Len's POV

I woke up and looked around.
I didn't know where I was.

I was lying in a bed that was comfier than any bed I had laid on before.

I stood up, and leaving the room I found Miku.
It seemed she had been coming to check on me.

"Oh! Len! Come on!" She said, pulling me by my arm into the kitchen.

"Okay, so, why are you so excited?" I asked once we were in the kitchen.

"So, the head mistress of the servants, said that if you wanted, you could have a job in the kitchen! Like, you could be one of the waiter boys, or to clean up any spills when me and madam are cooking, instead of working in the stables!"

I looked at her in surprise. She had actually asked the head mistress about a new job for me? Why? Did she care that much?

"Sure, so which one?" I asked.

"You pick!" She said, a smile on her lips and in her eyes.

"Umm, I guess I can clean up any messes in the kitchen?"

"Yay! That's the job I would pick too"

So, was the job mine now? Or... "So, is it official now or is there something else I need to do?"

"We need to go tell the head mistress now. Umm, wanna do that now?"

I nodded. "Yeah, we can do that now!"

"Yay! Let's go!" She led me to the head mistress.

"Hello Miku! So, this is the boy you were talking about?"

"yeah, umm, he said he'd like the job cleaning any spills please!" Miku said, smiling at the older woman.

"Okay, it's yours young man! Just let me write that down..."
She wrote something down her book.

"Okay, now it's official!"

"thank you ma'am" I said, speaking for the first time in this conversation.

"No problem! It was important to Miku, so it was important to me!"

I looked at Miku curiously, wondering again why it was important to her. And why what was important to Miku was important to the head mistress.

"Come on! Let's go to the kitchen. Thank you so much!" She said, waving at the head mistress.

While we were walking to the kitchen, I asked "so, why was it so important to you that I had I different job?"

"Because you don't deserve the stable master beating you"

"I don't mind it" I said quietly. I couldn't say that truthfully, it hurt, and I didn't enjoy it at all. But I was a servant.

Actually, thinking about the stable master...
He would be so mad at me.

"You do mind it. I saw you" she said. I blushed. She had seen the beating? She had seen me begging and crying?

I felt so embarrassed.

She didn't seem to notice and as we walked into the kitchen I could smell something in the oven, not really burnt, but it definitely smelled done.

"Oh! I nearly forgot! The banana bread!" She opened the oven, and with the help of a towel pulled a bread pan out of the oven.

"What is that?" I asked. "It doesn't look like normal bread"

She started to cut it into slices with the help of a knife.
"It's banana bread, want to try it?" She asked, holding a slice out to me.

"But... Are servants allowed to?" I asked, taking it.

She shrugged. "I don't know, I mean, yeah? Honestly I don't care. I won't get you in trouble, and neither would madam if she were here"

"I'm not so sure. I don't think madam likes me"

"No! It's not like that!" She laughed. "She's just protective of me"

"Oh, Is she like your mom or something?" I asked taking a bite of the bread. Oh wow, this was even better than the chicken! Had to be one of the best foods ever...

"No, but she's like a mother figure to me. Do you like the banana bread though?"

I nodded.
"Yes, it's amazing!" I said. It really was.

"Good! There's also banana muffins, banana cake, banana split, banana purse, banana chips, banana pudding..."

"Whoa! Why are there so many foods with bananas? What even are bananas?"

She looked at me in surprise.
"Have you never seen a banana before?"

"No? I don't think so..."

She grabbed a long yellow thing from a bowl with apples and other fruits in it and tossed it to me.

I caught it. "So, this is a banana? How do I eat it?"

"like this" she said, peeling away the yellow to show the off white insides.
"You eat that. Go ahead! Try it"

I did, and by doing so found the absolute best food ever.
"Oh my, why is it so good?" I asked, closing my eyes as I chewed

She laughed.
"I guess we found your favorite food"

"guess so... It's amazing!"

"I'm glad!"

"What's your favorite food?" I asked, taking another bite.

"Leek soup"

"I don't think I've ever had that"

"Yeah, probably not. But you are probably gonna have the chance to try everything here"

"Well, I'm still a servant. I really shouldn't be eating so much..." I said, starting to feel bad. The other slaves and servants weren't eating this stuff, why should I be?

"It's fine. No one cares I'm sure"

"Well, no one knows, but if they did I'm sure they would care"

Miku shrugged. "I guess, but you deserve it. You are so kind, it's unreal, and I'm gonna try to make your life better any way I can"

"I-i'm kind? I haven't really done anything. You stopped the stable master, got me food, took care of my burns, and got me a new job away from the stable master"

"Well, because you deserve it"

"But what have I done to deserve it? I've not done anything"

"You were born. You are thankful. You are kind. You are innocent. You are you. Everyone deserves kindness from birth, but what they do with their life decides if they still deserve it. Some people deserve death because of what they have done with the life they've been given. But at one point, even they deserved kindness" She said.

I was taken aback by this. It sounded true, But...

"If everyone deserves it, why aren't they here? Why am I here instead?"

She smiled. "Because, I noticed you, and you are the sweetest person I've found yet"

I blushed. She didn't think that, did she? No one else had ever said that.
Everyone seemed to think I deserved to be a slave. Especially the stable master.

I'd worked in the stables for as long as I could remember, him always being my master. He had called me worthless, I had always been making mistakes and being severely punished for them. He had never cared, no one had. Well, no one other than Rin, but she wasn't here anymore.

I was his favorite to punish.
How I begged and cried just gave him some sorta pleasure.

Thinking about him again reminded me of how he would be furious at me for leaving work in the stables.

Maybe I shouldn't have switched jobs...

"What are you thinking about?" Miku asked, causing me to look up. I had gotten lost in my thoughts.

"Just, nothing... Just, he's gonna be so mad with me"

"You don't have to worry about him. He's not gonna care, most likely. Most people don't care if a slave switches jobs"

I shook my head. He would definitely care. But, I shouldn't worry. I'd be fine.

I had Miku after all. The most beautiful girl in the kingdom cared about me.

Everything would be okay.

Okay, umm...
Yeah, I guess the stable master is like master from KawaiiChan645's Lenku story XD

That was a complete accident, but I'll credit XD
Credit to KawaiiChan645 for the character that is the stable master XD

(Btw, I absolutely hate master. Anyone who doesn't has no heart)

Link: https://my.w.tt/FVbRBsme07
Hope it works! That's the link to her story... Well, should be