I'm Not Angry
On my way back after training.
Claire wiped her finger across a frame hanging in the hallway and frowned at the dust.
Looks like the cleaning hasn't been thorough.
I'm pretty sure the maid in charge of cleaning this area was...
Ah, there you are. Emily?
Yes?
The frame's not as clean as it...
Emily, why is there a cape on your uniform?
Huh? Oh, I didn't realize...
I was thinking it was hotter than usual...
Since when was this here...?
*Sigh* It was probably that lizard's doing. Take it off for now.
Claire!
Come look at this!
Haven't I told you over and over not to run in the hallways?
S-somebody embroidered a dragon onto my longevity stone cover!
M-Ms. Claire! Someone put this on the lobby tablecloth...!
This is all that damn lizard's doing!
Call her in and tell her off!
*Sigh* Emily, could you go and catch Scarlet?
My apologies, Captain. Today's been more chaotic than—
M-Ms. Claire!
What is it?
There's an enormous cart parked outside...!
It's carrying a boulder the size of a house.
Ms. Bell, is this your doing?
...Uh, could you tell them to give me a sec? I'll be right out.
Claire furrowed her brows as she let out a deep sigh.
Not even Ms. Carnelia's guidebook contains protocol for something like this.
Please, just keep your trouble within reason.
And... you should send back that ridiculous boulder.
Ridiculous?!
Ms. Bell. Where did you even find the money to purchase that boulder?
I, uhh... saved up from the activity expense every month...
I see... You tampered with your expense receipts?
So you're saying you had leftover money but didn't return it and kept it for yourself instead?
Ugh...
Could you let this one slide... Please?
This wasn't a big deal when my sister was around—
And you didn't cause any trouble when Ms. Carnelia was around.
Th-that's a different story...!
Enough.
Claire put her hand on the stone Bell was holding.
You have no idea how much it costs to return this...
A crack rang out from the stone.
Please don't make me repeat myself.
...!
...Now where did I put the return form?
*Sigh...*
My apologies for that, Captain.
That was unsightly of us.
You must've been... upset.
It's fine now.
If I didn't say I wasn't ticked off, that would be a lie... but this much, I can handle.
Anyone can stray down the wrong path.
But the Master Maid of Candle Square has another responsibility.
The responsibility to set her fellow maids on the right track if they were to go astray.
Displaying emotions such as anger out of petty grievance isn't befitting of a Master Maid.
In fact, Ms. Carnelia has never once lost her temper.
And I should follow her example as well.
She says she's fine, but judging by how red Claire's face has turned, that didn't exactly seem to be the case.
It's a bit worrying to see her hold in her anger like that.
If she doesn't let her emotions out from time to time, one day that stress will start eating away at her.