She had heard stories about the bathhouse in Magnolia. It was reportedly a great place, a place with no shortage of things that a woman like Leyaria would like, though she had never been there before, or even considered the idea of going to a place like this. For so long, things like this, they were luxuries that were never afforded to someone like her. Much of the time it was due to the money, or lack of it that her family seemed to have. Her sister slaved away to just enable her and Leyaria to live a somewhat modest life, and even then, it was one that was very limited, one that did not afford them much of anything at all, and because of that too, it was all the more imperative that they keep themselves occupied and in a position such that they had food on the table. Something like this, never would her sister consider going to some place like this while having to watch over Leyaria. And Leyaria in turn, she also seemed to share the same feeling, believing that this, as nice as it was, was not something that could have been afforded, even when there were cases that it could have been allowed. But not all of it was simply due to Leyaria’s choice. Her appareance, the way she appeared, there were more than a few times in which it seemed like she had no business being there, or even that there were no vacancies in a lace like that, though often times they were just trying to be polite in saying that they did not want someone like Leyaria there.
There was a time where she felt terrible about it, though at the same time, she understood what they meant. The fact was, she had neither money, nor any standing to attempt or hope to be in a place like that, whether it was in Hargeon, Crocus, or any place like that. Hell, that she was even within a place like Magnolia’s bath house was nothing shy of incredible. If it had been an earlier time, or if Leyaria ahd been in as bad of a shape as she might have been once upon a time, she would be facing no difference than compared to that of what she ultimately was facing then, no chance or hope of being able to enter within the place. However, as with tht eimt, and as with how things seemed to have changed with Leyaria, the rules were different now. They were not limited to a single ideal anymore, speaking with regards to the opeople of Fiore, and even how she had come to view the people after the experiences in the park, how they seemed to have enlightened her eyes, and even here, she was beginning to think differently of the people who ran establishments like this, given that they were seeming to go against the horrible actions of what they had done in the past.
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