I am Ioannis. I just turned 20 a couple of days ago. I was orphaned when the previous territory I lived in was ravished by a mudslide. It wiped out the whole territory and only 4 children from that town lived.
We were lucky that our parents had foresight and brought us to higher ground. I was young then but I still rember the faces of my parents quite vividly. The other three are much younger than at that ti: one was still a baby and the others were barely 2 years old so they don't rember much of what happened.
When we arrived here in the acade, we were given pendants to mark our identities of so sort. They said it is the symbol used by the territory we were previously a part of. Orphans that have known origins have these pendants. The rest that were picked from various places of unknown origins don't have a pendant and were simply given nas if they don't have one. Having a pendant is said to be a sign of nobility as per the gossip circulated by the older attendants and the professors in this school.
I did not talk much when I was young that the school even thought I was mute or that my brain did not function that well. I guess I was kind of traumatized or because the reality that I don't have my ho or my parents anymore have sinked in or maybe I was just trying to guard from strangers. I never talked about who my parents were or that I rember what happened at that ti.
The professors are right and wrong. I am of noble background while the other three are common folk. I rember my parents being the leader of the place where I was born in. They called our place the Marquessate of Larkspur. My father was a margrave. It doesn't matter anymore now though. My parents and everyone else in that place are dead. That place was erased from the map. There is no reason to think about that anymore.
I have been in the Acade of Gnosis since I was 6. They clothed , educated and trained to be what they called an attendant. The others are correct. It is just a fancy term for soone who has a 10-year slavery contract at this acade. I was with them since I was six and I thought they were just kind-hearted. Well, that was before I was given a slave mark when I was 15 and found out the real purpose of why they were taking care of and the other kids for all those years.
As an attendant, I have to serve my lady in every way possible. We were living better than those people working in the entertainnt district or brothels since we have a choice if we want to give our ourselves to the ones we serve or not. At least we get so kind of compensation if we lost our virginity or get pregnant but those won taking full responsibility or marrying the n they touched is just wishful thinking. Not all won are evil but I guess 90% of them are.
While I am in the acade, we were trained rigorously and the training includes being able to read and write, basic arithtic, basic self-defense, learning butler tasks like managing a household, taking care of finances and setting schedules for the one we serve. We were also trained in bedroom duties since this world thinks that we are nothing but tools to increase the population. This is frustrating but being frustrated doesn't change the situation anyway.
Right now, I am carrying an unconscious woman towards the infirmary. The leers of the other attendants are sothing I already got used to. I am indeed not soone that would be a first pick as an attendant. The standards of this world for likable n doesn't apply to . I have been always taller than my peers. It didn't take much of the physical endurance training to make this muscular. I stopped looking like the soft and cute boy everybody wanted when I turned 14. They said it is such a waste that I have a likable face but an unlikable body. It must be how my body was built or a growth spurt of so sort. It wasn't like I was never picked. It is just that whenever I was picked, the woman will eventually return to the attendant's hall and replace with soone else. The won of the acade who picked before had a wide variety of reasons for replacing . They said that I was too muscular, too tall, too strong, too serious, too cold, too strict with rules, and plenty of other reasons why they can't keep anymore or why I was needed to be replaced by another attendant.
Even though I was disliked and insulted by several won before, this woman I am carrying right now hasn't done any evil yet so she deserves help. It doesn't matter if she doesn't pick when she wakes up. I am not keeping my hopes up and I do not expect it either. I placed her gently on the bed and looked for the nurse. She then said, I have to take care of her on my own since I brought her. What tough luck isn't it? I approached her bed and tried to fix her sleeping posture. I removed the hair covering her face and when I saw her face I couldn't help but feel awestruck. She was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in this lifeti. I couldn't help but stare longer than necessary. It was good that she was unconscious since staring at a lady's face is considered rude.
She was perfect, even ethereal I think. She is honestly the most beautiful woman I saw since I was 15 and started attending that summoning ritual of those won from other worlds. When I saw her face, my heart skipped a beat and my breath hitched. I found my self smiling and thought, "If those other attendants knew that she looked this amazing, I wonder how much regret they would have that they did not help her."
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