Chapter 101: I Want to Improve Too Much

In the quiet living room, Sansa and Lainie threaded the needle under the guidance of the teacher, learning the simple sewing and embroidery skills that every noble woman knows, and exercising their patience.

Olivia was half-lying on a chair nearby, impatiently pocketing the mission rewards.

She distributed all the star-level props she got into the card pool, mainly improving the talents of the Jiusi members, and then checked the experience points.

On the last day of February this year, she still had nine hundred experience points to earn towards four thousand. After signing in day after day, she received bonuses. Now her experience points were only one or two hundred away from unlocking the new mysterious seed.

Olivia looked forward to what the new task would be and refreshed it immediately.

Congratulations on unlocking the main quest:

"Teacher, I really want to improve."

Mission Description: Gain 100% favorability with Earl of Roslingay.

Mission Progress: 5/100

Mission Rewards:

+222 Experience

＊2 blank character cards

Olivia was quite puzzled. The name of this main quest was a bit too straightforward.

She shook her head and thought, since she had won the old earl's favor, she would definitely start with the birthday present she gave him this year.

As a vassal, she should indeed compliment the old man.

Olivia refreshed the dungeon mission again.

Congratulations on unlocking the copy mission:

Manufacturing. Intermediate

Mission Description: There are one thousand workshops in the territory.

Mission progress: 188/1000

Mission Rewards:

+888 Experience Points

+＊8 blank character cards

+＊8 "Das Kapital"＊8 "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature"＊8 "Game Theory"＊8 "Treatise on Febrile Diseases"＊8 "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes"＊8 "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"

After reading these two tasks, Olivia suddenly understood something and sensed a hint of impending storm.

It was just like she was just a knight's lady, but she received the task of primary manufacturing.

Her current territory can only support three or four hundred workshops at most. No matter how much it is divided into population or industry, it is not enough to develop a thousand workshops unless she goes out to conquer other territories.

Olivia scratched her head and flipped through the main quests.

Gain the favor of the old earl?

She sat in the living room, lost in thought.

Theresa was watching Lainie and Sansa learning embroidery. She picked up the woolen lily pattern embroidered by Lainie on a piece of dark cloth and was very satisfied.

"This is beautifully embroidered. Twist it off and make it into a gift box. When the Earl celebrates his birthday, make it into a present and send it to him. All the nobles in the country will be there, and everyone can see it."

Theresa had an expectant expression, thinking that if everyone could see her daughter's ingenuity and dexterity, then people who wanted to arrange a marriage would be lining up in droves!

Lainie shrugged and said quietly:

"What's so difficult about this? It's just embroidery. Don't nobles across the country have this much experience?

If it were so easy to capture their eyes, I wouldn't have to bear the identity of a baron's daughter.

I dare say that if the earl's daughter embroidered lilies into duck feet, she would be loved by everyone.

Therefore, the matter of arranged marriage has more to do with whether my father works hard or not.

If you want me to marry a duke, you might as well ask Dad to be an earl."

As a traditional old-fashioned parent, Theresa did not allow Lainie to blurt out such offensive words and quickly told her to shut up.

Olivia listened to their conversation, smiled to herself, and then suddenly her expression changed slightly.

Yes, the Earl’s birthday party is in November, and it’s only May now, so there are still more than five months left.

These five months are neither long nor short. If used to plan a major conspiracy, it would be just right.

Olivia turned on the event function, screened a lot of information, and found all the contradictions against the old earl's conspiracy.

As the most powerful lord in the north, the old earl is obviously no longer under the king's control.

There are countless people who want to harm him, and the conspiracy cases are endless.

However, one of the inconspicuous conspiracy events caught Olivia's attention.

It showed that the servant of one of the earl's chamberlains had been bribed by the king.

On the surface, this incident seemed to have nothing to do with the Earl himself, but it became a conspiracy against the Earl.

Could it be an assassination?

She thought about it and thought that if the assassination really happened, then according to the old earl's character, if he and his two sons knew that the person who assassinated him was instructed by the king, they would definitely retaliate.

If the old earl succeeds in his revenge and something happens to the king, then Arta will be in chaos.

In the past, Olivia was just an ordinary citizen who did not want the country to be in chaos and affect her peaceful farming.

But now, times have changed.

Once you have a barony, you will inevitably want an earldom. Only if the world is in chaos enough will she have a chance.

Olivia thought about it and decided to wait until the conspiracy was about to succeed before using divine protection.

The original virtual currency rules stated that five divine blessings could expose the conspiracy in the "ending".

It doesn't matter to her whether the conspiracy succeeds or not. What matters is that it is exposed and the situation is disrupted.

"Olivia, what gift are you planning to prepare for the Earl?"

"Me? I haven't thought about it yet. Anyway, there's still so much time, so I can just prepare slowly."

Her due date is September, and the Earl's birthday party is in early November.

As a "weak postpartum woman" she should rest at home.

Therefore, it was impossible for her to go to Anko City in person to celebrate the Earl's birthday. If she wanted to improve his favor, she had to prepare a generous and special gift.

Olivia pondered, what could the Earl possibly like? And what would it be that would instantly impress him?

For a great feudal lord like the earl, all he wanted was to see his vassals be loyal and obey his orders alone.

It would be best if you did not side with either his eldest son or his youngest son, but were completely loyal to him.

Olivia remembered that the Earl was old and always had some minor health problems, and he liked to use foods like bear meat and venison to strengthen his body.

It would be better to let her go to Caesar and find out what is wrong with the count.

Then, the gift was delivered through the hand of the priest Fanon, creating an auspicious sign that Fanon had "communicated" with the God of Creation and received God's will, and offered the elixir to the Count.

At the same time, give her a gift and a congratulatory letter.

By then, the Earl will surely understand her painstaking efforts.

Thinking of this, Olivia turned to look at Theresa. "Tomorrow is the day of prayer. Let's go to the church and pray together. Several side halls of the church have been completed, and you haven't seen them yet."

Theresa was a little confused, but she still responded. She knew that Olivia was very pious.

Not only was a magnificent cathedral built, but ten small chapels were also built on the farming estate.

He even spent a lot of gold coins to hire workers to complete the church as soon as possible so that the pagans in Constant County could practice the right way as soon as possible.

Theresa couldn't help but sigh that the eldest daughter was the best. She was so excellent in every aspect and never talked back to her.

Look at these little ones, one is unruly, and the other one... I've only been embroidering for a while, and she's already eaten two plates of cream puffs.

Whatever.

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That evening, when Caesar returned from the camp after dinner, Olivia was in the suite, directing the servants to select some of the most exquisite porcelain from the warehouse and put them into gift boxes.

Judging from the size, it was obviously a gift for the Earl.

Caesar couldn't help but feel puzzled when he saw that she was worrying about this so early.

When Olivia saw him come back, she waved to him and called him over to ask about the count's situation.

Having served as the count's close attendant for so long, Caesar certainly knew the count's physical condition.

Halfway through his conversation, he began to doubt Olivia's motive for asking such detailed questions.

Caesar looked down at her, a thin candlelight flickering in his eyes. He gently lifted Olivia's cheek, rubbed her forehead with the tip of his nose, and his palm moved along her curves familiarly. His tone was somewhat innocent:

"Why are you suddenly so concerned about the Earl's health? Are you planning to poison him?"

Olivia twitched her lips in frustration. She didn't know why Caesar would daydream in this direction.

There was a hint of...excitement in the tone of his words.

The gaze he gave her was also straight, but it had nothing to do with lust, but rather an indescribable admiration.

"Of course not. Isn't it his birthday? The Earl is such a big shot, he must have seen all sorts of good things. Of course, the gift should be given to his most vulnerable spot. That way it will touch his heart."

Caesar pursed his lips, slightly pursing his lips, not quite believing that it was that simple, but he chose to shut his mouth tactfully.

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The next morning, Olivia brought Theresa and her two sisters to the church to attend morning prayers.

Fanon was the speaker again this time, and Caesar was also present, as he never missed a prayer.

A neat row of military officers sat behind him, listening to Fanon's speech, while the remaining seats were filled with businessmen and minor officials.

In Olivia's view, the air in the entire church was filled with people with a +0.1 favorability rating for her.

After Fanon finished his speech, Olivia took Theresa and her two sisters to the courtyard behind to visit the built church with Fanon.

Fanon realized that Olivia had something to ask him, so he asked the novice priest to take them on a tour, and then he stayed behind to ask her if she had any instructions.

Olivia was very satisfied with Fanon's vision.

She recounted Caesar's detailed description of the Count's condition and asked:

"What kind of care do you think is suitable for the Earl's body?"

Fanon thought for a while and named several herbs.

"These herbs can relieve the Earl's symptoms."

After saying this, he shook his head again, "However, I know that the Earl never takes any herbs. Even if it can be cured, he would not think that he is sick."

This was the kind of patient Fanon hated to see the most in his life.

"What if this medicine is not sent as medicine, but as a blessing?"

Olivia asked him back.

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