"Am I being bullied right now?"

Lily Baker pondered this seriously.

Though she was technically a commoner, she had grown up in a rather well-off family and prided herself on her early-morning starts—earlier than most nobles, or so she believed.

Her parents ran a well-known bakery in the capital. If Lily hadn’t gone to the academy, she would have likely inherited the bakery herself, or perhaps her future husband would, whoever he might be. But as things stood, it was uncertain if she would take over the bakery. Her parents wished for her to aim higher, and Lily shared that …