"Oh the soup and the suds wash all the dirt away,

Leaving the shirts so nice and clean!

The sun is warm and bright today,

The perfect day to do laundry....!"

Today's sky was beautiful, clear blue it was

perfect weather for doing the laundry.

I rubbed the soap into the dirty clothes laid

out on the washboard, and scrubbed them

vigorously against the ridges to get the dirt out.

Seeing one after the other turn clean and white

was such a wonderful feeling !

Looking at the next piece of clothing, I Sighed,

"This one is going to need soap, isn't it?"

No one Answered- I was working alone in the

back courtyard of Arldat Castle.The uniform

I held was covered with a massive blue stain,

and no amount of hand washing was going to get that out. Under the bright sun, the blue stain

had an oily feel to it, nothing like the clear blue

sky overhead.

Just one look told me that this wasn't dye;

something sticky and viscous had stained

the uniform.

I focused on the stained."Soap!"

In my Incantation, a flurry of rainbow colored

soap bubbles floated up out of the stained uniform. The bubbles enveloped the stain, which faded as if they were drawing it into

themselves. Then they floated up into the sky,

Shimmering with all colors of the rainbow.

The stained uniform return to it's original crisp gray color.

As the rainbow-sheened soap bubbles Dancing

lightly under the blue sky, I couldn't help but to

as their beauty. I never got tired of seeing this

scene. I mean, It was just so pretty! That beloved blue sky, with my magic floating under it. As the soap bubbles drifted upwards, they

sparkled in the sunlight like jewels.

"Now i just need to hang these up to dry!"☺

The tub was piled high with freshly cleaned laundry. With a huff, I heaved it up, and then

left the chilly washing area and set off for the

sunny spot where the clotheslines were.

Getting around the big castle while carrying

a heavy laundry tub was no easy task.

Now ,with your permission, I would like to introduce myself.

I am Lucia Arca, Sixteenth years old.

My chestnuts-colored Hair reaches ? to my back, with a slight wave to it , and my eyes are a

violet color so dark that they look black.

My height is Average, neither short nor tall.

Likewise, I'm not exactly well-endowed or slender. At most, I'm maybe a little bit curvier

in the chest than most. Even my face is

unremarkable. Just an ordinary person wearing

everyday clothing. That's me, Lucia.

If my eye color just a little lighter, then at least

you could tell that they were violet! But at a glance, they just look black,which makes me feel even plainer.

When my only family, my mother, died a few months ago, I left my familiar home of Hasawes behind and set off to make a fresh

start in the royal capital of Arldat.

Thanks to an aquintance, I'm now making use

of my special talent, working as a laundrymaid in the castle!

Why would I do that , you ask? Well.... i have debts to pay. Mostly from buying medicine for my mother. I'd done my best to ease the cost by

gathering medical herbs on my own even from

far away. But even so, It was never quite enough.

With my mother's life on the line, We'd had no choice but to pay however we could, even if it

meant going into debt.

But now that she was gone, I was left with enough debts that even selling my childhood

home wasn't enough to repay them all. Which, well, led me to working as a live-in Laundrymaid.

Even a commoner such as myself could get

a job as a laundrymaid washing dirty clothes

or a kitchen assistant helping the head cook.

Of course, there was no way you could get a job

as a servant in the royal castle without references. But in my case, one of my long-dead father's acquaintances reffered to me. There happened to be an opening for a

laundrymaid!

Laundry is hard work, so it's not a popular job

even among the servants. So I was able to get a job. Next step, to pay back those debts!

Ah yes, about the "Special Talent " I mentioned....

Have you ever heard of a magic called Soap?

No? You haven't? Well that's not too surprising.