I noticed the punishment version. But seeing as the antagonist woman revealed her plan right off the bat, I naturally wanted to defy her and tried to avoid doing what she wanted. I'm naturally rebellious. lol
I can try talking to the guards more maybe. The ones I tried to talk to told me to get back to work, but I may not have talked to everyone.
If the other maid is meant to join before it's been 10 very boring days, there's something wrong with my game.
The only other woman is someone in the kitchen that keep telling me to let her do her job.
(2 or 3 boring days before something happen is fine, but more than that and it gets ridiculously boring.)