I am Marnie of the Rabbitkin Tribe. I lived in an ashen world until recently.
When I was 20 years old, I married my husband from a neighboring village. But it was far from living a happy married life.
My husband’s body has been frail since his childhood, and he was bedridden from an illness soon after marrying me. We’ve just immigrated to a pioneering village, so whether I wanted to or not, I had to do all of the physical work, such as cultivating land and the like, by myself, working myself to the bone.
Therein, the village I had desperately worked in to develop was to be abandoned, not even two years in. We were exempted from tax the first year, but from the second year, were suddenly subjected to heavy poll tax and inflexible tax on the harvest. Of course, there was no way everyone in the village could pay, and because of the drought that was happening simultaneously, the feudal lord announced the abandonment of the village. We of the pioneering village were picked up by Earl Rockford, and people of other pioneering villages who similarly failed were gathered and taken to Margrave Volton’s territory.
My husband died in his sleep on the day after the abandonment of the village was decided.
I lost my meaning and willpower to work. Father and mother are no longer here either. Even in Lomaria Kingdom and Valkyra Kingdom where there is very little racial discrimination, we are regarded as an inferior race. I do believe that that is exactly what we, the Rabbitkin, are.
We of the pioneering village that was abandoned were sent to the capital in the territory of Margrave Volton. There it was explained to us what would happen from here on. By all rights, we who had not been able to pay the taxes had fallen into slavery. Margrave Volton and Earl Rockford had scooped us up from this. That’s why we intended to follow what we’re told. Everyone was of the same sentiment.
「Silence! Listen well to what will be explained from here on!」
The discussion was that, in a place 100 km south of Volton, a pioneering village surrounded by protective walls was under construction. There, we would construct a village that would cultivate new land. Construction supplies and food until the harvest will be provided by the country. The escorting soldiers travel with us up to the site and will be stationed there as they are. With exception to myself, the people rejoiced when told they would be exempt from tax for the first three years. Yes, with exception to myself………….
Thereafter, the pioneering people, escort soldiers and knights, wagons loaded with materials, and craftsmen had assembled and departed from Volton town. Then we saw the next surprise in front of us.
Tall curtain walls and deep moat spread and stretched around, it couldn’t be called a pioneering village. It was even more surprising after we crossed over the drawbridge and went through the sturdy-looking gate.
An indescribable beauty of an elf woman had come to explain. Knight Leader Dorn-sama who had brought us along until now seemed to know the woman and called out to her.
After Knight Leader Dorn-sama and his troops went to see the town, we the pioneering people received an explanation of the residence that will be allotted to us by the elf woman from earlier. After that, there was a food distribution, and we received a brief that agricultural land will be allocated tomorrow.
The next morning, the others had been delighted by the agricultural land and immediately began their preparations to sow seeds. But I, a sole woman, might have felt slightly uncertain in that place. That beautiful elf woman came to greet me.
「Are you alone?」 「……yes, I lost my husband.」
For some reason, at that time, I told the elf woman, Sophia-san, about my personal history. Since I lost my husband, this is the first time I talked to someone like this.
「…… I see. For Marnie-san who is alone, farming would be difficult, wouldn’t it. If that’s the case, how do you feel about working a different job?」 「……a different job?」 「Yes, let’s discuss this with my master, Takumi-sama. Marnie-san, can you cook and clean?」 「Yes, I more or less learned from my late mother.」 「Then there’s no problem. The house is not nobility so it isn’t formal, and my master, Takumi-sama, is a kind gentleman so I think it’s a good workplace.」
And so, when I was lead into a room to be interviewed by Takumi-sama that same day, my initial thought when I saw him was that he was young. We discussed the details after.
「Then Marnie-san, please support us by working for our daily necessities. Let’s discuss your salary, too.」 「……please do.」
I worked as Takumi-sama’s maid since that day.
I am Marnie of the Rabbitkin Tribe. I lived in an ashen world until recently.
When I was 20 years old, I married my husband from a neighboring village. But it was far from living a happy married life.
My husband’s body has been frail since his childhood, and he was bedridden from an illness soon after marrying me. We’ve just immigrated to a pioneering village, so whether I wanted to or not, I had to do all of the physical work, such as cultivating land and the like, by myself, working myself to the bone.
Therein, the village I had desperately worked in to develop was to be abandoned, not even two years in. We were exempted from tax the first year, but from the second year, were suddenly subjected to heavy poll tax and inflexible tax on the harvest. Of course, there was no way everyone in the village could pay, and because of the drought that was happening simultaneously, the feudal lord announced the abandonment of the village. We of the pioneering village were picked up by Earl Rockford, and people of other pioneering villages who similarly failed were gathered and taken to Margrave Volton’s territory.
My husband died in his sleep on the day after the abandonment of the village was decided.
I lost my meaning and willpower to work. Father and mother are no longer here either. Even in Lomaria Kingdom and Valkyra Kingdom where there is very little racial discrimination, we are regarded as an inferior race. I do believe that that is exactly what we, the Rabbitkin, are.
We of the pioneering village that was abandoned were sent to the capital in the territory of Margrave Volton. There it was explained to us what would happen from here on. By all rights, we who had not been able to pay the taxes had fallen into slavery. Margrave Volton and Earl Rockford had scooped us up from this. That’s why we intended to follow what we’re told. Everyone was of the same sentiment.
「Silence! Listen well to what will be explained from here on!」
The discussion was that, in a place 100 km south of Volton, a pioneering village surrounded by protective walls was under construction. There, we would construct a village that would cultivate new land. Construction supplies and food until the harvest will be provided by the country. The escorting soldiers travel with us up to the site and will be stationed there as they are. With exception to myself, the people rejoiced when told they would be exempt from tax for the first three years. Yes, with exception to myself………….
Thereafter, the pioneering people, escort soldiers and knights, wagons loaded with materials, and craftsmen had assembled and departed from Volton town. Then we saw the next surprise in front of us.
Tall curtain walls and deep moat spread and stretched around, it couldn’t be called a pioneering village. It was even more surprising after we crossed over the drawbridge and went through the sturdy-looking gate.
An indescribable beauty of an elf woman had come to explain. Knight Leader Dorn-sama who had brought us along until now seemed to know the woman and called out to her.
After Knight Leader Dorn-sama and his troops went to see the town, we the pioneering people received an explanation of the residence that will be allotted to us by the elf woman from earlier. After that, there was a food distribution, and we received a brief that agricultural land will be allocated tomorrow.
The next morning, the others had been delighted by the agricultural land and immediately began their preparations to sow seeds. But I, a sole woman, might have felt slightly uncertain in that place. That beautiful elf woman came to greet me.
「Are you alone?」 「……yes, I lost my husband.」
For some reason, at that time, I told the elf woman, Sophia-san, about my personal history. Since I lost my husband, this is the first time I talked to someone like this.
「…… I see. For Marnie-san who is alone, farming would be difficult, wouldn’t it. If that’s the case, how do you feel about working a different job?」 「……a different job?」 「Yes, let’s discuss this with my master, Takumi-sama. Marnie-san, can you cook and clean?」 「Yes, I more or less learned from my late mother.」 「Then there’s no problem. The house is not nobility so it isn’t formal, and my master, Takumi-sama, is a kind gentleman so I think it’s a good workplace.」
And so, when I was lead into a room to be interviewed by Takumi-sama that same day, my initial thought when I saw him was that he was young. We discussed the details after.
「Then Marnie-san, please support us by working for our daily necessities. Let’s discuss your salary, too.」 「……please do.」
I worked as Takumi-sama’s maid since that day.
