2. Introduction to the Palace

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.

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