113 Mary And Her Muse

(This chapter is taken from Mary's point of view. That's right. We are switching it up today.)

My name is Mary.

Just Mary.

Like most commoners, I don't have a family name or a family crest. Although my father is a leading researcher in his field, we are still very poor.

It's just me and my father. My mother died during childbirth.

Although I wish I could meet my mother, I'm not ungrateful. I still have a wonderful father and I get to have food in my belly. That's more than most people have.

But still... Watching my father work so hard to provide for me, makes me feel a bit sad. So I decided to work hard in hopes that I could enter the Imperial City's Academy!

Luckily, my father is a wonderful teacher. I studied hard and was able to be noticed. All these years, I didn't dare ask for more.

I'm not an ungrateful girl.

That is... Until I met the love of my life.

She swept me off my feet, and carried me in her oh so comforting embrace.