Michelle's Discovery

Thud!

A slight figure collapsed to the floor.

The maids waiting in line immediately backed away.

Who knew what had happened? What if she was a traitor?

Of course they had to get away from her at once.

What if the people from the Blood Demon Palace mistook them for accomplices?

After all... if you weren't her accomplice, why would you help her up?

Of everyone there, only Michelle hesitated for a moment before pushing against the crowd toward her.

"What's wrong? Wake up."

Michelle crouched beside her, concern on her face as she called to her softly.

"What happened here?"

Several Blood Demon Guards approached, watching the unconscious maid and Michelle warily.

"Blood Demon Guards, she suddenly fainted. Could you please take a look at her?"

Michelle's wide eyes were so full of innocence and pleading that they softened the guards' hearts.

One of the Blood Demon Guards stepped forward and examined the slight figure.

A moment later, he looked puzzled.

"She... fainted from hunger."

What?

The Blood Demon Guards who had come to investigate and the maids waiting for inspection all stared in disbelief.

Fainted from hunger?!

That was a new one.

Even if the maids' Cultivation Levels were low, they still had cultivation. They could go half a month, even a month, without food or water and not feel hungry, much less faint from it.

And yet...

Something that absurd had actually happened.

The Blood Demon Guard lifted the maid's sleeve, and sharp intakes of breath sounded all around.

"Gasp..."

Her exposed arm was covered in whip marks, old and new.

"I remember her! Her name's Ruth. She serves That... That Lord. I heard whenever he's in a bad mood, he likes to torment... Ahem..."

"Oh, that's awful."

"Exactly. How badly must he have treated her for