis, and when Kannavis turned 10, people started to realize that she has no talent for magic, so she was even more discarded from the eyes of the duke, and just left to do whatever and serve to become a marriage pawn for the house.

When Kannavis turned 12, the duke came home drunk and said this to his daughter-

" Kannavis, don't cause me anymore trouble. Grow up fast, and just get out of my house"

Ouch- what a brilliant thing to said to a child… I know that this memory stuck deep inside Kannavis' mind, it's a nightmare that would come to haunt my sleep almost every night.

Galium and Kannavis relationship's; however, used to be a pleasant one. Galium would always be by Kannavis's side, protecting her and making sure that she wasn't hurt by anyone. She thought well of her older brother and have deep respect for him. Unfortunately, after that incident with Rowan, Galium shunned Kanna away like everyone else… earning her the nickname The Child of Misfortune.

Just from this information, it's no suprised my room is so fart apart from the others area of this manor, sh*t I have to walked so long with my leg like this, it's so annoying…hmph!

But.. what's with this tension… right, this person right here, the one that I've been trying to avoid all day long.. is helping me get there… and she's not saying anything! The sun has set a moment ago, and lanterns has been lit through out the manor. It's quiet, all I'm hearing is the sound of our footsteps on this long carpet, and my breathing echoing back to my ears. One of her hand was used as a stool for me to hold on, and her other hand…gently placed on my waist so to help with my balance…

this is too close, I'm not liking this, the air in here is too stuffed, is it always this hot in here? Is she hot? Well I mean she is hot… wait what am I saying? Please stop thinking nonsense already, laurel! Wait am I Kannavis now?…

… I stared at her, trying to discern her face. What about you..What are you thinking, woman..?

" We're here my lady." We've arrived at the front of my room.

" here is fine, you can go no-" before I could say anything else, she squeezed my waist more tightly, that jolted me for a bit. I looked at her , she has such a stern expression, her wide- protruding eyes looking directly at mine saying not to tell her off, so I just went along with that.

She placed me on my bed, making sure I was feeling comfortable.

" Please let me help you address your wounds, my lady" then she went and brought a chair to place my foot on. She took off my boot, gently unwrapped the bandages around my ankle. It looked swollen and red, maybe I've walked too much today.. she placed her hand under my foot, then proceeded to apply ointment on my ankle, gently rubbing it… and massaging my foot.

It felt… really nice, my eyebrows started to frown into each other, this person… after all that I did to her, bullying her in front of people, even hitting her head with a kettle, how can she still be like this? I just don't understand…

" Are you alright, my lady?"

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I was too zoned out and didn't realize she was already done.

" Ye-yeah, I'm fine. This wound is nothin-"

" I mean- what sir Galium said earlier.."

" Oh that? It's nothing new to me.You don't have to mind of such things, Galium's just being Galium, and I'm used to this attitude anyway."

An annoying kid like that can't hurt my pride with such puny words… I did give him my fist but that's not because of that alright! he just wouldn't shut up!..Anyway, why the silence fills the room again...

*Coughs*

" Hmph! you're done with my wound right? If there's nothing else, you can leave no-"

" Do you perhaps not like me.. my lady?"

Huh. That came out of nowhere.

" Wha-what no! it's nothing like that-"

" But my lady.. you've been avoiding me these days, even to go so far as to get your foot hurt like this.."

Damn it! I have to live with this crap now, don't I?

"If you don't feel comfortable seeing me around.., then perhaps I shall take my leave from the house as so to not disturb you, my lady." Irene spoke with such a soft tone like a puppy begging not to be abandoned by it owner.

Hearing that got me panicked -" N-Noo! you've gotten it wrong, I-I do not feel that way.."

I'm just trying not get targeted by you and get shredded by your pets…

I sighed " Huuu..I-I apologized… for what I've done to you up until now.., it was horrible of me to do those things to you. Because of such reason, I thought it would be best to not show my face around you, I want you.. to feel safe while working around here…, so that's why I've been doing this.."

I don't know why I felt the need to explain myself like that to her, but when she said that she was leaving, it made my stomach twisted for a second…

*Ouch!*

" Wa wha-"

when I took a look at where it was hurting, I saw Irene with both her hand grabbing my foot a bit tightly, her head leaning on my swollen ankle but she was holding herself not to pressed too hard on it.

" If that's what was worrying you, my lady then I sought that you should not think of such things. I am but a mere commoner and my duty here as maid is to serve my master, not to hold any hatred for what's in the past."

While she's saying that, her hand is still rubbing my foot. I can feel my face turning red right now, is she noticing it…?

" More than that, your apologies just now… felt sincere to me.. would it be arrogance of me that I give you my forgiveness my lady-"

" PLEASE!! I ASKED FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS..!"

I instantly yelled that out, Irene looked at me suprised, then she started to smiled then a small laugh came out of her, exposing her teeth, her eyes squinting looking like a slice of the moon.. ahh so she could smile like that to me … this.. she reminded me of my mom's Pomeranian named Chichi. She's a white furball, whenever I got back from work, she would rush toward me, running around and wouldn't let go of my leg.

I don't know what came over me, maybe she reminded me so much of my home and my dog that my body moved on its own, my hand, it leaned in and touched her head, caressing it like I was petting my dog. Oh it's fluffy like ChiChi… huh wait.

Before, I knew what I was doing , my hand was on Irene's head, and Irene, there's a shade of red over her cheeks…

She stands up-" I -I'll be leaving first, my lady. please take a rest, I'll let another maid bring in your dinner later." She excused herself and just left… I-I think I messed up again..