"Ronald, you're finally here! Bad news for you. ”

Taking advantage of the lack of classes in the afternoon, Luo Xiaotian came to the commercial street in the north of Fink City, and he came to see how the music box consigned here was.

"What's the bad news? Not a single music box has been sold?"

"Not really, but they're all sold... One was bought by a magician who happened to pass by, saying that he was going back to study it. Another word... That's right, the bad news, the shops in the city center have introduced more beautiful music boxes, and I've heard from other merchants that like our music boxes, both in terms of music and the dancing people, but more elaborate and gorgeous, you know, the shopping streets here are all for the common people, and they can't afford our music boxes, let alone the music boxes in the city center, so I sold the second music box at half the price you set to a little girl who liked it very much..."

“... So the bad news is that the music box is exactly the same, or did you sell it by half?"

"Hahaha... Well, both! ”

“... Well, I'm not going to make new music boxes for the time being... I think I know what's going on. ”

After calculating the cost of consignment, Luo Xiaotian got one gold coin and three hundred silver coins from the owner of the magic prop shop to consign two music boxes, so far, Luo Xiaotian's plan as a career to earn tuition and living expenses has ended before it has begun, and he has not earned a single gold coin in total.

What's the problem? The music box given to Nina won't have a problem, and the music box consigned by the shopkeeper isn't very likely, so I'm afraid the problem is with Marcus of the Grant family.

For the time being, Luo Xiaotian can't think of any way, but if he wants to accept this result without saying a word, he won't agree with it.

"Marx, I would like to know about the person Marcus Grant. ”

"Marcus of the Grant family? How do you know him? The Grant family started by doing business, it is said that at the beginning, Il Grant, who established the Grant family, made a fortune, and he became a merchant who had been running a hotel for generations in Seci City, and Il Grant relied on his means to gradually gain control of the entire hotel, which was later the Grant family. After opening a few restaurants, the Grant family slowly began to develop in other directions, and after all these years, they moved to Fink City, and extended their business to the aristocracy, and as far as I know, they sold everything, not only jewelry, magic items, but also slaves. Five years ago, they bought a baron, but those of us who had become nobles by formal means did not recognize it. ”

"You can still buy a knighthood?!"

“... Isn't your focus quite right?! Let me tell you, the people of the Grant family are basically in business, maybe they have inherited the style of Il Grant, they don't do things morally at all, and no one knows what he is thinking when he looks at you, maybe he is thinking about how to sell you for a good price. ”

"Well, I feel it... So, is it really possible to buy a knighthood?"

“... It stands to reason that it can't be bought, but there is one exception, the Grant family donated a large amount of money to the empire during the war between the Purple Gold Flower Empire and the Black Dragon Empire, so they were made barons by the king, and many merchants bought titles that can be passed down from generation to generation, and then developed into real nobles. This is the case, for example, of Duke Alexander Brewster, who now controls the Bauhinia Imperial Bank in the Imperial Capital. By the way, what happened between you and Marcus Grant?"

"Hmm... I can't tell you if you can help me make an appointment with Marcus? I want to talk to him in person. ”

"Do you think it's really useful? I am afraid that the benefits they swallow will not be easily spit out. I think you might as well use this incident as a lesson instead of doing all this useless work. ”

"Marx, please!"

"Hmm... Well, then you wait for my news. ”

......

"Ronald, you don't have to clean the classroom today. ”

"Why? Did I get fired? I didn't do anything wrong, did I? Did I see something I shouldn't see? I remembered... It won't be the school that sneaks up in the classroom..."

"Don't say it, don't say it! It's not a dismissal! There's a new task for you. ”

"Well, what I saw that time..."

This time, the job is to clean the dormitory, once a day, and the salary will be doubled according to the original amount, that is, 300 silver coins a week. ”

"Double the salary! Then I'm fine. ”

"It's a girls' dormitory. ”

“... Why a girls' dormitory?"

"And it's in the aristocratic quarter. ”

“... If I'm not mistaken, the students who live in the aristocratic quarter must have their own servants, right? Why do you need me to clean up?"

"This is a special request from the other party, and I can't help it. Haven't there been a few exchange students in the past two days? Except for one commoner, the others are all descendants of nobles, and they will definitely inherit the title in the future. One of the exchange students asked you to clean her house every day, on the grounds that there weren't enough maids to bring with you. ”

"Why don't I believe it?"

"I don't believe it either, you don't know, she has six maids who are in charge of carrying the luggage alone, and she has the most maids among all the exchange students, and she also brought a housekeeper. ”

"Could there be some conspiracy?"

"Where is there any conspiracy, and do you have anything worthy of the other party's plot? Okay, you have to take this job, and you have to take it if you don't take it, that exchange student seems to have a lot of influence, and the principal has come to say hello, so I can't change it." ”

"Sure enough, it was sneaking that day..."

"I'll just stop you!"

Saying goodbye to Martin, Luo Xiaotian was a little puzzled. Among the nobles who can speak by themselves, there are only Nina and Marx, well, the mermaid princess Helen can also be counted.

So, I don't know what the intentions of this exchange student from Phoenix are. Even if it is Nina, Marx or Helen, they don't have that kind of domineering feeling, but Luo Xiaotian doesn't think that all nobles are like that, and wants to have this attitude, more because Luo Xiaotian is likely to become a magician?

After dinner that night, Luo Xiaotian came to the aristocratic district according to the address given by Martin.

This place is really different from ordinary dormitories, even if the merchants have money, they can't live here, they can only choose more expensive and well-equipped dormitories at most, this specially opened aristocratic area, identity and wealth are indispensable.

The aristocratic district is full of single-family buildings, two-story spire houses, gardens and pools in front of the door, and white columns, exactly the same as the villas in Luo Xiaotian's impression.

"Mr. Darwin, please follow me. ”

The maid in front of the door seemed to be waiting for Luo Xiaotian, since there were people waiting for her here, why don't you let her clean the room?

“... Good. ”

Following the maid in a white maid outfit, Luo Xiaotian followed the stairs to the second floor. I thought that the maid outfit was like what I had seen on TV before, full of beautiful lace with twists and turns, but unfortunately in fact, for the convenience of work, these laces are very obstructive things, so the maid outfit Luo Xiaotian saw had no lace, let alone bows that were everywhere.

"You're Ronald Darwin?"

In the bedroom on the second floor, a girl who looked like Nina was looking at Luo Xiaotian, and in her eyes, in addition to the pride that could not be concealed, there was also a slight color of unknown meaning.

"I am, excuse me?"

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet, that's rude. I'm Alice Brewster from Phoenix, and Nina has mentioned you many times in her letters to me, so I'm here as an exchange student this time to see what kind of person you are? Finally, I hope you can bring something interesting. ”

The previous words explained the reason why he came here to do the cleaning work alone, although if you want to meet, you really don't have to go to such trouble, you can pay yourself!

"Mr. Darwin, then, you can start cleaning from this bedroom. ”

"Uh... Shall you go to another room first? You will come back after I have cleaned up, and besides, would it be nice for me to clean the bedroom?"

"What's wrong? It's okay, I'm reading here, you don't have to worry about disturbing me, then, feel free. ”

“... All right. ”

Luo Xiaotian really wanted to say, I was afraid that you would disturb me to clean up.

The girl's room was full of fluttering things, and perhaps because she had just been here, many boxes were stacked together and stood by the wall.

No matter what world Luo Xiaotian is in, he has no experience in cleaning a girl's room. He carefully cleaned the floor and the surface of the table, and every time he moved, he always felt like a pair of eyes were staring at him, and the heat of his gaze was about to burn his skin, quite uncomfortable.

After finally cleaning up the bedroom, Luo Xiaotian hurriedly said goodbye to Alice and went to clean other places, while Jenna, the maid next to her, still followed her. So, Jenna, wouldn't you like to clean up?

Although it was not as large as the area occupied by the previous floors of classrooms, this building was full of things that Alice had brought from Phoenix City or bought locally, and the environment was quite complicated, which delayed Luo Xiaotian a lot of time, and it turned out to take more time than cleaning the classroom.

After it was over, the figure of the sun in the sky had long since disappeared, and even the afterglow was only faint.

"Ronald, I made an appointment with Marcus for you, it's this Friday, but the location... He said he'd tell you when the time came, anyway, you have to be careful. ”

The next day, Marx told Luo Xiaotian the news, much faster than expected.

"Well, I'll be careful. ”