Lily's Handmaid

Lily's Handmaid is a story about Sarah, a young mage who accepts Lady Melissa Duskheart’s offer to become a handmaid to her daughter, Lily, rather than risk losing her soul by turning it down. Though Sarah has no experience as a domestic servant, she settles into life among the Duskheart family’s maids. The women are amiable, and their relaxed approach to relationships suits Sarah, who is often approached by women she finds attractive.

The characters

Sarah is a former dueling champion of the Fading Spire Academy. Practical and adaptable, she is inexperienced as a maid but not in love; she is drawn to dominant women, though she denies being submissive. Lily, one of Melissa’s younger daughters, attended the same academy as Sarah and once hesitated to confess her feelings. Now that Sarah is her handmaid, Lily pursues her more boldly.

Melissa leads the wealthy and influential Duskheart Family, an organization with many capable mages in her service, whom she calls her maids. She encourages unconstrained love among her servants and also spends time with them herself. Olivia, the diligent and perceptive senior maid, trains Sarah and oversees the mansion as its maid-steward, often adding playful remarks to her earnest manner.

Nadya, a junior maid, worships Melissa and hopes to attract her attention. She also has an uncertain relationship with Katherine, a former aristocrat who became a maid after her family went bankrupt. Katherine is usually considerate and well mannered, but can grow excitable around young women she is attracted to.

Anna and Emma are mischievous twins who tease Lily, their younger aunt. They are separate people but, as Lily says, always together. Rie is a high-ranking maid with exceptional concealment skills; she is rarely seen or heard, and may be closer than she seems.

Story content

The story takes place in a world inhabited only by women. It contains 37 unique event CGs, with 336 variants, and has about 65,000 words, or roughly 4–6 hours of reading.