A week passed in the blink of an eye, but to me it felt like I had been living in limbo.
For the most part, things had certainly changed since the day I taught Head Maid Smite and her little clique a well-deserved lesson. Overnight, everything shifted.
My quarters had finally started to resemble a place where a human being could live. The heater was replaced with a new, fancier model. My fireplace was stocked with enough wood to last me the rest of the year, and for once, I didn’t have to think about the fact that I might get sick from the cold. I also had warmer clothes in my wardrobe, and food appeared regularly enough that I no longer had to worry about going hungry. I’d been able to recover properly, without the constant ache in my whole body.
Even though I still only had Popoy, wh
