Chapter 8 (2/2)
In the first place, what is it that determines a person is weird? What on earth is nor confused
At any rate, I think that I’m normal If I’m weird then, wouldn’t that mean that everyone in this world is weird, and there isn’t a single normal person in this world?
“Aeeda, eat this Sorry, it’s just so simple”
What Sofia-san held out to ed between bread In other words, a sandwich Did shethat I hadn’t eaten lunch? Simple or not, wasn’t is of consideration for me
“Thank you, Sofia-san”
“Sheesh, you don’t need to thank o all out”
I nodded and Sofia-san held out a napkin She even had drinks
By the way, the drink was alcohol I don’t knohether it was a cultural practice or not but, water is rarely brought out as a drink with a e, drink beer like alcohol in place of water
At first I was surprised over that fact that they would even give children alcohol but I was used to it now Furtherh it was alcohol, they also had alcohols with fairly low alcohol content If this was japan though, by now, I’d have already be put on probation for underage drinking
While Sofia-san was catching her breath, I stuffed ravy had soaked into the bread and it was delicious This bread retted not realising that sooner
When I was at the Star Viewing House, I had bought bread at a nearby bakery But that bread was not fluffy, but was hard and closer to a biscuit That’s why I never ients existed in this world
Perhaps pearl ash hasn’t deeply permeated into the life of the masses yet Or is it because Setrovi is a country town? Or is it because it’s expensive? Or maybe because it’ll cost money to transport? I’ll confirm next time
After I finished the sandwich, and was about to start work again, Sofia-san muttered curiously
“Oh? Soely clean?”
“To begin with, even if you skipped lunch, to finish this much, isn’t it a bit too fast?”
“I worked hard”
This palace passage was extre and also wide Alone, I had completed 80 percent of ould usually take several people to complete
But, you can’t blame me I mean, a place that you can clean and clean but still never ends is like eating a cake that never gets set Because I had put , the tiot about lunch though
“It’s more sparkly than usual too”
You’ve noticed, I see As expected, Sofia-san is a brilliant wo eye I pointed at the pearl ash I received from Jake
“A cook who happened to be passing by shared so”
“Really? What a surprise, I never knew that pearl ash could have that sort of effect”
Judging from Sofia-san’s surprise, it was clear that this country did not have the culture of using pearl ash for cleaning yet She readily believed me when I told her that we normally use it in ed me with questions on how to use it
“Let’s see, it’s suited for cleaning places like drains and oil stains For stubborn stains, you can sprinkle it straight on in powder form, or you can add a little water andrid of s, it’s okay to just make a diluted water solution and wipe”
“Is that so? You sure know a lot~”
If this was high purity baking soda, it ht have become even cleaner
But, as the palace is clean in the first place and doesn’t have that many people ould come to dirty it, pearl ash should probably be sufficient for the job If stains and fifth could be removed easily, it would no doubt decrease the burden on cleaning servants like us If I have the chance, I want to see if check if I can spread the use of pearl ash around
“As expected of someone who rejected a court lady position to become a maidservant”
“You know about that?”
Of course After all, that’s the reason why Asti is in a bad mood”
That was news to ry that I became a maidservant?
Sofia-san s, and explained the reason, but not before warning
“Asti, you see, can’t becoh she is more than qualified, it’s a problem of social status So I think that she doesn’t like you because you rejected the court lady position that she wanted so easily”
It felt like my head had been dealt with a heavy punch
I never would have i to become a court lady taken that way – that it would be seen that I refused it because I found a court lady’s job to be too tough But I couldn’t possibly now say, “I will becoise to Asti-san would be baking up the wrong tree Also, if I asked Sigurd-san to recommend Asti-san to becorier Even though I hadn’t come in contact with her much, even I could tell that she was a woman with that amount of pride
Human relations are complicated no matter the world, huh……
I shooket
“What are you doing?”
At thatwith rolled sleeves and a scary look on her face It appeared that she had co around talking
Seeing her zeal for work, ood i she would be happy about though
“Asti, look! Aeeda used pearl ash to clean! Isn’t squeaky clean?”
Sofia-san said brightly to ss over but Asti-san’s brows still furrowed Was that towards of my outfit, or towards me, as a person? ……Or maybe it was both
“Refrain fro happens, I will be the one repri here?”
Asti-san did not look at the cleaned passageway, and after she finished warning us, she returned back into the building This is what you call unapproachable
When I silently stared in the direction she had left, Sofia-san, as next toh the person as stuck in the ed into this mess was her
Being involved into the quarrels between other consorts, being persecuted by the queen, I was prepared to have to bear with that type of hardshi+p but, I never thought that I would be troubled by co-worker relationshi+ps
……I hope we can get along one day
“Now, let’s pull ourselves together and finish this”
“You’re right”
Even if you worry, time and ill not wait for you
We restarted cleaning again
But, even though it had alorked in the past, no matter how much I cleaned, my chest felt like it had been covered by a haze, and my heart didn’t clear up at all