Fourth Princess's Field Investigation

Since that night, the officials and maids in the Lord's Manor had noticed that the Head Maid's attitude toward the Lord Deputy had changed slightly.

She no longer tattled to Miss Fiona about her, instead beginning to secretly observe Anvis's actions and speculate on his reasons for doing so.

Although she seemed to have benefited from Bolley's words, in Annie's eyes, Leivin Bolley being completely trusted by Fiona was an extremely dangerous situation.

Deputy Bolley held too much authority. If he wished, he could easily make many important arrangements without Fiona knowing.

If this continued for too long, then should he truly betray them, plant hidden schemes throughout the territory, and strike at the young lady from within and without, it would be too late to salvage anything.

Even if Fiona did not care, she did not dare lower her guard completely.

Anvis was well aware of Annie's intentional or unintentional surveillance, but he did not mind at all.

He even deliberately made some of his actions more obvious, lest Annie fail to notice them.

As Fiona's personal maid, Annie was indeed loyal enough. It was simply that she was not particularly sharp, and that was no good thing.

Although Annie appeared to be monitoring her, Anvis was actually using his tolerance of her surveillance to subtly let her learn more details about managing the territory.

That way, if he had to leave for some reason one day in the future, Annie could immediately take over his position.

And allowing Annie to monitor him was far more effective than forcing her to study under him. After all, she had to actively think and analyze what each of his actions meant; her initiative was entirely different... While Anvis prepared for his meeting with the Fourth Princess, the Fourth Princess he was