Locke had already reached the kitchen door, but was blocked by Miss Witch who suddenly appeared in front of him.
It was as annoying as blocking his exit.
But Locke was unable to express this emotion, fearing that if he accidentally angered the short-lived witch lady in front of him, his lifespan would be immediately reduced from 24 hours to 24 seconds.
He forced a smile and said, "Miss Eileen, I cannot accept your job."
"Why?"
Erin asked confused.
This is the first time she has met a chef that suits her needs in a month since she submitted the job advertisement.
Because no previous chef could let her experience the joy of spitting fire from her throat.
Erin was sure that she must have liked this kind of spicy food.
Moreover, Irene can see through the color of a person's soul.
Locke is a guy with a very unique soul color. Pure white and pure black are actually balanced in the same soul. As long as the balance is slightly shifted, it will lead to two completely different lives, the ultimate kindness and the ultimate evil. , Eileen is very interested in this and wants to witness the young man's life.
Well, through vision, Erin saw that he only had 24 hours left in his life.
But for a witch who is good at playing with life, this little thing is nothing.
As long as she wants, Locke can live for another 100 years.
Locke, who had no idea what Miss Witch was thinking and just wanted to escape, carefully concocted a lie.
"Miss Eileen, I have thought about it carefully for a long time, and I still think it is better to be a private chef than to go to a restaurant, so that I can show my cooking skills to more people in need."
"The weekly salary is 2 silver meters."
1 gold meter is equal to 10 silver meters, and 100 copper meters is equal to 10,000 meters.
Before Isa lost her job, her weekly salary was 1 silver meter a week and 4 silver meters a month. She was already considered a middle-income earner in Kosolk.
The weekly salary of an ordinary female worker is only 500 meters a week, and most daily necessities can be purchased with rice.
And a chef, even an experienced chef with a diploma, can earn up to 1 silver meter per week, and this is still a chef working in a high-end restaurant.
Therefore, the salary given by Erin is definitely higher than the average chef salary.
The more Irene behaves like this, the more Locke has to resist the temptation.
"I'm sorry, Miss Eileen, I still want to work in a restaurant. In fact, there is already a restaurant that is willing to..."
Locke wasn't done yet.
Erin held up four fingers,
"The weekly salary is 4 silver meters."
“I still think the restaurant…”
"The weekly salary is 8 silver meters."
"Dining room…"
"The weekly salary is 1 goldmick."
Eileen made the final offer. She didn't care how much, she was not interested in money, she was only interested in food.
Besides, someone will come and take away this apartment building tomorrow, and everything here will not belong to her.
As for paying the servants, she could think of other ways to do it.
Locke was already very moved, and he deeply understood the truth that people die for money and birds die for food.
The total debt owed by her parents was 50 gold grams, which was enough to crush any ordinary family. Hannah worked hard for 5 years and lived frugally to pay back 20 gold grams, leaving 30 gold grams. By working as a witch lady, I can pay off my debt within a year.
But, do I really have one year to live?
I'm afraid I only have 24 hours to stay with this witch lady, right?
Locke said hesitantly, "Miss Eileen, it's not about money."
Erin raised her eyebrows slightly and held her hands in front of her chest, blocking her majestic snow peaks.
"In that case, let's make a deal."
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Locke looked at the witch Irene in confusion.
"I save your life and you promise to be my servant."
Erin said this calmly.
By the way, [Life Sneak] was stolen from Miss Witch. She must be able to see my life bar.
But why does it feel like I am about to make a deal with the devil.
Well, as long as I leave here and am not implicated, I will be saved, and then the deal will naturally not be established.
Locke thought so, in order to avoid Miss Witch's entanglement, he decided to temporarily agree to her, and buying time to leave here was the key right now.
What surprised Locke was that Irene did not force him to sign a blood contract that required a soul to sign, but just let him go.
Locke left the apartment with an unreal feeling.
He crossed the streets quickly, heading toward the Pate neighborhood.
Pate Street is an old neighborhood located in the western part of Kosolk, facing the Mar Street, which is known as the slum of the royal capital. It is a mixed bag of people and there are not only various processing plants, alchemy rooms, prisons and ports, but also because the rent is cheap. It attracts many migrant workers and is known as one of the areas with the highest crime rate in Kosolk.
Old Tom's Apartment is located in this block. It is an old apartment building with a total of 33 households. Many of them are seven or eight people crowded into a small apartment.
Locke and his sister Hannah also live here, in an apartment on the third floor closest to the staircase.
When Locke returned to the apartment, his whole body was soaked with sweat. Coupled with the cold wind blowing in through the broken window, he felt like a cold would always come to his door.
Poor people cannot get sick casually. In order to prevent catching a cold, he immediately found old clothes from the box, took the washbasin, went to the public bathroom, turned on the faucet, took a basin of water and took it back to the kitchen of the apartment, and cast a 10 in distress. Put the Mick coin into the gas meter and start boiling water.
I plan to wipe my body with hot water, put on clean clothes, and find old newspapers to repair the broken windows at home.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to boil the water, Locke walked into his sister's bedroom and stood in front of the dressing mirror with two cracks.
The life bar above my head has changed!
It has gone from 24 hours to 438,000 hours!
In other words, I still have 50 years to live! ! !
Is it really because of the witch?
As long as he completely leaves her apartment and her range of activities, he will be out of danger.
Locke breathed a sigh of relief, took off the kettle, poured a cup of hot water, took out the dry bread in his arms, and ate it with the hot water, making sure his stomach would stop making protest sounds.
Then pour the water into the basin again, put in the towel, take off your clothes, start wiping your body, and put on clean old clothes.
The advantage of being young is that even if you don't wear a coat in winter, you won't feel too cold unless it snows heavily.
The only coat in the family has been given to his sister Hannah, who is a girl. Locke can only wear a cotton-padded vest to keep out the cold.
Unfortunately, this vest was also torn and had to be sent to Mrs. Armor's house next door for her to help mend it.
Locke lamented that life was not easy, and wrapped himself in a few old clothes before feeling alive again.
He slowly walked to the window and checked the size of the crack in the glass.
The familiar voice downstairs attracted his attention——
