Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"There were so many mistakes in the documents you have given me. I have tried my best to find the changes and write them down for you to compare.

But there might be a chance I have missed a few points. It would be better if you give it a look later. But I must say that the person who had made the file was very inexperienced as he had done a lot of miscalculations!"

His hands that were about to take the file and the parchments she had filled halted when she called the man novice who had made the file.

Though she was sharp at finding the mistakes, she did not understand the simple fact that the supplier was not novice but cunning. 

He would have thought that a higher noble like Thawyne would not waste their time and energy in calculating and checking the daily expenses report of the training unit.

Everyone knew that Leo did not like that kind of manual work, and had not checked it many times.

So, the person would have been carefree and did not care about hiding the defaults that could be checked easily just by calculating the whole data again.

"What have you found out?" he asked as he personally checked the whole file and compared it with the calculations she had made.

The more he looked at the file, the more shocked started to register on his face.

"Well, you have taken a few knights with you when you went to the borders alst time, yet the expenses on the meal were shown the same.

First i thought that the expenses of the vegetables would have risen but then it was the same expenses even when they returned back.

It confused me. So after highlighting this point, I checked the prices of the grains and vegetables. But when I calculated their price with the amount used, the data did not match at all.

Besides that, I was buying these vegetables for my house last month. The prices shown here are more than double than the price I had brought in the market.

The changes might be due to the town we are living in or the show we buy vegetables from but still… 

And after checking the whole file, i even checked the left over stock which shows less quantity then it should be.,

If the difference would have been normal, I would have taken it as a minor loss that is inevitable when we store such a large quantity of staples.

But once again the difference in the data surprised me.

I must say the person is a novice and I can work much better than him!" she shook her head as she looked at the file with a frown.

Now she understood why he was so disturbed with the files and records. They were not maintained well at all.

Leo, who had the sundial in the carriage, was once again surprised that it had not even been an hour since he had asked her to study the file.

And not only had she studied the basics but she had even made a report over it. He looked at the whole page again with rare concentration as the frown on his face increased.

"That.. it could not be that bad. Is it?" she asked with a bit of hesitation when he did not reply to her and only the frown on her face kept increasing.

When she was writing it, she found it pretty easy to find faults. But now that she thought about it, how could she know more than the professionals who were doing this for a long time.

He finally raised his head when he listened to her and nodded.

"You are right! And I accept it!" her frown deepened when she heard his ambiguous words. 

"What have you accepted?" wss he talking about the mistakes she had found in the file. But then why did he have the evil smirk on her face that he makes whenever he plans something to torment her.

"Your statement that the man making the report was a novice and you can make a much better report than him!" she nodded with a hesitated smile as she was sure that it did not end right here, but his smile mean much more,

"Since you are so better than it would be a waste if that novice continued to make the report. So, from now on, you will be the one making all the reports for the training area!"

"......." 

"Eh!!!" She was at a loss for words when she heard him. How could he ask her to work on the files in the training area?

As far as she knew there was no woman in the empire who worked in office or knighthood. In fact, there are less than a dozen female knights in the whole empire.

Only commoner women are working as a maid, laundry girl and seamstress. The jobs were mostly manual and had nothing to do with skills and briain.

Then he, who knew better than her that she could not study or take a job, was offering her to work on files!

Or did he want her to work at home and correct them while anyone else would be working on that post officially.

"Well, I can always help you if you will bring more files for me to study!" she replied as she lazed all day except a few hours when Evan trained her so it wouldn't be a big deal to help Leo if he wanted.

But Leo shook his head. As if understanding his thoughts, he continued, 

"You will work in a proper post and get a proper office and salary for the work you do!" with a deep breath he continued, 

"Though it is rare, a person who shows brilliance in any kind of work can get the title of a noble by his majesty as an appreciation of his or her skills!"