Chapter 2: Celebrated Too Soon
The black threads, unnoticed, had wrapped around the blade. In the next moment, Jasmine vanished from her spot with a speed that surpassed human eyesight. When the werewolf brother saw her again, she was already standing two meters away.
The human maid stood there calmly, as if nothing had happened. The werewolf was astonished. He subconsciously looked at the dagger hanging by the maid’s side, the one he had just used to threaten her. Werewolves had excellent eyesight, even at night. He quickly noticed that the dagger wasn’t just hanging there; it was suspended in mid-air, entangled by an extremely thin thread.
The werewolf exclaimed in shock, “What… this thing?!”
Referring to someone as a “thing” was incredibly rude…
Jasmine complained inwardly but responded politely to the werewolf, “As you can see, I’m a human.”
The werewolf felt like he was being played. How could someone like her be human?! Could a human move so fast, break free from his grasp in an instant, and seize his dagger? The werewolf even voiced his astonishment, “You’re lying! How can you be human?!”
“Sir, please don’t shout. You’re here to assassinate. Shouting like this will attract everyone.” Jasmine found this werewolf assassin increasingly incompetent, even needing her to remind him.
The werewolf also realized this and quieted down. He then heard the maid across from him say, “Please observe me carefully once again. I am, without a doubt, a human.”
What Jasmine said… was actually correct. From head to toe, Jasmine looked like an ordinary human. Short black hair, black eyes, slightly yellowish skin that might belong to another ethnicity, and even her scent was that of a human.
The werewolf remained cautious. He lowered his voice and pointed at the thread in Jasmine’s hand, asking, “What’s that in your hand?”
As a maid, answering a guest’s question was a basic courtesy. So, Jasmine honestly replied, “It’s my hair.”
“Huh?”
“You know, a maid’s hair can’t be too long. It needs to be either cut short or neatly tied up. I find it too troublesome to tie it up every day, so I just cut it short.”
—Wait, who would want to know such a thing? Moreover, werewolves didn’t have maids, nor had they ever hired one, let alone known one. So, they wouldn’t know about such things. Hearing Jasmine’s words, he felt utterly bewildered. Jasmine then continued, addressing his main concern.
“Then, I used glue to stick my hair together bit by bit. Because my hair is very strong and doesn’t hurt me, it’s a very useful weapon.” The Jasmine in front of him lifted her foot and moved slightly. The werewolf lost sight of her, and in the next moment, he found the maid standing behind him.
Jasmine tightened the thread made of her hair around the werewolf’s neck. “It’s really useful. Because I can control every part of my body, even though my hair is cut short, it surprisingly still retains this characteristic. So, I can control it to become a sharp blade or a simple rope.”
Jasmine acted decisively. In just a moment, the werewolf could barely speak. After confirming that the werewolf had stopped breathing, Jasmine stopped. She loosened the thread, and it obediently retreated into her sleeve. The werewolf collapsed on the ground and, after a while, transformed from a human shape into a wolf.
She felt that these creatures were more like monsters than humanoids. Jasmine believed that werewolves were more like wolf demons that had cultivated into spirits. Otherwise, why would they revert to their wolf form after death? Similarly, Jasmine didn’t consider vampires to be human either. They were vampires, and after death, they would turn into ashes, leaving no human corpse behind.
Therefore, Jasmine had no qualms about dealing with these messy things.
Jasmine kicked the wolf’s head with her foot, finding it truly troublesome. Honestly, if the werewolf hadn’t been unlucky enough to encounter her, it might have actually killed a few vampires. However, she would never allow it to harm humans.
Her hearing and sense of smell also surpassed human capabilities. She had long since determined that a wolf had infiltrated the vampire castle. If it dared to attack a human, Jasmine would eliminate it immediately.
Jasmine picked up the wolf, made sure no one was around, and jumped out of the window. She climbed onto the roof of the castle, bypassing the vampires, and found a place outside the castle to bury the wolf. This place was a hidden gem, where Jasmine had already buried quite a few non-humans.
For example: vampires who had provoked her, soul-stealing demons who had bumped into her, and other non-humans who came to assassinate members of the Blake family but only targeted young girls.
There were stones transformed from deceased gargoyles, wolf corpses, and cloth fragments of soul-stealing demons… If any non-humans entered this area, they would surely be terrified, thinking it was a deterrent display by the Blake family. But in reality, it was just because this place was rarely frequented, making it convenient for Jasmine to bury bodies.
Jasmine disliked non-humans and, of course, vampires as well. However, Adele was an exception. She had never harmed any humans—Adele was a good girl. For such a non-human, Jasmine wasn’t heartless enough to ignore her life or death.
Most importantly, Adele was her employer, providing her with food, shelter, and a place to live. Jasmine still needed to protect her employer. Without Adele, Jasmine didn’t know where to find such a good, agreeable, and harmless long-term meal ticket.
After hiding her frequently used shovel, Jasmine climbed back into the castle, acting as if nothing had happened, and went to the servants’ quarters to continue her work as usual. The maids in the castle had many tasks, including cleaning, laundry, cooking, sewing clothes, and so on. Fortunately, they didn’t have to tend to the garden; there were dedicated servants for that.
Overseeing them was a head maid in her fifties who had served the family for over forty years. Jasmine didn’t like this person because although she was human, her mind had been transformed into that of a vampire’s servant. In her eyes and heart, nothing was more important than vampires. Even in the division of labor, she would favor the maids who were low-level vampires.
However, Jasmine knew that none of this was the head maid’s fault. The vampires’ years of brainwashing played a significant role. It’s just that the head maid always seemed to find fault with Jasmine, as she was doing now.
As she was sewing a handkerchief with needle and thread, she heard the head maid’s stern voice, “Jasmine!”
Jasmine turned around and saw the head maid approaching angrily. Her leather shoes clicked loudly against the floor tiles. Only when she reached Jasmine did Jasmine put down her work and slowly stand up. She faced the head maid with a standard maid’s posture and softly inquired, “Madam, is there something you need?”
“Why weren’t you in your room just now! I’ve been looking for you everywhere!”
—Asking the obvious…
Jasmine knew very well that the other maids must have already told the head maid that Adele had summoned her, but she still wanted to use this opportunity to find fault with her.
“As you can see, I was summoned by Miss Adele.”
“Even so, you should have informed me beforehand! Instead of disappearing when your work requires you!” As the head maid spoke, she suddenly felt a chill. Seeing her expression, Jasmine knew that she had accidentally let her killing intent show. The head maid should be grateful that she was human. Otherwise, with the frequency with which she bothered Jasmine, she would have been buried in the graveyard behind the castle long ago.
Jasmine was a principled person. She wouldn’t kill, nor could she bring herself to do such a thing.
The humans in this world were already pitiful enough. If she didn’t help, humanity might even face extinction at some point in the future. She had put in a lot of effort for humanity, and yet, the human in front of her was still finding fault with her. Jasmine truly felt exasperated. As Jasmine tried to suppress her burgeoning anger, she heard the head maid continue, “Miss Adele will be leaving the castle soon to attend school. We must pack the clothes she needs to take with her and select suitable maids to accompany her.”
Speaking of this, the head maid glanced at Jasmine with disdain. “Some people shouldn’t be presumptuous just because the eldest miss favors them. Only maids born as vampires are qualified to accompany the eldest miss to the noble school. Jasmine, you don’t actually think you can go to the noble school to serve the eldest miss, do you?”
“Of course not.”
In reality, she was overjoyed. Without the eldest miss clinging to her all day long, she would have much more time to do what she wanted instead of constantly hearing the eldest miss yelling, “Jasmine! Jasmine!” Just thinking about the upcoming Adele-free life made Jasmine want to grin from ear to ear, almost losing control of her usually expressionless and aloof demeanor.
Because Adele would be leaving for school in the next few days, Jasmine had been particularly tolerant of her lately, happily organizing many things for her.
At the same time, the maids’ luggage was also prepared. Jasmine conveniently placed both Adele’s and the accompanying maids’ luggage on the roof of the car, covering them with a waterproof cloth. The old car’s compartment couldn’t hold much, so the luggage had to be placed on the roof rack.
Just as Jasmine was about to bid farewell to the eldest miss and start her happy life, she found Adele pulling her into the car.
“?”
Jasmine couldn’t help but reveal a puzzled expression. The eldest miss’s beautiful face loomed before her. “Jasmine, I’m really worried. Father also said that humans have been restless lately… Sigh, I can only feel at ease if I keep you within my sight.”
Isn’t it possible… that the reason humans are restless is because of the little maid in front of her?
Jasmine was dumbfounded.
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