The Scullery's Secret Map
You scrub pots by day and hunt treasure by night, but the vault beneath the manor hides more than gold.
As the lowliest scullery maid in the Duke's vast manor, your life is a blur of greasy pans and aching knees. But beneath a loose floorboard, you uncover a crumbling map that whispers of a forgotten treasure vault hidden in the cellars. Now you must balance your chores with midnight expeditions through secret passages, dodging guards and sharp-eyed servants. Yet the closer you get, the clearer it becomes that the vault's origins are bound to a dark secret—and the impossible choice of what to do with what you find.
The story begins
The floorboard gave way with a groan that seemed louder than a thunderclap. You froze, the iron scraper still in your hand, your heart slamming against your ribs as you listened for footsteps in the corridor above. Nothing. Only the crackle of the hearth and the distant clatter of the evening meal being cleared.
You had been scrubbing the same stubborn stain for an hour, a punishment for yesterday's burnt custard. But now, beneath the loosened plank, your fingers brushed against something far older than grime—a leather pouch, stiff with age, tied with a cord that crumbled at your touch.
Inside, the map unfurled like a whisper. Silver ink traced a path from the kitchens through the cellars, past the old wine racks, to a vault marked with a sigil—a crescent wrapped around a key. You had never seen it before, yet something in your chest tightened with recognition.
You shoved it into your apron, heart pounding, and had just replaced the plank when the door swung open. The Steward stood silhouetted in the lamplight, his smile as smooth as oil.
"Working late, my dear?"
What happens next is up to you.
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