He looked her in the eyes, a faint smile playing on his lips. "Consider your mission a success, Little Maid. Now go, before the guards realize I’ve 'fainted' from the shock of your betrayal."
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The Duke sighed, reaching into the drawer she had just been investigating. He pulled out a leather-bound folio stamped with the crest of the state of Chu. He held it out to her. "Because I needed someone to take it. My family has been bound by this debt for generations. If I give it to the King, I am a traitor to my kin. If a spy steals it... I am merely a victim of a very talented thief."
With a sweep of her skirts, she vanished into the night, leaving the noble’s manor behind for the last time. The maid was gone; the ghost had returned home.
The chandelier light flickered, casting long, skeletal shadows across the Duke’s private study. Elara—known to the household only as a quiet, efficient maid—stood by the heavy oak desk, her fingers tracing the hidden seam of a mahogany drawer.
For three years, she had polished silver, ironed linens, and played the part of the invisible servant. But tonight, the "Spy Mission" reached its endgame. The "The Chu" documents, detailing the treasonous alliance between the Southern Lords and the bordering Empire, were within her reach. "The tea is cold, Elara."
Elara took the documents, the weight of the war-prevention strategy heavy in her hands. She gave a final, genuine curtsy—not to a master, but to a man who had chosen his country over his crown. "Thank you, Your Grace."
