Aias: from a world of kaijus to a world of fantasy and magic

Side Story 3

The Lucendi estate

It has been half a month since Rita ran away.

Clare, Rita's personal maid, is holding a piece of paper as she is walking to Lord Lucius's office.

News of her lady's disappearance reached the Lucendi estate a couple of days ago.

Through the grapevines from recently employed and inexperienced servants replacing most of the more senior servants who saw the sinking ship of the Lucendi family, Clare learns about her lady's disappearance, which has been kept secret.

After her lady was sent to be hidden away in a remote manor in a forest, she requested a transfer to be with her mistress's side, but each time she did, she would be denied.

Clare is fiercely loyal to Rita because she owes her lady her life.

Clare's early life was filled with struggle; she did not have too many memories of her family, and she could hardly remember their faces because, at a very young age, she was abandoned on the streets.

The memories that she could remember were those of her family being very poor. When her family was in dire straights, it led them to abandon her because it was one less mouth to feed.

After that, much of her life during that time was a blur because she had to learn to do whatever it took to survive. Stealing, begging, going through trash—whatever it took for a small child to survive.

On one fateful day, a carriage was passing by the slums Clare was in, and she locked eyes with a small child several years younger than her.

From looking at how ornate the carriage was, she figured it was a noble passing by the slum and wondered why a noble of all people would come to a place like this, but she didn't give it much thought because of the life she was living, where her only thought was to not die.

However, to her surprise, the carriage stopped, and a butler and the young girl came out. The butler insisted that the young girl stay inside the carriage, but the young girl refused and walked up to Clare to ask if she would like to come with her.

Hearing her offer, she did not know what it was and was distrustful of her, from her experience living in the slum, but she thought to herself that at least it would be better than the situation she was in right now.

Inside the carriage, the young child introduced herself as Rita Lucendi of the Lucendi household and that she would become her servant.

Later, when Clare was taken to a manor that was beyond her wildest imagination, she was cleaned and clothed.

A servant explained who exactly the master she was going to be serving and the responsibility that would entail. She also gave the reason why she was chosen, which was because of the family's traditions of picking up people from the slums to become their personal servants.

From her time in the slums, she was a smart child, and because of that, she grew an inherent distrust for everyone and figured the real reason was to make sure they were completely loyal to the person they were serving.

Clare was trained to be Rita's personal maid, a place to sleep, food to eat, and safety from dangerous people. After a couple of months, she had the bare minimum knowledge to become a personal maid for Rita. She met Rita for the first time.

At this point in time, Clare did not see Rita as her lady but as a means to keep a roof over her head and food on her plate.

Her first impression of the lady she was supposed to serve was the same as the others; she was a creepy child who never showed any expression. But unlike the other servants trying to avoid her, Clare didn't care too much about it and served her because, compared to what she did to survive in the slums, it was as different as day and night.