Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 588 This is too expensive

"Okay, Miss Theresa."

Ribak answered 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 Riback 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 would like to hear your suggestions."

He said he was taking advice, but in fact Angel knew nothing about it, so he relied on the 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 its status in line with this street, you will need at least one housekeeper to be responsible for managing the maid and the financial expenses of the entire family, two personal maids, and two first-class maids responsible for the bedrooms. Maid, two second-class maids responsible for the living room and living room, three male servants responsible for receiving guests, two kitchen maids, two washing maids, and three menial servants.

“On top of that, you need a chef, a sous chef, and you need two gardeners to look after the many plants in your garden.

"If you do not plan to hire a carriage temporarily every day, you must prepare two carriages, one with two wheels for private travel and one with four wheels for formal occasions. Therefore, you will also need two coachmen, one To two attendants."

Listening to Riback'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 anomaly of her employer and gave jobs such as "nurses and tailors" that were temporarily unavailable. Swallowed.

In fact, I'm not afraid of this. Even if you escape from 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 money in the high expenses. Thinking ability, I finally found some confidence at this time, and a smile appeared on my face again.

Although Angel felt that with him in charge, even if a real "assassin" dared to sneak into his home, let alone thieves, he would never come back. However, considering that this was the standard configuration of a wealthy family, he did not reject the butler's suggestion.

After all, as butlers and housekeepers, they are responsible for the expenses of the entire family, as well as the management of the corresponding money and materials. If the two know each other, or even collude in advance, financial problems may easily arise.

"Can you train them? I remember you had experience in the military."

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.

The cost of living in Backlund is too high!

"of course."

Of course, out of suspicion, Riback did not provide a candidate for the housekeeper. Instead, he planned to let the Servants Association of Hillston District find a suitable list and Angel would select it himself.

Soon, the two of them finalized the employment list and preliminary expenses in the carriage.

Of course there are more... Riback quickly came back to his senses, recited the name of the Lord of Storms in his heart, sighed at the appearance of his new employer, and continued without pausing:

Even her original "boss" Servilia's family had dozens of male and female maids and workers serving the baroness. Angel had seen three different maids serving tea.

"In addition, as a single woman, it is best to hire two to three professional guards for your villa to deter possible thieves or kidnappers. Of course, male servants can usually do this for you. You only need to apply for some hunting licenses and purchase A few single-shot shotguns, and after a short period of training, they can do the job."

Finally found a place to save money... Angel's eyes lit up, he looked at Riback and asked softly:

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. An earl's family may have hundreds of servants.

"Only this?"

"Further needs will be decided after your housekeeper is in place, but at least you need to reserve wine, coffee, and tea for balls and banquets, as well as entertaining neighbors. I should not interfere with your private collection, but Baker Rand’s social season starts in a month, so you must have all your clothes and jewelry ready.”

Thinking of this, Angel tried his best to smile and said to Riback, who was a little stunned:

As if he had expected this question, Riback simply nodded and began to talk about obtaining a hunting license and purchasing weapons.

In addition to the housekeeper, there are at least 10 maids, 6 male servants, and 7 to 8 employees responsible for other things... Angel's stiffened brain began to slowly calculate the required expenses, and soon discovered that every week would cost It takes more than 8 pounds in wages to maintain this huge team.

This does not include the two carriages mentioned by Riback and the horses that pulled them, which cost at least 500 pounds. Calculated over a year, the average is 10 pounds per week...

No, I don't. All my clothes can fit in one suitcase. My only jewelry is the "Rose Necklace", "Knight Bracelet" and "Hypocritical Ring"... Angel nodded stiffly, indicating that he understood the other party's hint. .

However, Angel's smile disappeared from his face as he and Riback agreed on a time to select a housekeeper and sign the relevant contract together. After returning from the carriage to the hotel and entering his room, Angel's smile disappeared.

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.

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"...I have returned the 3000 gold coins I earned from Miss Justice to Miss Messenger. In this way, we only owe her 7000 gold coins, and we hope to pay off the debt within a few months.

"The cost of living in Backlund 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 in the suburbs to entertain friends there to spend happy weekends. I After calculation, the two properties, the annual salary of the housekeeper and the servant, the cost of the two carriages, and not even counting the daily expenses, it would be more than 1500 pounds a year!
"Reinette Tinichole reminded me that the extraordinary properties of the 'Puppet' are not suitable for sale to others due to the 'Mother Tree of Desire'. They must either be made into magical items or handled by her. In view of this, I I decided to sell the extraordinary characteristics to the messenger lady, but when I asked for 3 gold coins yesterday, she did not reply immediately. Maybe I should lower the price a little?
"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 Sage" instead of his new name, Christine Theresa.

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 financial blows, finally turned up and felt a little better. She used a spell to summon the headless messenger lady in the deepest bedroom of the hotel suite. She saw her slowly floating down from the ceiling and handed over the letter.

"Send to Gehrman Sparrow."

She used the name that Klein had contracted with the messenger.

One of Reinette's heads held the letter in her mouth, while the other three heads looked around and did not leave immediately.

Why, does she still want to see the extraordinary properties of the "puppet", but I didn't bring it with me this time... Angel looked curiously into the air until eight blood-red eyes gradually focused on him.

"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, and she immediately reached into her pocket and took out a piece of gold pound and Sule banknotes, but there was no heavy gold coin.

Last night, she returned all three thousand gold coins to the messenger lady in front of her, leaving not a single one on her body...

Feeling that Reinette's eyes were gradually turning cold, Angel quickly handed over two 1-pound bills, squeezed out a smile and said:
"Is 2 pounds okay? In Loen, gold pounds and gold coins are equivalent."

"The rules are..." "Only accept..." "Gold coins..."

Including the one with the letter in her mouth, Reinette's four heads shook like wind chime trees.

"Even if..." "It's you..." "Not..." "Exception."

The letter slowly fell, and eight red eyes stared at Angel closely.

goo...

The latter felt a strange sound coming from his throat, and recalled the appearance of Miss Messenger fighting the "Rose Sect" on the outskirts of Bayam, and also thought of the harmonica maker on Olavi Island who was buried because he did not give gold coins. After spending the night in the soil, he even had the thought of escaping into the mirror world.

"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 a diviner, Klein would always keep a few coins on him as props for divination, and after he became Gehrman and his economic situation improved slightly, he exchanged them for gold coins.

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 she didn't expect that she would say this, 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 spoke again. Picked up the letter.

Then, the figure of the terrifying headless messenger slowly disappeared into the candlelight.

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North District, 160 Burklund Street, in the master bedroom.

Klein changed into soft, fitting pajamas under the service of the valet, and was about to lie down on his big bed, sleeping happily for the first time in a mansion with an annual rent of 315 pounds, when he suddenly felt spiritual. touch.

He calmly ordered the servant to close the door and leave, and then turned on his spiritual vision. As expected, he saw the headless messenger lady floating in the middle of the bedroom.

One of her heads held an unsigned letter, but not many people knew about Reinette Tinichole's summoning spell. He could easily guess who would send the letter at this time, so he smiled. He took the envelope, opened it smoothly, shook out the letter paper and was about to take a closer look, but found that Reinette was still floating in place, not leaving.

Is she waiting for my reply?

Klein lowered his head and quickly confirmed that the letter was from Angel and that it was not urgent. He looked at the messenger lady and said softly:

"I don't need a reply just yet."

"Need..." "Pay..." "One..." "Gold coin..."

"She said..." "You..." "Pay."

Reinette's four heads spoke one after another. The last one who was not on the wheel became a little impatient and squeezed out two words after a while:

"She has no money..."

Angel has no money?
Klein, who had felt the same way all day, froze.

(End of this chapter)