Chapter 8: First days at work

After letting Violet observe the entire kitchen, Fotune butler led Violet completely into the kitchen and began to briefly specifically introduce the location of kitchen utensils and how to use them. Fotune also specifically said:

- Oh, I forgot to tell you. Although there are many chefs here, but because I have taken care of master Basil since he was a child, so his food is all cooked by me, which really is fairly significant. So from today onwards, you will be my personal kitchen assistant.

- What? Private kitchen assistant? But since I just arrived, I still don't know about the jobs. Or can you choose someone else who has experience working here for a long time? In my opinion, That would be better.

Violet awkwardly answered the butler Fotune, but receiving Violet's answer, butler Fotune frowned, she said:

- Are you like that you are refusing the job you are assigned?

- N... no... I didn't mean that, I was just afraid of...

- Alright! Don't worry, I have never made a wrong decision. The people here I have also chosen to work as kitchen assistants, but no one could be suitable to work with me. This is your duty when you come to work here, if you feel you can't do it, leave immediately.

- I do!

Hearing the butler Fotune say so, Violet also had to listen, in her heart, Violet told herself that this was her chance. Must seize the opportunity to do a good job. Thinking about it like that, Violet was also very happy and showed a bright smile.

But the people present were not as happy as Violet, seeing her being Chosen by the butler to be her own kitchen assistant made them feel jealous of Violet. With a bad initial impression, plus now that Violet was butler given special treatment, the maids here now had they hated Violet a lot. Although in terms of age, Violet was the youngest person in this mansion. She didn't deserve to be treated so badly.

The day that followed Fotune's apprentice was over, and after having dinner with the other maids, the housekeeper told Violet and the others to rest. Since Violet was still not used to her position in the mansion, the butler led Violet back to her room and left.

Violet's room was located at the foot of the stairs, Violet did not expect that her room was next to master Basil's room. So that, she and Basil were only a wall away from each other.

Opening the small door to enter her room, Violet noticed that although this room was small, it had all the amenities, and even had its own toilet in the room. If look closely, the room is not old, it doesn't look like it's been vacant for a long time but it looks like someone cleans it regularly. Perhaps this is the room the maid was in before she resigned.

Violet entered the room, she immediately took a shower and then climbed into bed. Because she was tired all day, Violet fell asleep at times.

At this moment, in the room of the butler Fotune, she was thinking and muttering:

- This kid just likes to work on his own without asking others, that's why something like that happened that day. Fortunately thanks to that girl, otherwise, I don't know what would have happened. Maybe I should treat her a little better. But I think I've seen Violet somewhere before, she looks familiar.

Returning to Violet's room, at this time she was sleeping suddenly woke up, she was afraid that she had slept for too long, so she hurriedly put on decent clothes and quickly ran to the kitchen. But when she passed through the corridor that could see outside, Violet calmed down because it was still dark and there was no sunlight yet. Only then did she know that it was still early.

But she didn't go back to her room to sleep again, instead choosing to go to the kitchen. Originally, it was because Violet was shown so many things yesterday that she couldn't remember them all, so she wanted to take advantage of this time to memorize everything she had learned.

Violet studied hard in the kitchen from dark until dawn. This is also the time when the maids have to wake up and go to work, other maids passing by and see Violet tease her:

- Oh look, does she want to be Cinderella, right?

- I don't know she is pretending to be diligent let anyone see. It's shameless

- How did she get in here to work?

Hearing those words, Violet felt very sad, she did not understand what she did wrong that they treated her like this. Moreover, she just met them, and hasn't even interacted with them yet, they don't know anything about her, so why hate her so much. For a fifteen-year-old child who had to go to work, those words were what made Violet hurt, but for such injustices, she was already used to it, she could only accept it without saying anything, and dare do not to protest.

After the other maids go far, Violet heard their words echo back:

-What does she have that makes her master and butler favor her? It's obnoxious.

- That's right, a country girl like her really doesn't deserve such favor.

- Of course, that's so unfair.

It turned out that Violet was hated by the other maids because she was favored by Basil and Fotune butler even though she had just come to this mansion to work. Although sad, Violet quickly reassured herself:

- It's okay Violet, everything will be fine, I'm here to work and earn money to treat my mother's illness. But the other person doesn't give you money, don't care about them. Just do your job well. Try, try!

Then Violet returned to her work and didn't care about the words she just heard. 

After a while, it was already morning, Violet had learned by heart the position of objects in the kitchen now, at this time the butler Fotune also appeared.

Seeing that Violet had appeared early in the kitchen, the butler Fotune was very pleased! And she saw Violet wearing normal clothes and clicked her tongue.

- Tch tch! I really am absent-minded. I forgot she doesn't have a uniform yet.

After the butler Fotune returned to the kitchen, seeing the butler Fotune, Violet quickly bowed:

- Good morning butler Fotune, please teach me more today.

Butler Fotune just smiled and handed Violet a bag and said:

- Take it!

- What is this butler Fotune?

- This is your uniform, all maids in the villa must wear uniforms. Now, Hurry up and change your clothes and come back here, we will start your first official working day.

- Yes sir! I will be right back!