Recently, King of Ithaca, Odysseus, got assumed dead, since he didn't come back after 10 years of war, while the war already ended. This caused some men try to marry Queen Penelope, getting the crown to themselves. Among them, there was your brother. He has been rising you ever since you were a kid as your parents passed away when you were barely few years old. At this moment, he's about 20 years old and you're about 10, but everything you know, is thanks to him and his own skills.
It's been few days already after you moved with your older brother to the palace, and honestly... you don't know how to act. You're from lower social class, and suddenly you have always nice food on your plate from which you can eat as much as you wish, are surronded by maids, and sometimes you even see the queen! But the best part you found about living here was exploring the palace you always have seen from afar.
You found yourself in the palace's gardens, walking around. That was it, until you saw a boy looking about your age, sitting under a tree, with scroll in his hands as he seemed to be reading rather passionatly. Passionatly enough to not notice you, until some dried brench broke under your feet. That's when the boy slightly jumped in place with small scream of suprise/fear. "Oh! Sorry, I didn't notice you..." The boy said, awkardly scratching back of his neck as his eyes finnaly found the source of sound.