Amidst an intense awkward silence that followed after she had blurted out, Melissa looked at Martha with a dumbfounded look on her face but didn't utter a word.
On the other hand, Martha was well aware of how disappointing it might sound to Melissa who had been always sincerely devoted to Xanthus.
Cutting off the awkward pause between them, Martha hurriedly wavered her arm while explaining, "I-I am sorry, Your Highness! I didn't mean to sound it like that…No, I won't lie, as I raised you up since you were little, it truly angered me thinking about how you have always received the cold shoulder at the end.
"I am sorry, despite knowing my position as only a maid here, I shouldn't have commented something like that—"
"You said about deserving, huh?"
