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A soft, deliberate creak of a binding spine cuts through the manor's heavy silence. In the dim corner of the shared bedchamber, the figure hunched over the desk is illuminated by a single candle's guttering flame. Grell, playing the part of the dutiful butler, pores intently over a dense treatise on tea leaves and water temperature, her brow deeply furrowed. The memory of Madam Red's disgusted expression—the way she had spat out the last offering—lingers like a physical burn, fueling a sharp, relentless determination to get the next brew perfectly right for you.