"Okay, Miss Theresa."
Ribak replied meticulously. His eyes briefly glanced at Angel, then quickly retracted and looked at the villa beside him.
Angel was very satisfied with the housekeeper's sense of distance. She boarded the temporary carriage. When Ribak sat diagonally opposite her and the carriage slowly started to move forward, she continued:
"Next, we need to hire servants and purchase the items that this villa lacks. I want to hear your suggestions."
He said he was listening to suggestions, but in fact Angel knew nothing about it, so he was counting on professional Ribak to save his life.
The latter had already been asked a lot of questions by Angel on the way to check out the house. At this time, he didn't have any impatience, but answered solemnly:
"Based on the size of your current residence and the identity of this street, you need at least one Female Butler to be responsible for managing the financial expenses of the entire household, two personal maids, two first-class maids responsible for the bedrooms, two second-class maids responsible for the living room and living room, three Male Servant responsible for receiving guests, two kitchen maids, two washing maids, and three Male Servant for rough work.
"On top of that, you need a chef, a sous chef, and two gardeners to take care of the many plants in your garden.
"If you don't plan to hire a carriage temporarily every day, you must prepare two carriages, one two-wheeled for private travel, and one four-wheeled sedan for formal occasions. Therefore, you will also need two Coachman and one or two attendants."
Listening to Ribak's endless words, the expression on Angel's face gradually solidified.
She had already taken off her wide-brimmed hat after getting in the car, and her beautiful but dull face was directly exposed to the eyes of her housekeeper. The latter immediately discovered the abnormality of his employer and swallowed up "nurse, tailor" and other temporarily unavailable jobs.
But the numerous servants mentioned earlier left only the sound of jingling gold coins in Angel's mind. Of course, the sound was the sound of gold coins slipping through his fingers.
Excluding Female Butler, at least 10 maids, 6 Male Servant, and 7 to 8 employees responsible for other things... Angel's stiffened brain began to slowly calculate the required expenses, and soon found that more than 8 pounds of wages per week were needed to maintain this huge team.
This does not include the two carriages mentioned by Ribak and the horses that pull them. This costs at least 500 pounds. Calculated over a year, the average is 10 pounds per week...
The cost of living in Backlund is also too high!
She suddenly understood why she saw dozens of servants working throughout the mansion when she entered Earl Hall's house with "Crimson Eyes". A single woman without a title and renting a house for 300 pounds a year has to recruit so many servants. A Earl family may have hundreds of servants.
Even her original "boss" Sevillea's house had dozens of male and female maids and workers serving that Baroness. Just the maids who served tea, Angel had seen three different ones.
Thinking of this, Angel tried his best to squeeze out a smile and said to Ribak, who was a little stunned:
"Is that all?"
Of course there are more...Ribak quickly came to his senses, recited Lord of Storms's name in his heart, sighed at the appearance of his new employer, and continued without pausing:
"Further needs will be decided after your Female Butler is in place, but at least you need to reserve wine, coffee, and tea for dances and banquets, as well as entertaining neighbors. I should not interfere with your private collection, but Backlund's Social Season will start in a month, and you must have prepared the clothing and jewelry."
No, I don't. All my clothes can fit in one suitcase, and the only jewelry is "Rose Necklace", "Knight Bracelet" and "hypocrisy Ring"...Angel nodded stiffly, indicating that he understood the other party's hint.
"In addition, as a single woman, it is best to hire two to three professional guards for your villa to Intimidation possible thieves or kidnappers. Of course, Male Servant can usually do it for you. You only need to apply for some Hunting License and buy a few single-shot Hunting Rifle. After a short period of training, they will be able to do the job."
Finally found a place to save money... Angel's eyes lit up, he looked at Ribak and asked softly:
"Can you train them? I remember you had experience in the military."
"Of course."
As if he had expected this question, Ribak simply nodded and started talking about purchasing Hunting License and weapons.
Although Angel felt that with him in charge, even if a real "assassin" dared to sneak into his home, let alone thieves, there would be no return, but considering that this was the standard configuration of a wealthy family, he did not reject the butler's suggestion.
Soon, the two of them finalized the employment list and preliminary expenses in the carriage.
Of course, to avoid suspicion, Ribak, the candidate of Female Butler, did not provide it. Instead, he planned to let Servant Association of Hillston Borough find a suitable list, and Angel would personally select it.
After all, as men Female Butler, they are responsible for the entire family's expenses, as well as the corresponding management of money and materials. If the two of them know each other or even collude in advance, it is very easy for them to have financial problems.
In fact, I'm not afraid of this. Even if you escape Backlund, I can use divination to find you, appear next to you within half an hour, and recover the money with interest... Angel almost lost his ability to think amidst the high expenses, and only then did he regain some confidence, and a smile appeared on his face again.
But as Ribak and Ribak agreed on the time to select Female Butler and sign relevant contracts together, and returned to the hotel from the carriage and entered his room, Angel's smile disappeared from his face.
She slumped down on the single sofa, stretching her limbs forward, soothing her joints that were obviously not tired but somewhat stiff, and her purple eyes gradually lost their light.
"... I have returned the 3,000 gold coins I earned from 'Justice' Miss to Messenger Miss. In this way, we only owe her 7,000 gold coins, and we hope to pay off the debt within a few months.
"Backlund The cost of living is really expensive. I heard from my housekeeper that in addition to villas in the city, most wealthy people with social needs will rent a manor on the outskirts of the city to entertain friends there to spend a happy weekend. I calculated that for two properties, the annual salary of the housekeeper and servants, the cost of two carriages, and not even counting daily expenses, it will exceed 1,500 pounds a year!
"Reinette Tinekerr reminded me that the Beyonder Characteristic of 'Puppet' is not suitable for sale to other people due to the relationship of 'Mother Tree of Desire', or it should be made into Mystical Item, or let her handle it. In view of this, I decided to sell Beyonder Characteristic to Messenger Miss, but when I offered 30,000 gold coins yesterday, she did not reply immediately. Maybe I should lower the price?
"Looking forward to your reply and 'formal meeting' with you."
At the end of the letter, Angel hesitated for a moment and signed the name "Angelica Zaki" instead of his new name Christine Teresa.
There has to be some suspense, not to mention he didn't tell me his current identity... Angel, who lost his smile under the multiple blows of money, finally turned up the corners of his mouth and felt a little better.
She used a spell to summon the headless Messenger Miss in the deepest bedroom of the hotel suite. Seeing her slowly floating down from the ceiling, she handed over the letter.
"Send to Gehrman Sparrow."
She used the name Klein that she contracted with the messenger.
One of Reinette's heads picked up the letter, while the other three heads looked around and did not leave immediately.
Why, does she still want to see the "puppet" Beyonder Characteristic, but I didn't bring it with me this time... Angel looked curiously into the air until eight blood-red eyes gradually focused on herself.
"That..." "gold coin..." "Where is it?" "
The three unemployed heads spoke one after another.
Gold coins, I forgot!
The expression on Angel's face froze. She immediately reached into her pocket and took out Gold Pound and soli banknotes, but there were no heavy gold coins.
Last night, she returned all three thousand gold coins to the person in front of her, Messenger Miss, without leaving any on her body...
Feeling that Reinette's eyes were gradually becoming indifferent, Angel quickly handed over two 1 pound notes, squeezed out a smile and said:
"Is 2 pounds okay? In Loen, Gold Pound and gold coins are equivalent."
"The rules are..." "Only accept..." "Gold coins..."
Including the one with the letter in his mouth, Reinette's four heads shook like Wind Chime Tree.
"Even if..." "It's you..." "Not..." "Exception."
The letter fell slowly, and eight red eyes stared at Angel.
Gu...
The latter felt a strange sound coming from his throat, and thought of Messenger Miss fighting "Rose School of Thought" in the suburbs of Bayam, and then thought of Rose School of Thought in Oravi Island Artisan, the harmonica maker, was buried in the ground overnight because he was not given any gold coins. He even had the idea of getting into Mirror World and escaping.
"Yes, yes, this time, this time the other party will pay!"
At the critical moment, Angel finally thought of a way and hurriedly explained.
She knew that as Seer, Klein would always keep a few coins on their bodies as divination props. After becoming Gehrman, she exchanged them for gold coins after their economic situation improved slightly.
As for herself, after being promoted to "Despair", she could rely on her eyes as a mirror to perform simple divination, and no longer carried coins.
As if he didn't expect her to say that, Reinette, who was floating in the air, froze. Even her shaking head stopped moving. After a brief silence, one of her heads opened her mouth and picked up the letter again.
Then, the figure of the terrifying headless messenger slowly disappeared into the candlelight.
North Borough, Böklund Street No. 160, in the master bedroom.
Klein changed into soft, well-fitting pajamas under the service of Male Servant, and was about to lie down on his big bed, sleeping happily for the first time in the mansion with an annual rent of 315 pounds, when he suddenly felt something touched by Spirituality.
He calmly ordered the servant to close the door and leave, and then opened Spirit Vision. As expected, he saw the headless Messenger Miss floating in the center of the bedroom.
One of her heads held an unsigned letter, but not many people knew the Reinette Tinekerr summoning spell. He could easily guess who would send the letter at this time, so he took the envelope with a smile, opened it, shook the letter paper and was about to take a closer look, but found that Reinette was still floating in place and had not left.
Is she waiting for my reply?
After Klein lowered his head and quickly confirmed that the letter was from Angel and that it was not urgent, he looked at Messenger Miss and said softly:
"I don't need a reply just yet."
"Need..." "Pay..." "One..." "Gold coin..."
"She said..." "You..." "Pay."
The four heads of Reinette spoke one after another. The last one who was not on the wheel became a little impatient. After a while, he squeezed out two words:
"She has no money..."
Angel Have no money?
Klein, who had the same feeling all day, froze.