To, those who were expecting a chapter about the dairy sorry about it but hope you'd be satisfied with this instead.
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Sophie's Pov
I Sophie, am the personal maid and assistant of the young master and successor of the great Magnus house.
Although many may not consider being a servant their dream or ideal job. It is a different matter for those who serve the three great duchies.
Not only the pay of those that work for the three great duchies an astronomical amount which a commoner like myself never be able to gather normally, just by being affiliated with the duchy though unofficial provides one with a political power equal to lower nobles.
Though that is also the reason most of the servant's of the duchy are those who were either born here or raised since they were children.
I beling to the latter group although my memories of those times are faint, I remember living in a small village at the border of the empire.
She remembers that she also had a little sister, however one day her village was attacked by a demon beast horde. She and her sister had only been able to escape thanks to the sacrifice of her parents who had given up their lives to protect them.
She was truly heartbroken at their deaths but before she had the chance to mourn their parent's death, they found themselves on the run from illegal slave traders. Even at the tender age of 8 and 7 the charm of the two sisters was quite obvious, and anyone could see that the two sister's would grow up to be great beauties.
She had thankfully managed to help her sister run away however unfortunately she was caught by the slave traders.
It was there that she was found to have a talent for magic cultivation.It was due to this that she was treated as 'luxury goods' and was to be sold off at an illegal auction in the capital.
Unlike a formal slavery contract she wouldn't have any rights and be at their owner's every whim.
When she realised what was going to happen to her she was in despair and had lost all hope for salvation.
However, it seemed that the great spirits had not forsaken her yet as they sent her a savior in the form of the grand duchess.
The soldiers of the grand duchess had raided the illegal auction. She took in the children who had nowhere to go.
She had immense gratitude towards the duchess for saving her from a lifetime of misery.
The duchess had even helped search for her lost sister however, much to her sorrow and disappointment there was no news of her she could only pray that her sister was safe.
She worked hard to repay the kindness of the duchess and her effort and loyalty were rewarded when she was chosen as the personal maid and assistant of the young lord.
A very important position as it would mean that she would continue to serve him even after he inherits the title of the Duke which meant that she would be the one who would manage all the servant who served the duchy, to not let down the expectations placed on her, she started to work even harder.
She still remembers her first meeting with the young lord. He though weird and someone who enjoyed teasing people was someone who could be serious when he needed to and never took his jokes too far.
In the beginning, she kept a certain distance from him as she believed that a servant should always be respectful to their Master.
Once she had even begun to doubt if she was even needed as the young master used to do most things that a maid would assist in by himself due to her being distracted she had made the mistake of accidentally breaking a vase that had been and still was the biggest embarrassment of her life.
She was not punished of her folly as the young master helped cover it up. She felt even more guilty for making the one she served cover up for her.
It seemed that her master had noticed her weird behaviour for the last few had not escaped him as he asked what was it that was bothering her. Although she knew that it was wrong to she still let her worries out.
He was silent for a moment before he burst out in laughter, she was flustered at his sudden laughter before he said.
"Looks like you also have your insecurities huh, you used to do everything so perfectly that even I was starting to think I'm a lazy good for nothing."
She was surprised at his sudden revelation, but before she could say anything he continued.
"Tell you what, let's stop being so formal around each other and be friends instead I know you're the kind of person who believes that one's lord should be treated with the utmost respect but considering the fact that we'll be stuck with each other for the rest of our lives, I think it'd better that we be friends and rely on each other more often.
Leaving her in a stupor, thinking back that was probably when she had started falling for him and her feeling only grew stronger with time, but she never grew the courage to confess these feelings and kept them locked away in her heart and continued serving her beloved master.
Even today she readied herself and went to serve her master completely unaware of the feelings he held for her.
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