Chapter 79

"Lord Leord, please put your seal on these documents."

"Ah, I understand."

"Lord Leord, here is this month's tax revenue. Please check it."

"Hmm."

"Lord Leord, we have received a request from the residents to eliminate monsters. I have compiled the urgent cases, so please review them."

"Thank you for your hard work."

"Lord Leord, what about my reward?"

"Don't try to extort me amidst the confusion!"

A few days ago, Leord conducted a test for the five people who were previously in charge of odd jobs in the knight's order and hired three of them. Their abilities were not high, but they were willing to work and, most importantly, were loyal to Leord.

The two who were not hired were very disappointed, but Leord could do nothing about it. They had neither the talent for swordsmanship nor the talent to be a civil servant, so their disappointment was considerable. Leord wanted to help them somehow, but unlike in a game where you can see numerical values, he couldn't see what the two were good or bad at. Therefore, Leord ultimately could not save the two who were not hired.

He tried to comfort them, but he couldn't bear the looks they gave him. Even though the two knew it was their own fault for not being hired, they still resented Leord for giving them a glimmer of hope. They thought it would have been better not to have any hope at all if they were going to fail. Even though they understood it intellectually, their emotions rejected Leord.

Leord could not forget the last look they gave him. Incidentally, the two who were not hired were treated the same as the servants that Isabelle had trained, and their wages were higher than when they were in the knight's order.

Currently, the knight's order has twenty people handling odd jobs, including the original two and the servants trained by Isabelle. It might seem like too many, but they work in shifts, so some of them can get days off, and the situation has improved more than expected.

This is the result of the real person's memories that Leord extracted. People cannot work every day. Even if they can, their efficiency will drop, and in the end, it will be a loss. Therefore, it is necessary to take breaks to heal physical fatigue. Fate 48 is unnecessarily medieval European, so working every day is considered normal. It's a half-baked medieval European world created by Japanese people, but it strangely reproduces historical facts in some areas, which is quite problematic.

That's why Leord's improvements were dramatic. He created three days off in a week. It was thought that with so many days off, the work wouldn't get done, but surprisingly, it worked well.

The biggest reason was thanks to Isabelle's guidance. Without her, it would have collapsed. Isabelle taught the new recruits how to maintain the highest performance and finish their work in just four days. She taught them when to relax and when to work hard.

And there was another unexpected event. A servant dispatched to the knight's order for odd jobs and a knight became engaged. When Leord first heard about it, he was surprised, but upon further thought, the knight's order is basically a male-dominated environment. Their work involves maintaining order and eliminating monsters, so there are no opportunities for meetings. When female servants started coming in and out of the knight's order, it was like throwing sheep into a pack of hungry wolves. It was reported that knights were trying to woo the servants during work hours.

Basically, nobles marry other nobles. However, third and fourth sons who do not inherit the family name often leave home and sometimes marry commoners. In a real medieval European world, this would be unlikely, but in the world of Fate 48, which is a half-baked medieval European world created by Japanese people, such details don't matter.

This is where the half-baked real person's memories become a hindrance. The real person's memories only partially remember what medieval Europe was like. On the other hand, Leord's memories recognize it as such. As a result, he sometimes gets confused. Leord has the real person's memories and a new personality, but having two sets of memories is inconvenient at times like this.

"Hmm. Since it's a good stopping point, let's call it a day."

"Understood!"

Leord tidied up his desk while listening to the energetic response. The other three also organized their desks and finished their morning work. Leord left the office and went to the dining hall for lunch. After finishing lunch, he proceeded to his afternoon routine of training.

Incidentally, the three civil servants also participate in the training to prevent their bodies from getting weak from only doing paperwork, but compared to Leord, it's a light exercise. They just do some light exercise while Leord is being beaten by Gilbert and Barbato. Of course, it's not mandatory. They are doing it voluntarily, inspired by Leord. However, they felt a bit of fear when they saw Leord being trained while being scolded by Gilbert and Barbato.

Leord's first winter in Zeato is approaching. While tidying up his desk, Leord thought about implementing a certain plan before the real winter arrives. As usual, he floated in the air. Just before hitting the ground and losing consciousness, Leord decided to make an event from Fate 48 happen with his own hands and let go of his consciousness.