CHAPTER 1 – SELETINA UL GOLD ALDELIGHT

The world became submerged in the spell of autumn.

Elita smiled as she peered out the window and observed the courtyard’s golden autumn leaves.

Autumn was pleasant.

It brought with it heaps of pumpkins, chestnuts, ginkgo and grapes.
Elita wiped her drool while remembering her favorite autumn harvest.
She was a young maiden, yet she valued substance over style.

“I shouldn’t get carried away.
I need to hurry.”

Elita gave her cheeks a slap and put on a serious expression.
It was not the time to be distracted by foolish food fantasies.
She was, after all, at work.

Dressed in her sophisticated jet-black maid’s uniform Elita shook from the mid-autumn breeze as she walked down a long hallway that appeared to go on forever.

Elita had been working with the Aldelight family as an apprentice for the past two years.
Despite spending a lot of time at the residence, she had never quite adjusted to its immense size.
After all, it took roughly 30 minutes to walk from one end of the residence to the other.
Yet, despite the residence’s vastness, its decor was nothing short of breathtaking.
Despite how large the residence was, if one did not tread cautiously, one would eventually bump into some ornament.
The thought of damaging the enormous, exquisite vase, that was placed in front of her, made Elita pale with horror.

It was for this reason alone that the maids were required to adopt a swift yet steady gait.
Thankfully, over her two years of employment, Elita had acquired this gait naturally.

She served the Aldelight Family, a ducal family that was reputed to be the most illustrious of all the ducal families.
In other words, the Aldelight Family was Elugor’s second most prestigious family after the royal family.
They were therefore vastly superior to all other nobles.
Hence, a residence of this ma