I Became A System

After the day of Diana's birthday celebration, the servants were finishing up what they left last night. Sweeping the floor, wiping the mess foods, all sorts of dirt were being cleaned flawlessly.

Everyone in the mansion of Lumbert was busy cleaning, like their master, Albert, doesn't want to see the filth.

Even her own daughter who was a cursed child, he doesn't want to see.

Servants while doing their jobs were talking. To forget about the stress and boredom, they talk gossip or anything that they'll feel entertained about while keeping their jobs done.

"Hey, have you heard what happened last night?" A curious tone from one of a maid, wiping the windows.

"Yeah. Apparently, a member of the main family came. What of it?" Taking an interest, a composed maid wearing an eyeglass doesn't want to be noticed her attitude.

"Oh... I thought that the lady with her last night was a huge personality." With a tone rising, the maid in eyeglass pause what she was doing, she took a gaze at the maid.

"Then who was it? She's too beautiful to be part of the main family."

"Pft. Don't be like that, they are at least the good-looking in the province."

"Then who was it?" Seems like she can't take it anymore, she wants to already know who was it.

"You're going to be shocked."

"Stop with the thrill! Just say it."

"It was Young Miss Ellena. Remember? The cursed child!"

The maid who wears eyeglass just raised her other eyebrow as if she just heard a nonsensical thing. She rolled her eyes before coming back to her work.

"What nonsense. That girl is perhaps dead or lost. No one knows."

But the maid insisted. "I'm not lying! I saw it with my two eyes. And also, her rune is about changing her hair so that she won't be seen as a cursed child."

Now, getting intrigued, the maid in eyeglass showed interest once again. Hearing it from her colleague isn't something to be unbelievable and believable. There are lies in rumors anyways.

"You're telling the truth right?" The maid in eyeglass asked her colleague in an assertive tone.

The other maid just raised her right arm, swearing, "I'm not lying. I even heard them fight with Young Miss Diana. And I won't be surprised if Young Miss Diana goes rebellious to them, she was liking her sister, something that isn't normal back when she was her."

A chill just runs through the spines of the maid in eyeglass, she made a theory about what really is Ellena's ability.

"I think her rune is really magic, but her ability, I don't think it's changing her hair. Perhaps it's something different."

Now, the other maid just took an interest in the words of the maid in eyeglass. She felt that the smart girl is thinking of something.

"What do you think?" She asked.

"You said that Young Miss Diana and the Cursed Child are close and it's unusual? Maybe that girl's ability is charming. Perhaps she charmed us, everyone, to look at her like her hair is blue!"

The other maid gasps in surprise. She totally bought that theory, thinking about its possibilities, her eyes widened as she spoke, "That's possible!"

"Right?"

The maid in eyeglass noticed her sudden change of ability. Snapping back, she fixed her composure immediately.

"Hey! What are you gossiping about?" A senior housemaid halts their talk, pausing a bit in their work.

"Nothing." They answered before getting away from the senior housemaid.

***

Matilda in her just woke up in her bed. Stretching her limbs, she felt relieved not remembering what happened last night.

A smile broke out from her face, cheerfully stood up and approached her vanity table.

She opens a drawer from her table, revealing varieties of beauty products. She took out a kit then picked one of it.

She applied a lotion-type of potion on her face, tapping it to be absorbed by her skin.

Looking at the mirror attentively, she noticed something on her face.

"Ah! Wrinkles!" She hissed after noticing a crinkle on her face.

"This isn't good. That trash last night was blooming than me. This is acceptable!" She exclaimed once again before opening a new jar then applied another lotion-type liquid on her face.

After putting it on, she felt relieved when the wrinkle started to disappear from her eyes.

She breathes calmly before opening another drawer, exposing different types of tobaccos and pipe.

She took it out then lit it before sipping some smoke. Letting out, she felt another relieving sensation.

"This isn't good." She said but couldn't resist the sensation she felt when she smoked.

***

At the office of Alber, he was smoking for around to relieve the stress he remembered. The scene last night was still on his head, he can't still believe that his disowned daughter would come for her sister's birthday.

Yet, despite those, she still feels something for her daughter, something unacceptable.

"If she wasn't just a cursed child, perhaps I could have her study with Diana. Our family would be greater than the main family if not for that curse." Sighed after saying it.

After smoking, he browsed the documents on her table. However, he can't concentrate on the images he remembers from time to time.

"But it still pisses me. The way she speaks, she's ungrateful for the 15 years of my enduring of her presence."

He clenched his hands, feeling frustration from it. He tried to forget about it, instead, he stills remember how her disowned daughter survived on her own.

"Maybe I was ignorant for believing that she was incompetent. I should have hired the best teacher and guards to protect us from witches."

Regretting everything, he accepted that it's all futile to think of. His decision was irreplaceable, nothing can make his wrong decision right.

Albert was afraid that if you teach a cursed child, they would become witches from what legends say. Witches are previous cursed children who are incompetent, but after teaching them basic magic, they became witches.

Witches are vicious creatures, they attack other witches and other creatures just for fun. Despite that legend, there's still no evidence of a witch attack, at least not yet.

"I was stupid for believing that midwife." He said after finishing some browsing.

In his seat, he heard a knock coming from the other side of the door.

"Get in."

The door opened, revealing a butler in his 50's.

"Master, Mister Ruccillado arrived."

After hearing it, Albert seems to forget his problems. He stands up before reaching the door.

"Call Diana, she's going to get introduce to her fiancé."

The butler bows after hearing it. He then immediately head to the room, Diana. Knocking on it, he waited for a minute, but no answer was heard.

"Young Miss Diana, Master is calling for your presence." He announced but no response emerged.

He decided to open the door after minutes of waiting. Even it is not allowed to casually open a door of a young lady, he can't ignore his master's order.

The creaking sound of the door echoed, as the butler entered, he was startled when he saw no one inside.

"So she was already outside, I should tell this to the maids."

He then approached a maid relaying an order from his master.

The maid followed the order immediately, relaying it to another maid to also search for Diana. But despite the efforts they made, they can't find Diana. Seems there is no trace of her left inside the mansion.

Hysterically, the butler reported back to his master after an hour.

"Master, Young Miss Diana is nowhere to be found inside the mansion."

"What? Find her again! We can't let her fiancé wait for a long time!"

The butler just bowed and then asked for the guard's help. They searched the whole estate, even the outsides of the mansion.

Searching for Diana, they even reach the market of Calhibre. But Diana is nowhere to be found.

The butler reported back after the two hours of searching.

Slap!

The butler just received a slap. After being hit, the sound echoed inside the office.

"What an irresponsible is this?! You can't find one person?!" He exclaimed.

"I ask for forgiveness, Master. But the young miss is really missing." He said.

"Tsk." Albert hissed after realizing something connected to what happened last night.

"Ellena! That trash! She's really making me mad!"

Also realizing if her daughter is missing, he felt weakness on her knees. "This can't be my doom.. I made a promise to outshine the main family. Why is this happening to me?!"