Volume 1 Chapter 3 Genderbend Female Knight Appoints Roberta of Machiki Village as a Maid
"Ehh!? M-Me!?"
"Yes. You will accompany me to the royal capital for my school entrance in a year. It's for 3 years, and I guarantee your pay and 2 days off a week."
"B-But I don't know how to do housework well enough to be a noble's maid..."
"I don't expect you to cook every day; we will get food there. What I want you to do is clean the room, repair clothes, and take care of my appearance. I also don't have money, so we'll be in the same room."
"Hie..."
Eleonora found Roberta after arriving at Machiki Village. Eleonora explained about the enrollment next year. Roberta would live in the capital. She would get uniforms from the school. Eleonora would pay Roberta's wages weekly. Roberta could choose her days off. Eleonora would also pay for the trip to the royal capital.
"It's my first time going to the city... W-Will they laugh at my clothes?"
"I don't know. I've only been to the royal capital once to get permission from my father. I wore leather armor then."
"Eh, that leather armor? The one you wore when you were with your siblings?"
"Yeah, I got laughed at a lot. Well, I'm just a substitute, so I don't care what people think. I also don't want to deal with idiots who want the rising knight to bring plate armor."
"Um... Just for reference, how much does it cost?"
Eleonora put a hand on her chin and thought about Roberta's question.
Plate armor is expensive even without magic. It's something passed down as an heirloom.
"It's about 500 Rita gold coins. The Kamitafira family's annual tax revenue is 6 gold coins."
"It seems unlikely we'll see you wearing it in our lifetime."
"If war breaks out, you might get it by stripping the enemy knight."
"One chance...? Eh, does a dog have something to do with it...?"
"Forget it. You'll never understand it. Anyway, we will move after the new year, so arrive in the royal capital next spring."
Eleonora told Roberta and headed to a hill overlooking the village. From there, villagers were pasturing cows and sheep, and fishing in the nearby river. The fishing rights for the river rotated monthly by family. It was Joseph's family's turn this month. They could get fish relatively easily because they were a fishing village, but they preserved it by pickling or sun-drying, so they had to wait for their fishing rights month to enjoy grilled fish.
Wheat and rye were grown in the fields, along with vegetables like cabbage, beets, onions, garlic, carrots, broad beans, olives, and grapes.
The family of the official hunters, authorized by the Kamitafira family, managed the nearby mountains and forests and had the forestry and hunting supervision rights.
This was John's father's family's home. During the autumn hunting season, they hunted wild boars and red deer using pit traps and snare traps.
Machiki Village was such a pastoral village. The fishing village of Domaro faced the Doaria Sea, and they mainly caught sardines and octopus.
Considering everything, it was probably quite high ranking for a village given to a mercenary who rose to power through war. The mercenary group who were once Father Lamberto's subordinates had also returned to farming, and they only provided some military training and physical training to their sons. However, it could be said that it was better than other knight territories just by doing that.
"I have to go back and write a letter. I can't stand it if they do whatever they want while I'm gone, but I have to allow for some perks, or I don't know what they'll do. I want to send them away if they claim the right of the first night, but is a few dozen silver coins acceptable?"
While grumbling about how expensive parchment and ink were, Eleonora headed towards the lord's mansion, and her footsteps were very heavy.
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