The Head Manager of the Magical Garment Factory and a Certain Someone’s Back
Lucia was blessed with good luck. She was where she was thanks to her connections and the opportunities she’d received.
Under the rays of the afternoon sun, she walked toward a white brick building located on a busy street in the Central District.
“Good afternoon, Head Manager Fano!” the guard standing in front of the door to the Tailors’ Guild greeted her.
Head Manager Fano—so she, Lucia Fano, was now called; that was her title at the Magical Garment Factory, an establishment managed by the Tailors’ Guild. By vocation, she was a couturier, one who designed and created clothes.
She was short, with a childlike face, green hair, and blue eyes. Some might have considered her plain, and as a child, she’d had an inferiority complex about her appearance, but now she was quite fond of it.
Until a few months ago, Lucia had spent every day making socks and gloves in the workshop operated by her family of five. Then she had happened to help her magical toolmaker friend Dahlia make a prototype toe sock enchanted with a mild drying effect. It was through that connection that Lucia had begun working for the Tailors’ Guild, which had led in turn to her being appointed the head manager of the Magical Garment Factory.
However, the position of head manager—a role that included handling business with the castle and nobles—presented several difficulties for a commoner like herself. But even bearing in mind the inevitability that she would someday be replaced by another head manager, she worked to the best of her ability alongside her colleagues.
“Good afternoon! Another sunny day today, huh?”
“Yes, but we were just fine. All thanks to those toe socks and zephyricloth you gave us!” the guard replied with a broad smile.
Zephyricloth was one of the magical tools made by the Magical Garment Factory. It was a coarse fabric enchanted to produce a gentle flow of air. When used for undergarments, it kept them from getting sweaty and sticking to the wearer’s skin, making it the opti