Heart of a doll

At the same time mairy was thinking of going to see riona in her class to see how she is doing, but as she got closer to the study room she heard yelling "That imbecile! How dare she mock me!" "Please sir ,calm your mind " "Show me to the Marquis this instant, I can't live with this discarse " "What is the problem" mairy appears and see a man yelling at a maid outside of the study "Hmp Now a woman has come and demands answers" he says but the maid bows very slightly and with a cold look says "My lady" , the man looks at mairy from head to toe "You? You are the Marquess? I expected more" "What is happening can you tell me" "Why should I speak to a useless woman, show me the way to your husband, we have a serious conversation between men " Feelings rejected mairy knows she can't do anything and just sits to the side while the maid lead the man to the Marquis, while passing her she hears him say "Tsk made me teach that rat and now..." And without thinking she grabs his arm stopping him "What? What is this rudeness!" Mairy give a sweet but fake smile "You are the amazing teacher that my husband prepared for rio- that commoner aren't you?" The man got a smirk ok his face and says "Yeah that's me" "Oh my the honor of meeting you. Can you please tell me what happened to make such a great man angry? " "That commoner your husband hire me to teach decided that my class isn't worth it and didn't show up"

"How dare she... and you decided to be the better man and go find her? I'm impressed."

"No, I—" The teacher tried to respond but was interrupted by Mairy.

"The truth is, if you see her up close and realize how worthless she is, you could humiliate her."

The man was left speechless.

"Ehem, that's true, but I can't keep looking for her. I have more important things to do."

Mairy smiled and signaled to a maid.

"Go find Riona immediately and bring her to the study on the second floor."

The maid nodded and went off to find Riona.

Minutes passed while Mairy worked to calm the teacher, and then Riona knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Riona entered and bowed to the teacher.

"I-I'm so sorry. I have no excuse for not showing up. Please forgive me."

The teacher scoffed and looked away, not even bothering to respond.

Riona looked at Mairy for help, unsure of what to do.

"This girl... no one would think twice if you're not ready to teach her. Not everyone can handle it."

"What? Of course, I can! I was just wondering why everyone is still here. We have a class to start. EVERYONE OUT!"

Mairy stood up, and with the maids, she exited the room. As she passed Riona, she smiled and lightly touched her shoulder, whispering, "Good luck."

Once everyone had left, the teacher yelled, "What are you doing standing? Sit down!"

Hours later, Riona wandered outside the east study. She heard yelling and decided to peek inside. To her surprise, the butler had pinned down two maids who had been making trouble for her. They were kneeling, crying, and begging.

"Please, it won't happen again. We beg of you," one of the maids pleaded.

"It wasn't even our fault! She started it!" the other cried, still speaking defiantly.

"If you continue like this, losing your tongues wont be the only thing you will lose" the butler warned.

The maids continued crying, begging in desperation.

Riona stepped in. The maids, still crying, glared at her.

"Gramps... please stop. I'm sure what they did wasn't intentional, and I don't want anyone to lose something so important over this."

The maids fell silent.

"But... we... we tried to make her fail," they muttered, realizing the seriousness of their actions.

The butler shook his head.

"I know you don't understand all the rules yet, my lady, but what they did is punishable by law."