She was an orphan living at the Charitable Asylum.
Although Leon wanted to tell the admin lady this excuse, considering it sounded a bit like Hell, he decided to explain in a different way:
"She's sort of a reserve member of our bureau, came here with me to rent an apartment."
"Oh, I see…"
Nodding in understanding, the admin lady frowned slightly and asked with some confusion:
"This child... looks twelve or thirteen? Does your bureau actually hire child labor?"
"No, she's looked like this for the past ten years, if you really calculate it, she should be around twenty-three or twenty-four this year."
"Then how come she…"
"Uh... she had a major illness ten years ago, so she's been like this ever since."
Illness ten years ago? And hasn't changed since?
The admin lady was stunned for a moment and then whispered with some understanding:
"Could it be that... that, what's it called... dwarfism?"
"Oh yeah, yeah! That's the one!"
