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Hathaway looked down at the address in his hand, and then looked up at the mansion in front of him, which was comparable to a real nobleman: "President, we have arrived." ”

A luxurious mansion, a wide courtyard, a diligent gardener, a respectful maid. Two maids open the iron fence gate of the courtyard, two maids bow deeply to you left and right, and two maids lead the way in front. The Speaker's cousin doesn't even have the lowest baron title.

Maybe he didn't need it either.

"Grown, my friend, welcome, welcome, what a sparkle of the humble house!" the Speaker's cousin stood at the door of the villa, greeted you, and embraced you warmly. He has always been gracious and welcoming, especially today.

A few minutes of pleasantries,

Dozens of delicacies.

You all sit at the typical aristocratic long dining table, where you sit at one end, the Speaker's cousin sits at the other end, and Hathaway is not far from you. More than a dozen maids are evenly dispersed around the restaurant, while a dozen or so maids are constantly serving the food.

You don't have to stand up to eat every dish on the table as long as a sprint, just as small, and when you're done, it's immediately reserved by the maid and slightly more than before. The liquid level in the glass is never less than half, and there is someone behind you to pour the wine.

Hathaway is back to eating. It's just that unlike when she was at the vice-captain's house, Hathaway is demonstrating how to eat Hesse in an aristocratic and elegant way.

It could have been a conspiracy to gag the shrewd secretary who got in the way with good food, something that both the vice-captain and the Speaker's cousin liked to do. Hathaway liked it too.

The Speaker's cousin began to complain about the disappearance of the female elf nobleman.

The kingdom and the sub-race of friends are mainly elves and dwarves, and it is easy to say that the death of an elven wanderer is not a matter of diplomacy. Due to the formal official procedures of the arrogant pointy-eared nobles who had no one in their eyes, the case reached the ears of His Majesty the King, and the pointy-eared nobles immediately adopted an unreasonable attitude, sitting directly on the sofa in the Speaker's office during their daily working hours, and they were entangled in the whole council hall, and all the forces at their disposal—the temple's, the officials', and even the unseen—were never able to catch this needle in the town.

“...... Unless, the man is hidden in the guards. Everyone knows that the well water of the council hall and the guard team does not interfere with the river water, and the speaker of the council has no way to send a large number of people to the guard team to search it. Alas. ”

Falsehood.

The information you get is that the council has gone to the guards to search for it, and they happily searched for everything, but in the end they found nothing, but smashed a lot of things.

The Speaker's cousin looked at him with a tentative look in his eyes.

Later, the Speaker's cousin praised you for sending three squads to attack the dungeon! This is a great thing for all the forces in the town! Despite the rumors, you actually only sent one squad, so it doesn't matter.

The heroic triumph was but one of the reasons why the Speaker's cousin was extraordinarily enthusiastic. The second is

"I heard that the vice-captain came to talk to you about things today, and finally left with a gloomy face. Haha! Whatever you're talking about, it's good to refuse!" His fat waving hands and raised eyebrows conveyed a subtext - anyone who offended the Guards was a friend of the council.

Maybe it's because of the demeanor?

Or is it because of the city?

He didn't say a word about the de-petrification. You were ready to apologize, but you were busy.

Halfway through eating,

The Speaker's cousin clapped his fat hands and got to the point of today.

A young girl walked in. Beautiful, young, and immature, although she wears the same uniform as the other maids, her temperament is completely different - like a novice.

The speaker's cousin introduced: "13 gold, it's all adjusted." You can fiddle with it however you want, but you have to be careful: the anti-slavery trend is in full swing these days, and this item is definitely not a slave, just an ordinary maid who signs a contract. Because she doesn't and can't wear a collar, she may run away when she is abused, demoralized, and you have no right to stop her. It's much cheaper than a slave, and it's much harder to serve than a slave — you need to pay her a salary, take care of her food, give her training and faith, and allow her to go home on vacation to visit her family — I'm not afraid of trouble, and I've hired a professional teacher anyway. ”

This young girl is a delicate profession between an employee and a slave, and it is also a special product of this era.

She doesn't need to occupy the guild's staffing, she is not a regular employee but just a maid, but she still has to occupy her weekly income and expenditure to pay her salary. Or, you can pay your salary out of your own pocket.

You can sleep with her and send her to do anything she wouldn't normally want to do, but after a long time she'll run away. It's the same as a slave, but you need to treat her with the same attitude as an employee. Because she doesn't have a collar after all.

"She has been trained to be your personal adventurer, but now she is a blank slate, which is equivalent to ...... Uh, in your guild's words, level 0. If you need her to fight, you'll have to hire an instructor. ”

And then

The Speaker's cousin asks the maids to hand you a piece of paper.

"The second one is much simpler. 25 gold. This is an employee establishment card with a false name. With it, you can eat empty salaries - that is, turn 1 "weekly income and expenditure" into "activity funds". ”

The specific amount of "weekly income and expenditure" is complex, and it needs to consider various factors such as length of service, performance, meal allowance, promotion, and skill job rating. In most cases, the "weekly income and expenditure" will deal with an employee's salary, but in fact, the employee's salary can be high and low. This certificate, which can be used for empty salaries, is equivalent to a senior employee with a weekly salary of 50 gold. That is, "Weekly Income and Expenditure" -1, and "Activity Funds" +50 every Monday.

But you've already exhausted your weekly income and expenses, and you'll have to wait a few more days before you can use it.

The maids handed over a few more portraits of monsters.

"These low-threat monsters are all legitimate. The Speaker's cousin explained, "The first one is the "ground stinging bug", which is a little old, but it is also fully trained, and you can buy it as a pet for 9 gold. Although it's a little ugly, it's honest and peaceful, and it has a different flavor when used to watch the home nursing home. In particular, the "nursing home" is very good, and the kind of courtyard with land. ”

"The second picture is of the "Mechanic". 18 gold to take away, and you can be a bodyguard in the nursing home. Can speak, has a good intelligence, doesn't need to eat or drink, needs a short amount of sleep, and is quite good at fighting with others. Strength is roughly equivalent to Warrior level 4, but you can't expect the Trap to continue to grow. ”

"The third one is the "Kobold Dragon Shield Guard", which is equivalent to a level 4 warrior, and it took me a lot of effort to train such an evil little thing. Ugly is a little ugly, and it's not very peaceful, but at least remember that it is strictly forbidden to attack people casually. It can't be less than 16 gold, otherwise I won't be able to get it back. ”

The restaurant quieted down,

The Speaker's cousin seemed to remember something, and added: "By the way, there are also ordinary human male laborers, and there are many of them. I am honest and hard-working, I have been working, and I have taken away 5 gold. However, you need to take care of food and housing, and your weekly salary is 1 gold...... If you need a salary increase in the future, don't come to me and complain. They can do things like land turnover, warehouse tidying, moving goods, etc., but don't expect them to have farming, repair, or construction skills. If there is technology, how can they fall into my hands...... Oh!

These goods,

There are no slaves,

There are no subspecies,

It's all legitimate business with the edge of illegality – indeed in line with what the Speaker's cousin said: "There will be no in his market."

Suddenly, Hathaway finally put down the prawns in her hand and said, "Can you show us what kind of quality a mature maid has?"

Hmm, the speaker's cousin had no reason to refuse: "Which one do you want to see?" ”

Hathaway stretched out her hand and ordered the four maids to stand in front of you in turn, showing off their etiquette training with a simple greeting process.

These four people are the objects of suspicion.

The voice of one of them is definitely the killer in the carriage who intends to assassinate the female guard and you. Got it. The man behind her assignment was sitting at the other end of the long dining table at the moment, smiling warmly and kindly.

suddenly

The Speaker's cousin changed his tune and said, "I heard that the elder has been in debt recently? But...... Because my product is special and it is not convenient to take it back and sell it again, it is an "indefinite trial" instead of a week. ”

Actually, you're no longer in debt, but it seems that the information of the Speaker's cousin is not bright enough.

Hathaway whispered: "The so-called "indefinite trial" means that from now on, no matter how much the attitude value rises, once the cumulative drop reaches 10, the trial will end. ”

Which product are you going to try?

A, maid (at the end of the probation, you need to spend 13 gold to stay, and you have to take care of food and housing)

C, Monster: Ground Thorn Worm (Recovered at the end of the trial)

D, Monster: Trap Man (18 gold left)

E, Monster: Kobold Dragon Shield Guard (16 gold left)

F, Laborer (Recycling)

G, empty salary (not immediately effective, recycling)