My world to Free-use-Chapter 49: Hired

Chapter 49

I returned home and shared the news with everyone. To them, the pay was adequate for a starting member, but I didn't think the same. Still, that wasn't the real advantage of this agreement anyway.

The taxes on the stuff brought from the outside and sold to the merchants were almost forty percent. If sold to the lord, then it was thirty percent. In other words, if we were to earn one gold coin's worth of stuff, the lord would take three silvers, leaving us with only seven silvers.

With that in mind, the best thing to do was to reduce the taxes, increase our pay, and considering that only we would be bringing stuff to the city now, since all the monsters in the forest were now in my inventory, the demand and price of the stuff would rise greatly.

All we had to do was wait just a few days. Once the hunters of this city didn't find anything to hunt for days, we would go out and bring back just enough not to be suspicious. Of course, we would have to be empty-handed most of the days, but on the days we would be lucky, the price would be enough to make up for three weeks' worth of absence, not just one.

So, with the gold coin I had obtained and the gold coin the family had earlier, we sold the house for a few silvers and rented a house for six months in the merchant's district for all the money we had.

The remnant was spent for me to buy some good clothes as I would be the only one going to the lord's mansion, well, it was a stretch to call it a mansion, but let's go with mansion for now.

The day passed in such a hectic situation and the dawn once again came. The family was barely able to settle in when it was time for me to leave for my job. In terms of modern metrics, my job started at seven am and ended at five pm, just an hour before dark. That was also when the lord would choose to retire from his office.

It wasn't like the lord would work all the time. That day, my very first day, the lord came to his office a little before noon and left before it was barely three, a little more than three hours later.

I was free for the rest of the seven hours. But there was nothing I could do inside the lord's mansion anyway.

"Have you learned everything you needed to from your seniors?" The lord asked as he invited me for tea before it was time for me to go home.

"Yes. I have memorized everything well." I replied.

"Good. Make sure not to make a mistake. You know your pay would be deducted, right?" The lord asked. That was another clause added to the contract after it was signed. It wasn't like I could disagree, so I had to agree with him and give in to that demand.

"Good." The lord replied before he asked, "How is your training coming along?"

"It's good. I have a good feeling that before this year ends, I would be able to enter the second circle." I replied.

The lord's expression froze for a second before it became normal. That was the significance of my talent. If I really could enter the second circle in less than a year of my awakening, then there was a good chance that in three to four years, I would be at the peak of the third circle or at the beginning of the fourth circle, or C rank in that sense.

Reaching B rank in ten years wouldn't be an impossibility and a B rank before thirty was a great accomplishment from the standards of this world. Of course, there were talents who could make it to that point faster than that but those are like drops in an ocean.

"Haha. You sure are a talent." The lord praised me, after he quickly managed to collect himself. He then looked at me got to the point that was the reason for this whole conversation, "Is it possible to add overtime to your schedule?"

"Overtime?" I asked, slight hesitation evident in my voice. Of course, I was only acting. Even if he was a noble, he couldn't be very unreasonable, otherwise, it would create problems for him as well. After all, there was always a sky above a sky. Even he, the knight of the kingdom, had a superior.

If somehow, not being able to bear his unreasonable demands, I somehow managed to attract the attention of his superior, unknown to him, I could be poached off from him and might even be granted his seat in the name of loyalty.

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It wouldn't get to that, of course. He wasn't that much of an idiot or conceited. He was just careful.

"Yes." The lord replied, "My wife's guard has fallen ill for some time, and my wife requires a guard. I was wondering if you could act as her guard just until her usual guard retains his health."

'His wife?'

It was an unexpected proposal. It was a double-edged sword as well. If, by mistake, I ended up offending his wife, he could charge me with putting my hands on a noble and have me executed, or at the very least, imprisoned for a significant amount of time.

On the other hand, if I were to serve his wife, I would be granted access to the inside of the mansion, not just this office where the lord did his work.

With that in mind, I simply asked, "Would I also have to accompany you to the office?"

"No. You would only guard her. Since that job is much more tiring, I am willing to grant you a leave from these tasks of yours while increasing your wages." He explained.

So even though the timings would remain the same, since I would be doing some extra tiring work, it would be counted as overtime, and my pay would be increased by a good bit.

There was nothing wrong with the technical proposal; instead of the ulterior motive involved was to trap me under their wing for the rest of my life, by one way or another. By goading me or trapping me, it didn't really matter.

But while it was good for them, it was better for me as well. I would get access that I required and have everything I needed.

With that, the agreement was made and the very next day, I entered the lord's resident and a maid led me to the lady's chambers. As I entered after knocking, I was met with the sight of a beautiful woman on par with Rayla.

Black hair and deep brown eyes, one could consider touched the territory of black. She wasn't well endowed in the tits department and since she was sitting, I couldn't tell the state of her ass as well. What I knew was that she was definitely a noble. Her etiquette, her demeanor, and the very air around her screamed elegance. Soft milky skin, her face and body let out a gentle fragrance, even all the way to where I was standing. She had a set of puckered lips just asking to be kissed, and delicate hands and feet. All in all, she was a beauty.

A beauty to covet.

"Is it you?" She asked in her gentle but steady tone as she turned to face me and dismissed the woman who was putting shoes on her feet.

"Squire Jack at your service, my lady." I bowed according to the noble way with one hand on my chest and one behind my back and my posture a good forty five degrees.

"Hmm..." The lady nodded before she said, "It's Lady Zara for the future."

I nodded and changed my way immediately, "It is an honor to be of your service, Lady Zara."

"Hmm." She nodded once again before she asked, "If I recall, your strength is at the peak of the first circle, yes?"

"Yes, Lady Zara." I respectfully replied.

"Good." She replied before she turned to me and asked, "Do you know what your duties are?"

"To guard you, Lady Zara," I replied.

"And how do you intend to do that when you are weaker than I?" Lady Zara asked.

"I shall gladly sacrifice my life to ensure your safety, Lady Zara," I replied. That was the answer she was looking for. If I couldn't help her with my strength, I should at least be willing to buy her time by sacrificing my life.

"That's a good answer." Zara was pleased with my reply.

With that, the introductions were done before Zara reached down and took off the shoes the maid had just planted on her feet and said, "Come here and show me how you can be useful in other ways. Massage my feet."

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