After these few days of hard work, Wayne had more or less understood some common sense in aristocratic families.
Various complex regulations are gradually improved through the development of generations, such as the employment system of maids. In the beginning, these servants just existed like slaves. Their wealth and life depended on the master's whims. But now, special agency employment places have appeared in the royal capital, and maids can protect themselves by signing legally binding contracts. labor benefits, and they can regain their freedom after the contract period ends.
Well...this is just a situation that ordinary nobles or wealthy commoners would face.
For nobles with higher rank and longer inheritance, such a transaction relationship full of the smell of copper naturally does not conform to the "etiquette" they expect. Therefore, the personal maids, valets or butlers of the great nobles are basically made up of close relatives. The retainers serve and are then passed down from generation to generation.
In this way, the descendants of the master's family are still the master's family, and the descendants of the retainers are still retainers. At the same time, the close ties between generations can make the interests of each other more tightly bound, which is indeed a very convenient control method.
But Kallen does not belong to this category.
This is natural, otherwise she wouldn't be assigned to be Wayne's personal maid.
The other lineage retainers affiliated with the Duke's Palace have already placed heavy treasures on Chrissy and share weal and woe with her.
"Waiting for your return." Karen took out a stack of booklets from her wide apron pocket and handed them over. She said in a cold voice: "This is the homework sent back after correction by the tutor today, as well as tomorrow's schedule."
"This kind of unimportant thing can be discussed tomorrow morning." Wayne didn't expect it to be such a trivial matter.
He casually flipped through the homework given to the teacher yesterday. The questions were all very basic, and the few small red circles marked by Wayne were intentional mistakes.
"It may be a small thing for you, but it is the maid's duty." Kallen was very serious about every matter she handled. "Of course, I will remind you of the schedule again tomorrow morning."
"Okay." Wayne closed the paper, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "By the way, there was a maid who was punished before, it seems her name was Anna, how is she now?"
Karen was silent for two seconds and said, "She has been expelled from the Duke's Mansion."
"..."
How should I put it, I always feel that my mood is very complicated.
In a sense, the maid was indeed on the enemy's side, and it was entirely her own fault that she suffered such an end.
But...what if she has a reason?
For some reason, the phrase "I have a sick brother at home" that she kept saying at that time kept echoing in her mind.
Wayne looked up at the maid in front of him.
"Karen, can I trust you?"
Karen showed a bit of surprise and said solemnly: "Of course, Master Wayne."
"Follow me." Wayne took her hand and entered his room.
Wayne took out a book from the bedside table, and inside the cover was a 50-pound note, which was all the money he had accumulated so far.
——Actually, it was just a small reward handed to him by the Duke when he first met Elliot Winche.
At that time, he didn't even understand how much purchasing power this piece of paper had. He was just casually told "don't lose it" and he kept it very preciously.
But now he has it figured out. There are three kinds of banknotes circulating in the kingdom. The Grand Pound is the one with the largest denomination. 1 Grand Pound is equal to 20 shillings and 1 shilling is equal to 12 pence. It is a very anti-human currency conversion system.
If we want to use physical objects as a reference, it costs about 6 shillings to buy a cow, 1 shilling and 5 pence for a sheep, and 10 grand for a high-end riding horse. Even if the daily market price fluctuates, it will not. A big difference. Roughly speaking, 5 pounds is completely enough for the average rich peasant's living expenses for a year, and the consumption of the small nobles will not exceed 12 pounds per year.
Of course, this level of consumption is not at the same level as the extravagant desires of the nobles.
At least 50 Grand Pounds, for Duke Elliot, was just pocket money that he could give to his descendants casually, and it would not be a pity even if he lost it.
"Bring this to Anna," Wayne said. "I have not forgiven her for the mistakes she committed, but her sick relatives are innocent."
"Take this money to treat her illness. Just treat it as a loan from me. She will pay it back to me when she has money in the future."
"Well, just tell her: I hope you can be a good citizen who is willing to help others in the future." Wayne tried hard to maintain his character of a generous and enthusiastic innocent boy.
It can be seen that the young maid at that time was only following the orders of her superiors and made a mistake. She did not suffer any losses in the end, so forget it.
He didn't expect that he would be able to repay it if he "borrowed" it. Anyway, the money was nothing, and the jewelry he was currently wearing might be far more than the value of 50 grand.
Looking at the brand new banknotes that Wayne handed over, Kallen was really surprised.
"Master Wayne, do you know what 50 grand means?"
"Probably a large amount of money."
Wayne caressed the book in his hand unconsciously and said with some embarrassment, "But if it can save a living life, it's not expensive."
Kallen suddenly smiled very gently, with a bit of relief in her smile.
"As expected, they are Miss Chris's family. Even this tenderness..."
Um? Could this matter also have something to do with Chris?
Although I know that you are a big fan of Chris, there is no need to be so dedicated. Wayne was speechless.
He did not dare to be the all-powerful protagonist named "Asashi".
The act of sending money was completely intentional by Wayne. It was precisely because he had a God's perspective and understood Karen's personality that he rashly used this method to help the driven maid Anna without worrying about this. The money was misappropriated by the person who handled it.
By the way, you can also brush up on the important character Kallen. You must know that this is a heavyweight character who can occupy more than half of the plot in just twelve episodes!
Seeing that she was looking at him lovingly and her eyes were watery, the effect should be pretty good.
"But you are worrying too much."
Contrary to what Wayne expected, Kallen did not accept his money.
"Miss Chris has sent a family doctor to diagnose and treat Anna's brother, and also introduced her to another job that can support the family, but the income is not as high as in the Duke's Palace."
She lowered her head and apologized: "I'm sorry. I didn't tell you the complete details before. It was because I presumed your character without permission. This is my fault."
"Ah?" Wayne was stunned.
Then he quickly figured out what Karen meant.
It turns out that he was afraid that he would be dissatisfied with Chris after knowing that she had helped her "enemy".
Wayne smiled bitterly, "Do I look so small?"
